List of UK top-ten singles in 2012
Chart debuts
Thirty-eight artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2012, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, four went on to record another hit single that year: Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, Paloma Faith and Stooshe.

List of UK top-ten singles in 2012

Section Title: Chart debuts
Table Section Text: Thirty-eight artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2012, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, four went on to record another hit single that year: Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, Paloma Faith and Stooshe.

Artist	Number of top 10s	First entry	Chart position	Other entries

Knife Party	1	"Antidote"	4	—

Gotye	1	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	1	—

Kimbra

Alyssa Reid	1	"Alone Again"	2	—

Jump Smokers

Rita Ora	4	"Hot Right Now"	1	"R.I.P." (1), "How We Do (Party)" (1), "Shine Ya Light" (10)

Neon Hitch	1	"Ass Back Home"	9	—

Stooshe	2	"Love Me"	5	"Black Heart" (3)

Erick Morillo	1	"Elephant"	3	—

Carly Rae Jepsen	2	"Call Me Maybe"	1	"Good Time" (5)

Fun	2	"We Are Young"	1	"Some Nights" (7)

Janelle Monáe	—

Conor Maynard	3	"Can't Say No"	2	"Vegas Girl" (4), "Turn Around" (8)

John Legend	1	"Ordinary People"	4	—

Alex Clare	1	"Too Close"	4	—

D'banj	1	"Oliver Twist"	9	—

Paloma Faith	2	"Picking Up the Pieces"	7	"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1)

Rudimental	1	"Feel the Love"	1	—

John Newman

Loreen	1	"Euphoria"	3	—

Lawson	3	"When She Was Mine"	4	"Taking Over Me" (3), "Standing in the Dark" (6)

The Commonwealth Band	1	"Sing"	1	—

Precision Tunes	1	"Payphone"	9	—

Eva Simons	1	"This Is Love"	1	—

Karmin	1	"Brokenhearted"	6	—

Redlight	1	"Lost in Your Love"	5	—

Elbow	1	"One Day Like This"	4	—

Trey Songz	1	"Simply Amazing"	8	—

Porter Robinson	1	"Language"	9	—

Sam and the Womp	1	"Bom Bom"	1	—

Devlin	1	"Watchtower"	7	—

Psy	1	"Gangnam Style"	1	—

John Martin	1	"Don't You Worry Child"	1	—

Childish Gambino	1	"Trouble"	7	—

Gabrielle Aplin	1	"The Power of Love"	1	—

The Lumineers	1	"Ho Hey"	8	—

James Arthur	1	"Impossible"	1	—

The Justice Collective	1	"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"	1	—

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"Shine Ya Light", became Ora's UK top ten single in 2012, peaking at number ten.

final_sentence: "Shine Ya Light", became Ora's UK top ten single in 2012, peaking at number ten.