# List of top 10 singles for 2012 in Australia

This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the ARIA Charts in 2012.

## Top-ten singles
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ◁ | Indicates single's top 10 entry was also its ARIA top 50 debut |
| (#) | 2012 Year-end top 10 single position and rank |
List of ARIA top ten singles that peaked in 2012 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| Singles from 2011 |||||||
| 31 October | "Pumped Up Kicks" | Foster the People | 1 | 16 January | 8 |
| 21 November | "What Makes You Beautiful" | One Direction | 7 | 2 January | 9 |
| 28 November | "Young, Wild & Free" | Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars | 4 | 2 January | 7 |
| 28 November | "Hangover" | Taio Cruz featuring Flo Rida | 3 | 2 January | 7 |
| 28 November | "Don't Worry Be Happy" ◁ | Guy Sebastian | 5 | 2 January | 10 |
| 5 December | "Paradise" | Coldplay | 3 | 9 January | 13 |
| Singles from 2012 |||||||
| 16 January | "Set It Off" | Timomatic | 2 | 23 January | 5 |
| 16 January | "Wild Ones" (#5) | Flo Rida featuring Sia | 1 | 23 January | 13 |
| 23 January | "Hey Hey Hey (Pop Another Bottle)" | Laurent Wéry featuring Swift K.I.D and Dev | 2 | 30 January | 6 |
| 23 January | "Summer Paradise" | Simple Plan featuring Sean Paul | 4 | 30 January | 5 |
| 23 January | "Turn Me On" | David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj | 3 | 23 January | 6 |
| 30 January | "Brother" | Matt Corby | 3 | 6 February | 2 |
| 6 February | "I Love It" | Hilltop Hoods featuring Sia | 6 | 6 February | 3 |
| 6 February | "Boys Like You" | 360 featuring Gossling | 3 | 13 February | 8 |
| 6 February | "Lonely Boy" | The Black Keys | 2 | 6 February | 3 |
| 13 February | "Take Care" | Drake featuring Rihanna | 9 | 13 February | 1 |
| 20 February | "Ass Back Home" | Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch | 1 | 5 March | 8 |
| 27 February | "Fight for You" | Jason Derulo | 5 | 5 March | 7 |
| 27 February | "Turn Up the Music" | Chris Brown | 6 | 27 February | 5 |
| 27 February | "Part of Me" | Katy Perry | 5 | 27 February | 3 |
| 27 February | "Throw Your Hands Up (Dançar Kuduro)" | Qwote featuring Pitbull and Lucenzo | 3 | 5 March | 6 |
| 5 March | "Starships" (#6) | Nicki Minaj | 2 | 19 March | 15 |
| 5 March | "One Thing" | One Direction | 3 | 16 April | 5 |
| 5 March | "We Are Young" | Fun featuring Janelle Monáe | 1 | 12 March | 9 |
| 12 March | "Bangarang" | Skrillex featuring Sirah | 4 | 26 March | 6 |
| 19 March | "Troublemaker" | Taio Cruz | 10 | 19 March | 1 |
| 26 March | "Call Me Maybe" (#1) | Carly Rae Jepsen | 1 | 2 April | 16 |
| 2 April | "Boyfriend" ◁ | Justin Bieber | 5 | 2 April | 1 |
| 2 April | "Earthquake" | Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah | 4 | 2 April | 6 |
| 9 April | "If Looks Could Kill" | Timomatic | 8 | 9 April | 2 |
| 9 April | "Lego House" | Ed Sheeran | 4 | 30 April | 11 |
| 23 April | "Never Let Me Go" | Florence and the Machine | 3 | 23 April | 7 |
| 23 April | "Sitting on Top of the World" ◁ | Delta Goodrem | 2 | 23 April | 6 |
| 30 April | "Whistle" (#4) ◁ | Flo Rida | 1 | 7 May | 13 |
| 30 April | "Payphone" ◁ | Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa | 2 | 4 June | 12 |
| 30 April | "Shut Up & Kiss Me" ◁ | Reece Mastin | 2 | 30 April | 2 |
| 7 May | "So Good" | B.o.B | 9 | 7 May | 2 |
| 14 May | "Big Jet Plane" | Lakyn Heperi | 10 | 14 May | 1 |
| 14 May | "Where Have You Been" | Rihanna | 6 | 14 May | 5 |
| 21 May | "Nothing's Real but Love" ◁ | Karise Eden | 9 | 21 May | 1 |
| 21 May | "Back in Time" | Pitbull | 4 | 4 June | 5 |
| 4 June | "Gold" ◁ | Guy Sebastian | 10 | 4 June | 1 |
| 4 June | "Don't Wake Me Up" ◁ | Chris Brown | 2 | 2 July | 8 |
| 11 June | "The Fighter" | Gym Class Heroes featuring Ryan Tedder | 7 | 18 June | 5 |
| 18 June | "Pound the Alarm" | Nicki Minaj | 10 | 18 June | 2 |
| 18 June | "How We Do (Party)" | Rita Ora | 9 | 18 June | 2 |
| 18 June | "Hallelujah" ◁ | Karise Eden | 2 | 18 June | 2 |
| 25 June | "You Won't Let Me" ◁ | Karise Eden | 5 | 25 June | 2 |
| 25 June | "Beautiful" ◁ | Sarah De Bono | 4 | 25 June | 1 |
| 25 June | "I Was Your Girl" ◁ | Karise Eden | 3 | 25 June | 1 |
| 25 June | "Stay with Me Baby" ◁ | Karise Eden | 1 | 25 June | 1 |
| 2 July | "This Is Love" | Will.i.am featuring Eva Simons | 7 | 2 July | 5 |
| 2 July | "Wide Awake" | Katy Perry | 4 | 2 July | 6 |
| 9 July | "Feel the Love" | Rudimental featuring John Newman | 3 | 16 July | 7 |
| 9 July | "Some Nights" | Fun | 1 | 23 July | 9 |
| 9 July | "Shout It Out" ◁ | Reece Mastin | 1 | 9 July | 1 |
| 16 July | "Boom Boom" (#7) | Justice Crew | 1 | 6 August | 12 |
| 16 July | "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" ◁ | Pink | 1 | 16 July | 6 |
| 23 July | "Good Time" | Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen | 5 | 13 August | 11 |
| 23 July | "One More Night" | Maroon 5 | 2 | 6 August | 10 |
| 30 July | "Brokenhearted" | Karmin | 9 | 30 July | 1 |
| 30 July | "As Long as You Love Me" | Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean | 8 | 30 July | 3 |
| 6 August | "Spectrum (Say My Name)" | Florence and the Machine featuring Calvin Harris | 4 | 13 August | 5 |
| 6 August | "Both of Us" | B.o.B featuring Taylor Swift | 5 | 6 August | 2 |
| 13 August | "We'll Be Coming Back" | Calvin Harris featuring Example | 8 | 20 August | 2 |
| 20 August | "Drunk" | Ed Sheeran | 9 | 20 August | 1 |
| 20 August | "Battle Scars" (#3) ◁ | Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco | 1 | 20 August | 12 |
| 27 August | "Turn Up the Love" | Far East Movement featuring Cover Drive | 8 | 27 August | 4 |
| 27 August | "Hall of Fame" ◁ | The Script featuring Will.i.am | 4 | 8 October | 11 |
| 27 August | "Skinny Love" (#8) ◁ | Birdy | 2 | 3 September | 10 |
| 27 August | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" | Taylor Swift | 3 | 27 August | 7 |
| 3 September | "People Help the People" | Birdy | 10 | 3 September | 1 |
| 10 September | "I Cry" ◁ | Flo Rida | 3 | 10 September | 6 |
| 17 September | "Gangnam Style" (#2) ◁ | Psy | 1 | 1 October | 16 |
| 24 September | "Try" ◁ | Pink | 6 | 15 October | 4 |
| 1 October | "R.I.P." | Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah | 10 | 1 October | 2 |
| 1 October | "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" | Ne-Yo | 8 | 1 October | 1 |
| 8 October | "Diamonds" ◁ | Rihanna | 6 | 29 October | 7 |
| 8 October | "Live While We're Young" ◁ | One Direction | 2 | 8 October | 2 |
| 15 October | "Die Young" | Kesha | 3 | 19 November | 5 |
| 15 October | "Skyfall" ◁ | Adele | 5 | 15 October | 1 |
| 22 October | "I Knew You Were Trouble" | Taylor Swift | 3 | 10 December | 12 |
| 22 October | "Bom Bom" | Sam and the Womp | 4 | 26 November | 7 |
| 22 October | "Wish You Were Here" ◁ | Delta Goodrem | 5 | 29 October | 2 |
| 22 October | "Sweet Nothing" ◁ | Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch | 2 | 22 October | 5 |
| 29 October | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Bruno Mars | 4 | 5 November | 10 |
| 29 October | "Don't You Worry Child" (#10) | Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin | 1 | 12 November | 12 |
| 5 November | "Wings" | Little Mix | 3 | 12 November | 2 |
| 12 November | "Little Talks" | Of Monsters and Men | 7 | 10 December | 7 |
| 19 November | "Little Things" ◁ | One Direction | 9 | 19 November | 2 |
| 19 November | "Thrift Shop" (#9) | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | 1 | 3 December | 14 |
| 26 November | "Get Along" | Guy Sebastian | 5 | 26 November | 2 |
| 26 November | "What You've Done to Me" ◁ | Samantha Jade | 1 | 26 November | 3 |
| 3 December | "Surrender" ◁ | The Collective | 6 | 3 December | 1 |
| 10 December | "Give Me Love" | Ed Sheeran | 9 | 10 December | 1 |
| 10 December | "Scream & Shout" | Will.i.am featuring Britney Spears | 2 | 16 December | 10 |
| 10 December | "Troublemaker" | Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida | 4 | 10 December | 8 |
| 17 December | "Best Night" | Justice Crew | 7 | 24 December | 2 |
| 31 December | "Beauty and a Beat" | Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj | 9 | 31 December | 2 |

### 1992 peaks

List of ARIA top ten singles in 2012 that peaked in 1992 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | References |
| 6 December | "I Will Always Love You" | Whitney Houston | 1 | 13 December | 16 | |

### 2011 peaks

List of ARIA top ten singles in 2012 that peaked in 2011 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| 10 October | "Sexy and I Know It" | LMFAO | 1 | 17 October | 15 |
| 17 October | "Good Feeling" | Flo Rida | 4 | 7 November | 14 |
| 14 November | "The A Team" | Ed Sheeran | 2 | 21 November | 8 |
| 21 November | "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" | Lloyd featuring André 3000 and Lil Wayne | 6 | 19 December | 7 |
| 28 November | "Good Night" ◁ | Reece Mastin | 1 | 28 November | 8 |
| 12 December | "Breathing" | Jason Derulo | 9 | 12 December | 3 |

### 2013 peaks

List of ARIA top ten singles in 2012 that peaked in 2013 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | References |
| 17 December | "I Love It" | Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX | 3 | 7 January | 9 | |
| 24 December | "Beneath Your Beautiful" | Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé | 5 | 4 March | 9 | |

## Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2012, including songs that reached their peak in 2011 and 2013. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2012 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Songs |
| 6 | Flo Rida | 38 | "Good Feeling", "Hangover", "I Cry", "Troublemaker", "Whistle", "Wild Ones" |
| 5 | Karise Eden | 4 | "Hallelujah", "I Was Your Girl", "Nothing's Real but Love", "Stay with Me Baby", "You Won't Let Me" |
| 4 | Ed Sheeran | 14 | "Drunk", "Give Me Love", "Lego House", "The A Team" |
| 4 | Guy Sebastian | 20 | "Battle Scars", "Don't Worry Be Happy", "Get Along", "Gold" |
| 4 | Nicki Minaj | 24 | "Beauty and a Beat", "Pound the Alarm", "Starships", "Turn Me On" |
| 4 | One Direction | 13 | "Little Things", "Live While We're Young", "One Thing", "What Makes You Beautiful" |
| 3 | Calvin Harris | 10 | "Spectrum (Say My Name)", "Sweet Nothing", "We'll Be Coming Back" |
| 3 | Justin Bieber | 5 | "As Long as You Love Me", "Beauty and a Beat", "Boyfriend" |
| 3 | Reece Mastin | 6 | "Good Night", "Shout It Out", "Shut Up & Kiss Me" |
| 3 | Rihanna | 13 | "Diamonds", "Take Care", "Where Have You Been" |
| 3 | Taylor Swift | 18 | "Both of Us", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "We Are Never Getting Back Together" |
| 3 | Will.i.am | 20 | "Hall of Fame", "Scream & Shout", "This is Love" |
| 2 | Birdy | 10 | "People Help the People", "Skinny Love" |
| 2 | B.o.B | 4 | "Both of Us", "So Good" |
| 2 | Bruno Mars | 14 | "Locked Out of Heaven", "Young, Wild & Free" |
| 2 | Carly Rae Jepsen | 27 | "Call Me Maybe", "Good Time" |
| 2 | Chris Brown | 13 | "Don't Wake Me Up", "Turn Up the Music" |
| 2 | Delta Goodrem | 8 | "Sitting on Top of the World", "Wish You Were Here" |
| 2 | Florence and the Machine | 12 | "Never Let Me Go", "Spectrum (Say My Name)" |
| 2 | Fun | 18 | "Some Nights", "We Are Young" |
| 2 | Gym Class Heroes | 13 | "Ass Back Home", "The Fighter" |
| 2 | Jason Derulo | 8 | "Breathing", "Fight for You" |
| 2 | Justice Crew | 14 | "Best Night", "Boom Boom" |
| 2 | Katy Perry | 9 | "Part of Me", "Wide Awake" |
| 2 | Labrinth | 7 | "Beneath Your Beautiful", "Earthquake" |
| 2 | Maroon 5 | 22 | "One More Night", "Payphone" |
| 2 | Pink | 10 | "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", "Try" |
| 2 | Pitbull | 11 | "Back in Time", "Throw Your Hands Up (Dançar Kuduro)" |
| 2 | Rita Ora | 4 | "How We Do (Party)", "R.I.P." |
| 2 | Sia | 13 | "I Love It", "Wild Ones" |
| 2 | Taio Cruz | 3 | "Hangover", "Troublemaker" |
| 2 | Timomatic | 7 | "If Looks Could Kill", "Set It Off" |
| 2 | Tinie Tempah | 8 | "Earthquake", "R.I.P." |
| 2 | Wiz Khalifa | 17 | "Payphone", "Young, Wild & Free" |