This is a list of singles that peaked in the top 10 of the Canadian Hot 100, an all-genre singles chart, during 2012. Flo Rida's "Good Feeling", and Maroon 5's "Payphone" were the longest-running top-ten singles of the year, spending twenty weeks in the tier. The former peaked at number two on the week ending January 28, 2012, and the latter peaked at number one for eight weeks beginning on the week ending June 2, 2012, becoming the longest-running number one song of the year. Following her death on February 11, 2012, singer Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" charted in the top ten on the week ending March 3, 2012 at number six. [1] Such re-entries of catalog songs are rare as Billboard maintains a policy deeming songs ineligible to chart due to moving to the recurrent list after twenty weeks if ranking below number fifty. After Houston's death, however, an adjustment in this policy allowed catalog songs to re-enter the chart's upper half if sales and airplay activity merit inclusion, as was the case with "I Will Always Love You", which surged after the singer's death in digital sales and airplay.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 2011 | ||||||
| October 29 | "Good Feeling" | Flo Rida | 2 | January 28 | 20 | [2] [3] |
| November 26 | "The One That Got Away" | Katy Perry | 2 | January 7 | 14 | [4] [5] |
| December 24 | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Adele | 2 | February 18 | 15 | [6] [7] |
| Singles from 2012 | ||||||
| January 21 | "Call Me Maybe" [K] [M] (#2) | Carly Rae Jepsen | 1 | February 11 | 18 | [8] [9] |
| January 28 | "International Love" [C] | Pitbull featuring Chris Brown | 10 | January 28 | 2 | [3] |
| February 4 | "Turn Me On" | David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj | 3 | February 18 | 8 | [10] [7] |
| February 11 | "Domino" | Jessie J | 7 | February 18 | 7 | [9] [7] |
| February 18 | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (#10) | Kelly Clarkson | 3 | March 10 | 11 | [7] [11] |
| "What Makes You Beautiful" [G] ↑ | One Direction | 7 | March 24 | 8 | [7] [12] | |
| February 25 | "Give Me All Your Luvin'" | Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. | 1 | February 25 | 2 | [13] |
| March 3 | "Part of Me" ↑ | Katy Perry | 1 | March 3 | 11 | [1] |
| "I Will Always Love You" | Whitney Houston | 6 | March 3 | 1 | [1] | |
| "Starships" [F] (#9)↑ | Nicki Minaj | 4 | April 21 | 16 | [1] [14] | |
| March 10 | "Glad You Came" (#5) | The Wanted | 2 | March 10 | 14 | [11] |
| "Wild Ones" (#8) | Flo Rida featuring Sia | 1 | March 24 | 13 | [11] [12] | |
| March 17 | "Live My Life" ↑ | Far East Movement featuring Justin Bieber | 4 | March 17 | 1 | [15] |
| March 31 | "We Are Young" (#3) | Fun featuring Janelle Monáe | 1 | April 7 | 15 | [16] [17] |
| "Somebody That I Used to Know" †(#1) | Gotye featuring Kimbra | 1 | April 28 | 19 | [16] [18] | |
| April 7 | "Feel So Close" [H] [I] | Calvin Harris | 9 | April 28 | 6 | [17] [18] |
| April 14 | "Boyfriend" ↑ | Justin Bieber | 1 | April 14 | 7 | [19] |
| May 5 | "Payphone" (#4)↑ | Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa | 1 | June 2 | 20 | [20] [21] |
| "Dance Again" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull | 4 | May 26 | 7 | [20] [22] | |
| May 19 | "Back in Time" | Pitbull | 4 | June 9 | 10 | [23] [24] |
| June 2 | "Whistle" | Flo Rida | 1 | August 4 | 17 | [21] [25] |
| "Summer Paradise" [J] [L] | Simple Plan featuring K'naan or Sean Paul | 8 | July 21 | 8 | [21] [26] | |
| June 9 | "Where Have You Been" | Rihanna | 5 | July 14 | 12 | [24] [27] |
| June 16 | "Scream" | Usher | 4 | June 30 | 9 | [28] [29] |
| June 23 | "All Around the World" ↑ | Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris | 10 | June 23 | 1 | [30] |
| June 30 | "Wide Awake" | Katy Perry | 1 | July 28 | 14 | [29] [31] |
| July 7 | "Kiss You Inside Out" [Q] | Hedley | 2 | August 25 | 16 | [32] [33] |
| July 28 | "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" | Pink | 4 | August 25 | 16 | [31] [33] |
| "Titanium" [N] | David Guetta featuring Sia | 7 | July 28 | 3 | [31] | |
| August 11 | "Some Nights" | Fun | 4 | September 15 | 18 | [34] [35] |
| "Good Time" | Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen | 1 | September 8 | 15 | [34] [36] | |
| August 18 | "Lights" [O] | Ellie Goulding | 7 | September 22 | 5 | [37] [38] |
| August 25 | "One More Night" | Maroon 5 | 2 | September 29 | 18 | [33] [39] |
| "I Will Wait" ↑ | Mumford & Sons | 9 | August 25 | 2 | [33] | |
| September 1 | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" [R] ↑ | Taylor Swift | 1 | September 1 | 13 | [40] |
| September 22 | "Pound the Alarm" | Nicki Minaj | 8 | October 6 | 3 | [38] [41] |
| September 29 | "Gangnam Style" | Psy | 1 | October 6 | 16 | [39] [41] |
| October 6 | "As Long as You Love Me" | Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean | 9 | October 6 | 1 | [41] |
| October 13 | "Begin Again" ↑ | Taylor Swift | 4 | October 13 | 1 | [42] |
| "Diamonds" ↑ | Rihanna | 1 | November 24 | 16 | [42] [43] | |
| "Die Young" [P] ↑ | Kesha | 4 | November 10 | 12 | [42] [44] | |
| October 20 | "Live While We're Young" | One Direction | 2 | October 20 | 1 | [45] |
| "Skyfall" ↑ | Adele | 3 | October 27 | 9 | [45] [46] | |
| "Red" ↑ | Taylor Swift | 5 | October 20 | 1 | [45] | |
| October 27 | "I Knew You Were Trouble" [T] ↑ | 2 | October 27 | 15 | [46] | |
| November 3 | "State of Grace" ↑ | 9 | November 3 | 1 | [47] | |
| November 10 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Bruno Mars | 1 | December 22 | 16 | [44] [48] |
| November 17 | "I Cry" | Flo Rida | 9 | November 24 | 3 | [49] [43] |
| November 24 | "Your Body" | Christina Aguilera | 10 | November 24 | 1 | [43] |
| December 1 | "True Colors" ↑ | Artists Against Bullying | 10 | December 1 | 1 | [50] |
| December 8 | "Try" | Pink | 4 | December 8 | 12 | [51] |
| "Beauty and a Beat" | Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj | 4 | December 29 | 8 | [51] [52] | |
| "Don't Stop the Party" | Pitbull featuring TJR | 9 | December 8 | 1 | [51] | |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 | "Moves like Jagger" | Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera | 1 | August 20 | 26 | [53] [54] |
| September 10 | "Someone like You" [B] | Adele | 2 | September 17 | 18 | [55] [56] |
| "Pumped Up Kicks" [A] | Foster the People | 3 | September 24 | 14 | [55] [57] | |
| October 1 | "Sexy and I Know It" [D] (#7) | LMFAO | 1 | October 29 | 21 | [58] [2] |
| October 8 | "We Found Love" [E] (#6)↑ | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | 1 | November 12 | 22 | [59] [60] |
| October 15 | "Without You" | David Guetta featuring Usher | 3 | November 26 | 17 | [61] [4] |
| November 5 | "Mistletoe" [A] ↑ | Justin Bieber | 9 | November 5 | 2 | [62] |
| December 3 | "It Will Rain" | Bruno Mars | 5 | December 10 | 13 | [63] [64] |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 9 | "Home" ↑ | Phillip Phillips | 6 | January 26 | 7 | [24] [65] |
| October 6 | "Don't You Worry Child" [S] | Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin | 9 | January 5 | 9 | [41] [66] |
| December 15 | "Scream & Shout" | will.i.am and Britney Spears | 1 | January 12 | 15 | [67] [68] |
| December 22 | "Thrift Shop" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | 1 | February 9 | 20 | [48] [69] |
| December 29 | "Ho Hey" | The Lumineers | 2 | February 23 | 17 | [52] [70] |