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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine On-Demand Songs number-ones of 2012.
![]() | Indicates best-performing single of 2012 [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference(s) | Weekly On-Demand streams |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 24 | "We Are Young" | Fun featuring Janelle Monáe | [2] | 1.1 million [3] |
March 31 | [4] | 1.1 million [5] | ||
April 7 | [6] | 1.18 million [7] | ||
April 14 | [8] | 1.18 million [9] | ||
April 21 | [10] | 1.1 million [11] | ||
April 28 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" ![]() | Gotye featuring Kimbra | [12] | 1.28 million [13] |
May 5 | [14] | 1.41 million [15] | ||
May 12 | [16] | 1.4 million [17] | ||
May 19 | [18] | 1.4 million [19] | ||
May 26 | [20] | 1.3 million [21] | ||
June 2 | [22] | 1.2 million [23] | ||
June 9 | [24] | 1.1 million [25] | ||
June 16 | [26] | 1.1 million [27] | ||
June 23 | "Call Me Maybe" | Carly Rae Jepsen | [28] | 1.1 million [29] |
June 30 | [30] | 967,000 [31] | ||
July 7 | [32] | 1.1 million [33] | ||
July 14 | "Payphone" | Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa | [34] | 933,000 [35] |
July 21 | "Call Me Maybe" | Carly Rae Jepsen | [36] | 987,000 [37] |
July 28 | [38] | 857,000 [39] | ||
August 4 | "Lights" | Ellie Goulding | [40] | 867,000 [41] |
August 11 | "Call Me Maybe" | Carly Rae Jepsen | [42] | 915,000 [43] |
August 18 | "Lights" | Ellie Goulding | [44] | |
August 25 | [45] | 829,000 [46] | ||
September 1 | [47] | |||
September 8 | [48] | |||
September 15 | [49] | |||
September 22 | [50] | |||
September 29 | "Some Nights" | Fun | [51] | 774,000 [52] |
October 6 | "One More Night" | Maroon 5 | [53] | 775,000 [54] |
October 13 | [55] | 807,000 [56] | ||
October 20 | "Gangnam Style" | PSY | [57] | 1 million [58] |
October 27 | [59] | 981,000 [60] | ||
November 3 | [61] | 949,000 [61] | ||
November 10 | [62] | 947,000 [62] | ||
November 17 | [63] | 867,000 [63] | ||
November 24 | "Diamonds" | Rihanna | [64] | 959,000 [64] |
December 1 | [65] | 1.05 million [65] | ||
December 8 | [66] | 1.08 million [66] | ||
December 15 | [67] | 1.06 million [67] | ||
December 22 | [68] | 1.2 million [68] | ||
December 29 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Bruno Mars | [69] | 1.2 million [69] |
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