List of number-one digital singles of 2012 (Japan)

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This is a list of songs that reached #1 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart chart in Japan in 2012. The highest-selling digital singles in Japan are published by Recording Industry Association of Japan . PC downloads and ringtone downloads are not eligible for the chart, only cellphone downloads (Chaku-uta Full) count for the chart.

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The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday. The first week of 2012, starting January 3, was merged with the following week (1/4-1/10) due to New Year's celebrations.

Chart history

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference(s)
January 10"Tatoe Donnani..." Kana Nishino [1]
January 17"Rising Sun" Exile [2]
January 24"Sekai de Ichiban Suteki na Kimi e." Sonar Pocket [3]
January 31"Sign" Juju [4]
February 7"Hajimari no Toki" Ayaka [5]
February 14"Give Me Five!" AKB48 [6]
February 21 [7]
February 28"Misenai Namida wa, Kitto Itsuka" Greeeen [8]
March 6"Sakura, I Love You?"Kana Nishino [9]
March 13 [10]
March 20"Inori (Namida no Kidō)" Mr. Children [11]
March 27 [12]
April 3 [13]
April 10 [14]
April 17"Getsu Ka Sui Moku Kin Do Nichi. (Kimi ni Okuru Uta)"Sonar Pocket [15]
April 24"Orange"Greeeen [16]
May 8"Haru Uta" Ikimono-gakari [17]
May 15"Be..." Ms. Ooja [18]
May 22"Watashitachi"Kana Nishino [19]
May 29 [20]
June 5 [21]
June 12"Entenka" Shōnan no Kaze [22]
June 19"Tadaima"Juju [23]
June 26"Believe" Che'Nelle [24]
July 3 [25]
July 10 [26]
July 17 [27]
July 24"Go for It!!"Kana Nishino [28]

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References

  1. ↑ "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue January 10, 2012" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  2. ↑ "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue January 17, 2012" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
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  28. ↑ "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue July 24, 2012" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
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