JANUARY
Top hit
Sexy And I Know It · Lmfao
Top album
Christmas · Michael Buble
Enter the Year
Year
2012
Streaming Rewrites the Rules
Virality enters the vocabulary — yet month by month, the story stays human.
Voices of the year
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
Set Fire To The Rain · Adele
Top album
21 · Adele
MARCH
Top hit
Part Of Me · Katy Perry
Top album
21 · Adele
APRIL
Top hit
We Are Young · Fun
Top album
MDNA · Madonna
MAY
Top hit
Somebody That I Used To Know · Gotye
Top album
Tuskegee · Lionel Richie
JUNE
Top hit
Somebody That I Used To Know · Gotye
Top album
21 · Adele
JULY
Top hit
Call Me Maybe · Carly Rae Jepsen
Top album
Believe · Justin Bieber
AUGUST
Top hit
Call Me Maybe · Carly Rae Jepsen
Top album
Life Is Good · Nas
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together · Taylor Swift
Top album
Based On A T.R.U. Story · 2 Chainz
OCTOBER
Top hit
One More Night · Maroon 5
Top album
The Truth About Love · P!nk
NOVEMBER
Top hit
One More Night · Maroon 5
Top album
Night Train · Jason Aldean
DECEMBER
Top hit
Diamonds · Rihanna
Top album
Take Me Home · One Direction