List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Rihanna 5, 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A profile picture of young dark hair woman who is looking forward and smiling.|[[Rihanna]]'s "[[Diamonds (Rihanna song)|Diamonds]]" makes her one of the three [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Most number-one singles|artists with the fifth-most number ones]] in the chart's history.<ref name="diamonds2"/>]]

The [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs of the United States. Its data, published by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine and compiled by [[Nielsen SoundScan]], is based collectively on each single's weekly [[CD single|physical]] and [[Digital distribution|digital]] sales, as well as [[Heavy rotation|airplay]]. Throughout 2012, a total of 12 [[single (music)|singles]] claimed the number-one position. Although 13 singles topped the chart, singer [[Rihanna]]'s "[[We Found Love]]", featuring [[Calvin Harris]], had previously spent eight weeks atop the chart in late 2011, and thus excluded.<ref name="We Found Love">{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464691/rihannas-love-her-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1|work=Billboard|title=Rihanna's 'Love' Her Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=2011-12-21|accessdate=2011-12-21}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2013}}