The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2012, seventeen singles claimed the top spot, including LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It", which started its peak position in late 2011. Seventeen acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia, either as a lead or featured artist: Foster the People, Sia, Gym Class Heroes, Neon Hitch, Fun, Janelle Monáe, Carly Rae Jepsen, Karise Eden, Justice Crew, Lupe Fiasco, Psy, Swedish House Mafia, John Martin, Samantha Jade, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Wanz.
Fun and Flo Rida earned two number-one songs during the year. Flo Rida's "Whistle" was the longest-running number-one single of 2012, having topped the ARIA Singles Chart for eight weeks. Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" each topped the chart for five consecutive weeks, while Flo Rida's "Wild Ones", Psy's "Gangnam Style" and Guy Sebastian's "Battle Scars" all stayed at number one for six consecutive weeks. Sebastian is the only Australian male artist in the chart's history to achieve six number-one singles.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2012. DateSongArtist(s)Ref.2 January "Sexy and I Know It" LMFAO 9 January16 January "Pumped Up Kicks" Foster the People 23 January "Wild Ones" Flo Rida featuring Sia 30 January6 February13 February20 February27 February5 March "Ass Back Home" Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch 12 March "We Are Young" Fun featuring Janelle Monáe 19 March26 March2 April "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen 9 April16 April23 April30 April7 May "Whistle" Flo Rida 14 May21 May28 May4 June11 June18 June25 June "Stay with Me Baby" Karise Eden 2 July "Whistle" Flo Rida 9 July "Shout It Out" Reece Mastin 16 July "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" Pink 23 July "Some Nights" Fun 30 July6 August "Boom Boom" Justice Crew 13 August20 August "Battle Scars" Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco 27 August3 September10 September17 September24 September1 October "Gangnam Style" Psy 8 October15 October22 October29 October5 November12 November "Don't You Worry Child" Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin 19 November26 November "What You've Done to Me" Samantha Jade 3 December "Thrift Shop" Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz 10 December17 December24 December31 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Flo Rida 14 2 Sia (as featuring) 6 2 Guy Sebastian 6 2 Lupe Fiasco 6 2 Psy 6 3 Carly Rae Jepsen 5 3 Fun 5 3 Macklemore 5 3 Wanz (as featuring) 5 4 Janelle Monáe (as featuring) 3 5 LMFAO 2 5 Justice Crew 2 5 Swedish House Mafia 2 5 John Martin (as featuring) 2 6 Foster the People 1 6 Gym Class Heroes 1 6 Neon Hitch (as featuring) 1 6 Karise Eden 1 6 Reece Mastin 1 6 Pink 1 6 Samantha Jade 1
See also 2012 in music List of number-one albums of 2012 (Australia) List of top 25 singles for 2012 in Australia List of top 10 singles for 2012 in Australia
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