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''Billboard
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'' publishes annual lists of songs based on chart performance over the course of a year based on Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
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and SoundScan
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information. For 2012, the list for the top 100 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Year-End songs was published on December 14, calculated with data from December 3, 2011 to November 24, 2012. At the number-one position was Gotye
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's "Somebody That I Used to Know
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" featuring Kimbra
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, which stayed atop the Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks.
See also
*2012 in American music
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* List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2012
* List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2012
This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, an all-genre singles chart, in 2012.
Sixty-two singles charted in the top ten during the year. Fifty acts scored a top-ten hit, with sevente ...
References
{{Top Hot 100 Hits United States Hot 100 Year-End Billboard charts