Can you name the musical acts that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2012?

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Artists who peaked in the Top 5 that weren't #1 are in the bonus answers, listed with their highest-reaching song. For an extra challenge, see if you can find all 10 of them!
All weekly numbers are for weeks spent at #1 during the year 2012 only.
Source: Billboard Hot 100
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First Day As #1	Artist	Song
January 7 _{(2 wks)}		Sexy and I Know It
January 21 _{(2 wks)}		We Found Love
February 4 _{(2 wks)}		Set Fire to the Rain
February 18 _{(3 wks)}		Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
March 3 _{(1 wk)}		Part of Me
March 17 _{(6 wks)}		We Are Young
April 28 _{(8 wks)}		Somebody That I Used to Know
June 23 _{(9 wks)}		Call Me Maybe
August 25 _{(2 wks)}		Whistle
September 1 _{(3 wks)}		We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
September 29 _{(9 wks)}		One More Night
December 1 _{(3 wks)}		Diamonds
December 22 _{(2 wks)}		Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #2	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #2	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #2	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #2	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #3	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #3	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #3	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #4	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #5	Locked Out of Heaven
Peaked at #5	Locked Out of Heaven

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Billboard #1 Artists (2012) Quiz

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	strags11:	Jan 12th, 2013 at 15:28 GMT		12 points
	Just for laughs, here are the #1 hits of 1972, forty years prior. There are a few serious duds on the list, but a ton of all-time classics as well. Check back in 2052 to see if the 13 #1 songs from 2012 pass the test of time as well as some of their predecessors: "A Horse With No Name" - America (3 weeks) "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan (6) "American Pie" - Don McLean (4) "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" - Mac Davis (3) "Ben" - Michael Jackson (1) "Black And White" - Three Dog Night (1) "Brand New Key" - Melanie (2) "Heart Of Gold" - Neil Young (1) "I Am Woman" - Helen Reddy (2) "I Can See Clearly Now" - Johnny Nash (4) "I'll Take You There" - The Staple Singers (1) "Lean On Me" - Bill Withers (3) "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green (1) "Me And Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul (3) "My Ding-A-Ling" - Chuck Berry (2) "Oh Girl" - The Chi-Lites"(1) "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - The Temptations (1) "The Candy Man" - Sammy Davis Jr. (3) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack (6) "Song Sung Blue" - Neil Diamond (1) "Without You" - Nilsson (4)

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	goldengenius14:	Jan 12th, 2013 at 17:55 GMT		3 points
	PSY should have been at #1...

	BamaRainbow:	Jan 12th, 2013 at 19:01 GMT		9 points
	@strags: Just out of curiosity, is there some reason for picking 40 years ago instead of, say, 50 years ago or 20 years ago? FWIW, here are the #1 songs from 1962--merely for comparison: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - The Tokens (1) "The Twist" - Chubby Checker (2) "Peppermint Twist - Part I" - Joey Dee and the Starliters (3) "Duke of Earl" - Gene Chandler (3) "Hey! Baby" Bruce Channel (3) "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" - Connie Francis (1) "Johnny Angel" - Shelley Fabares (2) "Good Luck Charm" - Elvis Presley (2) "Soldier Boy" - The Shirelles (3) "Stranger on the Shore" - Mr. Acker Bilk (1) "I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles (5) "The Stripper" - David Rose (1) "Roses Are Red (My Love)" - Bobby Vinton (4) "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" - Neil Sedaka (2) "The Loco-Motion" - Little Eva (1) "Sheila" - Tommy Roe (2) "Sherry" - The Four Seasons (5) "Monster Mash" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers (2) "He's a Rebel" - The Crystals (2) "Big Girls Don't Cry" - The Four Seasons (5) "Telstar" - The Tornados (2) Some "all-time classics" there as well (not to mention a bit of rock history at the end of the year) and a couple of "serious duds" (though your mileage may vary).

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jseve001:

Jan 12th, 2013 at 20:20 GMT

22 points

99% of ALL music, from any genre, any point in history are about the same things: love, sex, drugs and sticking it to the man.

	bmo1616:	Jan 12th, 2013 at 21:18 GMT		1 point
	Say what you want about the current top 40 hits, but you can't deny we have much more of a variety of different artists and styles than we've ever had. Also, the people that love to slam current music in saying how awful it is? Frank Sinatra said the same thing about Rock and Roll.

	rockgolf:	Jan 13th, 2013 at 03:17 GMT		1 point
	@bmo1616: This is not a complaint about today's music. As with every era, there's great stuff, good stuff and really awful stuff. But at least as far as radio goes, I completely disagree that there's more variety than ever. From the mid-60's to the late 70's, you could listen to the average pop station, and within an hour hear pop, hard rock, ballads, dance, soul and even country. Tell me of a radio station that plays more than 2 or 3 of those genres today.

	bmo1616:	Jan 13th, 2013 at 04:37 GMT		3 points
	Katy Perry, Green Day, Christina Perri, PSY, Adele, Carrie Underwood - heard very frequently on my local radio stations, which I believe are examples that hit all your genres respectively :).

	bmo1616:	Jan 13th, 2013 at 04:40 GMT		1 point
	Rihanna, Linkin Park, Demi Lovato, LMFAO, Alicia Keys, Lady Antebellum to name another set

	bmo1616:	Jan 13th, 2013 at 04:48 GMT		1 point
	Okay one more, Lady Gaga, Shinedown, Pink, Black Eyes Peas, Bruno Mars, The Band Perry, of course you didn't include R&B, alternative, and rap in your list, which can also be included in today's music.

	dyster:	Jan 13th, 2013 at 06:28 GMT		-3 points
	I'd prolly get more right if you'd done a 40- or 50-years-prior-quiz, in fact I haven't even heard of half of the bands on this list... But then again I've never been much into pop...

	TigerRockets:	Jan 13th, 2013 at 07:54 GMT		-1 points
	Gotye best song on there by far

	isildur:	Jan 13th, 2013 at 16:39 GMT		-2 points
	@jseve001: I think less than 99% of music is about "love, sex, drugs and sticking it to the man" - you're forgetting the instrumentals (e.g. Bach) and all those songs about our good friends God and Santa.

	jakerepp18:	Jan 13th, 2013 at 23:16 GMT		2 points
	this makes me sad.

	cavaliergirl18:	Jan 14th, 2013 at 18:18 GMT		1 point
	@isildur - Who says instrumentals aren't about anything? Beethoven's 2nd symphony is widely considered to be about his gastric problems, for example.

	melb721:	Jan 14th, 2013 at 19:09 GMT		0 points
	Gotye makes this list a little less depressing.

	alanross:	Jan 15th, 2013 at 17:30 GMT		1 point
	fun quiz- love the peak pos. extra info!

	strags11:	Jan 16th, 2013 at 00:19 GMT		2 points
	@bama: sorry for the delay in responding. I chose 1972 because it was a round number of years ago and because it was the first such year I personally remember. (I was alive in 1962, but I was kind of busy teething. ;)) The '62 list is pretty good - it starts with two gems, ends with two more, and there are quite a few good ones in the middle like "Sheila", "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Monster Mash". No complaints here. Yeah, I'll admit I posted the original list for rhetorical purposes -- like @rockgolf, I don't want to get into any generational battles with our younger Sporclers, and I know it's downright trite to believe that one's own generation produced the best music. But, yes too, I believe that a much greater percentage of the 1972 songs are still going to be played and popular in 40 years than the 13 #1s from 2012. I think the 'timelessness' of music has been on the downswing for quite a while -- not necessarily that it's getting worse, mind you, but it seems much more fleeting and throwaway. Let's look at the other 10-year anniversary lists since '72 for examples (sorry in advance for the length): 1982 ---- "Abracadabra" - Steve Miller Band "Centerfold" - J. Geils Band "Chariots Of Fire" - Vangelis "Don't You Want Me" - The Human League "Ebony And Ivory" - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder "Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - Hall And Oates "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "Jack & Diane" - John Cougar Mellencamp "Maneater" - Hall and Oates "Mickey" - Toni Basil "Physical" - Olivia Newton-John "Truly" - Lionel Richie "Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes "Who Can It Be Now?" - Men At Work On the whole, a good list, but just not as strong top to bottom as '72. Weighed down by a few hits by super artists who did MUCH better work in other years (ONJ, Paul/Stevie, Chicago and Lionel Richie come quickly to mind.)

	strags11:	Jan 16th, 2013 at 00:23 GMT		1 point
	1992 ---- "All 4 Love" - Color Me Badd "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-a-Lot" "Black Or White" - Michael Jackson "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - George Michael & Elton John "End Of The Road" - Boyz II Men "How Do You Talk To An Angel" - The Heights "I'll Be There" - Mariah Carey "I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston "Jump" - Kris Kross "Save The Best For Last" - Vanessa Williams "This Used To Be My Playground" - Madonna "To Be With You" - Mr. Big At the risk of having an avalanche of thumbs-down rained on my head: yikes! Some unnecessary remakes (and I'm including Whitney's in there, sorry), a few ballads you never today, and yeah a couple of really good songs by MJ and B2M. But what's really striking when you compare '92 to '72 is that (IMO) the goofy novelty songs were among the WEAKEST on the earlier list and the STRONGEST on the later list. That can't be good. 2002 ---- "A Moment Like This" - Kelly Clarkson "Ain't It Funny" - Jennifer Lopez f/Ja Rule "Always On Time" - Ja Rule f/Ashanti "Dilemma" - Nelly f/Kelly Rowland "Foolish" - Ashanti "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback "Hot In Herre" - Nelly "Lose Yourself" - Eminem "U Got It Bad" - Usher Um.....yeah. Well, "Lose Yourself" is a classic. "U Got It Bad" and "Hot In Herre" are decent songs and still played a lot on the radio. And....um, yeah..... As always, your mileage may vary.