1. Top 1-50 Songs of 2012 By Chloe, Berkeley, and Kate

2. #50 Flo Rida- Whistle “Whistle” by Flo Rida is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it was number 64 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart, as well as selling 317,000 copies. #49 Outasight- Tonight is The Night “Tonight Is The Night” by Outasight is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it sold 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. and 70,000 copies in Australia.

3. #48 Ed Sherran- A Team “The A Team” by Ed Sheeran is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number 32 on the Australian Singles Chart then, it reached number 2 for two weeks. #47 Justin Bieber- Boyfriend “Boyfriend” by Justin Bieber is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because a few hours after its release, it reached the top position on the US iTunes store and sold 3,216,000 downloads in the US by December 2012.

4. #46 Train- Drive By “Drive By” by Train is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 of 2012. #45 Calvin Harris ft Ne-Yo- Lets Go “Let’s Go” by Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it has received a nomination as the Best Dancing Record at the 55 th Grammy Awards to be held in 2013 and it reached number two on the UK Singles Chart.

5. #44 Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch Ass Back Home “Ass Back Home” by Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number 5 on the US Pop Songs (Billboard) and number 1 in Australia (ARIA). #43 Karmin, Brokenhearted “Brokenhearted” by Karmin reached number 16 on its twelfth week on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as reaching the top ten in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

6. #42 B.O.B ft. Taylor Swift, Both of Us “Both Of Us” by B.O.B. ft. Taylor Swift is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and is an alternative hip hop song. #41 Jesse J, Domino “Domino” by Jessie J is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number 1 in Ireland as well as receiving a Gold certification in Denmark and Switzerland.

7. #40 Adele, Rumor Has It “Rumor Has It” by Adele is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it earned a Double Platinum Certification by the RIAA for selling more than 2,000,000 units in the US. #39 Drake ft Rihanna, Take Care “Take Care” by Drake featuring Rihanna is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it went platinum in Canada and sold 160,000 copies

8. #38 Calvin Harris Feel So Close “Feel So Close” by Calvin Harris is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it got rated number one in Scotland and sold 2,172,000 in the US #37 Rihanna, Diamonds “Diamonds” by Rihanna is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it went platinum twice in Australia and sold 300,000 copies in Germany

9. #36 Bruno Mars Locked Out Of Heaven “Locked Out of Heaven” by Bruno Mars is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because i8t went platnium in Italy and sold 30,000 copies #35 Alex Clare, Too Close “Too Close” by Alex Clare is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it was rated number nine in France and sold 2,000,000 copies in the US

10. #34 Usher, Scream “Scream” by Usher is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it got favorable reviews from the music critics who liked the production of the song and it sold 15,000 copies in Denmark #33 Katy Perry, Part Of Me “Part Of Me” by Katy Perry is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it got such good reviews that the song was turned into a movie

11. #32 Ke$ha Die Young “Die Young” by Ke$ha is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it went platinum in Australia three times #31 Neon Trees, Everybody Talks “Everybody Talks” by Neon Trees is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it got rated number six on the Billboard Hot 100

12. #30 David Guetta ft. Usher, Without You “Without You” by David Guetta featuring Usher is in our top 50 songs of 2012 because it went platinum twice in Italy #29 Taylor Swift, We Are Never Getting Back Together “We Are Never Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it received a Gold certification in the United Kingdom, as well reaching number 1 in Brazil and Canada.

13. #28 Pit Bull Ft. Chris Brown, International Love “International Love” by Pitbull ft. Chris Brown is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it was number 1 Slovakia and was number 1 in the US Hot Dance Club Songs. #27 Owl City& Carly Ray Jepson, Good Time “Good Time” by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepson is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it earned commercial success worldwide, reaching number 1 in Canada, New Zealand and South Korea, while reaching the top ten in United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Netherlands and other countries.

14. #26 Phillip Phillips Home “Home” by Phillip Phillips is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning278, 000 downloads. #25 Chris Brown Don’t Wake Me Up “Don’t Wake Me Up” by Chris Brown is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it earned three platinum certifications from Australia, one gold certificate from Germany, and one platinum certification from New Zealand.

15. #24 Jason Mraz I Wont Give Up “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number one on the South Korea International Singles chart and earned 240,000 downloads in Canada. #23 Justin Bieber Ft Big Sean As Long As You Love Me “As Long As You Love Me” by Justin Bieber is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number four in Norway and number three on the US Pop Songs chart.

16. #22 Adele Set Fire To Rain “Set Fire To The Rain” by Adele is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it got a Gold certification in Brazil and reached number one in twelve countries. #21 David Guetta Ft Nicki Manaj Turn Me On “Turn Me On” by David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj is on our Top 50 Songs of 2012 list because it reached number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs and in Poland.

17. #20 Katy Perry Wide Awake This song was made for Katy Perry’s album known as Teenage Dream. This was the eighth and final single for the album and it was featured in her movie which came out this year known as Part Of Me. #19 Flo- Rida Good Feeling This was a song for the rappers fourth studio album, Wild Ones. This song was the artist 6 th top ten and fourth top 5 on the billboards charts. It also was the top ten in 16 countries.

18. #18 Maroon 5 One More Night Maroon 5 leads singer, Adam is a judge on the voice. This is the bands second single for their fourth studio album, One More Night. This song received the most favorable reviews from their critics. #17 Ne-Yo Let Me Love You Maroon 5 leads singer, Adam is a judge on the voice. This is the bands second single for their fourth studio album, One More Night. This song received the most favorable reviews from their critics.

19. #16 Ellie Goulding Lights This is a song for Ellie’s debut album known as lights. This song was inspired by her childhood fear of the dark. She ended up making it on the top 20 best songs of 2012. #15 Rihanna Where Have You Been This is Rihanna’s fifth single for her album sixth studio album. Also Rihanna didn’t write this song on her own she had help from several other artist. This song was released as her third internation single from her album.

20. #14 Fun Some Nights This is on the artist second studio album. They worked on this song in 2011 for over nine months. Fun had much success this year in songs. #13 Pink Blow Me One Last Kiss This song was released as the lead song for their sixth studio album, The Truth About Love. Pink is also ranked number three with women for the most top tens since 2000.

21. #12 Nicki Manaj Starships Nicki Minaj’s song starships is a lead song for her second studio album Pink Friday. This song was written by Nicki herself along with other artist. Nicki said it was hard to pick her lead single for this album. #11 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful One Direction was the X Factor winner for the UK. This song was the number one on I Tunes at one point this year. This song served as their debut single and lead song for their debut album Up All Night.

22. #10 Rihanna Ft Calvin Harris We Found Love This is a song for Rihanna’s sixth studio album called Talk Talk Talk. It is featuring the Scottish DJ named Calvin Harris. This song is also available in the UK. #9 The Wanted Glad You Came This is the Wanted’s second single on their second studio album, Battleground. It was number 3 on the Billboards Hot 100 and it was number one in the UK and Ireland.

23. #8 Flo-Rida Ft Sia Wild Ones This was a single recorded by the rapper Flo-Rida and was part of their fourth studio album. This was released as the albums second single. There is also remixes for this song featuring a variety of artists such as David Guetta. #7 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye has had much success this year with Some Body That I Used To Know, which was number one on iTunes for a very long time. It also stopped at number seven for Z100 making it in the top ten.

24. #6 Kelly Clarkson Stronger Kelly Clarkson was the American idol winner of 2001, and her career has been growing since. This song is her fifth studio album. It made it into the top ten in the UK and the US. #5 Fun Ft Janelle Monae- We Are Young This is Fun’s first single for their second studio album. This song received commercial success world wide and made it to number one in seven countries. It also received very positive reviews from the critics.

25. #4 Carly Ray Jepson Call Me Maybe Carly Ray Jepson is a Canadian artist who was founded by Justin Bieber. Call me maybe was number one on iTunes earlier this year and also it was voted number one song to get stuck in your head of 2012

26. #3 Maroon 5 Ft Wiz Kalifa- Payphone Maroon 5 is a band formed in 1994 featuring Adam Levine, Micky Madden, and Jesse Carmichael. This isn't the first year they made it to the top 100, last year Moves Like Jagger made it to number 10.

27. #2 Demi Lovato- Give Your Heart A Break Demi Lovato started her career on Barney as a kid and later had a lead in a Disney show. After she left Disney, Demi started her vocal career and now stopped at number two on the top 100’s. Congratulations Demi!

28. #1 David Guetta Ft Sia TITANIUM David Guetta is not a new artist, in fact he started his career as a DJ in 1980 and in 1990 released his first album. Titanium came up to be number one of the top 100’s of 2012. His song also made it on the top 10 list of iTunes this year.

29. Source We agreed with the list above which was from Z100. Every year they write the top 100’s songs from what ever year it is above is 2012. Z100’s