List of Gaon Digital Chart number ones of 2012

The Gaon Digital Chart of Gaon Music Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in South Korea. The data is collected by the Korea Music Content Association. It consists of a weekly chart, listed from Sunday to Saturday, and a monthly chart.

Weekly charts

Psy earned the year's best-performing single with "Gangnam Style".
T-ara's "Lovey-Dovey" was the best performing song of January.
Busker Busker scored two number-one hits in 2012, with "Cherry Blossom Ending" and "If You Really Love Me".
Big Bang scored two monthly number-one singles in 2012, the most out of any act.
2NE1's "I Love You" was the best performing song of July.
Girls' Generation-TTS's "Twinkle" was the best performing song of May.
Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 2012
Source: Gaon Weekly Digital Chart[1]
Week end date Song Artist Total Downloads
January 7 "Lovey-Dovey" T-ara 540,458
January 14 "The Story of a Tall Bachelor" (키 큰 노총각 이야기) Jeong Jun-ha 623,496
January 21 "Lovey-Dovey" T-ara 354,144
January 28 "I Knew It" (이럴 줄 알았어) Beast 372,501
February 4 "When I Can't Sing" (내가 노래를 못해도) Se7en 493,651
February 11 "Back in Time" (시간을 거슬러) Lyn 353,903
February 18 "I Need You" (니가 필요해) K.Will 396,678
February 25 "Blue" Big Bang 833,233
March 3 537,161
March 10 348,535
March 17 "I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me" (너도 나처럼) 2AM 662,901
March 24[2] "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" Shinee 520,204
March 31 "Hey You" CN Blue 350,176
April 7 "Cherry Blossom Ending" (벚꽃 엔딩) Busker Busker 522,232
April 14[3] 358,823
April 21 "Alone" (나 혼자) Sistar 447,718
April 28 323,422
May 5 "Twinkle" Girls' Generation-TTS 604,870
May 12[4] "Voice" (목소리) Baek Ji-young featuring Gary of Leessang 529,920
May 19 "Every End of the Day" (하루 끝) IU 415,891
May 26 275,146
June 2 "Twinkle" Girls' Generation-TTS 163,646
June 9 "Monster" BigBang 757,501
June 16 "Electric Shock" f(x) 630,510
June 23 "If You Really Love Me" (정말로 사랑한다면) Busker Busker 388,510
June 30 388,784
July 7[5] "Loving U" Sistar 440,960
July 14 "I Love You" 2NE1 469,850
July 21 "Gangnam Style" (강남스타일) Psy 816,868
July 28 473,372
August 4 333,592
August 11 289,995
August 18 261,797
August 25 "I Need You" Huh Gak featuring Zia 365,872
September 1 "All for You" Jung Eun-ji and Seo In-guk 409,284
September 8 "That XX" (그 XX) G-Dragon 428,762
September 15 "All for You" Jung Eun-ji and Seo In-guk 280,745
September 22 "Memory of the Wind" (바람기억) Naul 452,899
September 29 432,591
October 6 244,051
October 13 "It's Cold" Epik High featuring Lee Hi 532,868
October 20 "Becoming Dust" (먼지가 되어) Jung Joon Young and Roy Kim 525,881
October 27 "Ice Cream" Hyuna 454,650
November 3 "1, 2, 3, 4" Lee Hi 667,549
November 10 351,747
November 17 237,719
November 24 "Return" (되돌리다) Lee Seung-gi 420,958
December 1 480,759
December 8 301,153
December 15 "Because It's Christmas" (크리스마스니까) Sung Si-kyung, Park Hyo-shin,
Lee Seok-hoon, Seo In-guk and VIXX 		272,901
December 22 "You Are Attractive" (매력있어) Akdong Musician 226,223
December 29 "Dancing Queen" Girls' Generation 263,376

Monthly charts

Source: Gaon Monthly Digital Chart[1]
Month Song Artist Aggregate points Total Downloads Year-end Chart Ref
January "Lovey-Dovey" T-ara 142,691,767 1,903,727 7 [6]
February "Blue" BigBang 102,380,663 1,351,429 10 [7]
March "Fantastic Baby" 105,296,671 1,229,518 5 [8]
April "Cherry Blossom Ending" Busker Busker 169,546,447 1,570,146 2 [9]
May "Twinkle" Girls' Generation-TTS 119,415,981 997,122 11 [10]
June "Like This" Wonder Girls 138,592,996 1,444,339 18 [11]
July "I Love You" 2NE1 151,627,608 1,522,263 6 [12]
August "Gangnam Style" Psy 150,855,485 1,280,050 1 [13]
September "All for You" Jung Eun-ji and Seo In-guk 113,858,049 1,037,911 8 [14]
October "Bloom" Gain 115,479,048 1,182,829 42 [15]
November "1, 2, 3, 4" Lee Hi 132,391,547 1,210,297 23 [16]
December "Return" Lee Seung-gi 110,364,099 896,196 37 [17]

References

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