List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2012

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The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company,[1] and is based on both physical and digital sales.[2] The following are the number-one singles of 2012.[3]

Number-one singles

Key
† Best-selling R&B single of the year
Rapper Nicki Minaj's Starships was the best performing song of 2012.
Issue date Single Artist(s) Ref.
7 January "Good Feeling" Flo Rida [4]
14 January [a] [5]
21 January [6]
28 January "Mama Do the Hump" Rizzle Kicks [7]
4 February [b] [8]
11 February "Wild Ones" Flo Rida (featuring Sia) [9]
18 February "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" will.i.am (featuring Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger) [10]
25 February "Wild Ones" Flo Rida
(featuring Sia) 		[11]
3 March [12]
10 March "Rockstar" Dappy (featuring Brian May) [13]
17 March "Starships" † Nicki Minaj [14]
24 March [15]
31 March "Last Time" Labrinth [16]
7 April [a] "Turn Up the Music" Chris Brown [17]
14 April [b] "Starships" † Nicki Minaj [18]
21 April "Climax" Usher [19]
28 April "Ordinary People" John Legend [20]
5 May "So Good" B.o.B [21]
12 May [b] "Starships" † Nicki Minaj [22]
19 May [a] "R.I.P." Rita Ora
(featuring Tinie Tempah) 		[23]
26 May [a] [24]
2 June [25]
9 June [26]
16 June "Whistle" Flo Rida [27]
23 June [28]
30 June [29]
7 July [30]
14 July [31]
21 July [32]
28 July [33]
4 August [34]
11 August [35]
18 August "Wonderful" Angel [36]
25 August "Simply Amazing" Trey Songz [37]
1 September "Wonderful" Angel [38]
8 September "Harder Than You Think" Public Enemy [39]
15 September [a] "Let Me Love You" Ne-Yo [40]
22 September [41]
29 September [42]
6 October "I Cry" Flo Rida [43]
13 October [a] "Diamonds" Rihanna [44]
20 October [45]
27 October [46]
3 November [a] "Beneath Your Beautiful" Labrinth
(featuring Emeli Sandé) 		[47]
10 November [48]
17 November [49]
24 November [50]
1 December [51]
8 December "Diamonds" Rihanna [52]
15 December "Beneath Your Beautiful" Labrinth (featuring Emeli Sandé) [53]
22 December "Scream & Shout" will.i.am
(featuring Britney Spears) 		[54]
29 December [55]

Notes

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Chart Rules". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ "2012 Top 40 R&B Singles Archive". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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  39. ^ "8th September 2012". Official Charts Company. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  40. ^ "15th September 2012". Official Charts Company. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  41. ^ "22nd September 2012". Official Charts Company. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  42. ^ "29th September 2012". Official Charts Company. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  43. ^ "6th October 2012". Official Charts Company. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  44. ^ "13th October 2012". Official Charts Company. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  45. ^ "20th October 2012". Official Charts Company. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  46. ^ "27th October 2012". Official Charts Company. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  47. ^ "3rd November 2012". Official Charts Company. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  48. ^ "10th November 2012". Official Charts Company. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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  55. ^ "29th December 2012". Official Charts Company. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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