The Top 40 most streamed tracks of 2012 revealed

The Official Charts Company’s end of year figures reveal Somebody That I Used To Know and Call Me Maybe were to most listened to tracks of 2012. Plus: See the Top 40 in full!

The Official Charts Company’s end of year figures reveal Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye and Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen were to most listened to tracks of 2012.

Not only were Gotye FT Kimbra’s Somebody That I Used To Know and Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe the most purchased singles in the UK during 2012, but they were also the most streamed tracks of 2012, too.

British music fans streamed audio tracks more than 3.7 billion times during 2012, an increase of 42% on the previous year’s estimate of 2.6 billion streams, according to the latest Official Charts Company data.

Gotye and Carly Rae Jepsen’s tracks are joined in the year end Official Streaming Chart Top 5 by David Guetta FT Sia’s Titanium (Number 3), Fun. FT Janelle Monae’s We Are Young (4) and Nicki Minaj’s Starships (5), who were all also in the Top 10 most purchased tracks of last year.

However, the Official Streaming Chart uniquely highlights the difference between what the British public are purchasing, and what they are actually listening to.

Acts and tracks who performed disproportionately well include French electronic band M83, whose single Midnight City places 125 positions higher in the year end streaming run-down compared to the singles sales chart. Similarly, streams of AVICII’s Levels and Skrillex’s Bangarang outperform actual track purchases, each ranking 44 places higher on the Official Streaming Chart.

Other beneficiaries of streams over sales include Ed Sheeran (pictured) and Lana Del Rey. Both artists have multiple entries from their latest albums on the year end chart, suggesting British consumers are using these growing music services to stream full albums, or to preview them before purchasing.

You can see the full Official Streaming Chart of 2012 Top 40 below:

	TRACK TITLE	ARTIST	OFFICIAL SINGLES CHART END OF YEAR SALES POSITION
1	SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW	GOTYE FT KIMBRA	1
2	CALL ME MAYBE	CARLY RAE JEPSEN	2
3	TITANIUM	DAVID GUETTA FT SIA	4
4	WE ARE YOUNG	FUN. FT JANELLE MONAE	3
5	STARSHIPS	NICKI MINAJ	7
6	WE FOUND LOVE	RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS	56
7	TOO CLOSE	ALEX CLARE	18
8	WILD ONES	FLO RIDA FT SIA	10
9	DRIVE BY	TRAIN	23
10	DOMINO	JESSIE J	8
11	DRUNK	ED SHEERAN	71
12	PAYPHONE	MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA	9
13	LEGO HOUSE	ED SHEERAN	82
14	THE A TEAM	ED SHEERAN	118
15	LEVELS	AVICII	59
16	VIDEO GAMES	LANA DEL REY	87
17	N****S IN PARIS	JAY-Z & KANYE WEST	31
18	WHISTLE	FLO RIDA	15
19	FEEL THE LOVE	RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN	16
20	PARADISE	COLDPLAY	45
21	EARTHQUAKE	LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH	52
22	PRINCESS OF CHINA	COLDPLAY & RIHANNA	25
23	TAKE CARE	DRAKE FT RIHANNA	67
24	GANGNAM STYLE	PSY	6
25	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY	95
26	SPECTRUM	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	19
27	WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER	TAYLOR SWIFT	26
28	TURN ME ON	DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ	35
29	BANGARANG	SKRILLEX FT SIRAH	73
30	HALL OF FAME	THE SCRIPT FT WILL I AM	21
31	WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN	RIHANNA	32
32	NEXT TO ME	EMELI SANDE	14
33	MAMA DO THE HUMP	RIZZLE KICKS	17
34	GOOD FEELING	FLO RIDA	47
35	DIAMONDS	RIHANNA	11
36	DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD	SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/MARTIN	13
37	MOVES LIKE JAGGER	MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA	58
38	MIDNIGHT CITY	M83	163
39	212	AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY	44
40	SHAKE IT OUT	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	141

The UK’s first Official Streaming Chart was published in May 2012 by the Official Charts Company. It is the first chart which ranks audio streams from both ad-funded and subscription streaming services in the UK, which reflects the increasing interest in the new generation of music services such as Spotify, Deezer, Napster and We7.