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Years / 2012

◦ THE YEAR IN MUSIC

2012

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318,951 plays logged across the four stations in 2012.

Radio 1 90,260 plays in 2012

TOP SONGS

1

Feel the Love (feat. John Newman) Rudimental

×325

2

Bangarang (feat. Sirah) Skrillex

×304

3

×290

4

Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) Gotye

×276

5

ill Manors Plan B

×270

6

Paris JAY-Z & Kanye West

×269

7

Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen

×268

8

Starships Nicki Minaj

×265

9

Midnight City M83

×258

10

Greyhound Swedish House Mafia

×254

TOP ARTISTS

01

964

02

821

03

705

04

691

05

638

06

603

07

584

08

Florence + the Machine

582

Radio 2 66,390 plays in 2012

TOP SONGS

1

somebody that i used to know gotye & kimbra

×206

2

×155

3

My Kind of Love Emeli Sandé

×142

4

Troublemaker Olly Murs

×137

5

Doom & Gloom The Rolling Stones

×135

6

Black Heart Stooshe

×135

7

Picking Up the Pieces Paloma Faith

×133

8

Candy Robbie Williams

×132

9

We Take Care of Our Own Bruce Springsteen

×131

10

Next to Me Emeli Sandé

×131

TOP ARTISTS

01

The Rolling Stones

469

02

444

03

Bruce Springsteen

413

04

401

05

394

06

382

07

356

08

355

1Xtra 83,809 plays in 2012

TOP SONGS

1

Oliver Twist D'Banj

×316

2

212 (feat. Lazy Jay) Azealia Banks

×308

3

Wonderful Angel

×305

4

Feel the Love - feat. John Newman Rudimental

×301

5

Swimming Pools (Drank) Kendrick Lamar

×298

6

She Doesn't Mind Sean Paul

×269

7

The Thing Atumpan

×263

8

Hot Right Now (feat. Rita Ora) DJ Fresh

×254

9

Remember Me (feat. Jessie J) Daley

×243

10

×242

TOP ARTISTS

01

984

02

930

03

811

04

798

05

784

06

757

07

729

08

712

6 Music 78,492 plays in 2012

TOP SONGS

1

×121

2

Hold On Alabama Shakes

×103

3

Default Django Django

×100

4

Simple Song The Shins

×97

5

×96

6

Night and Day Hot Chip

×95

7

×93

8

×92

9

Dark Star POLIÇA

×88

10

Disparate Youth Santigold

×87

TOP ARTISTS

01

The Rolling Stones

352

02

340

03

340

04

332

05

328

06

323

07

304

08

286