List of number one hits in Ireland (2012)

This is a list of the number one hits in Ireland in 2012. It is based on the Irish Charts Official Top 100 Singles and Albums , commissioned by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). There were 24 number-one singles and 28 number-one albums that year.

Singles

← 2011 ←	List of number one hits in Ireland			2013 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 15, 2011 - January 11, 2012 4 weeks 4th Little Mix Cannonball Damien George Rice - January 12, 2012 - January 18, 2012 1 week 1 Flo Rida Good Feeling Leroy Kirkland , Pearl Woods, Etta James , Tim Bergling , Lukasz Gottwald , Tramar Dillard , Breyan Stanley Isaac, Arash Andreas Pournouri, Henry Russell Walter - January 19, 2012 - February 1, 2012 2 weeks 2 Jessie J Domino Max Martin , Lukasz Gottwald , Henry Russell Walter , Jessica Ellen Cornish , Claude Kelly - February 2, 2012 - February 15, 2012 2 weeks (total 5) 5 Gotye feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used to Know Walter Andre E. De Backer , Luiz Bonfá - February 16, 2012 - February 29, 2012 2 weeks 2 Emeli Sandé Next to Me Hugo Francis Wiliam Chegwin, Harry Francis Craze, Emeli Sandé, Anup Kumar Paul - March 1, 2012 - March 21, 2012 3 weeks (total 5) 5 Gotye feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used to Know Walter Andre E. De Backer, Luiz Bonfá - March 22, 2012 - April 18, 2012 4 weeks 4th Carly Rae Jepsen Call Me Maybe Joshua Keeler Ramsay, Carly Rae Jepsen, Tavish Crowe - April 19, 2012 - May 9, 2012 3 weeks 3 Fun feat. Janelle Monáe We Are Young Nathaniel Joseph Ruess , Andrew Dost, Jack Michael Antonoff , Jeffrey Bhasker - May 10, 2012 - May 30, 2012 3 weeks 3 The Dubliners , Damien Dempsey , Bressie , Danny O'Reilly & Irish National Football Team The Rocky Road to Poland John Charles Reynolds, Sean McKeon, Damien Jude Patrick Dempsey - May 31, 2012 - June 13, 2012 2 weeks 2 Loreen Euphoria Peter Lars Boström, Thomas G: son - June 14, 2012 - June 20, 2012 1 week 1 Cheryl Call my name Calvin Harris - June 21, 2012 - July 11, 2012 3 weeks 3 Flo Rida Whistle Tramar Dillard , David Edward Glass, Antonio Clarence Mobley, Marcus Killian, Justin Scott Franks, Breyan Stanley Isaac, Arthur Scott Pingrey, Joshua Ralph - July 12, 2012 - July 18, 2012 1 week 1 Will.i.am feat. Eva Simons This Is Love Max Martin , Sebastian Carmine Ingrosso , Mike Hamilton, William Adams , Steve Patrik Angello Jesefsson Fragogiannis , Eva M. Simons - July 19, 2012 - August 1, 2012 2 weeks 2 Florence + the Machine Spectrum (Say My Name) Paul Richard Epworth , Florence Welch - August 2, 2012 - August 8, 2012 1 week 1 Calvin Harris feat. Example We'll Be Coming Back Calvin Harris, Elliot John Gleave - August 9, 2012 - August 15, 2012 1 week 1 Rita Ora How We Do (Party) East S. Harvey Jr. , Bob West, Willie Hutch , Berry Gordy Jr. , Hal Davis, Christopher Wallace , Bonnie Leigh McKee , Kelly Marie Sheehan , Andrew Harr, Jermain Jerrel Jackson, Andre Davidson, Sean Winston Davidson, Alexander Joseph Delicata - August 16, 2012 - August 29, 2012 2 weeks 2 Of Monsters and Men Little Talks Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson - August 30, 2012 - September 5, 2012 1 week 1 Little Mix Wings Iain James, Thomas Andrew Searle Barnes, Peter Norman Cullen Kelleher, Benjamin Alexander Kohn, Michelle Robin Lewis, Mischke J. Butler, Erika F. Nuri, Heidi Lissett Rojas, Perrie Louse Edwards, Jessica Louise Nelson, Leigh Anne Pinnock, Jade Amelia Thirlwall , Christopher Chrishan Dotson, Kyle Christopher - September 6, 2012 - October 3, 2012 4 weeks 4th The Script feat. Will.i.am Hall of Fame Will Adams , James Barry, Daniel John O'Donoghue, Mark Anthony Sheehan - October 4, 2012 - October 10, 2012 1 week 1 one direction Live While We're Young Savan Harish Kotecha, Carl Anthony Falk, Rami Yacoub - October 11, 2012 - October 17, 2012 1 week 1 Adele Skyfall Paul Richard Epworth , Adele Laurie Blue Adkins - October 18, 2012 - October 24, 2012 1 week 1 Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch Sweet Nothing Calvin Harris, Florence Welch, Tommy Hull - October 25, 2012 - November 28, 2012 5 weeks 5 Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé Beneath Your Beautiful Michael Robert Henrion Posner , Timothy Lee McKenzie , Emeli Sandé - November 29, 2012 - December 12, 2012 2 weeks 2 Paddy Casey , Declan O'Rourke , Mary Black & Mundy Tiny Dancer - A Song for Lily-Mae Elton John , Bernie Taupin - December 13, 2012 - January 16, 2013 5 weeks 5 James Arthur Impossible Ina Christine Wroldsen , Arnthor Birgisson -
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Albums

← 2011 ←	List of number one hits in Ireland			2013 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 1, 2011 - January 4, 2012 5 weeks 5 Michael Bublé Christmas - January 5, 2012 - February 1, 2012 4 weeks (35 in total) 35 Adele 21st - February 2, 2012 - February 22, 2012 3 weeks 3 Lana Del Rey Born to Die - February 23, 2012 - February 29, 2012 1 week 1 Whitney Houston The Ultimate Collection - March 1, 2012 - March 7, 2012 1 week (35 in total) 35 Adele 21st - March 8, 2012 - March 28, 2012 3 weeks (4 in total) 4th Bruce Springsteen wrecking ball - March 29, 2012 - April 4, 2012 1 week 1 Madonna MDNA - April 5, 2012 - April 25, 2012 3 weeks 3 Mick Flannery Red to Blue - April 26, 2012 - May 2, 2012 1 week 1 Aslan Nudie Books and Frenchies - May 3, 2012 - May 9, 2012 1 week (total 2) 2 Marina and the Diamonds Electra Heart - May 10, 2012 - May 16, 2012 1 week 1 Keane Strangeland - May 17, 2012 - May 23, 2012 1 week (total 2) 2 Marina and the Diamonds Electra Heart - May 24, 2012 - May 30, 2012 1 week 1 one direction Up all night - May 31, 2012 - June 6, 2012 1 week 1 Sigur Rós Valtari - June 7, 2012 - June 13, 2012 1 week (4 in total) 4th Ed Sheeran + - June 14, 2012 - June 20, 2012 1 week 1 Bee Gees Number ones - June 21, 2012 - June 27, 2012 1 week 1 Justin Bieber Believe - June 28, 2012 - July 11, 2012 2 weeks 2 Jedward Young Love - July 12, 2012 - July 18, 2012 1 week (total 3) 3 Florence + the Machine Ceremonials - July 19, 2012 - July 25, 2012 1 week (4 in total) 4th Bruce Springsteen wrecking ball - July 26, 2012 - August 1, 2012 1 week 1 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Greatest hits - August 2, 2012 - August 8, 2012 1 week (35 in total) 35 Adele 21st - August 9, 2012 - August 15, 2012 1 week (4 in total) 4th Ed Sheeran + - August 16, 2012 - August 29, 2012 2 weeks 2 Ryan O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy - August 30, 2012 - September 5, 2012 1 week 1 Of Monsters and Men My Head Is an Animal - September 6, 2012 - September 12, 2012 1 week 1 Two Door Cinema Club Beacon - September 13, 2012 - September 19, 2012 1 week 1 The Script # 3 - September 20, 2012 - September 26, 2012 1 week 1 The killers Battle Born - September 27, 2012 - October 24, 2012 4 weeks 4th Mumford & Sons Babel - October 25, 2012 - November 7, 2012 2 weeks 2 Taylor Swift Red - November 8, 2012 - November 14, 2012 1 week 1 Robbie Williams Take the crown - November 15, 2012 - December 26, 2012 6 weeks 6th one direction Take Me Home - December 27, 2012 - January 2, 2013 1 week 1 Rihanna Unapologetic -
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Web links

• All # 1 hits since 2003
• All # 1 albums since 2003
• Page of the charts from Ireland

See also: Number one hits 2012 in Argentina , Australia , Belgium , Bulgaria , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Greece , Italy , Japan , Canada , Mexico , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Poland , Portugal , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Spain , South Korea , Czech Republic , Hungary , the United States and the United Kingdom .