Gotye looks set to score the biggest selling single of 2012 with Somebody That I Used To Know. The track, which also features New Zealand songstress Kimbra, topped the Official Singles Chart back in February and had a five week, non-consecutive run at Number 1. To date, Somebody That I Used To Know has sold 1.28 million copies making it one of just 123 tracks to break the one million copies sales barrier in the 60 year history of the Official Singles Chart.
Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe is the second biggest selling single of 2012 so far, while Fun.’s We Are Young FT Janelle Monae is at Number 3. David Guetta’s Titanium FT Sia is the fourth biggest seller, and Nicki Minaj’s Starships completes the Top 5. Starships is the only track in the Top 5 not to have reached Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
However, with the busiest sales period for music about to begin - which includes the Official Christmas Number 1 race - this Top 10 could change significantly before we ring in 2013.
1 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW GOTYE FT KIMBRA
2 CALL ME MAYBE CARLY RAE JEPSEN
3 WE ARE YOUNG FUN. FT JANELLE MONAE
4 TITANIUM DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
5 STARSHIPS NICKI MINAJ
6 DOMINO JESSIE J
7 PAYPHONE MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA
8 WILD ONES FLO RIDA FT SIA
9 GANGNAM STYLE PSY
10 NEXT TO ME EMELI SANDE