Billboard publishes annual lists of songs based on chart performance over the course of a year based on Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems and SoundScan information. For 2012, the list for the top 100 Billboard Hot 100 Year-End songs was published on December14, calculated with data from December3, 2011 to November 24, 2012.[1] At the number-one position was Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" featuring Kimbra, which stayed atop the Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks.
Singer Ellie Goulding, whose single "Lights" appeared at number 5, is the highest-ranking British artist on the list.
Barbadian singer Rihanna's "We Found Love" came in at number 69 in 2011 and rose to position 8 this year. She had a total of six songs included on the list, with her as a lead artist on 5 songs. Four of which were from her sixth album Talk That Talk, and one was from her seventh album Unapologetic.
All of rapper Flo Rida's singles off of Wild Ones are within the top 20, except "I Cry", which was not on the Year-End chart but peaked at #6, and would then proceed to be on 2013's Year-End chart, and "Let It Roll", which did not chart on the Hot 100 at all.