The number one song of 2012 in Canada was Gotye’s ”Somebody That I Used to Know”. The most successful Anglo song from a Canadian artist was ”Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen (2nd of the year, Canadian Hot 100). It enjoyed part of its chart success in 2011 when it was released and spent a total of 74 weeks on the charts. It was the best-selling digital single of 2012 worldwide and became the best-selling domestic single of all-time by a Canadian artist. Her collaboration with the United States’ Owl City, “Good Time”, also topped the weekly charts as did Justin Bieber with “Boyfriend”. The year’s biggest Franco hit was Marie-Mai’s “Sans cri ni haine” (4th of the year, CKOI), a Franco cover of “Call Your Girlfriend” by Sweden’s Robyn. “Toi + Moi” by the 2012 Star Academie finalists peaked at #31 on the Canadian Hot 100, the highest position ever by a Franco single.
Below is a list of all singles by Canadian artists that made the year-end Top 100 or that peaked within the Top 40 of the weekly Canadian Hot 100. We have included tunes from international artists (names in grey) which “feature” a Canadian. As well, below is a list of all Canadian Franco songs that made the CKOI year-end Top 50 or that appeared on the Canadian Hot 100.
HY = Hot 100 year-end chart position
HW = Hot 100 weekly charts, peak position
CY = CKOI year-end Top 50 chart position
2012 FRANCO HITS
| TITLE | ARTIST | CY | HW |
| Sans cri ni haine | Marie-Mai | 4 | 67 |
| Toi + Moi | 2012 Star Academie Finalists | 8 | 31 |
| C.O.B.R.A. | Marie-Mai | 25 | 74 |
| Le Memoire de Loco Locass | Loco Locass | 41 | |
| Parler a mon pere | Celine Dion | 53 | |
| Les Petits pieds de lea | Celine Dion | 80 | |
| J’aime ta grand-mere | Les Trois Accords | 97 |
2012 ANGLO HITS
| TITLE | ARTIST | HY | HW |
| Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jepsen | 2 | 1 |
| Kiss You Inside Out | Hedley | 19 | 2 |
| Summer Paradise | Simple Plan | 22 | 8 |
| Good Time | Carly Rae Jepsen | 30 | 1 |
| Boyfriend | Justin Bieber | 35 | 1 |
| Take Care | Drake | 36 | 15 |
| As Long As You Love Me | Justin Bieber | 48 | 9 |
| Shut Up and Dance | Victoria Duffield | 49 | 12* |
| Is Anybody Out There? | K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado | 52 | 14 |
| Fallout | Marianas Trench | 53 | 26 |
| Curiosity | Carly Rae Jepsen | 55 | 18 |
| One Life | Hedley | 57 | 16* |
| Desperate Measures | Marianas Trench | 62 | 20 |
| Burning | Mia Martina | 64 | 25 |
| Hit Me Up | Danny Fernandes | 65 | 22* |
| Hurt Me Tomorrow | K’Naan | 70 | 12 |
| The Motto | Drake | 72 | 38 |
| Let It Go | Dragonette | 73 | 23 |
| The Veldt | deadmau5 | 75 | 24 |
| When We Stand Together | Nickelback | 81 | 10* |
| Live My Life | Far East Movement ft. Justin Bieber | 85 | 4 |
| Mash It Up | Karl Wolf | 94 | 28 |
| Somebody That I Used to Know | Walk Off the Earth | 96 | 13 |
| Invincible | Hedley | 97 | 9* |
| Our Song Comes On | Kristina Maria | 100 | 23 |
| Beauty and a Beat | Justin Bieber | 4 | |
| All Around the World | Justin Bieber | 10 | |
| True Colours | Artists Against Bullying | 10 | |
| Die In Your Arms | Justin Bieber | 14 | |
| Nobody Does It Like You | Shawn Desman | 18 | |
| Turn to You | Justin Bieber | 22 | |
| This Kiss | Carly Rae Jepsen | 23 | |
| You and I | Anjulie | 25 | |
| Big Hoops | Nelly Furtado | 28 | |
| Toi + Moi | 2012 Star Academie Finalists | 31 | |
| Body Work | Morgan Page ft. Tegan and Sara | 32 | |
| Turn It Up | Kardinal Offishall ft. Karl Wolf | 32 | |
| Dum Da Dum | Shawn Desman | 32 | |
| Amnesia | Rosette | 34 | |
| Break My Heart | Victoria Duffield | 35 | |
| Big in Japan | Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette | 36 | |
| Canadian Girls | Dean Brody | 36 | |
| Feel | Victoria Duffield | 37 | |
| She’s My Kind of Crazy | Emerson Drive | 37 | |
| Beautiful | Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Justin Bieber | 37 | |
| She Can Ride | Dru | 39 |
* This peak position was reached in 2011.
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