Billboard Canadian Hot 100 - Mid-Year Top 60 Singles

Billboard Top Selling Albums Mid Year 2012

Here are Billboard's 20 bestselling albums at the mid point of 2012

20 - My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
(399,000)

19 - Hunger Games - Soundtrack
(402,000)

18 - Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay  (#1 1week)
(415,000)

17 - Talk That Talk - Rihanna
(424,000)

16 - El Camino - The Black Keys
(424,000)

15 - Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen  (#1  1week)
(425,000)

14 - Own The Night - Lady Antebellum  (#1 1week)
(465,000)

13 - MDNA - Madonna  (#1 1week)
(484,000)

12 - Believe - Justin Bieber  (#1  1week)
(490,000)

11 - Making Mirrors - Gotye
(538,000)

10 - 19 - Adele
(539,000)

9  -  Take Care - Drake   (#1  1week)
(549,000)

8  -  Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded   (#1  1week)
(557,000)

7  -  Tailgates and Tanlines - Luke Bryan
(574,000)

6  -  Blown Away - Carrie Underwood  (#1  2weeks)
(602,000)

5  -  Now 41 - Various Artist
(714,000)

4  -  Whitney: The Greatest Hits - Whitney Houston
(818,000)

3  -  Up All Night - One Direction  (#1 1week)
(899,000)

2  -  Tuskegee - Lionel Richie  (#1  2weeks)
(912,000)

1  -  21 - Adele  (#1  24weeks)
(3.668 million)
The best selling album on 2011 with 3 #1 singles on the Hot 100

Top Selling Digital Songs Mid Year 2012

Here are Billboard's top 20 bestselling songs at the mid point of 2012

20 - Good Feeling - Flo Rida
(1.651 million copies)

19 - I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
(1.711 million)

18 - The Motto - Drake w/Lil Wayne
(1.824 million)

17 - Turn Me On - David Guetta w/Nicki Minaj
(1.874 million)

16 - Rack City - Tyga
(1.932 million)

15 - Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and Bruno Mars
(2.029 million)

14 - Part of Me - Katy Perry
(2.076 million)

13 - Drive By - Train
(2.094 million)

12 - Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO  (#1 2weeks)
(2.128 million)

11 - Set Fire To The Rain - Adele  (#1  2weeks)
(2.534 million)

10 - Boyfriend - Justin Bieber
(2.599 million)

9  -  Wild Ones - Flo Rida w/Sia
(2.790 million)

8  -  What Makes You Beautiful
(2.885 million)

7  -  Glad You Came - The Wanted
(2.892 million)

6  -  Payphone - Maroon 5
(3.075 million)

5  -  Starships - Nicki Minaj
(3.158 million)

4  - Stronger - Kelly Clarkson  (#1 3weeks)
(3.324 million)

3  -  Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen  (#1 4weeks)
(4.064 million)

2  -  We Are Young - fun. w/ Janellle Monae (#1 6weeks)
(5.087 million)

1  -  Somebody I Used To Know - Gotye w/Kimbra  (#1 8weeks)
(5.501 million)

#1 Song of the Week

This weeks spotlight is on the Billboard Hot 100 chart topper currently sitting at #1, "Somebody I Used To Know" by Gotye w/Kimbra
The week of May 12th 2012 will be the 4th consecutive week at #1 for the quirky song that also spent a week at the top of the UK Top 40 in February of this year.

This week (May 12th) this song becomes the first in one digital history to sell more than 400,000 copies in weekly sales 3 times.  It sold 414,000 this week which is down from 463,000 last week and 542,000 2 weeks ago.  In setting this record it passed 3 other songs that sold over 400,000 twice: "Right Round" by Flo Rida, "Grenade" by Bruno Mars and "Born This Way" by lady Gaga.

The US Best Selling Singles and Albums for 2012...So Far

Here are the Best Selling Albums in the US for the first 3 months of 2012

10  -  Up All Night - One Direction
9  -  2012 Grammy Nominees - Various Artist
8  -  Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
7  -  A Different Kind of Truth - Van Halen
6  -  MDNA - Madonna
5  -  19 - Adele
4  -  Take Care - Drake
3  -  Now 41 - Various Artist
2  - Whitney: The Greatest Hits - Whitney Houston
1  - 21 - Adele
(this album has sold more copies, 2,667,000, in the first quarter than any other album since 2005)

Here are the Best Selling Singles for the first 3 months of 2012

10 - Good Feeling - Flo Rida
9  -  Turn Me On - David Guetta w/Nicki Minaj
8  -  Rack City - Tyga
7  -  Glad You Came - The Wanted
6  -  Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and Bruno Mars
5  -  Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
4  -  Somebody I Used to Know - Gotye w/Kimbra
3  -  Set Fire To The Rain - Adele
2  -  Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
1  -  We Are Young - fun.
(2,753,000 copies sold in the first quarter of 2012, more than any other song has sold in the first quarter in digital history)

The UK Best Selling Albums and Singles of 2012...So Far

The Top Ten Best Selling Singles of the first 3 months of 2012

10 - Good Feeling - Flo Rida
9  -  Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
8  -  Starships - Nicki Minaj
7  -  Hot Right Now - DJ Fresh w/Rita Ora
6  -  Mama Do the Hump - Rizzle Kicks
5  -  Next To Me - Emile Sande
4  - Wild Ones - Flo Rida w/Sia
3  -  Domino - Jessie J
2  -  Titanium - David Guetta w/Sia
1  -  Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye w/Kimbra






The Ten Best Selling Albums of the first 3 months of 2012

10 - In Case You Didn't Know - Olly Murs
9  -  In My Dreams - Military Wives
8  -  Who Are You - Jessie J
7  -  Nothing But The Beat - David Guetta
6  -  Doo-Wops and Hooligans -  Bruno Mars
5  -  Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
4  -  + - Ed Sheeran
3  -  Our Version of Events - Emile Sande
2  -  Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
1  -  21 - Adele