Jonathan Morrish of PPL said: “The top ten most-played pop songs is always an impressive insight into what the nation has been listening to the previous year. These songs will undoubtedly stay with us for a long time.
PPL work on behalf of record companies and performers to license the public performance and broadcast of recorded music. When an artist’s music is broadcast or used in public in the UK or abroad, royalties collected are distributed to their record companies and the performers.
This chart is put together from data the PPL collects which includes radio play and the use of recordings on television and in venues such as pubs, clubs, shops and bars.
Jessie J topped the last year’s list with her second number one single Domino.
UK’s 10 most played songs of 2012
1. Jessie J – Domino
2. Gotye (Feat. Kimbra) – Somebody That I Used To Know
3. Emeli Sande – Next To Me
4. Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
5. David Guetta (Feat. Sia) – Titanium
6. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
7. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
8. Rihanna & Calvin Harris – We Found Love
9. Carly Rae Jepson – Call Me Maybe
10. Maroon 5 – Payphone