ARIA REVEAL THEIR TOP 100 SINGLES AND ALBUMS FOR 2012

ARIA, the Australian Recording Industry Association, have revealed their top 100 singles and albums for 2012. The charts, which we re released this morning, provide a list based on the total sales of singles and albums across Australia for the year.

We thought we'd take a look at what fabulous pop representation there was in the singles mix, to celebrate the year which was dominated by quite a lot of good music (and of course, some really bad music). But first, let's take a look at the top ten:

Coming in at #1 for the year we have Carly Rae Jepsen's smash "Call Me Maybe." The track, which achieved a 8x platinum-selling status (for over 560,000 copies sold) beat Psy's "Gangnam Style" to the summit. Coming in at #3 was the highest selling single by an Australian artist, Guy Sebastian, with his 7x platinum-selling single "Battle Scars" featuring Lupe Fiasco.

US rapper Flo Rida secured the next two spots with his hits "Whistle" and "Wild Ones," with Nicki Minaj's annoyingly-catchy "Starships" locked in at #6. Australia's Got Talent winners Justice Crew earned their stripes at #7 with "Boom Boom," and Birdy's surprise hit "Skinny Love," riding on the success of Bella Feraro's X Factor Australia performance, came in at #8.

Rounding off the top ten we have the Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' hit "Thrift Shop" and Swedish House Mafia's send-off "Don't You Worry Child" at #9 and #10 respectively.

To take a look at the full chart, visit ARIA's official site.

Artists in the top 100, with multiple achievements worth mentioning:

Five entries:

- Flo Rida with Whistle" (#4), "Wild Ones" (with Sia at #5), "I Cry" (#29), "Good Feeling" (#75) and "Hangover" (with Taio Cruz at #95)

- Nicki Minaj with "Starships (#6), "Turn Me On" (with David Guetta at #44), "Beauty and a Beat" (with Justin Bieber at #68), "Girl on Fire" (with Alicia Keys at #69) and "Pound the Alarm" (#87)

Four entries:

- Rihanna with "Diamonds" (#32), "Where Have You Been" (#53), "Take Care" (with Drake at #66) and "We Found Love" (with Calvin Harris at #89)

- Justin Bieber with "Boyfriend" (#62), "Beauty and a Beat" (with Nicki Minaj at #68), "As Long As You Love Me" (with Big Sean at #78) and "Live My Life" (with Far East Movement at #100)

Three entries:

- Sia with "Wild Ones" (with Flo Rida at #5), "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" (with David Guetta at #58) and "I Love It" (with Hilltop Hoods at #61)

- One Direction with "What Makes You Beautiful" (#17), "One Thing" (#22) and "Live While We're Young" (#77)

- Bruno Mars with "Locked Out of Heaven" (#28), "Young Wild and Free" (with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa at #60) and "Count On Me" (#86)

- Florence and the Machine with "Never Let Me Go" (#30), "Spectrum" (#52) and "Sweet Nothing" (with Calvin Harris at #55)
- Calvin Harris with "Sweet Nothing" (with Florence Welch at #55), "We'll Be Coming Back" (with Example at #71) and "We Found Love" (with Rihanna at #89)

Two entries:

- Carly Rae Jepsen with "Call Me Maybe" (#1) and "Good Time" (with Owl City at #16)

- Guy Sebastian with "Battle Scars" (with Lupe Fiasco at #3) and "Don't Worry Be Happy" (#79)

- fun. with "We Are Young" (#11) and "Some Nights" (#15)

- Maroon 5 with "Payphone" (with Wiz Khalifa at #11) and "One More Night" (#18)

- Taylor Swift with "I Knew You Were Trouble" (#27) and "Both of Us" (with B.o.B at #92)

- Katy Perry with "Wide Awake" (#35) and "Part of Me" (#45)

- David Guetta with "Turn Me On" (with Nicki Minaj at #44) and "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" (with Sia at #58)

- will.i.am with "Scream and Shout" (with Britney Spears at #47) and "This is Love" (with Eva Simons at #80)

- P!nk with "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" (#48) and "Try" (#51)