I bought a lot of songs in 2012 - many of them never made the charts, and some of those that did make the charts are throwaway tunes: (in 10 years nobody will be playing them much, in 20 years very few at all will recall them.) On the other hand many of these were highly predictable hits, there are even a few great songs in this batch for 2012.

For a look at some of the good music that didn’t make it to the big Charts, take a listen at Rolling Stone’s “Best 50 Albums of 2012” slideshow or at Spin’s “Best 50 Albums of 2012” slideshow