Moments that marked music in 2012

Billboard chose the top 20 among the events that take place between the marks of the year. Here we highlight the top five , led by the death of Whitney Houston. Like any ranking, open space for discussion and debate, not only by the order but bythose who are striking acontecimeintos for each medium.

For Billboard, in addition to those detailed below were among the ten largest in the confession of homosexuality Frank Ocean, the success of the teen group One Direction , the millionaire sales Taylot Swift, the twists and turns in the reality shows of singers and the gigantic Tour MDNA Madonna prompting worldwide. And the top five are:

5. Call me maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen : his debut work placed nine weeks as number one to become a pop star automatic . The girl in love with the gardener who ends an appointment asking another boy added more than 300 million visits to see the famous video on YouTube.

4. Chris Brown and Rihanna : the unhealthy relationship kept busy musical environment to the press, did not want to believe that after the ferocious beating that left the singer with his face smashed in 2009 this could forgive and fall in love again her boyfriend. But it did and it is.

3. a great year for Adele : The singer sold4.3 million copies of "21" in 2012, bringing the total-was released in 2011 - more than 10 million. The amazing thing is that this furor occurred in a year that started with a surgery on his vocal cords.Six Grammy and rounded Skyfall song 12 months for the British dream.

2. Gangnam PSY and Style: dominated the second half of the year with its irresistible catchy K-pop and video borders on the bizarre. No one is deprived of giving the note rehearsing "horse dance" anywhere, anywhere. On  Youtube, more than one billion people clickearon his hit, breaking all previous records.

1. the death of Whitney Houston : February 11 was found in a hotel room Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. He was 48 years , won six Grammys and a record seven consecutive No. 1 songs on the charts in the '80s, with "I Will Always Love You" as indelible mark: 14 straight weeks atop the Hot 100.