They include Adele's Someone Like You and Somebody That I Used To Know, by Gotye featuring Kimbra.
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Produced by Jay-Z, the soundtrack features very non-period music by artists like Beyonce, Gotye and Jack White.
On the singles side, following Gotye and Fun. is Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" with 4, 064, 000 sold.
Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know was the year's top-selling song after being downloaded 6.8 million times.
Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know was the most-streamed song of 2012.
His main focus, and that of Gotye (who was assisting him with mixing the entire album), was on feeling.
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"A little bit lost for words, to receive an award from the man standing behind us with the cane, " Gotye said.
Gotye's international hit Somebody That I Used To Know received the record of the year, one of three prizes received by the Belgian-Australian artist.
Could the data have told you that Gotye was all of a sudden going to be the biggest thing since sliced bread?
Over time, Gotye (the project) became, for the most part, just him.
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That was a short musical gestation for Gotye, who says he often takes a couple of years to work on any given song.
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Gotye is a master of grooves, perhaps more than hooks, so it is possible that nothing he does will ever top this hit.
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The year's top three songs were Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know, Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe and Fun's We Are Young. respectively.
The event saw a surprise appearance from Prince, who appeared sporting black sunglasses and a white cane to present the record of the year award to Gotye.
Sunday's show saw awards for Adele, The Black Keys, Fun and Gotye, with the coveted album of the year prize going to British band Mumford and Sons.
As I have observed with Gotye and PSY, parody videos generate a lot of traffic for themselves but also for the original videos being parodied.
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As for Gotye's ubiquitous "Somebody That I Used to Know, " that track has a digital sales figure of 5.50 million for the year to date, according to SoundScan.
"Somebody" also marks the first time a song has sold over 5 million in the first half of a year, though Gotye's smash wasn't alone in that feat, joined by Fun.
And even Gotye is ready to acknowledge that.
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Gotye, whose Somebody That I Used To Know was one of the most ear-wormy songs of last summer, actually won more awards walking away with Best Record, Best Alternative Album and Best Pop Duo Performance.
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In July 2011, when Belgian-Australian indie artist Gotye released the track that would soon become a global sensation, he had already been an established musician for a decade and had two independent releases under his belt.
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