Top 10 Google Image Searches of 2012

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Top 10 Google Image Searches of 2012

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Boy band One Direction tops Google's list of top image searches in 2012. Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik from London shot to the top of the pop charts with their hit song "What Makes You Beautiful."

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Singer and actress Selena Gomez came in second on the list due in part to the news of her break-up with singer Justin Bieber.

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After a conference in September, Apple announced their newest smartphone and people flooded to the Internet to search for pictures of the iPhone 5.

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Actress Megan Fox, who starred in the movie series Transformers and the television show Hope & Faith, came in fourth on the list of Google's most searched images in 2012.

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Singer Rihanna is at No. 5 on the most searched images of 2012 between her appearance during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and her on-again, off-again relationship with singer Chris Brown.

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Teen pop singer Justin Bieber, who has more than 30 million followers on Twitter, was awarded the "Artist of the Year Award" at the American Music Awards for the second time this year.

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Singer Harry Styles of the group One Direction, made it on the list twice after news of his relationship with singer Taylor Swift came out.

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Minecraft, an indie game originally created by a Swedish programmer in 2009, hit the mainstream market this year with its release across almost all platforms, selling more than 12 million copies.

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Rapper Nicki Minaj continues to make headlines and search engines with the release of her No. 1 album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded this year.

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Singer Katy Perry rounds off the list of Google's most searched images of 2012, releasing her biopic Part of Me this year as well as being named Billboard's "Woman of the Year."

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