List of year-end number-one singles (New Zealand)

This is a list of year-end number-one singles for New Zealand. Recorded Music NZ publishes the country's official weekly record charts. L.A.B's "In the Air" has spent the most time on the music charts out of any of the other Year end No.1 singles. It has spent 150 weeks on the charts, still counting.

Number-one singles

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Key
 †  – Song of New Zealand origin[NB 1]
Year Artist Title Certification Weeks on
chart[NB 2]
Weeks at
number one[NB 3]
References
1975 Freddy Fender "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" 35 0[NB 4] [1][2]
1976 ABBA "Fernando" 32 9 [3][4]
1977 Heatwave "Boogie Nights" 21 7 [5][6]
1978 Boney M. "Rivers of Babylon" 26 14 [7][8]
1979 Blondie "Heart of Glass" 23 4 [9][10]
1980 Ritz "Locomotion" 19 7 [11][12]
1981 Stars on 45 "Stars on 45" 18 7 [13][14]
1982 Toots and the Maytals "Beautiful Woman" 24 5 [15][16]
1983 New Order "Blue Monday" 32 0[NB 5] [17][18]
1984 Pātea Māori Club "Poi E" 22 4 [19][20]
1985 USA For Africa "We Are the World" Platinum 14 7 [21][22]
1986 All of Us "Sailing Away" Platinum 31 9 [23][24]
1987 Pseudo Echo "Funky Town" Gold 19 6 [25][26]
1988 Holidaymakers "Sweet Lovers" Gold 22 6 [27][28]
1989 Simply Red "If You Don't Know Me by Now" Gold 16 5 [29][30]
1990 MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This" Gold 29 6 [31][32]
1991 Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Platinum 14 8 [33][34]
1992 Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart" Platinum 15 6 [35][36]
1993 UB40 "(I Can't Help") Falling in Love with You" Platinum 23 11 [37][38]
1994 Wet Wet Wet "Love Is All Around" Platinum 23 4 [39][40]
1995 Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise" Platinum 9 9 [41][42]
1996 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony "Tha Crossroads" Platinum 19 6 [43][44]
1997 Elton John "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997" Platinum 12 6 [45][46]
1998 Boyzone "No Matter What" Platinum 11 6 [47][48]
1999 Lou Bega "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" Platinum x3 16 6 [49][50]
2000 Anastacia "I'm Outta Love" Platinum 32 7 [51][52]
2001 Craig David "Walking Away" Platinum 30 2 [53][54]
2002 Avril Lavigne "Complicated" Platinum 23 9 [55][56]
2003 Scribe "Stand Up"/"Not Many" Platinum 21 12 [57][58]
2004 Ben Lummis "They Can't Take That Away" Platinum x4 14 7 [59][60]
2005 Crazy Frog "Axel F" Platinum x2 33 12 [61][62]
2006 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" Gold 29 7 [63][64]
2007 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z "Umbrella" Platinum x2 24 6 [65][66]
2008 Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown "No Air" Platinum 24 7 [67][68]
2009 The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" Platinum x3 39 9 [69][70]
2010 J. Williams featuring Scribe "You Got Me" Platinum x2 22 4 [71][72]
2011 LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock "Party Rock Anthem" Platinum x4 43 11 [73]
2012 Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" Platinum x3 34 5 [74]
2013 Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. "Blurred Lines" Platinum x5 32 11 [75]
2014 Pharrell Williams "Happy" Platinum x6 52 15 [76]
2015 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" Platinum x5 41 9 [77]
2016 Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla "One Dance" Platinum x2 36 13 [78]
2017 Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" Platinum x6 50 13 [79]
2018 Drake "God's Plan" Platinum x2 29 8 [80]
2019 Lil Nas X "Old Town Road" Platinum x4 40 12 [81]
2020 L.A.B "In the Air" Platinum x10 150 3
2021 Glass Animals "Heat Waves" Platinum x6 97 0
2022 Elton John and Dua Lipa "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" Platinum x5 76 9

Notes

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  1. ^ Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the RIANZ
  2. ^ The number of weeks given is the number of weeks that the song spent on the chart that year.
  3. ^ The number of weeks given is the number of weeks that the song spent at number one that year.
  4. ^ "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" peaked at No.2 for two weeks.
  5. ^ "Blue Monday" peaked at No.2 for two weeks.

References

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  1. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1975". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. ^ "FREDDY FENDER - BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1976". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. ^ "ABBA - FERNANDO (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  5. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1977". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  6. ^ "HEATWAVE - BOOGIE NIGHTS (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  7. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1978". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  8. ^ "BONEY M. - RIVERS OF BABYLON (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  9. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1979". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  10. ^ "BLONDIE - HEART OF GLASS (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  11. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1980". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  12. ^ "RITZ - LOCOMOTION (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  13. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1981". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  14. ^ "STARS ON 45 - STARS ON 45 (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  15. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1982". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  16. ^ "TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS - BEAUTIFUL WOMAN (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  17. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1983". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  18. ^ "NEW ORDER - BLUE MONDAY (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  19. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1984". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  20. ^ "PATEA MAORI CLUB - POI E (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  21. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1985". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  22. ^ "USA FOR AFRICA - WE ARE THE WORLD (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  23. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1986". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  24. ^ "ALL OF US [NZ] - SAILING AWAY (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  25. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  26. ^ "PSEUDO ECHO - FUNKY TOWN (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  27. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1988". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  28. ^ "HOLIDAYMAKERS - SWEET LOVERS (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  29. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1989". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  30. ^ "SIMPLY RED - IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  31. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1990". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  32. ^ "MC HAMMER - U CAN'T TOUCH THIS (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  33. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1991". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  34. ^ "BRYAN ADAMS - (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  35. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1992". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  36. ^ "BILLY RAY CYRUS - ACHY BREAKY HEART (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  37. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1993". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  38. ^ "UB40 - (I CAN'T HELP) FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  39. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1994". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  40. ^ "WET WET WET - LOVE IS ALL AROUND (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  41. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1995". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  42. ^ "COOLIO FEAT. L.V. - GANGSTA'S PARADISE (SONG) Entry:". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  43. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1996". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  44. ^ "BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY - CROSSROADS (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  45. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1997". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  46. ^ "ELTON JOHN - SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT / CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  47. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1998". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  48. ^ "BOYZONE - NO MATTER WHAT (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  49. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1999". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  50. ^ "LOU BEGA - MAMBO NO. 5 (A LITTLE BIT OF...) (SONG)". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  51. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2000". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  52. ^ "Anastacia – I'm Outta Love". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  53. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2001". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  54. ^ "Craig David – Walking Away". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  55. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2002". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  56. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Complicated". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  57. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2003". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  58. ^ "Scribe – Stand Up/Not Many". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  59. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2004". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  60. ^ "Ben Lummis – They Can't Take That Away". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  61. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2005". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  62. ^ "Crazy Frog – Axel F". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  63. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2006". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  64. ^ "Gnarls Barkley – Crazy". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  65. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2007". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  66. ^ "Rihanna feat. Jay-Z – Umbrella". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  67. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2008". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  68. ^ "Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown – No Air". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  69. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2009". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  70. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  71. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2010". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  72. ^ "J.Williams feat. Scribe – You Got Me". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  73. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2011". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  74. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2012". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  75. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2013". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  76. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2014". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  77. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2015". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  78. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2016". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  79. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2017". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  80. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2018". The Official NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  81. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2020". The Official NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 30 June 2020.