List of number-one singles of 2022 (Australia)

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The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales and streams of singles. [1] Fourteen songs topped the chart in 2022, with Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" topping the chart in a fourth separate year, [2] "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa returning to number one after spending five weeks at number one in 2021, and "Stay" by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber returning to number one as well, after its 14-week stay at number one in 2021. The best-performing song of 2021 in Australia, "Heat Waves" by English band Glass Animals, also returned to number one after six weeks atop the chart in early 2021. As It Was by Harry Styles was the best-performing song of 2022, spending a total of 8 non-consecutive weeks at number one.

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Kate Bush's 1985 song "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" returned to the chart dated 6 June, and topped the chart the following week, after being featured in season 4 of Netflix series Stranger Things . It marks Bush's second number-one single in Australia after "Wuthering Heights" in 1978. [3]

Blackpink became the first K-pop group to top the singles chart with "Pink Venom" debuting atop the chart dated 29 August. [4]

Six artists, Jack Harlow, Joji, Blackpink, Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Kim Petras, reached the top for the first time. Elton John reached the top twice in the same year, with "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" and "Hold Me Closer".

Chart history

English singer, pianist and composer Elton John earned two number-one singles in 2022 with "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", a duet with English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, that began its run atop the chart in 2021, and "Hold Me Closer", a collaboration with American singer Britney Spears. Elton John Cannes 2019.jpg
English singer, pianist and composer Elton John earned two number-one singles in 2022 with "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", a duet with English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, that began its run atop the chart in 2021, and "Hold Me Closer", a collaboration with American singer Britney Spears.
English singer-songwriter Kate Bush returned to the chart with "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)", a song that initially charted in 1985. It reached number one for the first time after being featured in season 4 of Netflix series Stranger Things. It marks Bush's second number-one single after "Wuthering Heights" in 1978, spending nine weeks at the top. Kate Bush at 1986 Comic Relief (cropped).png
English singer-songwriter Kate Bush returned to the chart with "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)", a song that initially charted in 1985. It reached number one for the first time after being featured in season 4 of Netflix series Stranger Things . It marks Bush's second number-one single after "Wuthering Heights" in 1978, spending nine weeks at the top.
South Korean girl group Blackpink became the first K-pop group to top the singles chart with "Pink Venom". It spent one week atop the chart after debuting in the top spot in August. 20190106 (NEWSEN) beulraegpingkeu (BLACKPINK), sujubeun manheun sonyeojiman dodboineun areumdaun mimo (Golden Disc Awards 2019) (2).jpg
South Korean girl group Blackpink became the first K-pop group to top the singles chart with "Pink Venom". It spent one week atop the chart after debuting in the top spot in August.
List of number-one singles
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
3 January"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey [5]
10 January"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" Elton John and Dua Lipa [6]
17 January [7]
24 January [8]
31 January"Stay" The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber [9]
7 February [10]
14 February [11]
21 February"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"Elton John and Dua Lipa [12]
28 February [13]
7 March"Heat Waves" Glass Animals [14]
14 March [15]
21 March [16]
28 March [17]
4 April [18]
11 April"As It Was" † Harry Styles [19]
18 April"First Class" Jack Harlow [20]
25 April [21]
2 May"As It Was" †Harry Styles [22]
9 May [23]
16 May [24]
23 May [25]
30 May [26]
6 June [27]
13 June"Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" Kate Bush [28]
20 June [29]
27 June"Glimpse of Us" Joji [30]
4 July"Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)"Kate Bush [31]
11 July [32]
18 July [33]
25 July [34]
1 August [35]
8 August [36]
15 August [37]
22 August"As It Was" †Harry Styles [38]
29 August"Pink Venom" Blackpink [39]
5 September"Hold Me Closer"Elton John and Britney Spears [40]
12 September"Super Freaky Girl" Nicki Minaj [41]
19 September"I'm Good (Blue)" David Guetta and Bebe Rexha [42]
26 September [43]
3 October"Unholy" Sam Smith and Kim Petras [44]
10 October [45]
17 October [46]
24 October [47]
31 October"Anti-Hero" Taylor Swift [48]
7 November [49]
14 November [50]
21 November [51]
28 November [52]
5 December [53]
12 December"Unholy"Sam Smith and Kim Petras [54]
19 December"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey [55]
26 December [56]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists, with total weeks spent at number one shown
PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Kate Bush9
2Harry Styles8
3Elton John6
3Taylor Swift6
4Dua Lipa5
4Glass Animals5
4Sam Smith5
4Kim Petras5
5The Kid Laroi3
5Justin Bieber3
5Mariah Carey3
6Jack Harlow2
6David Guetta2
6Bebe Rexha2
7Joji1
7Blackpink1
7Britney Spears1
7Nicki Minaj1

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