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

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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.

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Number-one singles

Key
 †  – Song of New Zealand origin [NB 1]
YearArtistTitleCertificationWeeks on
chart [NB 2] 		Weeks at
number one [NB 3] 		References
1975 Freddy Fender "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"350 [NB 4] [1] [2]
1976 ABBA "Fernando"329 [3] [4]
1977 Heatwave "Boogie Nights"217 [5] [6]
1978 Boney M. "Rivers of Babylon"2614 [7] [8]
1979 Blondie "Heart of Glass"234 [9] [10]
1980Ritz"Locomotion"197 [11] [12]
1981 Stars on 45 "Stars on 45"187 [13] [14]
1982 Toots and the Maytals "Beautiful Woman"245 [15] [16]
1983 New Order "Blue Monday"320 [NB 5] [17] [18]
1984 Pātea Māori Club "Poi E"224 [19] [20]
1985 USA For Africa "We Are the World"Platinum147 [21] [22]
1986All of Us"Sailing Away"Platinum319 [23] [24]
1987 Pseudo Echo "Funky Town"Gold196 [25] [26]
1988 Holidaymakers "Sweet Lovers"Gold226 [27] [28]
1989 Simply Red "If You Don't Know Me by Now"Gold165 [29] [30]
1990 MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This"Gold296 [31] [32]
1991 Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"Platinum148 [33] [34]
1992 Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart"Platinum156 [35] [36]
1993 UB40 "(I Can't Help") Falling in Love with You"Platinum2311 [37] [38]
1994 Wet Wet Wet "Love Is All Around"Platinum234 [39] [40]
1995 Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise"Platinum99 [41] [42]
1996 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony "Tha Crossroads"Platinum196 [43] [44]
1997 Elton John "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997"Platinum126 [45] [46]
1998 Boyzone "No Matter What"Platinum116 [47] [48]
1999 Lou Bega "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)"Platinum x3166 [49] [50]
2000 Anastacia "I'm Outta Love"Platinum327 [51] [52]
2001 Craig David "Walking Away"Platinum302 [53] [54]
2002 Avril Lavigne "Complicated"Platinum239 [55] [56]
2003 Scribe "Stand Up"/"Not Many"Platinum2112 [57] [58]
2004 Ben Lummis "They Can't Take That Away"Platinum x4147 [59] [60]
2005 Crazy Frog "Axel F"Platinum x23312 [61] [62]
2006 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"Gold297 [63] [64]
2007 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z "Umbrella"Platinum x2246 [65] [66]
2008 Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown "No Air"Platinum247 [67] [68]
2009 The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling"Platinum x3399 [69] [70]
2010 J. Williams featuring Scribe "You Got Me"Platinum x2224 [71] [72]
2011 LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock "Party Rock Anthem"Platinum x44311 [73]
2012 Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"Platinum x3345 [74]
2013 Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. "Blurred Lines"Platinum x53211 [75]
2014 Pharrell Williams "Happy"Platinum x65215 [76]
2015 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"Platinum x5419 [77]
2016 Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla "One Dance"Platinum x23613 [78]
2017 Ed Sheeran "Shape of You"Platinum x65013 [79]
2018 Drake "God's Plan"Platinum x2298 [80]
2019 Lil Nas X "Old Town Road"Platinum x44012 [81]
2020 L.A.B "In the Air"Platinum x101503
2021 Glass Animals "Heat Waves"Platinum x6970
2022 Elton John and Dua Lipa "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"Platinum x5769

Notes

  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.

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