New Zealand top 50 singles of 2010

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The song with the most weeks in chart is Katy Perry's "California Gurls" with Snoop Dogg with 28 weeks. Coming close in second was Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" with 26 weeks but even so none of them received the peak position. The number one spot was achieved by New Zealand RnB sensation J. Williams featuring great rapper Scribe with the single "You Got Me". You Got Me being the first New Zealand annual number 1 single in 6 years since Ben Lummis's "They Can't Take That Away", and Scribe becoming the first artist ever to have 2-year end number 1 singles the other being "Stand Up/Not Many".

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The biggest-selling single not to reach number one was Nesian Mystik's "Sun Goes Down"

Key
   – Song of New Zealand origin [nb 1]
RankArtistTitle
1 J. Williams
featuring Scribe
"You Got Me"†
from the album, Young Love: Collector's Edition)
2 Eminem
featuring Rihanna
"Love the Way You Lie"
from the album, Recovery
3 Katy Perry
featuring Snoop Dogg
"California Gurls"
from the album, Teenage Dream
4 Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are"
from the album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans
5 B.o.B
featuring Hayley Williams
"Airplanes"
from the album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
6 Stan Walker "Black Box"†
from the album, Introducing... Stan Walker
7 Usher
featuring will.i.am
"OMG"
from the album, Raymond v. Raymond
8 Taio Cruz Dynamite
from the album, Rokstarr
9 Timbaland & Katy Perry "If We Ever Meet Again"
from the album, Shock Value II
10 Nesian Mystik "Sun Goes Down"†
from the album, 99 A.D.
11 Train "Hey, Soul Sister"
from the album, Save Me, San Francisco
12 Katy Perry "Teenage Dream"
from the album, Teenage Dream
13 Travie McCoy
featuring Bruno Mars
"Billionaire"
from the album, Lazarus
14 Rihanna "Only Girl (In the World)"
from the album, Loud
15 Stan Walker "Choose You"†
from the album, From The Inside Out
16 Brooke Fraser "Something in the Water"†
from the album, Flags
17 Katy Perry "Firework"
from the album, Teenage Dream
18 Dane Rumble "Cruel"
from the album, The Experiment
19 Jason Derulo "In My Head"
from the album, Jason Derulo
20 J. Williams
featuring Dane Rumble
"Takes Me Higher"†
from the single of the same name
21 Justin Bieber
featuring Ludacris
"Baby"
from the album, My World 2.0
22 Usher
featuring Pitbull
"DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love"
from the extended play, Versus
23 Far East Movement
featuring The Cataracs & Dev
"Like a G6"
from the album, Free Wired
24 Flo Rida
featuring David Guetta
"Club Can't Handle Me"
from the album, Only One Flo (Part 1) and the soundtrack, Step Up 3D
25 Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP "We No Speak Americano"
from the single of the same name
26 Bruno Mars "Grenade"
from the album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans
27 David Guetta
featuring Kid Cudi
"Memories"
from the album, One Love
28 Adam Lambert "Whataya Want from Me"
from the album, For Your Entertainment
29 Mike Posner "Cooler Than Me"
from the album, 31 Minutes To Takeoff
30 The Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)"
from the album, The Beginning
31 Lady Gaga "Bad Romance"
from the album, The Fame Monster
32 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé "Telephone"
from the album, The Fame Monster
33 The Naked and Famous "Young Blood"†
from the album, Passive Me, Aggressive You
34 Rihanna "Rude Boy"
from the album, Rated R
35 Cee-Lo Green "Fuck You"
from the album, The Lady Killer
36 Enrique Iglesias
featuring Pitbull
"I Like It"
from the album, Euphoria
37 Iyaz "Replay"
from the album, Replay
38 Eminem "Not Afraid"
from the album, Recovery
39 David Guetta
featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO (group)
"Gettin' Over You"
from the albums, One More Love & Sorry For Party Rocking
40 Pink "Raise Your Glass"
from the album, Greatest Hits... So Far!!!
41 Kids of 88 "Just a Little Bit"†
from the album, Sugarpills
42 Nelly "Just A Dream"
from the album, 5.0
43 Pātea Māori Club "Poi E"†
from the album, Poi E
44 Owl City "Fireflies"
from the album, Ocean Eyes
45 Sean Kingston
featuring Justin Bieber
"Eenie Meenie"
from the album, My World 2.0
46 Ke$ha "Tik Tok"
from the album, Animal
47 Jay-Z
featuring Alicia Keys
"Empire State of Mind"
from the album, The Blueprint 3
48 Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"
from the album, Need You Now
49 B.o.B
featuring Rivers Cuomo
"Magic (B.o.B song)"
from the album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
50 Kesha "We R Who We R"
from the extended play, Cannibal

Top 20 singles of 2010 by New Zealand artists

RankArtistTitle
1 J. Williams featuring Scribe "You Got Me"
2 Nesian Mystik "Sun Goes Down"
3 Stan Walker "Choose You"
4 Brooke Fraser "Something in the Water"
5 Dane Rumble "Cruel"
6 J. Williams featuring Dane Rumble "Takes Me Higher"
7 The Naked and Famous "Young Blood"
8 Kids of 88 "Just a Little Bit"
9 Pātea Māori Club "Poi E"

*numbers 10 through 20 are currently unavailable

Notes

  1. Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the RIANZ

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