New Zealand top 50 singles of 2013
This is a list of the top-selling singles in New Zealand for 2013 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ.[1]
Chart[]
- Key
- † – Song of New Zealand origin[nb 1]
Rank | Artist | Title |
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1 | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams |
"Blurred Lines" from the album, Blurred Line |
2 | Lorde | "Royals"† from the extended play, The Love Club and the album, Pure Heroine |
3 | P!nk featuring Nate Ruess |
"Just Give Me a Reason" from the album, The Truth About Love |
4 | Katy Perry | "Roar" from the album, Prism |
5 | James Arthur | "Impossible" from the album, James Arthur |
6 | Passenger | "Let Her Go" from the album, All The Little Lights |
7 | Imagine Dragons | "Radioactive" from the album, Night Visions and the extended play, Continued Silence |
8 | Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc |
"Wake Me Up" from the album, True |
9 | Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers |
"Get Lucky" from the album, Random Access Memories |
10 | Bruno Mars | "When I Was Your Man" from the album, Unorthodox Jukebox |
11 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton |
"Can't Hold Us" from the album, The Heist |
12 | OneRepublic | "Counting Stars" from the album, Native |
13 | Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko |
"Stay" from the album, Unapologetic |
14 | Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé |
"Beneath Your Beautiful" from the album, Electronic Earth |
15 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert |
"Same Love" from the album, The Heist |
16 | The Lumineers | "Ho Hey" from the album, The Lumineers |
17 | Stan Walker | "Take It Easy"† from the Mt. Zion soundtrack and the album, Inventing Myself |
18 | Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz |
"Thrift Shop" from the album, The Heist |
19 | Lorde | "Tennis Court"† from the album, Pure Heroine |
20 | Justin Timberlake | "Mirrors" from the album, The 20/20 Experience |
21 | Ginny Blackmore | "Bones"† from the album, Over the Moon |
22 | will.i.am featuring Britney Spears |
"Scream & Shout" from the album, #willpower |
23 | Birdy | "Skinny Love" from the album, Birdy |
24 | Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz |
"Talk Dirty" from the albums, Tattoos & Talk Dirty |
25 | Bastille | "Pompeii" from the album, Bastille |
26 | Miley Cyrus | "We Can't Stop" from the album, Bangerz |
27 | MKTO | "Thank You" from the album, MKTO |
28 | Frank Ocean | "Lost" from the album, Channel Orange |
29 | Katy Perry featuring Juicy J |
"Dark Horse" from the album, Prism |
30 | Taylor Swift | "I Knew You Were Trouble" from the album, Red |
31 | Fergie, Q-Tip and GoonRock | "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" from The Great Gatsby soundtrack |
32 | Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith |
"La La La" from the album, Hotel Cabana |
33 | Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera |
"Feel This Moment" from the album, Global Warming |
34 | Eminem featuring Rihanna |
"The Monster" from the album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 |
35 | Miley Cyrus | "Wrecking Ball" from the album, Bangerz |
36 | Jackie Thomas | "It's Worth It"† from the album, Jackie Thomas |
37 | Of Monsters and Men | "Little Talks" from the album, My Head Is An Animal and the extended play, Into the Woods |
38 | Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin |
"Don't You Worry Child" from the album, Until Now |
39 | Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida |
"Troublemaker" from the album, Right Place Right Time |
40 | Imagine Dragons | "Demons" from the album, Night Visions and the extended play, Continued Silence |
41 | MKTO | "Classic" from the album, MKTO |
42 | Stan Walker | "Bulletproof"† from the album, Inventing Myself |
43 | Bruno Mars | "Treasure" from the album, Unorthodox Jukebox |
44 | David Guetta featuring Sia |
"Titanium" from the album, Nothing But The Beat |
45 | Bruno Mars | "Locked Out of Heaven" from the album, Unorthodox Jukebox |
46 | Ed Sheeran | "I See Fire" from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug soundtrack and the album x |
47 | Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre |
"Waiting All Night" from the album, Home |
48 | Ellie Goulding | "Figure 8" from the album, Halcyon |
49 | Pitbull featuring Kesha |
"Timber" from the extended play, Meltdown |
50 | Baauer featuring Héctor Delgado & Jayson Musson |
"Harlem Shake" from the single, of the same name |
Top 20 singles of 2013 by New Zealand artists[]
- Key
- – Songs that appeared on the Top 50 Chart.
Rank | Artist | Title |
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1 | Lorde | "Royals" from the extended play, The Love Club EP and the album, Pure Heroine |
2 | Stan Walker | "Take It Easy" from the Mt. Zion soundtrack and the album, Inventing Myself |
3 | Lorde | "Tennis Court" from the album, Pure Heroine |
4 | Ginny Blackmore | "Bones" from the album, Over the Moon |
5 | Jackie Thomas | "It's Worth It" from the album, Jackie Thomas |
6 | Stan Walker | "Bulletproof" from the album, Inventing Myself |
7 | Lorde | "Team" from the album, Pure Heroine |
8 | Benny Tipene | "Walking On Water" from the extended play, Toulouse |
9 | Shapeshifter | "" from the album, |
10 | David Dallas | "Runnin'" from the album, Falling Into Place |
11 | Lorde | "The Love Club" from the extended play, The Love Club |
12 | Opshop | "" from the |
13 | Dane Rumble featuring |
"" from the album, |
14 | Aotearoa Reggae All Stars | "Sensitive to a Smile" from the single of the same name |
15 | Whenua Patuwai | "" from the |
16 | Aaradhna | "" from the album, Treble & Reverb |
17 | Titanium | "Come On Home" from the album, All For You |
18 | Ginny Blackmore | "SFM" from the album, Over the Moon |
19 | Stan Walker featuring Ria Hall |
"Like It's Over" from the album, Inventing Myself |
20 | Willy Moon | "Yeah Yeah" from the album, Here's Willy Moon |
Chart by numbers[]
Origin[]
By artist[]
The following shows the country of origin from where the artist (including any featured artist where applicable) originate from. Artists who appear more than once have only been tallied once.
Country | Total |
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USA | 36 |
England | 13 |
New Zealand | 4 |
Sweden | 3 |
Australia | 2 |
France | 2 |
Barbados | 1 |
Iceland | 1 |
Puerto Rico | 1 |
Scotland | 1 |
Wales | 1 |
- Although born in England, Emeli Sandé was raised in Scotland and as such both countries have been included in her tally.
- Although from New Zealand, Stan Walker was discovered in Australia, as such both countries have been included in his tally.
- While regarded as a duo, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have been classed as separate entities.
By single[]
The following shows the country of origin from which the singles originate regardless of who the artist is.
Country | Total |
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USA | 28 |
England | 10 |
New Zealand | 6 |
Australia | 2 |
France | 2 |
Sweden | 2 |
Barbados | 1 |
Iceland | 1 |
- Although from New Zealand, Stan Walker was discovered in Australia, as such both countries have been included in his tally.
Most singles[]
Shows the artists with the most singles to appear in this chart. Includes where they appear as a featured artist, however where a singer (e.g. Adam Levine) appears as a guest singer, this does not count towards their groups (e.g. Maroon 5) tally.
Artist | Total |
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Bruno Mars | 3 |
Macklemore | 3 |
Ryan Lewis | 3 |
Imagine Dragons | 2 |
Katy Perry | 2 |
Lorde | 2 |
Miley Cyrus | 2 |
MKTO | 2 |
Pharrell Williams | 2 |
Pitbull | 2 |
Rihanna | 2 |
Stan Walker | 2 |
Format[]
The following shows where each single appears on, whether it was the artists album, a non-album single, an extended play or as part of a soundtrack.
Format | Total |
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Albums | 38 |
Soundtracks | 3 |
EP | 4 |
non-album singles | 1 |
- The song "Royals" appears on the extended play, The Love Club and the album, Pure Heroine, both by Lorde
- The songs "Radioactive" and "Demons" appear on the extended play, Continued Silence and the album, Night Visions, both by Imagine Dragons.
- The song "Take It Easy" appears on the soundtrack for Mt Zion and Stan Walker’s album, Inventing Myself.
- The song "Talk Dirty", appears on the albums, Talk Dirty and Tattoos, both by Jason Derulo.
- The song "Little Talks", appears on the extended play Into The Woods and the album, My Head Is An Animal, both by Of Monsters & Men.
- The song "I See Fire" appears on the soundtrack for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Ed Sheeran’s album, x.
Multiple releases[]
The following shows singles that had multiple releases from the same album.
Title | Total | Singles |
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Bangerz (Miley Cyrus) |
2 | We Can’t Stop Wrecking Ball |
Inventing Myself (Stan Walker) |
2 | Bulletproof Take It Easy |
MKTO (MKTO) |
2 | Classic Thank You |
Night Visions (Imagine Dragons) |
2 | Demons Radioactive |
Prism (Katy Perry) |
2 | Dark Horse Roar |
Pure Heroine (Lorde) |
2 | Royals Tennis Court |
The Heist (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) |
3 | Thrift Shop Can’t Hold Us Same Love |
Unorthodox Jukebox (Bruno Mars) |
3 | Locked Out of Heaven Treasure When I Was Your Man |
Type[]
The following shows the denomination that each single was released as, whether as a solo artist or as part of a group, band or duo. Also shows how many singles had guest artists.
Type | Total |
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Solo artists | 35 |
Groups | 14 |
Featured Artists | 22 |
Collaborations | 1 |
- Although uncredited in the song, Wake Me Up, Aloe Blacc has been included in the tally for featured artists.
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been regarded as a group in this instance.
- While uncredited but having lines from their songs sampled into the Harlem Shake, Jayson Musson & Héctor Delgado have been included in the tally as a featured artist.
Top Genre[]
The following shows the most common genres the Top 50 singles are regarded as (as per their genre descriptions in the singles entries. Where a genre was not noted, the genre of the album/extended play was used instead.
Genre | Total | Singles |
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Pop | 14 | Bones (Ginny Blackmore) Classic (MKTO) Impossible (James Arthur) It’s Worth It (Jackie Thomas) Just Give Me a Reason (P!nk featuring Nate Ruess) Lost (Frank Ocean) Mirrors (Justin Timberlake) Stay (Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko) Talk Dirty(Jason Derulo) Titanium (David Guetta featuring Sia) Troublemaker (Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida) We Can’t Stop (Miley Cyrus) When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) |
R&B | 12 | Beneath Your Beautiful (Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé) Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams & T.I.) Bulletproof (Stan Walker) Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton) Impossible (James Arthur) La La La (Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith) Lost (Frank Ocean) Mirrors (Justin Timberlake) Stay (Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko) Take It Easy (Stan Walker) Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo) We Can’t Stop (Miley Cyrus) |
Hip Hop | 5 | Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton) Dark Horse (Katy Perry) Harlem Shake (Baauer featuring Héctor Delgado & Jayson Musson ) Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo) The Monster (Eminem featuring Rihanna) |
Dance-Pop | 4 | Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera) La La La (Naughty Boy) featuring Sam Smith) Scream & Shout (will.i.am featuring Britney Spears) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) |
Disco | 3 | Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams & T.I.) Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) Treasure (Bruno Mars) |
Funk | 3 | Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams & T.I.) Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) Treasure (Bruno Mars) |
Indie folk | 3 | Ho Hey (The Lumineers) Little Talks (Of Monsters & Men) Skinny Love (Birdy) |
Alternative rock | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Dance | 2 | Bulletproof (Stan Walker) Take It Easy (Stan Walker) |
Dubstep | 2 | Figure 8 (Ellie Goulding) I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift) |
EDM | 2 | Feel This Moment (Pitbull) featuring Christina Aguilera) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) |
Electronic rock | 2 | Figure 8 (Ellie Goulding) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Electropop | 2 | I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift) Royals (Lorde) |
Folk | 2 | Counting Stars (OneRepublic) I See Fire (Ed Sheeran) |
Folktronica | 2 | Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc) |
Indie pop | 2 | Let Her Go (Passenger Little Talks (Of Monsters & Men) |
Pop rap | 2 | Classic (MKTO) Thank You (MKTO) |
Pop rock | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift) |
Progressive house | 2 | Don’t You Worry Child (Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin) Wake Me Up |
Soul | 2 | Treasure (Bruno Mars) Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc) |
Synthpop | 2 | Impossible (James Arthur Pompeii (Bastille) |
Trap | 2 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry) Harlem Shake (Baauer featuring Héctor Delgado & Jayson Musson ) |
Top Labels[]
The following shows the most common record labels that a single was associated with. Any label that only had one single has not been noted.
Label | Total | Singles |
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Interscope Records | 7 | A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) (Fergie, GoonRock & Q-Tip) Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams & T.I.) Counting Stars (OneRepublic) Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) Scream & Shout (will.i.am featuring Britney Spears) The Monster (Eminem featuring Rihanna) |
Atlantic Records | 6 | Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars Skinny Love (Birdy) Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo) Treasure (Bruno Mars) Waiting All Night (Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre) When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) |
RCA Records | 6 | Feel This Moment (Pitbull) Just Give Me a Reason (P!nk featuring Nate Ruess) Mirrors (Justin Timberlake) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) We Can’t Stop (Miley Cyrus) Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) |
Sony Music Entertainment | 5 | Bulletproof (Stan Walker) Impossible (James Arthur) It’s Worth It (Jackie Thomas) Let Her Go (Passenger) Take It Easy (Stan Walker) |
Capitol Records | 4 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry) La La La (Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith) Roar (Katy Perry) Titanium (David Guetta featuring Sia) |
Columbia Records | 4 | Classic (MKTO) Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) Thank You (MKTO) Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc) |
Virgin Records | 4 | Don’t You Worry Child (Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin Pompeii (Bastille) Royals (Lorde) Titanium (David Guetta featuring Sia) |
Lava Records | 3 | Royals (Lorde) Tennis Court (Lorde) Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc) |
3 | Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton) Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert) Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz) | |
Syco Music | 3 | Beneath Your Beautiful (Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé) Impossible (James Arthur Troublemaker (Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida) |
Def Jam Recordings | 2 | Lost (Frank Ocean) Stay (Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko) |
Epic Records | 2 | Bones (Ginny Blackmore) Troublemaker (Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida) |
KIDinaKORNER | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Mr. 305 Inc. | 2 | Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) |
2 | Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) | |
Republic Records | 2 | Royals (Lorde) Tennis Court (Lorde) |
Universal Music Group | 2 | Royals (Lorde) Tennis Court (Lorde) |
Virgin EMI Records | 2 | La La La (Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith) Tennis Court (Lorde) |
Top songwriters[]
The following shows the songwriters who had the most top-selling singles of 2014 in New Zealand.
Writer | Total | Singles |
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Lukasz Gottwald | 4 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry) Roar (Katy Perry) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) |
Henry Walter | 4 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry) Roar (Katy Perry) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) |
Ari Levine | 3 | Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars) Treasure (Bruno Mars) When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) |
Ben Haggerty | 3 | Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton) Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert) Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz) |
Bruno Mars | 3 | Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars) Treasure (Bruno Mars) When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) |
Philip Lawrence | 3 | Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars) Treasure (Bruno Mars) When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) |
Ryan Lewis | 3 | Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton) Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert) Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz) |
Alexander Grant | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Andrew Goldstein | 2 | Classic (MKTO) Thank You (MKTO) |
Armando Pérez | 2 | Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) |
Ben McKee | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Dan Platzman | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Dan Reynolds | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Ella Yelich O'Connor | 2 | Royals (Lorde) Tennis Court (Lorde) |
Emanuel Kiriakou | 2 | Classic (MKTO) Thank You (MKTO) |
Evan "Kidd" Bogart | 2 | Classic (MKTO) Thank You (MKTO) |
Joel Little | 2 | Royals (Lorde) Tennis Court (Lorde) |
2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) | |
Katheryn Hudson | 2 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry featuring Juicy J) Roar (Katy Perry) |
Max Martin | 2 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry featuring Juicy J) Roar (Katy Perry) |
Pharrell Williams | 2 | Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams & T.I.) Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) |
Stan Walker | 2 | Bulletproof (Stan Walker) Take It Easy (Stan Walker) |
Wayne Sermon | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Most/Least songwriters[]
The following shows the singles that were credited as having been written by only one person and the singles that had the most credited writers of 2014.
Single | Total | Songwriter/s |
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"Bones" (Ginny Blackmore) |
1 | Virginia Blackmore |
"Bulletproof" (Stan Walker) |
1 | Stanley Walker |
"Counting Stars" (OneRepublic) |
1 | Ryan Tedder |
"I See Fire" (Ed Sheeran) |
1 | Edward Sheeran |
"Let Her Go" (Passenger) |
1 | Mike Rosenberg |
"Pompeii''" (Bastille) |
1 | Dan Smith |
"Skinny Love" (Birdy) |
1 | Justin Vernon |
"Take It Easy" (Stan Walker) |
1 | Stanley Walker |
"Timber" (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) |
16 | Greg Errico Jamie Sanderson Kesha Sebert Lee Oskar Pebe Sebert Priscilla Hamilton Roger Parker Steve Arrington Henry Walter Lukasz Gottwald Armando Pérez |
Top producers[]
The following shows the producers who had the most singles to appear on this chart.
Producer | Total | Singles |
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Henry Walter | 4 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry) Roar (Katy Perry) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) |
Lukasz Gottwald | 4 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry) Roar (Katy Perry) Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) |
Ari Levine | 3 | Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars) Treasure (Bruno Mars) When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) |
Bruno Mars | 3 | Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars) Treasure (Bruno Mars) When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) |
Max Martin | 3 | Dark Horse (Katy Perry) I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift) Roar (Katy Perry) |
Philip Lawrence | 3 | Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars) Treasure (Bruno Mars) When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) |
Ryan Lewis | 3 | Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton) Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert) Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz) |
Alexander Grant | 2 | Demons (Imagine Dragons) Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) |
Emanuel Kiriakou | 2 | Classic (MKTO) Thank You (MKTO) |
Evan "Kidd" Bogart | 2 | Classic (MKTO) Thank You (MKTO) |
Jeff Bhasker | 2 | Just Give Me a Reason (P!nk featuring Nate Ruess) Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars) |
Joel Little | 2 | Royals (Lorde) Tennis Court (Lorde) |
Stanley Walker | 2 | Bulletproof (Stan Walker) Take It Easy (Stan Walker) |
Notes[]
- ^ Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the RIANZ
References[]
- ^ "Top Selling Singles of 2013". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
External links[]
- 2013 in New Zealand music
- 2013 record charts
- New Zealand record charts