List of artists who reached number one in New Zealand explained

#

• 21 Savage (2)
• 5 Seconds of Summer (3)
• 50 Cent (2)

A

• Akon (7)

B

• Beyoncé (7) (6 solo, 1 as part of Destiny's Child)
• The Black Eyed Peas (6)
• B.o.B (2)
• Chris Brown (7)

C

• Cardi B (1)
• Chance The Rapper (1)
• Childish Gambino (1)
• Cobra Starship (1)

D

• D12 (1)
• Craig David (1)
• Destiny's Child (1)
• Dev (1)
• Drake (4)

E

• Eminem (8)
• Eve (1)

F

• Fall Out Boy (1)^[1]
• Flo Rida (3)
• Luis Fonsi (1)
• fun. (1)
• Nelly Furtado (3)

G

• Ellie Goulding (1)^[2]

H

• Halsey (2)
• Keri Hilson (2)
• Hinder (1)

J

• Jeezy (1)
• Carly Rae Jepsen (2)

K

• Kesha (1)
• Alicia Keys (1)
• Khalid (2)

L

• Mary Lambert (1)
• Avril Lavigne (2)
• Lil Dicky (1)
• Lil Jon (1)
• Lil Pump (1) ^[3]
• Linkin Park (1)
• Dua Lipa (1)
• Jennifer Lopez (3)
• Lorde (3)

M

• Macklemore (3) (1 solo, 2 as part of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
• The Madden Brothers (1)
• Bruno Mars (4)
• Jason Mraz (1)

N

• Nirvana (1)^[4]
• • NSYNC
  (1)

O

• One Direction (3)
• OneRepublic (1)

P

• Katy Perry (9)
• Post Malone (3)
• Charlie Puth (2)
• P!nk (5)

Q

• Quavo (2)

R

• Rihanna (8)
• Rosé (1)
• Nate Ruess (2) (1 solo, 1 as part of fun.)

S

• Ed Sheeran (8)
• Silverchair (1)^[5]
• Six60 (2)
• Sam Smith (2)
• Britney Spears (5)
• Taylor Swift (8)

T

• Timbaland (5)
• Meghan Trainor (3)
• T-Pain (3)

W

• Kanye West (5)
• Gin Wigmore (1)
• Hayley Williams (1)
• will.i.am. (9) (3 solo, 6 as part of The Black Eyed Peas)

Z

• Zayn (4) (1 solo, 3 as part of One Direction)

Notes and References

1. Web site: NZ Official Top 40.
2. Web site: NZ Official Top 40.
3. Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart.
4. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2021-04-26. charts.nz.
5. Web site: charts.org.nz - Discography Silverchair. 2021-04-26. charts.nz.