New Zealand top 50 singles of 2010 explained

Chart

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 the New Zealand RnB singer J. Williams featuring the 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".

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

Key
  • – Song of New Zealand origin[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
    featuring Snoop Dogg
    "California Gurls"
    from the album, Teenage Dream
    4 "Just the Way You Are"
    from the album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans
    5 B.o.B
    featuring Hayley Williams
    "Airplanes"
    from the album,
    6 "Black Box"†
    from the album, Introducing... Stan Walker
    7 Usher
    featuring will.i.am
    "OMG"
    from the album, Raymond v. Raymond
    8 Dynamite
    from the album, Rokstarr
    9 Timbaland & Katy Perry"If We Ever Meet Again"
    from the album, Shock Value II
    10 "Sun Goes Down"†
    from the album, 99 A.D.
    11 "Hey, Soul Sister"
    from the album, Save Me, San Francisco
    12 "Teenage Dream"
    from the album, Teenage Dream
    13
    featuring Bruno Mars
    "Billionaire"
    from the album, Lazarus
    14 "Only Girl (In the World)"
    from the album, Loud
    15 "Choose You"†
    from the album, From The Inside Out
    16 "Something in the Water"†
    from the album, Flags
    17 "Firework"
    from the album, Teenage Dream
    18 "Cruel"
    from the album, The Experiment
    19 "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
    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 "We No Speak Americano"
    from the single of the same name
    26 "Grenade"
    from the album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans
    27
    featuring Kid Cudi
    "Memories"
    from the album, One Love
    28 "Whataya Want from Me"
    from the album, For Your Entertainment
    29 "Cooler Than Me"
    from the album, 31 Minutes To Takeoff
    30 "The Time (Dirty Bit)"
    from the album, The Beginning
    31 "Bad Romance"
    from the album, The Fame Monster
    32 "Telephone"
    from the album, The Fame Monster
    33 "Young Blood"†
    from the album, Passive Me, Aggressive You
    34 "Rude Boy"
    from the album, Rated R
    35 "Fuck You"
    from the album, The Lady Killer
    36
    featuring Pitbull
    "I Like It"
    from the album, Euphoria
    37 "Replay"
    from the album, Replay
    38 "Not Afraid"
    from the album, Recovery
    39
    featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO (group)
    "Gettin' Over You"
    from the albums, One More Love & Sorry For Party Rocking
    40 "Raise Your Glass"
    from the album, Greatest Hits... So Far!!!
    41 "Just a Little Bit"†
    from the album, Sugarpills
    42 "Just A Dream"
    from the album, 5.0
    43 "Poi E"†
    from the album, Poi E
    44 "Fireflies"
    from the album, Ocean Eyes
    45
    featuring Justin Bieber
    "Eenie Meenie"
    from the album, My World 2.0
    46 "Tik Tok"
    from the album, Animal
    47 Jay-Z
    featuring Alicia Keys
    "Empire State of Mind"
    from the album, The Blueprint 3
    48 "Need You Now"
    from the album, Need You Now
    49 B.o.B
    featuring Rivers Cuomo
    "Magic (B.o.B song)"
    from the album,
    50 "We R Who We R"
    from the extended play, Cannibal

    Top 20 singles of 2010 by New Zealand artists

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

    Notes and References

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