New Zealand top 50 singles of 2013 explained

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[2]
    RankArtistTitle
    1
    featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
    "Blurred Lines"
    from the album, Blurred Line
    2Lorde"Royals"†
    from the extended play, The Love Club and the album, Pure Heroine
    3Pink
    featuring Nate Ruess
    "Just Give Me a Reason"
    from the album, The Truth About Love
    4"Roar"
    from the album, Prism
    5"Impossible"
    from the album, James Arthur
    6Passenger"Let Her Go"
    from the album, All The Little Lights
    7Imagine Dragons"Radioactive"
    from the album, Night Visions and the extended play, Continued Silence
    8Avicii
    featuring Aloe Blacc
    "Wake Me Up"
    from the album, True
    9Daft Punk
    featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
    "Get Lucky"
    from the album, Random Access Memories
    10"When I Was Your Man"
    from the album, Unorthodox Jukebox
    11Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
    featuring Ray Dalton
    "Can't Hold Us"
    from the album, The Heist
    12OneRepublic"Counting Stars"
    from the album, Native
    13Rihanna
    featuring Mikky Ekko
    "Stay"
    from the album, Unapologetic
    14Labrinth
    featuring Emeli Sandé
    "Beneath Your Beautiful"
    from the album, Electronic Earth
    15Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
    featuring Mary Lambert
    "Same Love"
    from the album, The Heist
    16The Lumineers"Ho Hey"
    from the album, The Lumineers
    17Stan Walker"Take It Easy"†
    from the Mt. Zion soundtrack and the album, Inventing Myself
    18Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
    featuring Wanz
    "Thrift Shop"
    from the album, The Heist
    19Lorde"Tennis Court"†
    from the album, Pure Heroine
    20"Mirrors"
    from the album, The 20/20 Experience
    21"Bones"†
    from the album, Over the Moon
    22will.i.am
    featuring Britney Spears
    "Scream & Shout"
    from the album,
    1. willpower

    23Birdy"Skinny Love"
    from the album, Birdy
    24
    featuring 2 Chainz
    "Talk Dirty"
    from the albums, Tattoos & Talk Dirty
    25Bastille"Pompeii"
    from the album, Bastille
    26"We Can't Stop"
    from the album, Bangerz
    27MKTO"Thank You"
    from the album, MKTO
    28"Lost"
    from the album, Channel Orange
    29
    featuring Juicy J
    "Dark Horse"
    from the album, Prism
    30"I Knew You Were Trouble"
    from the album, Red
    31Fergie, Q-Tip and GoonRock"A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)"
    from The Great Gatsby soundtrack
    32Naughty Boy
    featuring Sam Smith
    "La La La"
    from the album, Hotel Cabana
    33Pitbull
    featuring Christina Aguilera
    "Feel This Moment"
    from the album, Global Warming
    34Eminem
    featuring Rihanna
    "The Monster"
    from the album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
    35"Wrecking Ball"
    from the album, Bangerz
    36"It's Worth It"†
    from the album, Jackie Thomas
    37Of Monsters and Men"Little Talks"
    from the album, My Head Is An Animal and the extended play, Into the Woods
    38Swedish House Mafia
    featuring John Martin
    "Don't You Worry Child"
    from the album, Until Now
    39
    featuring Flo Rida
    "Troublemaker"
    from the album, Right Place Right Time
    40Imagine Dragons"Demons"
    from the album, Night Visions and the extended play, Continued Silence
    41MKTO"Classic"
    from the album, MKTO
    42"Bulletproof"†
    from the album, Inventing Myself
    43"Treasure"
    from the album, Unorthodox Jukebox
    44
    featuring Sia
    "Titanium"
    from the album, Nothing But The Beat
    45"Locked Out of Heaven"
    from the album, Unorthodox Jukebox
    46"I See Fire"
    from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug soundtrack and the album x
    47Rudimental
    featuring Ella Eyre
    "Waiting All Night"
    from the album, Home
    48"Figure 8"
    from the album, Halcyon
    49Pitbull
    featuring Kesha
    "Timber"
    from the extended play, Meltdown
    50Baauer
    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.
    RankArtistTitle
    1Lorde"Royals"
    from the extended play, The Love Club EP and the album, Pure Heroine
    2Stan Walker"Take It Easy"
    from the Mt. Zion soundtrack and the album, Inventing Myself
    3Lorde"Tennis Court"
    from the album, Pure Heroine
    4Ginny Blackmore"Bones"
    from the album, Over the Moon
    5Jackie Thomas"It's Worth It"
    from the album, Jackie Thomas
    6Stan Walker"Bulletproof"
    from the album, Inventing Myself
    7Lorde"Team"
    from the album, Pure Heroine
    8Benny Tipene"Walking On Water"
    from the extended play, Toulouse
    9Shapeshifter"In Colour"
    from the album, Delta
    10David Dallas"Runnin'"
    from the album, Falling Into Place
    11Lorde"The Love Club"
    from the extended play, The Love Club
    12Opshop"Never Leave Me Again"
    from the single of the same name
    13Dane Rumble
    featuring Jupiter Project
    "Not Alone"
    from the album, Exodus
    14Aotearoa Reggae All Stars"Sensitive to a Smile"
    from the single of the same name
    15Whenua Patuwai"Something Special"
    from the single of the same name
    16Aaradhna"Wake Up"
    from the album, Treble & Reverb
    17Titanium"Come On Home"
    from the album, All For You
    18Ginny Blackmore"SFM"
    from the album, Over the Moon

    19Stan Walker
    featuring Ria Hall

    "Like It's Over"
    from the album, Inventing Myself

    20Willy 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
    United States 37
    England 13
    New Zealand 4
    Sweden 3
    Australia 2
    France 2
    Barbados 1
    Iceland 1
    Scotland 1
    Wales 1

    By single

    The following shows the country of origin from which the singles originate regardless of who the artist is.

    Country Total
    United States 28
    England 10
    New Zealand 6
    Australia 2
    France 2
    Sweden 2
    Barbados 1
    Iceland 1

    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
    3
    3
    3
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    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
    Albums 38
    Soundtracks 3
    4
    1

    Multiple releases

    The following shows singles that had multiple releases from the same album.

    Title Total Singles
    Bangerz
    (Miley Cyrus)
    2We Can’t Stop
    Wrecking Ball
    Inventing Myself
    (Stan Walker)
    2Bulletproof
    Take It Easy
    MKTO
    (MKTO)
    2Classic
    Thank You
    Night Visions
    (Imagine Dragons)
    2Demons
    Radioactive
    Prism
    (Katy Perry)
    2Dark Horse
    Roar
    Pure Heroine
    (Lorde)
    2Royals
    Tennis Court
    The Heist
    (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
    3Thrift Shop
    Can’t Hold Us
    Same Love
    Unorthodox Jukebox
    (Bruno Mars)
    3Locked 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
    Solo artists 35
    Groups 14
    Featured Artists 22
    Collaborations 1

    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
    14 Bones (Ginny Blackmore)
    Classic (MKTO)
    Impossible (James Arthur)
    It’s Worth It (Jackie Thomas)
    Just Give Me a Reason (Pink 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)
    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)
    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)
    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$ha)
    3 Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams & T.I.)
    Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
    Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    3 Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams & T.I.)
    Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
    Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    3 Ho Hey (The Lumineers)
    Little Talks (Of Monsters & Men)
    Skinny Love (Birdy)
    2 Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2 Bulletproof (Stan Walker)
    Take It Easy (Stan Walker)
    2 Figure 8 (Ellie Goulding)
    I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift)
    2 Feel This Moment (Pitbull) featuring Christina Aguilera)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    2 Figure 8 (Ellie Goulding)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2 I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift)
    Royals (Lorde)
    2 Counting Stars (OneRepublic)
    I See Fire (Ed Sheeran)
    2 Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc)
    2 Let Her Go (Passenger
    Little Talks (Of Monsters & Men)
    2 Classic (MKTO)
    Thank You (MKTO)
    2 Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift)
    2 Don’t You Worry Child (Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin)
    Wake Me Up
    2 Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc)
    2 Impossible (James Arthur
    Pompeii (Bastille)
    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
    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)
    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)
    6 Feel This Moment (Pitbull)
    Just Give Me a Reason (Pink featuring Nate Ruess)
    Mirrors (Justin Timberlake)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    We Can’t Stop (Miley Cyrus)
    Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus)
    5 Bulletproof (Stan Walker)
    Impossible (James Arthur)
    It’s Worth It (Jackie Thomas)
    Let Her Go (Passenger)
    Take It Easy (Stan Walker)
    4 Dark Horse (Katy Perry)
    La La La (Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith)
    Roar (Katy Perry)
    Titanium (David Guetta featuring Sia)
    4 Classic (MKTO)
    Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
    Thank You (MKTO)
    Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc)
    4 Don’t You Worry Child (Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
    Pompeii (Bastille)
    Royals (Lorde)
    Titanium (David Guetta featuring Sia)
    3 Royals (Lorde)
    Tennis Court (Lorde)
    Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc)
    3 Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton)
    Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)
    Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz)
    3 Beneath Your Beautiful (Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé)
    Impossible (James Arthur
    Troublemaker (Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida)
    2 Lost (Frank Ocean)
    Stay (Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko)
    2 Bones (Ginny Blackmore)
    Troublemaker (Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida)
    2 Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2 Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    2 Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    2 Royals (Lorde)
    Tennis Court (Lorde)
    2 Royals (Lorde)
    Tennis Court (Lorde)
    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
    4Dark Horse (Katy Perry)
    Roar (Katy Perry)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus)
    4Dark Horse (Katy Perry)
    Roar (Katy Perry)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus)
    3Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
    Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars)
    3Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton)
    Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)
    Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz)
    3Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
    Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars)
    3Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
    Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars)
    3Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton)
    Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)
    Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz)
    2Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2Classic (MKTO)
    Thank You (MKTO)
    2Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    2Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2Royals (Lorde)
    Tennis Court (Lorde)
    2Classic (MKTO)
    Thank You (MKTO)
    2Classic (MKTO)
    Thank You (MKTO)
    2Royals (Lorde)
    Tennis Court (Lorde)
    2Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2Dark Horse (Katy Perry featuring Juicy J)
    Roar (Katy Perry)
    2Dark Horse (Katy Perry featuring Juicy J)
    Roar (Katy Perry)
    2Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams & T.I.)
    Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
    2Bulletproof (Stan Walker)
    Take It Easy (Stan Walker)
    2Demons (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
    "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 Aaron Davis Arnold
    Breyan Stanley Isaac
    Charles Carter
    Greg Errico
    Jamie Sanderson
    Keri Oskar
    Kesha Sebert
    Lee Oskar
    Pebe Sebert
    Priscilla Hamilton
    Roger Parker
    Steve Arrington
    Waung Hankerson
    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
    4Dark Horse (Katy Perry)
    Roar (Katy Perry)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus)
    4Dark Horse (Katy Perry)
    Roar (Katy Perry)
    Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
    Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus)
    3Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
    Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars)
    3Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
    Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars)
    3Dark Horse (Katy Perry)
    I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift)
    Roar (Katy Perry)
    3Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
    Treasure (Bruno Mars)
    When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars)
    3Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton)
    Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)
    Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz)
    2Demons (Imagine Dragons)
    Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
    2Classic (MKTO)
    Thank You (MKTO)
    2Classic (MKTO)
    Thank You (MKTO)
    2Just Give Me a Reason (Pink featuring Nate Ruess)
    Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
    2Royals (Lorde)
    Tennis Court (Lorde)
    2Bulletproof (Stan Walker)
    Take It Easy (Stan Walker)

    References

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Top Selling Singles of 2013. Recorded Music NZ. 20 March 2014.
    2. Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the RIANZ