New Zealand top 50 singles of 2021 explained

This is a list of the top-selling singles in New Zealand for 2021 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ.[1] Recorded Music NZ also published 2021 lists for two sub-charts, the top 20 singles released by New Zealand artists,[2] and the top 20 singles primarily performed in Te Reo Māori.[3]

Chart

Key
  • – Song of New Zealand origin[4]
    RankArtistSong
    1Glass Animals"Heat Waves"
    2 featuring DaBaby"Levitating"
    3"Drivers License"
    4L.A.B."Why Oh Why"
    5Doja Cat featuring SZA"Kiss Me More"
    6L.A.B."In the Air"
    7"Good 4 U"
    8 and Justin Bieber"Stay"
    9L.A.B."Controller"
    10 featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon"Peaches"
    11"Bad Habits"
    12Fleetwood Mac"Dreams"
    13Giveon"Heartbreak Anniversary"
    14Silk Sonic"Leave the Door Open"
    15Lil Nas X"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"
    16"Save Your Tears"
    17 featuring Kiana Ledé"Not My Neighbour"
    18Six60"All She Wrote"
    19"Without You"
    20Masked Wolf"Astronaut in the Ocean"
    21Six60"Sundown"
    22Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow"Industry Baby"
    23 and Dua Lipa"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"
    24SZA"Good Days"
    25"Blinding Lights"
    2624kGoldn featuring Iann Dior"Mood"
    27Drax Project featuring Six60"Catching Feelings"
    28"Deja Vu"
    29 featuring MNEK"Head & Heart"
    30Måneskin"Beggin'"
    31Doja Cat"Streets"
    32 x Tion Wayne"Body"
    33Six60"Fade Away"
    34Kings featuring Sons of Zion"Help Me Out"
    35Six60"Don't Forget Your Roots"
    36"Anyone"
    37Tiësto"The Business"
    38AJR"Bang!"
    39Adele"Easy on Me"
    40"Watermelon Sugar"
    41Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"
    42"34+35"
    43"Bigger"
    44Internet Money and Gunna featuring Don Toliver and Nav"Lemonade"
    45"Happier Than Ever"
    46 featuring Chance the Rapper"Holy"
    47Doja Cat"Need to Know"
    48Six60"Long Gone"
    49"Traitor"
    50Six60"The Greatest"

    Top 20 singles of 2021 by New Zealand artists

    RankArtistSong
    1L.A.B."Why Oh Why"
    2L.A.B."In the Air"
    3L.A.B."Controller"
    4 featuring Kiana Ledé"Not My Neighbour"
    5Six60"All She Wrote"
    6Six60"Sundown"
    7Drax Project featuring Six60"Catching Feelings"
    8Six60"Fade Away"
    9Kings featuring Sons of Zion"Help Me Out"
    10Six60"Don't Forget Your Roots"
    11Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"
    12"Bigger"
    13Six60"Long Gone"
    14Six60"The Greatest"
    15L.A.B."Yes I Do"
    16Drax Project featuring Fetty Wap and AACACIA"Firefly"
    17Sons of Zion featuring Jackson Owens"Love on the Run"
    18Six60"Pepeha"
    19Benee"Glitter"
    20Muroki"Wavy"

    Top 20 singles of 2021 sung in Te Reo Māori

    RankArtistSong
    1Six60"Pepeha"
    2Ka Hao featuring Rob Ruha"35"
    3 featuring Ibanez Maeva"Tua"
    4Sons of Zion featuring Jackson Owens"He Aroha Hinemoa (Love on the Run)"
    5"Matemateāone"
    6Muroki"Rehurehu"
    7"Taera"
    8Katchafire"Karawhiua / 100"
    9 and the Levites"He Kākano Āhau"
    10Lorde"Te Ao Mārama (Solar Power)"
    11"Tau Te Marire (Take It Easy)"
    12"Hine Ruhi (Slice of Heaven)"
    13Maimoa"Utua"
    14Origin Roots Aotearoa (O.R.A.)"Home / Ūkaipō"
    15Kings featuring Theia"Pohewatia"
    16 featuring Don McGlashan"Kōrukutia / Bathe in the River"
    17Drax Project"Tukituki Te Manawa"
    18"Waitī Waitā"
    19Troy Kingi and the Nudge"He Ōrite"
    20"Hiwa-i-te-Rangi"

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: END OF YEAR CHARTS 2021. NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. 27 January 2022.
    2. Web site: Official Top 20 NZ Singles: End of Year Charts 2021. Recorded Music NZ. 27 January 2022.
    3. Web site: Te Reo Māori O Te Rārangi 10 O Runga: End of Year Charts 2021. Recorded Music NZ. 27 January 2022.
    4. Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the Recorded Music NZ.

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