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New Zealand top 50 singles of 2013

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American singer Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" was the top performing song of the year
New Zealand singer Lorde released four of the top 20 songs by New Zealand artists in 2013, including the best performing song, "Royals"
Three songs by American singer Bruno Mars were among the top 50 singles of the year
Three of the top songs of the year were performed by American hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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

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Key
 †  – Song of New Zealand origin[nb 1]
Rank Artist Title
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 Pink
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

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Key
  – Songs that appeared on the Top 50 Chart.
Rank Artist Title
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 "In Colour"
from the album, Delta
10 David Dallas "Runnin'"
from the album, Falling Into Place
11 Lorde "The Love Club"
from the extended play, The Love Club
12 Opshop "Never Leave Me Again"
from the single of the same name
13 Dane Rumble
featuring Jupiter Project
"Not Alone"
from the album, Exodus
14 Aotearoa Reggae All Stars "Sensitive to a Smile"
from the single of the same name
15 Whenua Patuwai "Something Special"
from the single of the same name
16 Aaradhna "Wake Up"
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

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Origin

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By artist

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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
Notes

By single

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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
Notes

Most singles

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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
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

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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
EP 4
non-album singles 1
Notes

Multiple releases

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

Title Total Singles
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

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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
Notes

Top Genre

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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
Pop 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)
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

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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
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 (Pink featuring Nate Ruess)
Mirrors (Justin Timberlake)
Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
We Can’t Stop (Miley Cyrus)
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus)
Sony Music Entertainment 5 Bulletproof (Stan Walker)
Impossible (James Arthur)
It’s Worth It (Jackie Thomas)
Let Her Go (Passenger)
Take It Easy (Stan Walker)
Capitol Records 4 Dark Horse (Katy Perry)
La La La (Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith)
Roar (Katy Perry)
Titanium (David Guetta featuring Sia)
Columbia Records 4 Classic (MKTO)
Get Lucky (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
Thank You (MKTO)
Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc)
Virgin Records 4 Don’t You Worry Child (Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
Pompeii (Bastille)
Royals (Lorde)
Titanium (David Guetta featuring Sia)
Lava Records 3 Royals (Lorde)
Tennis Court (Lorde)
Wake Me Up (Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc)
Macklemore LLC 3 Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton)
Same Love (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)
Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz)
Syco Music 3 Beneath Your Beautiful (Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé)
Impossible (James Arthur
Troublemaker (Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida)
Def Jam Recordings 2 Lost (Frank Ocean)
Stay (Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko)
Epic Records 2 Bones (Ginny Blackmore)
Troublemaker (Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida)
KIDinaKORNER 2 Demons (Imagine Dragons)
Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
Mr. 305 Inc. 2 Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera)
Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)
Polo Ground Records 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

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The following shows the songwriters who had the most top-selling singles of 2014 in New Zealand.

Writer Total Singles
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)
Josh Mosser 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

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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

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The following shows the producers who had the most singles to appear on this chart.

Producer Total Singles
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 (Pink 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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Top Selling Singles of 2013". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
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