New Zealand top 50 singles of 2015
This is a list of the top-selling singles in New Zealand for 2015 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ.[1] English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, English soul singer Sam Smith, Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd and New Zealand band Six60 each had three songs in the chart. The chart was topped by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars' song "Uptown Funk". As well as the three songs by Six60, the chart also had songs by New Zealand artists Avalanche City and Savage.[2]
Chart
- Key
- † – Song of New Zealand origin[nb 1]
Top 20 singles of 2015 by New Zealand artists
- Key
- – Songs that appeared in the Top 50 Chart
| Rank | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six60 | "White Lines" |
| 2 | Timmy Trumpet and Savage | "Freaks" |
| 3 | Six60 | "Special" |
| 4 | Avalanche City | "Inside Out" |
| 5 | Six60 | "So High" |
| 6 | Disclosure featuring Lorde | "Magnets" |
| 7 | Six60 | "Purple" |
| 8 | Lorde | "Yellow Flicker Beat" |
| 9 | Ginny Blackmore | "Love Me Anyway" |
| 10 | Beau Monga | "King and Queen" |
| 11 | Six60 | "Don't Forget Your Roots" |
| 12 | Lorde | "Royals" |
| 13 | Six60 | "Only To Be" |
| 14 | Broods | "Bridges" |
| 15 | Broods | "Four Walls" |
| 16 | Broods | "Mother & Father" |
| 17 | Gin Wigmore | "New Rush" |
| 18 | Six60 | "Forever" |
| 19 | Six60 | "Exhale" |
| 20 | Lorde | "Team" |
Notes
- Although "Freaks" is by Australia musician, Timmy Trumpet and "Magnets" is by British band, Disclosure, both songs have been included as the songs featured New Zealand musicians, Savage and Lorde respectively.
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 |
|---|---|
 | 35 |
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Notes
- As Nicki Minaj was born in Trinidad & Tobago and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in her tally.
- As Bebe Rexha was born in Albania and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in her tally.
- As Deorro was born in Mexico and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in his tally.
- Major Lazer is regarded as an English/Jamaican group and as such both countries have been included in their tally.
By single
The following shows the country of origin from which the singles originate regardless of who the artist is.
| Country | Total |
|---|---|
| 17 |
| 16 |
| 5 |
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| 3 |
| 2 |
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| 1 |
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Notes
- Major Lazer's single has been listed as being from the United States, England and Jamaica.
- "FourFiveSeconds" has been listed under all three countries each singer is from as this was song was a collaboration between Kanye West, Rihanna and Sir Paul McCartney.
- As "Freaks" was collaboration between Timmy Trumpet and Savage, both New Zealand & Australia, have been included in the tally.
- As Deorro was born in Mexico and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in his tally.
- As Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are a duo, the United States has been included twice in the tally for each artist respectively.
- As the song, "How Deep Is Your Love" is a collaboration between Calvin Harris & Disciples, both Scotland and England have been included in the tally.
Most singles
The following shows the artists who have the most singles that appear in this chart. This includes where an artist appeared as a featured artist; however where a singer (e.g. Adam Levine) appears as a featured artist on their own and who is usually part of a band/group, this does not count towards their groups (e.g. Maroon 5) tally.
| Artist | Total |
|---|---|
| Sam Smith | 3 |
| Six60 | 3 |
| Justin Bieber | 3 |
| Ed Sheeran | 3 |
| The Weeknd | 2 |
| Meghan Trainor | 2 |
| James Bay | 2 |
| Charlie Puth | 2 |
Notes
- Both Charlie Puth & Meghan Trainor's tallies include a single where they were a featured artist. Puth featured in "See You Again" with Wiz Khalifa while Trainor featured in Puth's song, "Marvin Gaye".
Format
The following show what format each single appears on, whether it was an artists album, a non-album single, an extended play or as part of a soundtrack.
| Format | Total |
|---|---|
| Albums | 34 |
| Singles | 7 |
| EP | 6 |
| Soundtracks | 2 |
Notes
- The song, "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa which features Charlie Puth, appears on Puth's album, Nine Track Mind and the soundtrack to Furious 7.
- The song, "Take Me To Church" appears on the album Hozier and the extended play Take Me To Church, both by Hozier.
- The song, "Love Me Like You Do" appears on the soundtrack to Fifty Shades of Grey and Ellie Goulding's album, Delirium.
- The song, "Earned It" appears on the soundtrack to Fifty Shades of Grey and The Weeknd's album, Beauty Behind The Madness.
- The song, "Marvin Gaye" appears on the album, Nine Track Mind and the extended play, Some Type Of Love, both by Charlie Puth.
- The song, "Fight Song" appears on the album, Wildfire and the extended play, Fight Song, both by Rachel Platten.
- The song "Where Are Ü Now" appears on both the Jack Ü album, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü and Justin Bieber's album, Purpose.
- The song "Lay Me Down" appears on the extended play Nirvana and the album In The Lonely Hour, both by Sam Smith.
- The song "Time of Our Lives" appears on both Pitbull's Globalization and Ne-Yo's Non-Fiction albums.
- The Ed Sheeran only version of the song "Bloodstream" appears on his album, x.
- The song The Nights appears on the extended play The Days/Nights and the album Stories both by Avicii.
Multiple releases
The following shows singles that had multiple releases from the same album.
| Title | Total | Singles |
|---|---|---|
| Beauty Behind The Madness The Weeknd | 3 | "Can't Feel My Face" "Earned It" "The Hills" |
| In The Lonely Hour Sam Smith | 3 | "I'm Not The Only One" "Lay Me Down" "Stay With Me" |
| Purpose Justin Bieber | 3 | "Sorry" "What Do You Mean" "Where Are Ü Now" |
| Six60 (2) Six60 | 3 | "So High" "Special" "White Lines" |
| Chaos & The Calm James Bay | 2 | "Hold Back The River" "Let It Go" |
| Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack | 2 | "Earned It" by The Weeknd "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding |
| Nine Track Mind Charlie Puth | 2 | "Marvin Gaye" "See You Again" |
| x Ed Sheeran | 2 | "Photograph" "Thinking Out Loud" |
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 | 33 |
| Groups | 9 |
| Featured artists | 16 |
| Collaboration | 7 |
Notes
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been regarded as a group.
- Although uncredited in "The Nights", Nicholas Furlong has been included as a featured artist.
- Although uncredited in the song, "I'm An Albatraoz", Nora Ekberg has been included in the tally for featured artist.
- Although uncredited in the song, "Runaway (U & I)", both Cathy Dennis and Julia Karlsson have been included as a featured artist.
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.
Top Label
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.
Top songwriters
The following shows the songwriters who had the most top-selling singles of 2015 in New Zealand.
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 2015.
| Single | Total | Songwriter/s |
|---|---|---|
| "Five More Hours" Deorro & Chris Brown |
1 | Erick Orrosquieta |
| "I'm An Albatraoz" AronChupa featuring Nora Ekberg |
1 | Aron Ekberg |
| "Inside Out" Avalanche City |
1 | Dave Baxter |
| "Take Me To Church" Hozier |
1 | Andrew Hozier-Byrne |
| "Trap Queen" Fetty Wap |
1 | Willie Maxwell |
| "Downtown" Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Melle Mel |
9 | Ben Haggerty Darian Asplund Eric Nally Evan Flory-Barnes Jacob Dutton Joshua Karp Joshua Rawlings Ryan Lewis Tim Haggerty |
| "FourFiveSeconds" by Kanye West, Rihanna & Sir Paul McCartney |
9 | Dallas Austin David Longstreth Elon Rutberg Kanye West Kirby Lauryen Mike Dean Noah Goldstein Paul McCartney Tyrone Griffin |
| "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars |
19 | Alvin Jones Bruno Mars Carl Scoggins Charlie Wilson Chris Clayton Devon Gallaspy James "Jimi" Macon Jeff Bhasker Lonnie Simmons Mark Ronson Nicholas Williams O'Dell Stokes Philip Lawrence Robert Wilson Ronnie Wilson Roscoe Smith Rudolph Taylor Tim Fenderson Tommy Lokey |
Notes
- While 19 songwriters have been listed for "Uptown Funk", most of the mentioned are members of The Gap Band. On the single itself, only 9 songwriters are listed. The Gap Band members have been listed as the band and not individually as shown above.
Top producers
The following shows the producers who had the most singles to appear on this chart.
| Producer | Total | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Mac | 3 | "So High" by Six60 "Special" by Six60 "White Lines" by Six60 |
| Eli Paewai | 3 | "So High" by Six60 "Special" by Six60 "White Lines" by Six60 |
| Henry Walter | 3 | "Locked Away" by R. City featuring Adam Levine "Sugar" by Maroon 5 "Time of Our Lives" by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo |
| James Napier | 3 | "I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith "Lay Me Down" by Sam Smith "Stay with Me" by Sam Smith |
| Ji Fraser | 3 | "So High" by Six60 "Special" by Six60 "White Lines" by Six60 |
| Marlon Gerbes | 3 | "So High" by Six60 "Special" by Six60 "White Lines" by Six60 |
| Matiu Walters | 3 | "So High" by Six60 "Special" by Six60 "White Lines" by Six60 |
| Steve Fitzmaurice | 3 | "I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith "Lay Me Down" by Sam Smith "Stay with Me" by Sam Smith |
| Tiki Taane | 3 | "So High" by Six60 "Special" by Six60 "White Lines" by Six60 |
| Ali Payami | 2 | "Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding |
| Charlie Puth | 2 | "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth |
| Jacquire King | 2 | "Hold Back the River" by James Bay "Let It Go" by James Bay |
| Jeff Bhasker | 2 | "Photograph" by Ed Sheeran "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars |
| Lukasz Gottwald | 2 | "Locked Away" by R. City featuring Adam Levine "Time of Our Lives" by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo |
| Max Martin | 2 | "Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding |
| Sonny Moore | 2 | "Sorry" by Justin Bieber "Where Are Ü Now" by Jack Ü featuring Justin Bieber |
| Thomas Wesley Pentz | 2 | "Lean On" by Major Lazer featuring DJ Snake & MØ "Where Are Ü Now" by Jack Ü featuring Justin Bieber |
Notes
- Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the RIANZ
References
- "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2015". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- "This year's biggest albums and singles revealed". NZ Herald. NZME. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.