The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2010, 17 singles claimed the top spot. Nine acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia, either as a lead or featured artist: Owl City, Iyaz, Jason Derulo, Train, Kevin Rudolf, will.i.am, Taio Cruz, Bruno Mars and Eve. Five collaborations topped the chart. Rihanna earned three number-one singles during the year for "Rude Boy", "Only Girl (In the World)" and "Love the Way You Lie". Mars earned two number-one singles for "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade".
Usher's "OMG" and Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" were the longest-running number-one singles of 2010, having each topped the ARIA Singles Chart for six consecutive weeks. Owl City's "Fireflies" topped the chart for five consecutive weeks, while Train's "Hey, Soul Sister", Katy Perry's "California Gurls", Cruz's "Dynamite", and Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" each spent four weeks at the number-one spot.
Chart history
+KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2010. DateSongArtist(s)Ref.4 January "Fireflies" Owl City 11 January18 January25 January1 February8 February "Replay" Iyaz 15 February22 February "In My Head" Jason Derulo 1 March8 March "Rude Boy" Rihanna 15 March22 March "Hey, Soul Sister" Train 29 March5 April12 April19 April "Just Say So" Brian McFadden featuring Kevin Rudolf 26 April3 May10 May "OMG" Usher featuring will.i.am 17 May24 May31 May7 June14 June21 June "California Gurls" Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg 28 June5 July12 July19 July "Love the Way You Lie" Eminem featuring Rihanna 26 July2 August9 August16 August23 August30 August "Dynamite" Taio Cruz 6 September13 September20 September27 September "Only Girl (In the World)" Rihanna 4 October11 October18 October "Raise Your Glass" Pink 25 October "Just the Way You Are" Bruno Mars 1 November "Only Girl (In the World)" Rihanna 8 November "We R Who We R" Kesha 15 November22 November "The Time (Dirty Bit)" The Black Eyed Peas 29 November "We R Who We R" Kesha 6 December "The Time (Dirty Bit)" The Black Eyed Peas 13 December "Grenade" Bruno Mars 20 December27 December "Who's That Girl" Guy Sebastian featuring Eve
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Rihanna 12 2 Usher 6 2 will.i.am (as featuring) 6 2 Eminem 6 3 Owl City 5 4 Katy Perry 4 4 Snoop Dogg (as featuring) 4 4 Train 4 4 Taio Cruz 4 5 Brian McFadden 3 5 Kevin Rudolf (as featuring) 3 5 Bruno Mars 3 5 Kesha 3 6 Iyaz 2 6 Jason Derulo 2 6 The Black Eyed Peas 2 7 Pink 1 7 Guy Sebastian 1 7 Eve (as featuring) 1
See also 2010 in music List of number-one albums of 2010 (Australia) List of top 25 singles for 2010 in Australia List of top 10 singles in 2010 (Australia)
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