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 2014, fourteen singles claimed the top spot. Eight acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia: A Great Big World, 5 Seconds of Summer, Sheppard, Ed Sheeran, The Madden Brothers, Paloma Faith, Meghan Trainor and Mark Ronson. 5 Seconds of Summer, Sheppard, Justice Crew and The Veronicas were the only Australian artists that achieved a number-one single in 2014.
Sheeran had two number-one singles during the year for "Sing" and "Thinking Out Loud". Taylor Swift also earned two number-one singles during the year for "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space". Pharrell Williams' "Happy" was the longest-running number-one single of 2014, having topped the ARIA Singles Chart for twelve weeks. Justice Crew's "Que Sera" was the second longest-running number-one single, with nine consecutive weeks at the top spot. Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" stayed at number one for five consecutive weeks, while Trainor's "All About That Bass" topped the chart for four weeks. Sheppard's "Geronimo", Swift's "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space", The Veronicas' "You Ruin Me" and Ronson's "Uptown Funk" each spent three consecutive weeks at the number one spot.
Chart history
+KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2014. DateSongArtist(s)Ref.6 January "Happy" Pharrell Williams 13 January20 January27 January3 February10 February "Say Something" A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera 17 February "Happy" Pharrell Williams 24 February3 March10 March17 March24 March31 March "She Looks So Perfect" 5 Seconds of Summer 7 April "Happy" Pharrell Williams 14 April "Geronimo" Sheppard 21 April28 April5 May "Sing" Ed Sheeran 12 May "Que Sera" Justice Crew 19 May26 May2 June9 June16 June23 June30 June7 July14 July "We Are Done" The Madden Brothers 21 July28 July "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" Paloma Faith 4 August11 August "All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor 18 August25 August1 September "Shake It Off" Taylor Swift 8 September15 September22 September "All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor 29 September "You Ruin Me" The Veronicas 6 October13 October20 October "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran 27 October3 November10 November17 November24 November "Blank Space" Taylor Swift 1 December8 December15 December "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 22 December29 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Pharrell Williams 12 2 Justice Crew 9 3 Ed Sheeran 6 3 Taylor Swift 6 4 Meghan Trainor 4 5 Sheppard 3 5 The Veronicas 3 5 Mark Ronson 3 5 Bruno Mars (as featuring) 3 6 The Madden Brothers 2 6 Paloma Faith 2 7 A Great Big World 1 7 Christina Aguilera 1 7 5 Seconds of Summer 1
See also 2014 in music List of number-one dance singles of 2014 (Australia) List of number-one albums of 2014 (Australia) List of top 25 singles for 2014 in Australia List of top 10 singles in 2014 (Australia)
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