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.
Chart
Key – Song of New Zealand originWhether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the RIANZ
Rank Artist Title 1 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 "Roar" from the album, Prism 5 "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 "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 "Mirrors" from the album, The 20/20 Experience 21 "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 featuring 2 Chainz "Talk Dirty" from the albums, Tattoos & Talk Dirty 25 Bastille "Pompeii" from the album, Bastille 26 "We Can't Stop" from the album, Bangerz 27 MKTO "Thank You" from the album, MKTO 28 "Lost" from the album, Channel Orange 29 featuring Juicy J "Dark Horse" from the album, Prism 30 "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 "Wrecking Ball" from the album, Bangerz 36 "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 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 "Bulletproof"† from the album, Inventing Myself 43 "Treasure" from the album, Unorthodox Jukebox 44 featuring Sia "Titanium" from the album, Nothing But The Beat 45 "Locked Out of Heaven" from the album, Unorthodox Jukebox 46 "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 "Figure 8" from the album, Halcyon 49 Pitbull featuring Kesha "Timber" from the extended play, Meltdown 50 Baauerfeaturing Héctor Delgado & Jayson Musson "Harlem Shake" from the single, of the same name
Top 20 singles of 2013 by New Zealand artists
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 Rumblefeaturing 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 Walkerfeaturing 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
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 United States 37 England 13 New Zealand 4 Sweden 3 Australia 2 France 2 Barbados 1 Iceland 1 Scotland 1Wales 1
By single 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
Most singles 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 3 Macklemore 3 3 Imagine Dragons 2 2 Lorde 2 2 MKTO 2 2 Pitbull 2 Rihanna 2 2
Format 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
Multiple releases The following shows singles that had multiple releases from the same album.
Title Total Singles Bangerz(Miley Cyrus) 2 We Can’t StopWrecking Ball Inventing Myself (Stan Walker) 2 BulletproofTake It Easy MKTO(MKTO) 2 ClassicThank You Night Visions(Imagine Dragons) 2 DemonsRadioactive Prism(Katy Perry) 2 Dark HorseRoar Pure Heroine(Lorde) 2 RoyalsTennis Court The Heist(Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) 3 Thrift ShopCan’t Hold UsSame Love Unorthodox Jukebox(Bruno Mars) 3 Locked Out of HeavenTreasureWhen I Was Your Man
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 35 Groups 14 Featured Artists 22 Collaborations 1
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.
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 (PassengerLittle 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 ArthurPompeii (Bastille) Trap 2 Dark Horse (Katy Perry)Harlem Shake (Baauer featuring Héctor Delgado & Jayson Musson )
Top Labels 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.