This is a list of the top-selling singles in New Zealand for 2014 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ. English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran had the most songs in the top 50, with four. The chart also includes three songs by New Zealand artists: "Freaks" by Australian DJ Timmy Trumpet and New Zealand rapper Savage, and "Holding You" by Ginny Blackmore and Stan Walker, and "Bridges" by Broods. Four songs also featured in the New Zealand top 50 singles of 2013: Katy Perry's songs "Roar" and "Dark Horse", "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran, "The Monster" by Eminem and "Timber" by Pitbull. The 2014 chart was the first to include online streaming as well as sales data.
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 "Happy" from the Despicable Me soundtrack and the album, Girl 2 "All About That Bass" from the extended play, Title and the album, Title 3 "All of Me" from the album, Love in the Future 4 "Stay with Me" from the album, In the Lonely Hour 5 "Shake It Off" from the album, 1989 6 "I See Fire" from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug soundtrack and the album, x. 7 featuring Christina Aguilera "Say Something" from the album, Is There Anybody Out There? 8 "Thinking Out Loud" from the album, x 9 "We Are Done" from the album, Greetings from California 10 Magic! "Rude" from the album, Don't Kill the Magic 11 Sia "Chandelier" from the album, 1000 Forms of Fear 12 "Trumpets" from the albums Tattoos 13 Nico & Vinz "Am I Wrong" from the album, Black Star Elephant 14 featuring Charli XCX "Fancy" from the album, The New Classic 15 featuring Pharrell Williams "Sing" from the album, x 16 "Budapest" from the album, Wanted on Voyage 17 Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne "Rather Be" from the album, New Eyes 18 "I'm Not the Only One" from the album, In The Lonely Hour 19 featuring Iggy Azalea "Problem" from the album, My Everything 20 G.R.L. "Ugly Heart" from the album, G.R.L. 21 Mr Probzfeaturing Robin Schulz "Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)" from the single of the same name 22 "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" from the album, A Perfect Contradiction 23 Pitbull featuring Kesha "Timber" from the extended play, Meltdown 24 Avicii featuring Dan Tyminski "Hey Brother" from the album, True 25 , Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang" from the albums, Sweet Talker & My Everything 26 Timmy Trumpet and Savage "Freaks"† from the single, of the same name 27 "Let It Go" from the Frozen soundtrack and the album, Demi 28 Rudimental featuring Emeli Sandé "Free" from the album, Home 29 featuring Hippie Sabotage "Stay High (Hippie Sabotage Remix)" from the extended play, Truth Serum 30 "Brave" from the album, The Blessed Unrest 31 featuring Juicy J "Dark Horse" from the album, Prism 32 Milky Chance "Stolen Dance" from the album, Sadnecessary and the extended play, Stolen Dance 33 "Ghost" from the album, Chapter One 34 "Don't" from the album, x 35 and Stan Walker "Holding You"† from the album, Over the Moon 36 5 Seconds of Summer "She Looks So Perfect" from the album, 5 Seconds Of Summer 37 Sheppard "Geronimo" from the album, Bombs Away 38 "Roar" from the album, Prism 39 "The Man" from the album, Lift Your Spirit and the extended play, Wake Me Up 40 DJ Snake & Lil Jon "Turn Down for What" from the single of the same name 41 Sigma featuring Daniel Pearce "Nobody to Love" from the album, Life 42 Avicii featuring Audra Mae "Addicted to You" from the album, True 43 Redfoo "New Thang" from the album, Party Rock Mansion 44 "Not a Bad Thing" from the album, The 20/20 Experience - Part 2 Of 2 45 Eminem featuring Rihanna "The Monster" from the album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 46 "Blank Space" from the album, 1989 47 Coldplay "A Sky Full of Stars" from the album, Ghost Stories and the extended play, A Sky Full of Stars 48 Broods "Bridges"† from the extended play, Broods and the album, Evergreen 49 "I Will Never Let You Down" from the single the same name 50 featuring Rita Ora "Black Widow" from the album, The New Classic
Top 20 singles of 2014 by New Zealand artists
Rank Artist Title 1 Timmy Trumpet and Savage "Freaks"from the single of the same name 2 Ginny Blackmore and Stan Walker "Holding You"from the album, Over the Moon 3 Broods "Bridges"from the extended play, Broods and the album, Evergreen 4 Lorde "Yellow Flicker Beat"from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 soundtrack 5 Lorde "Royals"from the extended play, The Love Club and the album, Pure Heroine 6 Broods "Mother & Father"from the extended play, Broods and the album, Evergreen 7 Lorde "Team"from the album, Pure Heroine 8 Six60 "Special"from the album, Six60 (2) 9 Benny Tipene "Make You Mine"from the extended play, Toulouse 10 David Dallasfeaturing Ruby Frost "The Wire"from the album, Falling Into Place 11 Benny Tipene "Lonely"from the extended play, Toulouse 12 Benny Tipene "Step On Up"from the album, Bricks 13 Broods "Never Gonna Change"from the extended play, Broods 14 Stan Walkerfeaturing Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika "Aotearoa"from the single of the same name 15 Jupiter Project and Jetski Safarifeaturing Helen Corry With You"from the single of the same name 16 David Dallas "Runnin'"from the album, Falling Into Place 17 Lorde "Ribs"from the album, Pure Heroine 18 Lorde "Tennis Court"from the album, Pure Heroine 19 Brooke Fraser "Kings & Queens"from the album, Brutal Romantic 20 Stan Walker "Take It Easy"from the Mt. Zion soundtrack and the album, Inventing Myself
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 25 England 16 Australia 6 New Zealand 4 Canada 2 Germany 2 Sweden 2 Barbados 1 France 1 Ghana 1 Ivory Coast 1 Norway 1 Scotland 1 Netherlands 1 Trinidad & Tobago 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 21 England 16 Australia 7 New Zealand 3 Sweden 3 Canada 2 Germany 2 France 1 Ghana 1 Ivory Coast 1 Norway 1 Trinidad & Tobago 1 Netherlands 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 4 3 2 2 2 2 Avicii 2 2 2
Format Show where each single appears on, whether it was the artists album, a non-album single, an extended play or as part of a soundtrack. 2014 saw two remix versions of songs make the Top 50.
Format Total Albums 37 EP 8 non-album singles 3 Soundtracks 3
Multiple releases The following shows singles that had multiple releases from the same album.
Title Total Singles 1989(Taylor Swift) 2Shake It OffBlank Space In The Lonely Hour(Sam Smith) 2I'm Not The Only OneStay With Me My Everything(Ariana Grande) 2Bang BangProblem Prism(Katy Perry) 2Dark HorseRoar The New Classic(Iggy Azalea) 2Black WidowFancy True(Avicii) 2Addicted To YouHey Brother x(Ed Sheeran) 4Don'tI See FireSingThinking 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 31 Groups 12 Featured Artists 12 Collaborations 7
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 13 A Sky Full Of Stars (Coldplay)Am I Wrong (Nico & Vinz)Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)Brave (Sara Bareilles)Ghost (Ella Henderson)Holding You (Ginny Blackmore and Stan Walker)I’m Not the Only One (Sam Smith)Not a Bad Thing (Justin Timberlake)Only Love Can Hurt Like This (Paloma Faith)Rude (Magic!)Sing (Ed Sheeran featuring Pharrell Williams)Trumpets (Jason Derulo)Ugly Heart (G.R.L.) R&B 8 All of Me (John Legend)Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)Don't (Ed Sheeran)I’m Not the Only One (Sam Smith)Problem (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)Sing (Ed Sheeran featuring Pharrell Williams)The Man (Aloe Blacc)Trumpets (Jason Derulo) Soul 8 Addicted To You (Avicii featuring Audra Mae)All of Me (John Legend)Free (Rudimental featuring Emeli Sandé) Happy (Pharrell Williams)I’m Not the Only One (Sam Smith)Only Love Can Hurt Like This (Paloma Faith)Stay with Me (Sam Smith)The Man (Aloe Blacc) Dance-pop 5 Hey Brother (Avicii featuring Dan Tyminski)I Will Never Let You Down (Rita Ora)Problem (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)Shake It Off (Taylor Swift)Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) Electronic Dance Music 5 A Sky Full Of Stars (Coldplay)Hey Brother (Avicii featuring Dan Tyminski)New Thang (Redfoo)Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha)Turn Down for What (DJ Snake & Lil Jon) Electropop 4 Blank Space (Taylor Swift)Bridges (Broods)Chandelier (Sia)Rather Be (Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne) Trap 4 Black Widow (Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora)Dark Horse (Katy Perry featuring Juicy J)Habits (Stay High) (Hippie Sabotage Remix) (Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage)Turn Down for What (DJ Snake & Lil Jon) Hip hop 3 Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)Dark Horse (Katy Perry featuring Juicy J)The Monster (Eminem featuring Rihanna) Indie pop 3 Geronimo (Sheppard)Say Something (A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera)Stolen Dance (Milky Chance) Pop rock 3 Let It Go (Demi Lovato)She Looks So Perfect (5 Seconds Of Summer)We Are Done The Madden Brothers) Power pop 3 Brave (Sara Bareilles)Roar (Katy Perry)She Looks So Perfect (5 Seconds Of Summer) Blue-eyed soul 2 Don't (Ed Sheeran)Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran) Deep House 2 Rather Be (Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne)Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) (Mr Probz featuring Robin Schulz) Electro-hop 2 Fancy (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)New Thang (Redfoo) Folk 2 Free (Rudimental featuring Emeli Sandé)I See Fire (Ed Sheeran) Folktronica 2 Stolen Dance (Milky Chance)Timber (Pitbull featuring Ke$ha) House 2 Addicted To You (Avicii featuring Audra Mae)Hey Brother (Avicii featuring Dan Tyminski) Synthpop 2 Bridges (Broods)Rather Be (Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne)
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.