The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales of singles. In 2016, fifteen singles claimed the top spot, including Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself", which started its peak position in 2015, and seventeen acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia: Jonas Blue, Dakota, Zayn, Flume, Kai, Lukas Graham, Gnash, Olivia O'Brien, Drake, Wizkid, Kyla, The Chainsmokers, Halsey, James Arthur, Clean Bandit, Sean Paul and Anne-Marie.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2016. DateSongArtist(s)Ref.4 January "Love Yourself" Justin Bieber 11 January18 January25 January1 February "Fast Car" Jonas Blue featuring Dakota 8 February "Pillowtalk" Zayn 15 February "Never Be Like You" Flume featuring Kai 22 February "7 Years" Lukas Graham 29 February7 March14 March21 March28 March4 April11 April18 April "I Hate U, I Love U" Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien 25 April2 May "Just Like Fire" Pink 9 May "One Dance" Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla 16 May23 May30 May6 June "This Is What You Came For" Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna 13 June20 June "One Dance" Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla 27 June4 July11 July "In My Blood" The Veronicas 18 July25 July "Rise" Katy Perry 1 August "Cold Water" Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ 8 August15 August "Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 22 August29 August5 September12 September19 September26 September3 October10 October17 October "Say You Won't Let Go" James Arthur 24 October31 October7 November14 November21 November28 November5 December "Rockabye" Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie 12 December19 December26 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 The Chainsmokers 9 1 Halsey (as featuring) 9 2 Lukas Graham 8 3 Drake 7 3 Wizkid (as featuring) 7 3 Kyla (as featuring) 7 3 James Arthur 7 4 Justin Bieber 6 5 Clean Bandit 4 5 Sean Paul (as featuring) 4 5 Anne-Marie (as featuring) 4 6 Gnash 2 6 Olivia O'Brien (as featuring) 2 7 Calvin Harris 2 6 Rihanna (as featuring) 2 6 The Veronicas 2 6 Major Lazer 2 6 MØ (as featuring) 2 7 Jonas Blue 1 7 Dakota (as featuring) 1 7 Zayn 1 7 Flume 1 7 Kai (as featuring) 1 7 Pink 1 7 Katy Perry 1
See also 2016 in music List of number-one albums of 2016 (Australia) List of top 25 singles for 2016 in Australia List of top 10 singles in 2016 (Australia)
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