This is a list of the top-selling singles in New Zealand for 2016 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ. Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber appeared in five songs each in the chart and Barbadian singer Rihanna four, whether it was their own single or as a featured artist respectively. The chart was topped by Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla's song "One Dance". The only song by a New Zealand artist or group to chart was the Kings single, "Don't Worry Bout It".
Chart Key – Song of New Zealand originWhether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the RIANZ
Rank Artist Song 1 Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla "One Dance" 2 Lukas Graham "7 Years" 3 "Love Yourself" 4 Flume featuring Kai "Never Be like You" 5 featuring Halsey "Closer" 6 featuring Daya "Don't Let Me Down" 7 "Sorry" 8 Sia "Cheap Thrills" 9 featuring Dakota "Fast Car" 10 featuring Rihanna "This Is What You Came For" 11 Twenty One Pilots "Stressed Out" 12 "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" 13 Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber "Cold Water" 14 Snakehips featuring Tinashe & Chance the Rapper "All My Friends" 15 "Can't Stop the Feeling!" 16 Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign "Work from Home" 17 Alan Walker "Faded" 18 Rihanna featuring Drake "Work" 19 Zayn "Pillowtalk" 20 Zara Larsson "Lush Life" 21 Flume featuring Tove Lo "Say It" 22 featuring Rozes "Roses" 23 DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber "Let Me Love You" 24 Twenty One Pilots "Heathens" 25 Desiigner "Panda" 26 DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine "Middle" 27 Adele "Hello" 28 Drake featuring Rihanna "Too Good" 29 "What Do You Mean?" 30 DNCE "Cake by the Ocean" 31 Adele "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" 32 G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha "Me, Myself & I" 33 Kings "Don't Worry Bout It"† 34 Kiiara "Gold" 35 featuring Daft Punk "Starboy" 36 Major Lazer featuring Nyla "Light It Up" 37 featuring Selena Gomez "We Don't Talk Anymore" 38 Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien "I Hate U, I Love U" 39 Rihanna "Needed Me" 40 Twenty One Pilots "Ride" 41 "Wild Things" 42 and MNEK "Never Forget You" 43 "Hands To Myself" 44 Duke Dumont "Ocean Drive" 45 featuring Nicki Minaj "Side to Side" 46 "Say You Won't Let Go" 47 "Stitches" 48 featuring Francesco Yates "Sugar" 49 & Grey featuring Zedd "Starving" 50 "Treat You Better"
Top 20 singles of 2016 by New Zealand artists
Rank Artist Song 1 Kings "Don't Worry Bout It" 2 Broods "Free" 3 Disclosure featuring Lorde "Magnets" 4 Six60 "White Lines" 5 Six60 "Purple"6 Six60 "Special"7 Six60 "So High"8 Nomad "Oh My My"9 Six60 "Stay Together"10 Six60 "Mother's Eyes"11 Timmy Trumpet featuring Savage "Freaks"12 Six60 "Don't Forget Your Roots"13 Six60 "Only to Be"14 Shapeshifter "Stars"15 Lorde "Royals"16 Maala "Kind of Love"17 Fat Freddy's Drop "Wandering Eye"18 Six60 "Forever"19 Broods "Heartlines"20 Avalanche City "Inside Out"
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References
Top Selling NZ Singles of 2016 - Recorded Music NZ
External links The Official NZ Music Chart - singles