# List of year-end number-one singles (New Zealand)

This is a list of year-end number-one singles for New Zealand. Recorded Music NZ publishes the country's official weekly record charts. L.A.B's "In the Air" has spent the most time on the music charts out of any of the other Year end No.1 singles. It has spent 150 weeks on the charts, still counting.

## Number-one singles
### Key

    † – Song of New Zealand origin
| Year | Artist | Title | Certification | Weeks on chart | Weeks at number one |
| 1975 | Freddy Fender | "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" | | 35 | 0 |
| 1976 | ABBA | "Fernando" | | 32 | 9 |
| 1977 | Heatwave | "Boogie Nights" | | 21 | 7 |
| 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" | | 26 | 14 |
| 1979 | Blondie | "Heart of Glass" | | 23 | 4 |
| 1980 | Ritz | "Locomotion" | | 19 | 7 |
| 1981 | Stars on 45 | "Stars on 45" | | 18 | 7 |
| 1982 | Toots and the Maytals | "Beautiful Woman" | | 24 | 5 |
| 1983 | New Order | "Blue Monday" | | 32 | 0 |
| 1984 | Pātea Māori Club | "Poi E" | | 22 | 4 |
| 1985 | USA For Africa | "We Are the World" | Platinum | 14 | 7 |
| 1986 | All of Us | "Sailing Away" | Platinum | 31 | 9 |
| 1987 | Pseudo Echo | "Funky Town" | Gold | 19 | 6 |
| 1988 | Holidaymakers | "Sweet Lovers" | Gold | 22 | 6 |
| 1989 | Simply Red | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | Gold | 16 | 5 |
| 1990 | MC Hammer | "U Can't Touch This" | Gold | 29 | 6 |
| 1991 | Bryan Adams | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Platinum | 14 | 8 |
| 1992 | Billy Ray Cyrus | "Achy Breaky Heart" | Platinum | 15 | 6 |
| 1993 | UB40 | "(I Can't Help") Falling in Love with You" | Platinum | 23 | 11 |
| 1994 | Wet Wet Wet | "Love Is All Around" | Platinum | 23 | 4 |
| 1995 | Coolio | "Gangsta's Paradise" | Platinum | 9 | 9 |
| 1996 | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | "Tha Crossroads" | Platinum | 19 | 6 |
| 1997 | Elton John | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997" | Platinum | 12 | 6 |
| 1998 | Boyzone | "No Matter What" | Platinum | 11 | 6 |
| 1999 | Lou Bega | "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" | Platinum x3 | 16 | 6 |
| 2000 | Anastacia | "I'm Outta Love" | Platinum | 32 | 7 |
| 2001 | Craig David | "Walking Away" | Platinum | 30 | 2 |
| 2002 | Avril Lavigne | "Complicated" | Platinum | 23 | 9 |
| 2003 | Scribe | "Stand Up"/"Not Many" | Platinum | 21 | 12 |
| 2004 | Ben Lummis | "They Can't Take That Away" | Platinum x4 | 14 | 7 |
| 2005 | Crazy Frog | "Axel F" | Platinum x2 | 33 | 12 |
| 2006 | Gnarls Barkley | "Crazy" | Gold | 29 | 7 |
| 2007 | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | "Umbrella" | Platinum x2 | 24 | 6 |
| 2008 | Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown | "No Air" | Platinum | 24 | 7 |
| 2009 | The Black Eyed Peas | "I Gotta Feeling" | Platinum x3 | 39 | 9 |
| 2010 | J. Williams featuring Scribe | "You Got Me" | Platinum x2 | 22 | 4 |
| 2011 | LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock | "Party Rock Anthem" | Platinum x4 | 43 | 11 |
| 2012 | Carly Rae Jepsen | "Call Me Maybe" | Platinum x3 | 34 | 5 |
| 2013 | Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. | "Blurred Lines" | Platinum x5 | 32 | 11 |
| 2014 | Pharrell Williams | "Happy" | Platinum x6 | 52 | 15 |
| 2015 | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | "Uptown Funk" | Platinum x5 | 41 | 9 |
| 2016 | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | "One Dance" | Platinum x2 | 36 | 13 |
| 2017 | Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" | Platinum x6 | 50 | 13 |
| 2018 | Drake | "God's Plan" | Platinum x2 | 29 | 8 |
| 2019 | Lil Nas X | "Old Town Road" | Platinum x4 | 40 | 12 |
| 2020 | L.A.B | "In the Air" | Platinum x10 | 150 | 3 |
| 2021 | Glass Animals | "Heat Waves" | Platinum x6 | 97 | 0 |
| 2022 | Elton John and Dua Lipa | "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" | Platinum x5 | 76 | 9 |