# List of number-one singles from the 2010s (New Zealand)

This is the Recorded Music NZ list of number-one singles in New Zealand during the 2010s decade, starting from Monday 4 January 2010. From 7 November 2014, the chart also included data from audio on demand streaming services.

## Chart

Key
    * – Number-one single of the year
    † – Song of New Zealand origin
    ‡ – Number-one single of the year, of New Zealand origin
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Stan Walker | "Black Box"† | 10 | 7 December 2009 | |
| Timbaland featuring Katy Perry | "If We Ever Meet Again" | 4 | 15 February 2010 | |
| J.Williams featuring Scribe | "You Got Me"‡ | 4 | 15 March 2010 | |
| Usher featuring will.i.am | "OMG" | 4 | 12 April 2010 | |
| B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams | "Airplanes" | 5 | 10 May 2010 | |
| The Naked and Famous | "Young Blood"† | 2 | 14 June 2010 | |
| Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg | "California Gurls" | 3 | 28 June 2010 | |
| Eminem featuring Rihanna | "Love the Way You Lie" | 4 | 19 July 2010 | |
| Taio Cruz | "Dynamite" | 2 | 16 August 2010 | |
| Katy Perry | "Teenage Dream" | 4 | 30 August 2010 | |
| Rihanna | "Only Girl (In the World)" | 1 | 27 September 2010 | |
| Bruno Mars | "Just the Way You Are" | 2 | 4 October 2010 | |
| Brooke Fraser | "Something in the Water"† | 1 | 18 October 2010 | |
| Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev | "Like a G6" | 3 | 25 October 2010 | |
| Katy Perry | "Firework" | 3 | 14 November 2010 | |
| The Black Eyed Peas | "The Time (Dirty Bit)" | 2 | 6 December 2010 | |
| Bruno Mars | "Grenade" | 3 | 20 December 2010 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Chris Brown | "Yeah 3x" | 1 | 10 January 2011 | |
| Britney Spears | "Hold It Against Me" | 1 | 17 January 2011 | |
| Six60 | "Rise Up 2.0"† | 1 | 24 January 2011 | |
| Katy Perry featuring Kanye West | "E.T." | 1 | 31 January 2011 | |
| Guy Sebastian featuring Eve | "Who's That Girl" | 1 | 7 February 2011 | |
| Lady Gaga | "Born This Way" | 2 | 14 February 2011 | |
| Jessie J featuring B.o.B | "Price Tag" | 2 | 28 February 2011 | |
| Avalanche City | "Love Love Love"† | 3 | 14 March 2011 | |
| LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | "Party Rock Anthem" | 11 | 4 April 2011 | |
| Adele | "Someone Like You" | 2 | 20 June 2011 | |
| Cobra Starship featuring Sabi | "You Make Me Feel..." | 1 | 4 July 2011 | |
| Adele | "Someone Like You" | 3 | 11 July 2011 | |
| Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera | "Moves Like Jagger" | 6 | 1 August 2011 | |
| Gotye featuring Kimbra | "Somebody That I Used to Know"† | 6 | 12 September 2011 | |
| Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | "We Found Love" | 9 | 24 October 2011 | |
| LMFAO | "Sexy and I Know It" | 2 | 26 December 2011 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Flo Rida featuring Sia | "Wild Ones" | 6 | 9 January 2012 | |
| Katy Perry | "Part of Me" | 1 | 20 February 2012 | |
| Reece Mastin | "Good Night" | 2 | 27 February 2012 | |
| K'naan featuring Nelly Furtado | "Is Anybody Out There" | 1 | 12 March 2012 | |
| Chris Rene | "Young Homie" | 1 | 19 March 2012 | |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | "Call Me Maybe" | 5 | 26 March 2012 | |
| Reece Mastin | "Shut Up & Kiss Me" | 1 | 30 April 2012 | |
| Flo Rida | "Whistle" | 8 | 6 May 2012 | |
| Katy Perry | "Wide Awake" | 1 | 2 July 2012 | |
| Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen | "Good Time" | 1 | 9 July 2012 | |
| Katy Perry | "Wide Awake" | 1 | 16 July 2012 | |
| Fun | "Some Nights" | 2 | 23 July 2012 | |
| Maroon 5 | "One More Night" | 3 | 6 August 2012 | |
| Taylor Swift | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" | 1 | 27 August 2012 | |
| Flight of the Conchords | "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)"† | 2 | 3 September 2012 | |
| Titanium | "Come On Home"† | 1 | 17 September 2012 | |
| Psy | "Gangnam Style" | 2 | 24 September 2012 | |
| One Direction | "Live While We're Young" | 1 | 8 October 2012 | |
| Psy | "Gangnam Style" | 4 | 15 October 2012 | |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | "Thrift Shop" | 6 | 12 November 2012 | |
| will.i.am featuring Britney Spears | "Scream & Shout" | 1 | 24 December 2012 | |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | "Thrift Shop" | 3 | 31 December 2012 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| will.i.am featuring Britney Spears | "Scream & Shout" | 1 | 21 January 2013 | |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert | "Same Love" | 3 | 28 January 2013 | |
| Pink featuring Nate Ruess | "Just Give Me a Reason" | 1 | 18 February 2013 | |
| Baauer | "Harlem Shake" | 1 | 25 February 2013 | |
| Pink featuring Nate Ruess | "Just Give Me a Reason" | 2 | 4 March 2013 | |
| Lorde | "Royals"† | 3 | 18 March 2013 | |
| Passenger | "Let Her Go" | 2 | 8 April 2013 | |
| Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams | "Blurred Lines"* | 8 | 22 April 2013 | |
| Lorde | "Tennis Court"† | 1 | 17 June 2013 | |
| Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams | "Blurred Lines" | 3 | 24 June 2013 | |
| Miley Cyrus | "We Can't Stop" | 1 | 15 July 2013 | |
| Ginny Blackmore | "Bones"† | 1 | 22 July 2013 | |
| Jackie Thomas | "It's Worth It"† | 2 | 29 July 2013 | |
| Avicii | "Wake Me Up!" | 1 | 12 August 2013 | |
| Katy Perry | "Roar" | 11 | 19 August 2013 | |
| One Direction | "Story of My Life" | 1 | 4 November 2013 | |
| Eminem featuring Rihanna | "The Monster" | 3 | 11 November 2013 | |
| One Direction | "Strong" | 1 | 2 December 2013 | |
| Eminem featuring Rihanna | "The Monster" | 1 | 9 December 2013 | |
| Ed Sheeran | "I See Fire" | 3 | 16 December 2013 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Pharrell Williams | "Happy" | 12 | 6 January 2014 | |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | "She Looks So Perfect" | 1 | 31 March 2014 | |
| Pharrell Williams | "Happy" | 1 | 7 April 2014 | |
| Ginny Blackmore and Stan Walker | "Holding You"† | 1 | 14 April 2014 | |
| Pharrell Williams | "Happy" | 2 | 21 April 2014 | |
| Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea | "Problem" | 1 | 5 May 2014 | |
| Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX | "Fancy" | 1 | 12 May 2014 | |
| Sam Smith | "Stay with Me" | 2 | 19 May 2014 | |
| Sigma | "Nobody to Love" | 1 | 2 June 2014 | |
| Nico & Vinz | "Am I Wrong" | 1 | 9 June 2014 | |
| Sam Smith | "Stay with Me" | 1 | 16 June 2014 | |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | "Don't Stop" | 1 | 23 June 2014 | |
| Nico & Vinz | "Am I Wrong" | 1 | 30 June 2014 | |
| Sam Smith | "Stay with Me" | 1 | 7 July 2014 | |
| Ed Sheeran | "Sing" | 1 | 14 July 2014 | |
| The Madden Brothers | "We Are Done" | 3 | 21 July 2014 | |
| George Ezra | "Budapest" | 1 | 11 August 2014 | |
| Meghan Trainor | "All About That Bass" | 2 | 18 August 2014 | |
| Taylor Swift | "Shake It Off" | 1 | 1 September 2014 | |
| Meghan Trainor | "All About That Bass" | 2 | 8 September 2014 | |
| Taylor Swift | "Shake It Off" | 1 | 22 September 2014 | |
| Meghan Trainor | "All About That Bass" | 2 | 29 September 2014 | |
| Ed Sheeran | "Thinking Out Loud" | 4 | 13 October 2014 | |
| Six60 | "Special"† | 1 | 10 November 2014 | |
| Timmy Trumpet & Savage | "Freaks"† | 5 | 17 November 2014 | |
| Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | "Uptown Funk" | 9 | 22 December 2014 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Ellie Goulding | "Love Me Like You Do" | 2 | 23 February 2015 | |
| Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney | "FourFiveSeconds" | 5 | 9 March 2015 | |
| Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | "See You Again" | 7 | 13 April 2015 | |
| Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar | "Bad Blood" | 1 | 1 June 2015 | |
| Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | "See You Again" | 1 | 8 June 2015 | |
| Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor | "Marvin Gaye" | 1 | 15 June 2015 | |
| Major Lazer featuring MØ and DJ Snake | "Lean On" | 1 | 22 June 2015 | |
| Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor | "Marvin Gaye" | 1 | 29 June 2015 | |
| Major Lazer featuring MØ and DJ Snake | "Lean On" | 1 | 6 July 2015 | |
| Avalanche City | "Inside Out"† | 1 | 13 July 2015 | |
| Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend | "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" | 3 | 20 July 2015 | |
| One Direction | "Drag Me Down" | 1 | 10 August 2015 | |
| The Weeknd | "Can't Feel My Face" | 3 | 17 August 2015 | |
| Justin Bieber | "What Do You Mean?" | 8 | 7 September 2015 | |
| Adele | "Hello" | 3 | 2 November 2015 | |
| Justin Bieber | "Sorry" | 2 | 23 November 2015 | |
| Justin Bieber | "Love Yourself" | 10 | 7 December 2015 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Zayn | "Pillowtalk" | 1 | 15 February 2016 | |
| Lukas Graham | "7 Years" | 8 | 22 February 2016 | |
| Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign | "Work from Home" | 2 | 18 April 2016 | |
| Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | "One Dance" | 13 | 2 May 2016 | |
| Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | "Cold Water" | 4 | 1 August 2016 | |
| The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | "Closer" | 8 | 29 August 2016 | |
| The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | 2 | 24 October 2016 | |
| James Arthur | "Say You Won't Let Go" | 3 | 7 November 2016 | |
| Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Black Beatles" | 1 | 28 November 2016 | |
| The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | 3 | 5 December 2016 | |
| Bruno Mars | "24K Magic" | 2 | 26 December 2016 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie | "Rockabye" | 1 | 9 January 2017 | |
| Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" | 8 | 16 January 2017 | |
| Lorde | "Green Light"† | 1 | 13 March 2017 | |
| Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" | 5 | 20 March 2017 | |
| Kendrick Lamar | "Humble" | 3 | 24 April 2017 | |
| DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne | "I'm the One" | 2 | 15 May 2017 | |
| Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | "Despacito (Remix)" | 13 | 29 May 2017 | |
| Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey | "Glorious" | 1 | 28 August 2017 | |
| Taylor Swift | "Look What You Made Me Do" | 2 | 4 September 2017 | |
| Sam Smith | "Too Good at Goodbyes" | 1 | 18 September 2017 | |
| Khalid | "Young Dumb & Broke" | 1 | 25 September 2017 | |
| Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "Rockstar" | 8 | 2 October 2017 | |
| Post Malone | "I Fall Apart" | 2 | 27 November 2017 | |
| Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé | "Perfect Duet" | 2 | 11 December 2017 | |
| Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli | "Perfect Symphony" | 1 | 25 December 2017 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Ed Sheeran | "Perfect" | 5 | 1 January 2018 | |
| Drake | "God's Plan" | 9 | 5 February 2018 | |
| Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown | "Freaky Friday" | 2 | 9 April 2018 | |
| Drake | "Nice for What" | 4 | 23 April 2018 | |
| Childish Gambino | "This Is America" | 2 | 21 May 2018 | |
| Post Malone | "Better Now" | 1 | 4 June 2018 | |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | "Youngblood" | 4 | 11 June 2018 | |
| Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B | "Girls Like You" | 2 | 9 July 2018 | |
| Drake | "In My Feelings" | 5 | 23 July 2018 | |
| Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid | "Eastside" | 4 | 27 August 2018 | |
| Kanye West and Lil Pump | "I Love It" | 1 | 24 September 2018 | |
| Lil Peep and XXXTentacion | "Falling Down" | 1 | 1 October 2018 | |
| George Ezra | "Shotgun" | 4 | 8 October 2018 | |
| Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | "Shallow" | 2 | 5 November 2018 | |
| Ariana Grande | "Thank U, Next" | 6 | 19 November 2018 | |
| Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | 1 | 31 December 2018 | |
| Artist | Title | Weeks at number-one | Reached number-one | Reference |
| Ava Max | "Sweet but Psycho" | 1 | 7 January 2019 | |
| Post Malone and Swae Lee | "Sunflower" | 2 | 14 January 2019 | |
| Ariana Grande | "7 Rings" | 4 | 28 January 2019 | |
| Ariana Grande | "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" | 3 | 25 February 2019 | |
| Jonas Brothers | "Sucker" | 1 | 18 March 2019 | |
| Khalid and Disclosure | "Talk" | 1 | 25 March 2019 | |
| Post Malone | "Wow" | 1 | 1 April 2019 | |
| Billie Eilish | "Bad Guy" | 1 | 8 April 2019 | |
| Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus | "Old Town Road" (Remix) | 12 | 15 April 2019 | |
| Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | "Señorita" | 9 | 8 July 2019 | |
| Tones and I | "Dance Monkey" | 1 | 9 September 2019 | |
| Post Malone | "Circles" | 1 | 16 September 2019 | |
| Tones and I | "Dance Monkey" | 8 | 23 September 2019 | |
| Arizona Zervas | "Roxanne" | 6 | 18 November 2019 | |
| Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | 1 | 30 December 2019 | |

## By artist

Key
    † – Song of New Zealand origin
| Artist | Number-one singles | Longest run | Total weeks at number one |
| Katy Perry | 8 | "Roar" (11 weeks) | 24 |
| Justin Bieber | 6 | "Despacito (Remix)" (13 weeks) | 39 |
| Post Malone | 6 | "Rockstar" (8 weeks) | 15 |
| Ed Sheeran | 5 | "Shape of You" (13 weeks) | 29 |
| Rihanna | 5 | "We Found Love" (9 weeks) | 23 |
| Drake | 4 | "One Dance" (13 weeks) | 31 |
| Bruno Mars | 4 | "Uptown Funk" (9 weeks) | 16 |
| Ariana Grande | 4 | "Thank U, Next" (6 weeks) | 14 |
| Taylor Swift | 4 | "Shake It Off" and "Look What You Made Me Do" (2 weeks) | 6 |
| One Direction | 4 | "Live While We're Young"/"Story of My Life"/"Strong"/"Drag Me Down" (1 week each) | 4 |
| Maroon 5 | 3 | "Moves like Jagger" (6 weeks) | 11 |
| Meghan Trainor | 3 | "All About That Bass" (6 weeks) | 11 |
| Kanye West | 3 | "FourFiveSeconds" (5 weeks) | 7 |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | 3 | "Youngblood" (4 weeks) | 6 |
| Khalid | 3 | "Eastside" (4 weeks) | 6 |
| Lorde | 3 | "Royals" (3 weeks) | 5 |

## By song

Key
    † – Song of New Zealand origin
| Title | Artist | Reached number one | Weeks at number one |
| "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | 6 January 2014 | 15 |
| "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | 2 May 2016 | 13 |
| "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 16 January 2017 | 13 |
| "Despacito (Remix)" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 29 May 2017 | 13 |
| "Old Town Road" (Remix) | Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus | 15 April 2019 | 12 |
| "Party Rock Anthem" | LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | 4 April 2011 | 11 |
| "Roar" | Katy Perry | 19 August 2013 | 11 |
| "Blurred Lines" | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams | 22 April 2013 | 11 |
| "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 7 December 2015 | 10 |
| "Thrift Shop" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | 12 November 2012 | 10 |
| "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | 24 October 2011 | 9 |
| "Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | 22 December 2014 | 9 |
| "God's Plan" | Drake | 5 February 2018 | 9 |
| "Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | 8 July 2019 | 9 |
| "Dance Monkey" | Tones and I | 9 September 2019 | 9 |
| "Whistle" | Flo Rida | 6 May 2012 | 8 |
| "See You Again" | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | 13 April 2015 | 8 |
| "What Do You Mean?" | Justin Bieber | 7 September 2015 | 8 |
| "7 Years" | Lukas Graham | 22 February 2016 | 8 |
| "Closer" | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | 29 August 2016 | 8 |
| "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | 2 October 2017 | 8 |
| "Black Box" | Stan Walker | 7 December 2009 | 6 |
| "Moves like Jagger" | Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera | 1 August 2011 | 6 |
| "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Gotye featuring Kimbra | 12 September 2011 | 6 |
| "Wild Ones" | Flo Rida featuring Sia | 9 January 2012 | 6 |
| "Gangnam Style" | Psy | 24 September 2012 | 6 |
| "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 18 August 2014 | 6 |
| "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande | 19 November 2018 | 6 |
| "Roxanne" | Arizona Zervas | 18 November 2019 | 6 |
| "Airplanes" | B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams | 10 May 2010 | 5 |
| "Call Me Maybe" | Carly Rae Jepsen | 26 March 2012 | 5 |
| "Someone Like You" | Adele | 20 June 2011 | 5 |
| "Freaks" | Timmy Trumpet featuring Savage | 17 November 2014 | 5 |
| "FourFiveSeconds" | Rihanna featuring Kanye West & Paul McCartney | 9 March 2015 | 5 |
| "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | 24 October 2016 | 5 |
| "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran | 1 January 2018 | 5 |
| "In My Feelings" | Drake | 23 July 2018 | 5 |