page_title: List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)
section_title: 2008
hierarchical_section_title: List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand) / 2008
caption_attribution_description: English: American Idol Jordan Sparks performs at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. The ball, hosted by President Barack Obama, honored America's service members, families of the fallen, and wounded warriors.
context_page_description: In New Zealand, the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand compiles the top forty singles chart each week. Sales of songs determined 75% of the sorting information, and radio airplay figures were responsible for 25%. From 18 April 2004 to 29 May 2007 the sales/radio airplay split was 50:50. Downloads of songs were included from 29 May 2007. The reporting period is from Monday to Sunday, with the week's chart published the next Monday. Before 18 April 2004, the chart week was from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart published on Sunday. Afterwards, the chart week was from Monday to Sunday, with the charts published on Monday. This meant there was a one-day charting period for 18 April 2004, with the next chart published on 19 April 2004. As a result, Usher spent three weeks and one day at number one with "Yeah!" instead of four complete weeks.
  A total of 170 singles topped the chart in the 2000s, including 23 by New Zealand artists. Twenty artists had three or more number-one singles; the most successful was Akon, whose seven number-ones totalled twenty-three weeks on top of the chart.
caption: Jordin Sparks' "No Air", which featured Chris Brown, topped the chart for seven weeks, securing its place at number one on the 2008 annual chart.
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