New Zealand Top 50 Singles of 2010

This is a list of the Top 50 singles in 2010 in New Zealand, as listed by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).^[1]

Chart

Songs in grey shading indicates a song of New Zealand origin.^[2] The song with the most weeks in chart is Katy Perry's "California Gurls" with Snoop Dogg with 28 weeks. Coming close in second was Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" with 26 weeks but even so none of them received the peak position. The number one spot was achieved by New Zealand RnB sensation J.Williams featuring great rapper Scribe with the single "You Got Me". This gave both singers a great achievements. You Got Me being the first New Zealand annual number 1 single in 6 years since Ben Lummis's "They Can't Take That Away", and Scribe becoming the first artist ever to have 2 year end number 1 singles the other being "Stand Up/Not Many".

The biggest-selling single not to reach number one was Nesian Mystik's "Sun Goes Down"

Rank	Artist	Title	Album	Weeks in chart	Peak[3]
1	J.Williams featuring Scribe	"You Got Me"		22	1 (4 weeks)
2	Eminem featuring Rihanna	"Love the Way You Lie"	Recovery	23	1 (4 weeks)
3	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg	"California Gurls"	Teenage Dream	28	1 (3 weeks)
4	Bruno Mars	"Just the Way You Are"	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	22	1 (2 weeks)
5	B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams	"Airplanes"	B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray	25	1 (5 weeks)
6	Stan Walker	"Black Box"	Introducing... Stan Walker	23[4]	1 (10 weeks)
7	Usher featuring will.i.am	"OMG"	Raymond v. Raymond	20	1 (4 weeks)
8	Taio Cruz	Dynamite	Rokstarr	26	1 (2 weeks)
9	Timbaland featuring Katy Perry	"If We Ever Meet Again"	Shock Value II	22	1 (4 weeks)
10	Nesian Mystik	"Sun Goes Down"	99 A.D.	22	3 (1 week)
11	Train	"Hey, Soul Sister"	Save Me San Francisco	25	2 (2 weeks)
12	Katy Perry	"Teenage Dream"	Teenage Dream	22	1 (4 weeks)
13	Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars	"Billionaire"	Lazarus	22	2 (1 week)
14	Rihanna	"Only Girl (In the World)"	Loud	14	1 (1 week)
15	Stan Walker	"Choose You"	From the Inside Out	22	3 (5 weeks)
16	Brooke Fraser	"Something in the Water (song)"	Flags	21	1 (1 week)
17	Katy Perry	"Firework"	Teenage Dream	13	1 (3 weeks)
18	Dane Rumble	"Cruel"	The Experiment	23	3 (1 week)[4]
19	Jason Derülo	"In My Head"	Jason Derülo	20	2 (2 weeks)
20	J.Williams featuring Dane Rumble	"Takes Me Higher"		22	2 (2 weeks)
21	Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris	"Baby"	My World 2.0	18	4 (2 weeks)
22	Usher featuring Pitbull	"DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love"	Versus	19	4 (1 week)
23	Far East Movement	"Like a G6"	Free Wired	11	1 (3 weeks)
24	Flo Rida featuring David Guetta	"Club Can't Handle Me"	Only One Flo (Part 1)	19	3 (1 week)
25	Yolanda Be Cool And DCUP	"We No Speak Americano"		15	2 (3 weeks)
26	Bruno Mars	"Grenade"	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	10	1 (3 weeks)[5]
27	David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi	"Memories"	One Love	21	4 (1 week)
28	Adam Lambert	"Whataya Want from Me"	For Your Entertainment	19	4 (1 week)
29	Mike Posner	"Cooler Than Me"		19	3 (1 week)
30	The Black Eyed Peas	"The Time (Dirty Bit)"	The Beginning	7	1 (2 weeks)[5]
31	Lady Gaga	"Bad Romance"	The Fame Monster	17	2 (1 week)[4]
32	Lady Gaga and Beyoncé	"Telephone"	The Fame Monster	23	3 (1 week)[4]
33	The Naked and Famous	"Young Blood"	Passive Me, Aggressive You	18	1 (2 weeks)
34	Rihanna	"Rude Boy"	Rated R	16	3 (1 week)
35	Cee-Lo Green	"Fuck You"	The Lady Killer	17	5 (1 week)[5]
36	Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull	"I Like It"	Euphoria	20	7 (2 weeks)
37	Iyaz	"Replay"	Replay	13	2 (6 weeks)[4]
38	Eminem	"Not Afraid"	Recovery	21	8 (1 week)
39	David Guetta feat. Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO (group)	"Gettin' Over You"		18	3 (2 weeks)
40	Pink	"Raise Your Glass"	Greatest Hits... So Far!!!	12	5 (3 weeks)[5]
41	Kids of 88	"Just a Little Bit"	Sugarpills	20	11 (1 week)
42	Nelly	"Just A Dream"	5.0	16	5 (3 weeks)[5]
43	The Patea Maori Club	"Poi E"	Poi E	11	3 (2 weeks)[6]
44	Owl City	"Fireflies"	Ocean Eyes	13	2 (1 week)[4]
45	Sean Kingston featuring Justin Bieber	"Eenie Meenie"	King of Kingz and My World 2.0	16	5 (1 week)
46	Kesha	"Tik Tok"	Animal	15	1 (5 weeks)[4]
47	Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys	"Empire State of Mind"	The Blueprint 3	12	6 (2 weeks)[4]
48	Lady Antebellum	"Need You Now"	Need You Now	18	5 (1 week)
49	B.o.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo	"Magic (B.o.B song)"	B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray	18	6 (1 week)
50	Kesha	"We R Who We R"	Cannibal (EP)	9	4 (1 week)[5]

Notes

1. ^ RIANZ annual charts
2. ^ Stan Walker is a New Zealander, but his songs are recorded and produced in Australia and he is billed as an Australian artist
3. ^ Data from charts.org.nz
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Entered the charts in 2009
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Still in Charts in January 2011
6. ^ Peak given for 2010 chart entry only, the song having previously charted in 1984 (4 weeks at #1) and 2008