List of number one hits in New Zealand

The number one hits in the New Zealand music charts are determined weekly by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). The sales figures for singles and albums are used as a benchmark.

German artist with number one hits

This article or paragraph presents the situation in Germany . Help us to describe the situation in other countries.

Singles (5)	Albums (5)
Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon , 1978, 14 weeks Trio - Da Da Da I don't love you you don't love me aha aha aha , 1982, 3 weeks Nena - 99 balloons , 1984, 1 week Milli Vanilli - All or Nothing , 1990, 1 week Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of ...) , 1999, 6 weeks 5 artists , with 5 singles , were able to stay at number 1 on the New Zealand single charts for 25 weeks .	Milli Vanilli - All or Nothing , 1989, 3 weeks Milli Vanilli - All or Nothing - The US Remix Album , 1989/90, 6 weeks Enigma - The Cross of Changes , 1994, 2 weeks Elton John , Tim Rice & Hans Zimmer - The Lion King (OST) , 1994, 5 weeks Real McCoy - Another Night , 1995, 1 week 4 artists , with 5 albums , were able to stay at number 1 in the New Zealand album charts for 17 weeks .

German-language number one hits

Singles (1)
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus , 1986, 4 weeks

Artist with the most number one hits

1. The Beatles (15)

2. Michael Jackson (10)

3. U2 (8)

4. Eminem (7) (tie)

4. Bee Gees (7) (tie)

4. Mariah Carey (7) (tie)

4. Akon (7) (tie)

8. ABBA (6) (tie)

8. Elton John (6) (tie)

10. UB40 (5) (tie)

10. Madonna (5) (tie)

10. Chris Brown (5) (tie)

10. The Black Eyed Peas (5) (tie)

10. Rihanna (5) (tie)

10. Katy Perry (5) (tie)

"Long-running"

15 weeks

• Pharrell Williams - Happy (2014)

14 weeks

• Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon (1978)

1 - 3 weeks

• Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla - One Dance (2016)
• Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (2017)
• Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber - Despacito (Remix) (2017)

12 weeks

• Freddy Fender - Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (1975)
• Scribe - Stand Up (2003)
• Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (Remix) (2019)

11 weeks

• Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (1992)
• Crazy Frog - Axel F (2005)
• Smashproof feat. Gin Wigmore - Brother (2009)
• LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem (2011)
• Robin Thicke feat. TI & Pharrell Williams - Blurred Lines (2013)

10 weeks

• Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (1973)
• Pussycat - Mississippi (1976)
• UB40 - Can't Help Falling in Love (1993)
• Lady Gaga - Poker Face (2008)
• Stan Walker - Black Box (2009)
• Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (2015-16)

literature

• The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006, Compiled by Dean Scapolo

Web links

• Comprehensive product at scoop.co.nz (Engl.)
• radioscope.co.nz (Eng.)
• Chart archive from 1994 to today