List of number-one singles of 2016 (Australia)

The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales of singles.^[5] In 2016, fifteen singles claimed the top spot, including Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself", which started its peak position in 2015, and seventeen acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia: Jonas Blue, Dakota, Zayn, Flume, Kai, Lukas Graham, Gnash, Olivia O'Brien, Drake, Wizkid, Kyla, The Chainsmokers, Halsey, James Arthur, Clean Bandit, Sean Paul and Anne-Marie.

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American EDM duo The Chainsmokers and featured singer Halsey both topped the chart for the first time with "Closer", spending nine consecutive weeks at number-one, making it the longest-topping single of the year and since 2014's "Que Sera".^[1]

Lukas Graham's first number-one single, "7 Years", topped the chart for eight consecutive weeks, overtaking Aqua's "Doctor Jones" to become the longest topping single by a Danish group.^[2]

After his cover of "Impossible" reached No. 2 in 2012, British singer and X Factor winner James Arthur's first number-one single, "Say You Won't Let Go", spent seven consecutive weeks at the top of the chart.^[3]

Following on from his No. 2 single "Hotline Bling" in 2015, Canadian hip hop artist Drake earned his first number-one single, as did featured artists Wizkid and Kyla, topping the chart for seven weeks with "One Dance".^[4]

American pop singer Katy Perry earned her fourth number 1 in 2016 with "Rise" which debuted at number 1 in July 2016.

Chart history

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2016.

Date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
4 January	"Love Yourself"	Justin Bieber	[6]
11 January
18 January
25 January
1 February	"Fast Car"	Jonas Blue featuring Dakota	[7]
8 February	"Pillowtalk"	Zayn	[8]
15 February	"Never Be like You"	Flume featuring Kai	[9]
22 February	"7 Years"	Lukas Graham	[2]
29 February
7 March
14 March
21 March
28 March
4 April
11 April
18 April	"I Hate U, I Love U"	Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien	[10]
25 April
2 May	"Just Like Fire"	Pink	[11]
9 May	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla	[4]
16 May
23 May
30 May
6 June	"This Is What You Came For"	Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna	[12]
13 June
20 June	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla	[13]
27 June
4 July
11 July	"In My Blood"	The Veronicas	[14]
18 July
25 July	"Rise"	Katy Perry	[15]
1 August	"Cold Water"	Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ	[16]
8 August
15 August	"Closer"	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	[1]
22 August
29 August
5 September
12 September
19 September
26 September
3 October
10 October
17 October	"Say You Won't Let Go"	James Arthur	[3]
24 October
31 October
7 November
14 November
21 November
28 November
5 December	"Rockabye"	Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie	[17]
12 December
19 December
26 December

Number-one artists

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	The Chainsmokers	9
1	Halsey (as featuring)	9
2	Lukas Graham	8
3	Drake	7
3	Wizkid (as featuring)	7
3	Kyla (as featuring)	7
3	James Arthur	7
4	Justin Bieber	6
5	Clean Bandit	4
5	Sean Paul (as featuring)	4
5	Anne-Marie (as featuring)	4
6	Gnash	2
6	Olivia O'Brien (as featuring)	2
7	Calvin Harris	2
6	Rihanna (as featuring)	2
6	The Veronicas	2
6	Major Lazer	2
6	MØ (as featuring)	2
7	Jonas Blue	1
7	Dakota (as featuring)	1
7	Zayn	1
7	Flume	1
7	Kai (as featuring)	1
7	Pink	1
7	Katy Perry	1

See also

• 2016 in music
• List of number-one albums of 2016 (Australia)
• List of top 25 singles for 2016 in Australia
• List of top 10 singles in 2016 (Australia)

References

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3. Ryan, Gavin (27 November 2016). "Australian Charts: ARIA Still Reflect James Arthur As No 1 Song". Noise11. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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7. Ryan, Gavin (30 January 2016). "ARIA Singles: Jonas Blue 'Fast Car' Is Australia's No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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11. Ryan, Gavin (30 April 2016). "ARIA Singles: Pink Tops Chart But Prince Dominates". Noise11. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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13. Ryan, Gavin (4 July 2016). "Australian Singles: Drake Holds Top Spot For Downloads and Streaming Combined". Noise11. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
14. Ryan, Gavin (18 July 2016). "Australian Singles: The Veronicas 'In My Blood' Stays No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
15. Ryan, Gavin (25 July 2016). "Australian Singles: Katy Perry 'Rise' Has a Go at No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
16. Ryan, Gavin (7 August 2016). "Australian Singles: Major Lazer 'Cold Water' Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
17. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.