List of number-one singles from the 1990s (New Zealand)

The following lists the number one singles on the New Zealand Singles Chart during the 1990s. The source for this decade is the Recorded Music NZ chart, the chart history of which can be found on the Recorded Music NZ website or Charts.nz.^[1][2]

Mariah Carey had the most number-one singles—seven—in New Zealand during the 1990s: "Vision of Love", "I'll Be There", "Without You", "Endless Love", "Fantasy", "One Sweet Day", and "Heartbreaker".

A total of 179 singles topped the chart in the 1990s, including 20 by New Zealand artists. Nine artists had three or more number-one singles; the most successful was Mariah Carey, who spent 20 weeks at number one with seven different singles; however, Michael Jackson spent 22 weeks at number one with six different singles. Boyz II Men reached number one four times, and those who peaked atop the chart three times were Boyzone, Blackstreet, Spice Girls, Janet Jackson, U2, and Deep Obsession—the New Zealand act with the most number-one singles during the decade.

Whitney Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" spent the most weeks at number one, claiming the number-one position for 14 weeks between December 1992 and March 1993 (this includes a three-week period in which no charts were published due to the Christmas and New Year holiday periods). "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" by UB40 held the top position for 11 weeks, and the New Zealand act that spent the most weeks at number one during the 1990s was Push Push, who topped the listing for six weeks in 1991 with "Trippin'".

Key

 *  – Number-one single of the year^{[nb 1]}

 †  – Song of New Zealand origin^{[nb 2]}

Contents

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1990

Milli Vanilli obtained their only New Zealand number-one single in 1990: "All or Nothing".

Sinéad O'Connor reached number one for five weeks with "Nothing Compares 2 U".

"Vogue" became Madonna's only New Zealand chart-topper during the 1990s.

The highest-selling single of 1990 in New Zealand was MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" / "Dancin' Machine", which spent six weeks at number one.

Jon Bon Jovi spent three weeks at the top with "Blaze of Glory".

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
7 January	Margaret Urlich	"Escaping"	6 weeks (5 in 1989)	[3]
14 January	The B-52's	"Love Shack"	4 weeks	[4]
21 January
28 January
4 February
11 February	John Grenell	"Welcome to Our World"	3 weeks	[5]
18 February
25 February
4 March	Milli Vanilli	"All or Nothing"	1 week	[6]
11 March	Sybil	"Don't Make Me Over"	4 weeks	[7]
18 March
25 March
1 April
8 April	Sinéad O'Connor	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	5 weeks	[8]
15 April
22 April
29 April
6 May
13 May	Jamie J. Morgan	"Walk on the Wild Side"	2 weeks	[9]
20 May
27 May	Madonna	"Vogue"	4 weeks	[10]
3 June
10 June
17 June
24 June	Daddy Cool	"Eagle Rock"	4 weeks	[11]
1 July
8 July
15 July
22 July	MC Hammer	"U Can't Touch This" / "Dancin' Machine"	6 weeks	[12][13]
29 July
5 August
12 August
19 August
26 August
2 September	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love"	2 weeks	[14]
9 September
16 September	Jon Bon Jovi	"Blaze of Glory"	3 weeks	[15]
23 September
30 September
7 October	INXS	"Suicide Blonde"	3 weeks	[16]
14 October
21 October
28 October	Ngaire	"To Sir with Love"	5 weeks	[17]
4 November
11 November
18 November
25 November
2 December	Vanilla Ice	"Ice Ice Baby"	8 weeks	[18]
9 December
16 December
23 December
30 December

1991

Robert Palmer collaborated with UB40 on "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", which spent a week at number one in 1991.

Originally released in 1973, "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band climbed to number one for a week in May 1991.

American rock band Extreme earned their sole number one, "More Than Words", in 1991; it spent two nonconsecutive weeks at the summit.

Canadian singer Bryan Adams topped the New Zealand chart for eight weeks with "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You".

Irish band U2 earned three number-one singles in New Zealand during the 1990s: "The Fly", "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", and "Discothèque".

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
6 January	Vanilla Ice	"Ice Ice Baby"	8 weeks	[18]
13 January
20 January
27 January	The Simpsons	"Do the Bartman"	3 weeks	[19]
3 February	Robert Palmer and UB40	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	1 week	[20]
10 February	The Simpsons	"Do the Bartman"	3 weeks	[19]
17 February
24 February	The Righteous Brothers	"Unchained Melody"	7 weeks	[21]
3 March
10 March
17 March
24 March
31 March
7 April
14 April	Push Push	"Trippin'"	6 weeks	[22]
21 April
28 April
5 May
12 May	Steve Miller Band	"The Joker"	1 week	[23]
19 May	Push Push	"Trippin'"	6 weeks	[22]
26 May
2 June	The Parker Project	"Tears on My Pillow"	1 week	[24]
9 June	Father MC	"I'll Do 4 U"	3 weeks	[25]
16 June
23 June
30 June	AC/DC	"Are You Ready"	1 week	[26]
7 July	Extreme	"More Than Words"	2 weeks	[27]
14 July	Color Me Badd	"I Wanna Sex You Up"	2 weeks	[28]
21 July
28 July	Extreme	"More Than Words"	2 weeks	[27]
4 August	Aaron Neville	"Everybody Plays the Fool"	2 weeks	[29]
11 August
18 August	Bryan Adams	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	8 weeks	[30]
25 August
1 September
8 September
15 September
22 September
29 September
6 October
13 October	Color Me Badd	"All 4 Love"	1 week	[31]
20 October	P.M. Dawn	"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"	2 weeks	[32]
27 October
3 November	U2	"The Fly"	3 weeks	[33]
10 November
17 November
24 November	Michael Jackson	"Black or White"	8 weeks	[34]
1 December
8 December
15 December
22 December
29 December

1992

Michael Jackson spent 22 weeks at number one during the 1990s with six singles: "Black or White", "Remember the Time", "Give In to Me", "Scream", "You Are Not Alone", and "Blood on the Dance Floor".

Mr. Big's "To Be with You" peaked atop the chart for five weeks in March and April 1992.

Eric Clapton had a five-week stint at number one with "Tears in Heaven".

"Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus was 1992's most successful single, ranking at number one for six weeks.

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
5 January	Michael Jackson	"Black or White"	8 weeks	[34]
12 January
19 January	Right Said Fred	"I'm Too Sexy"	1 week	[35]
26 January	Guns N' Roses	"Live and Let Die"	2 weeks	[36]
2 February
9 February	Big Audio Dynamite II	"Rush"	2 weeks	[37]
16 February
23 February	Nirvana	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	1 week	[38]
1 March	Michael Jackson	"Remember the Time"	2 weeks	[39]
8 March
15 March	The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette	"Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs)"	1 week	[40]
22 March	Mr. Big	"To Be with You"	5 weeks	[41]
29 March
5 April
12 April
19 April
26 April	A Lighter Shade of Brown featuring Shiro and Huggy Boy	"On a Sunday Afternoon"	2 weeks	[42]
3 May
10 May	Eric Clapton	"Tears in Heaven"	5 weeks	[43]
17 May
24 May
31 May
7 June
14 June	Kris Kross	"Jump"	2 weeks	[44]
21 June
28 June	Riff	"White Men Can't Jump"	3 weeks	[45]
5 July
12 July
19 July	Mariah Carey featuring Trey Lorenz	"I'll Be There"	5 weeks	[46]
26 July
2 August
9 August
16 August
23 August	Hammond Gamble	"You Make the Whole World Smile"	3 weeks	[47]
30 August
6 September	Billy Ray Cyrus	"Achy Breaky Heart"	6 weeks	[48]
13 September
20 September
27 September
4 October
11 October
18 October	Boyz II Men	"End of the Road"	7 weeks	[49]
25 October
1 November
8 November
15 November
22 November
29 November
6 December	Charles & Eddie	"Would I Lie to You?"	2 weeks	[50]
13 December
20 December	Whitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"	14 weeks	[51]
27 December

1993

"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston spent 14 weeks at number one in 1992 and 1993. She topped the chart again in 1999 with "My Love Is Your Love".

R&B group Boyz II Men scored four number-one singles in New Zealand during the decade: "End of the Road", "In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)", "I'll Make Love to You", and "One Sweet Day".

Three singles by Janet Jackson reached the top position during the 1990s: "That's the Way Love Goes", "Whoops Now/What'll I Do", and "Scream".

Comedy rock band Green Jellÿ spent two separate weeks at number one in September 1993 with "Three Little Pigs".

"The River of Dreams" gave Billy Joel his second number-one hit in New Zealand.

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
3 January	Whitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"	14 weeks	[51]
10 January
17 January
24 January
31 January
7 February
14 February
21 February
28 February
7 March
14 March
21 March
28 March	Boyz II Men	"In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)"	2 weeks	[52]
4 April
11 April	Michael Jackson	"Give In to Me"	4 weeks	[53]
18 April
25 April
2 May
9 May	Snow	"Informer"	3 weeks	[54]
16 May
23 May
30 May	Janet Jackson	"That's the Way Love Goes"	2 weeks	[55]
6 June
13 June	UB40	"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You"	11 weeks	[56]
20 June
27 June
4 July
11 July
18 July
25 July
1 August
8 August
15 August
22 August	Hammond Gamble	"You Make the Whole World Smile"	3 weeks	[47]
29 August	UB40	"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You"	11 weeks	[56]
5 September	Green Jellÿ	"Three Little Pigs"	2 weeks	[57]
12 September	Billy Joel	"The River of Dreams"	1 week	[58]
19 September	Green Jellÿ	"Three Little Pigs"	2 weeks	[57]
26 September	Meat Loaf	"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	5 weeks	[59]
3 October
10 October
17 October
24 October
31 October	Inner Circle	"Sweat (A La La La La Long)"	4 weeks	[60]
7 November
14 November
21 November
28 November	Bitty McLean	"It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)"	7 weeks	[61]
5 December
12 December
19 December
26 December

1994

Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff topped the New Zealand chart for six weeks with his rendition of "I Can See Clearly Now".

Ace of Base hit number one with "The Sign" for five weeks in mid-1994.

Prince picked up his third New Zealand number-one single in 1994 with "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World".

"Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet topped the chart for four weeks to become 1994's highest-selling single in New Zealand.

New Zealand band Headless Chickens obtained their only number one with "George" and a remix of their 1991 single "Cruise Control".

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
2 January	Bitty McLean	"It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)"	7 weeks	[61]
9 January
16 January	Jimmy Cliff	"I Can See Clearly Now"	6 weeks	[62]
23 January
30 January
6 February
13 February
20 February
27 February	The Mutton Birds	"The Heater"	1 week	[63]
6 March	3 the Hard Way	"Hip Hop Holiday"	3 weeks	[64]
13 March
20 March
27 March	DRS	"Gangsta Lean"	3 weeks	[65]
3 April
10 April	Mariah Carey	"Without You"	1 week	[66]
17 April	DRS	"Gangsta Lean"	3 weeks	[65]
24 April	Ace of Base	"The Sign"	5 weeks	[67]
1 May
8 May
15 May
22 May	Supergroove	"Can't Get Enough"	1 week	[68]
29 May	Ace of Base	"The Sign"	5 weeks	[67]
5 June	Prince	"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"	4 weeks	[69]
12 June
19 June
26 June
3 July	Wet Wet Wet	"Love Is All Around"	4 weeks	[70]
10 July	All-4-One	"I Swear"	6 weeks	[71]
17 July
24 July
31 July
7 August
14 August
21 August	Wet Wet Wet	"Love Is All Around"	4 weeks	[70]
28 August
4 September
11 September	Boyz II Men	"I'll Make Love to You"	4 weeks	[72]
18 September
25 September
2 October
9 October	Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey	"Endless Love"	5 weeks	[73]
16 October
23 October
30 October
6 November
13 November	Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell	"Baby Come Back"	4 weeks	[74]
20 November
27 November
4 December
11 December	Headless Chickens	"George" / "Cruise Control"	4 weeks	[75][76]
18 December	Ini Kamoze	"Here Comes the Hotstepper"	5 weeks	[77]
25 December	Headless Chickens	"George" / "Cruise Control"	4 weeks	[75]

1995

Australian rock band Silverchair peaked at number one on the New Zealand chart for three weeks with "Tomorrow".

Rednex, under a different lineup, stayed at number one for six weeks with "Cotton Eye Joe" in March and April 1995.

"Waterfalls" in 1995 in "No Scrubs" in 1999 were both number-one hits for American girl group TLC .

Jamaican musician Shaggy attained his first and sole number-one single in New Zealand with "Boombastic", which reached number one for two nonconsecutive weeks.

American rapper Coolio topped the New Zealand Singles Chart for nine weeks with "Gangsta's Paradise"; it was the third longest-running chart-topper during the 1990s in New Zealand.

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
1 January	Headless Chickens	"George" / "Cruise Control"	4 weeks	[75]
8 January
15 January	Ini Kamoze	"Here Comes the Hotstepper"	5 weeks	[77]
22 January
29 January
5 February
12 February	Silverchair	"Tomorrow"	3 weeks	[78]
19 February
26 February
5 March	Rednex	"Cotton Eye Joe"	6 weeks	[79]
12 March
19 March
26 March
2 April
9 April
16 April	Brownstone	"If You Love Me"	5 weeks	[80]
23 April
30 April
7 May
14 May
21 May	Janet Jackson	"Whoops Now/What'll I Do"	1 week	[81][82]
28 May	Rappin' 4-Tay featuring the Spinners	"I'll Be Around"	3 weeks	[83]
4 June
11 June
18 June	Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson	"Scream"	4 weeks	[84]
25 June
2 July
9 July
16 July	U2	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	1 week	[85]
23 July	Portrait	"How Deep Is Your Love"	3 weeks	[86]
30 July
6 August
13 August	TLC	"Waterfalls"	4 weeks	[87]
20 August
27 August
3 September
10 September	Michael Jackson	"You Are Not Alone"	3 weeks	[88]
17 September
24 September
1 October	Shaggy	"Boombastic"	2 weeks	[89]
8 October	Mariah Carey	"Fantasy"	2 weeks	[90]
15 October	Shaggy	"Boombastic"	2 weeks	[89]
22 October	Mariah Carey	"Fantasy"	2 weeks	[90]
29 October	Coolio featuring L.V.	"Gangsta's Paradise"	9 weeks	[91]
5 November
12 November
19 November
26 November
3 December
10 December
17 December
24 December	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	4 weeks	[92]
31 December

1996

Britpop band Oasis reached number one for a single week with "Wonderwall".

Peter Andre earned two different number-one singles two weeks apart: "Mysterious Girl" and "Get Down on It".

American hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony reached number one with "Tha Crossroads", which stayed at the top for six weeks and ended 1996 as the most successful single.

Warren G stayed at number one for four weeks with "What's Love Got to Do with It". In 1997, he earned his second number-one hit: "I Shot the Sheriff".

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
7 January	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	4 weeks	[92]
14 January	Coolio featuring L.V.	"Gangsta's Paradise"	9 weeks	[91]
21 January	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	4 weeks	[92]
28 January	OMC	"How Bizarre"	3 weeks	[93]
4 February
11 February
18 February	CDB	"Let's Groove"	3 weeks	[94]
25 February
3 March
10 March	Oasis	"Wonderwall"	1 week	[95]
17 March	Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx	"Mysterious Girl"	2 weeks	[96]
24 March
31 March	L.A.D.	"Ridin' Low"	2 weeks	[97]
7 April	Peter Andre featuring Past to Present	"Get Down on It"	1 week	[98]
14 April	L.A.D.	"Ridin' Low"	2 weeks	[97]
21 April	CDB	"Hey Girl (This Is Our Time)"	1 week	[99]
28 April	2Pac featuring Dr. Dre	"California Love"	5 weeks	[100]
5 May
12 May
19 May
26 May
2 June	Fugees	"Killing Me Softly"	3 weeks	[101]
9 June
16 June
23 June	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	"Tha Crossroads"	6 weeks	[102]
30 June
7 July
14 July
21 July
28 July
4 August	DLT featuring Che Fu	"Chains"	5 weeks	[103]
11 August
18 August
25 August
1 September
8 September	Keith Sweat	"Twisted"	6 weeks	[104]
15 September
22 September
29 September
6 October
13 October
20 October	Warren G featuring Adina Howard	"What's Love Got to Do with It"	4 weeks	[105]
27 October
3 November
10 November	Spice Girls	"Wannabe"	1 week	[106]
17 November	Warren G featuring Adina Howard	"What's Love Got to Do with It"	4 weeks	[105]
24 November	Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen	"No Diggity"	2 weeks	[107]
1 December
8 December	Fugees	"No Woman, No Cry"	2 weeks	[108]
15 December
22 December	Mo Thugs	"Thug Devotion"	4 weeks	[109]
29 December

1997

No Doubt's "Don't Speak" peaked at the summit of the New Zealand chart for three weeks.

"Lovefool" by Swedish band the Cardigans remained at number one for two weeks in March 1997.

Despite not topping the New Zealand chart as a solo artist, Missy Elliott reached number one as a featured artist on two occasions: once with MC Lyte and another with SWV.

Danish band Aqua reached number one in New Zealand with their worldwide smash, "Barbie Girl".

Elton John held the number-one position for six weeks with "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight", New Zealand's most successful song of 1997.

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
5 January	Mo Thugs	"Thug Devotion"	4 weeks	[109]
12 January
19 January	No Doubt	"Don't Speak"	3 weeks	[110]
26 January
2 February	R. Kelly	"I Believe I Can Fly"	2 weeks	[111]
9 February	No Doubt	"Don't Speak"	3 weeks	[110]
16 February	R. Kelly	"I Believe I Can Fly"	2 weeks	[111]
23 February	U2	"Discothèque"	1 week	[112]
2 March	The Cardigans	"Lovefool"	2 weeks	[113]
9 March
16 March	Unique II	"Break My Stride"	2 weeks	[114]
23 March	MC Lyte featuring Missy Elliott	"Cold Rock a Party"	2 weeks	[115]
30 March	Unique II	"Break My Stride"	2 weeks	[114]
6 April	MC Lyte featuring Missy Elliott	"Cold Rock a Party"	2 weeks	[115]
13 April	Warren G	"I Shot the Sheriff"	2 weeks	[116]
20 April
27 April	Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera	"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"	2 weeks	[117]
4 May
11 May	Blackstreet	"Don't Leave Me"	2 weeks	[118]
18 May
25 May	Michael Jackson	"Blood on the Dance Floor"	1 week	[119]
1 June	Joose	"If Tomorrow Never Comes"	2 weeks	[120]
8 June
15 June	SWV featuring Missy Elliott	"Can We"	1 week	[121]
22 June	Hanson	"MMMBop"	2 weeks	[122]
29 June
6 July	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112	"I'll Be Missing You"	5 weeks	[123]
13 July
20 July
27 July
3 August
10 August	Will Smith	"Men in Black"	5 weeks	[124]
17 August
24 August
31 August
7 September
14 September	Aqua	"Barbie Girl"	2 weeks	[125]
21 September
28 September	Chumbawamba	"Tubthumping"	1 week	[126]
5 October	Elton John	"Candle in the Wind 1997"/ "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	6 weeks	[127]
12 October
19 October
26 October
2 November
9 November
16 November	N-Trance featuring Rod Stewart	"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"	3 weeks	[128]
23 November
30 November
7 December	Backstreet Boys	"As Long as You Love Me"	6 weeks	[129]
14 December
21 December
28 December

1998

"As Long as You Love Me" and "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys reached number one in New Zealand.

Busta Rhymes earned his first of two solo number-one singles in 1998 with "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up".

Irish girl group B*Witched climbed to number one twice in the 1990s with "C'est la Vie" and "Rollercoaster".

Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" rose to number one in October 1998.

"No Matter What", "I Love the Way You Love Me", and "You Needed Me" gave Boyzone three number-one singles in New Zealand. Member Ronan Keating also peaked at number one in 1999 with "When You Say Nothing at All".

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
4 January	Backstreet Boys	"As Long as You Love Me"	6 weeks	[129]
11 January
18 January	All Saints	"Never Ever"	5 weeks	[130]
25 January
1 February
8 February
15 February
22 February	Pappa Bear featuring Van der Toorn	"Cherish"	3 weeks	[131]
1 March
8 March
15 March	Queen Pen featuring Eric Williams	"All My Love"	4 weeks	[132]
22 March
29 March
5 April
12 April	K-Ci & JoJo	"All My Life"	4 weeks	[133]
19 April
26 April
3 May
10 May	Run–D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins	"It's Like That"	2 weeks	[134]
17 May
24 May	Next	"Too Close"	2 weeks	[135]
31 May
7 June	Busta Rhymes	"Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up"	3 weeks	[136]
14 June
21 June
28 June	B*Witched	"C'est la Vie"	1 week	[137]
5 July	Fred Dagg	"We Don't Know How Lucky We Are"	1 week	[138]
12 July	Brandy and Monica	"The Boy Is Mine"	2 weeks	[139]
19 July
26 July	Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas	"Kung Fu Fighting"	2 weeks	[140]
2 August
9 August	Deep Obsession	"Lost in Love"	2 weeks	[141]
16 August
23 August	Spice Girls	"Viva Forever"	2 weeks	[142]
30 August
6 September	Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa	"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"	4 weeks	[143]
13 September
20 September
27 September
4 October	Che Fu	"Without a Doubt" / "Machine Talk"	1 week	[144]
11 October	Aaliyah	"Are You That Somebody?"	1 week	[145]
18 October	Boyzone	"No Matter What"	6 weeks	[146]
25 October
1 November	B*Witched	"Rollercoaster"	1 week	[147]
8 November	Boyzone	"No Matter What"	6 weeks	[146]
15 November	Five	"Everybody Get Up"	1 week	[148]
22 November	Boyzone	"No Matter What"	6 weeks	[146]
29 November
6 December
13 December	Jennifer Paige	"Crush"	1 week	[149]
20 December	Spice Girls	"Goodbye"	3 weeks	[150]
27 December

1999

R&B singer Brandy Norwood spent a single week at number one with "Have You Ever?".

"...Baby One More Time" and "Sometimes" gave Britney Spears her first two New Zealand number ones.

Boy band Westlife had a number-one hit with "Swear It Again".

Lou Bega's cover of "Mambo No. 5" topped the New Zealand chart for six nonconsecutive weeks.

S Club 7 obtained two of their three New Zealand number-one hits in 1999: "Bring It All Back" and "S Club Party".

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one	Ref.
3 January	Spice Girls	"Goodbye"	3 weeks	[150]
10 January	Cher	"Believe"	1 week	[151]
17 January	Blackstreet and Mýa featuring Mase and Blinky Blink	"Take Me There"	3 weeks	[152]
24 January
31 January
7 February	Brandy	"Have You Ever?"	1 week	[153]
14 February	Ardijah	"Silly Love Songs"	1 week	[154]
21 February	Britney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"	4 weeks	[155]
28 February
7 March	New Radicals	"You Get What You Give"	1 week	[156]
14 March	Lutricia McNeal	"My Side of Town"	1 week	[157]
21 March	Britney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"	4 weeks	[155]
28 March	Steps	"Heartbeat" / "Tragedy"	1 week	[158]
4 April	Boyzone	"I Love the Way You Love Me"	2 weeks	[159]
11 April
18 April	Britney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"	4 weeks	[155]
25 April	TLC	"No Scrubs"	2 weeks	[160]
2 May	Shania Twain	"That Don't Impress Me Much"	1 week	[161]
9 May	TLC	"No Scrubs"	2 weeks	[160]
16 May	TrueBliss	"Tonight"	2 weeks	[162]
23 May
30 May	Geri Halliwell	"Look at Me"	1 week	[163]
6 June	Backstreet Boys	"I Want It That Way"	2 weeks	[164]
13 June
20 June	Ricky Martin	"Livin' la Vida Loca"	1 week	[165]
27 June	Boyzone	"You Needed Me"	2 weeks	[166]
4 July
11 July	Deep Obsession	"Cold"	1 week	[167]
18 July	Britney Spears	"Sometimes"	1 week	[168]
25 July	Westlife	"Swear It Again"	1 week	[169]
1 August	Jennifer Lopez	"If You Had My Love"	1 week	[170]
8 August	Vengaboys	"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"	1 week	[171]
15 August	Shania Twain	"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"	1 week	[172]
22 August	Five	"If Ya Gettin' Down"	1 week	[173]
29 August	Whitney Houston	"My Love Is Your Love"	1 week	[174]
5 September	Ronan Keating	"When You Say Nothing at All"	1 week	[175]
12 September	Lou Bega	"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	6 weeks	[176]
19 September
26 September
3 October	Neil Finn	"Can You Hear Us"	1 week	[177]
10 October	S Club 7	"Bring It All Back"	1 week	[178]
17 October	Lou Bega	"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	6 weeks	[176]
24 October
31 October	Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z	"Heartbreaker"	1 week	[179]
7 November	Lou Bega	"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	6 weeks	[176]
14 November	Eiffel 65	"Blue (Da Ba Dee)"	1 week	[180]
21 November	Deep Obsession	"One & Only"	2 weeks	[181]
28 November
5 December	Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill	"Turn Your Lights Down Low"	2 weeks	[182]
12 December	Shaft	"(Mucho Mambo) Sway"	1 week	[183]
19 December	Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill	"Turn Your Lights Down Low"	2 weeks	[182]
26 December	S Club 7	"S Club Party"	5 weeks (4 in 2000)	[184]

Artists with the most number-one songs

Key

 †  – Song of New Zealand origin^{[nb 2]}

Artist	Number-one singles	Longest run	Total weeks at number one
Michael Jackson	6	"Black or White" (8 weeks)	22
Mariah Carey	7	"I'll Be There"; "Endless Love" (with Luther Vandross) (5 weeks each)	20
Boyz II Men	4	"End of the Road" (7 weeks)	17
Boyzone1	3	"No Matter What" (6 weeks)	10
Blackstreet	3	"Take Me There" (with Mýa featuring Mase and Blinky Blink) (3 weeks)	7
Janet Jackson	3	"Scream" (with Michael Jackson) (4 weeks)	7
Spice Girls2	3	"Goodbye" (3 weeks)	6
Deep Obsession	3	"Lost in Love"; "One & Only" (2 weeks each)	5
U2	3	"The Fly" (3 weeks)	5

Excluded statistics

1 Boyzone's tally does not include Ronan Keating's solo single, "When You Say Nothing At All".

2 The Spice Girls' tally does not include Geri Halliwell's solo single, "Look At Me".

• While some artists made appearances in other artists songs, these songs were not included in their groups tally. This includes, Robin and Ali Campbell featuring in Pato Banton's single, "Baby Come Back" as they were featured together, not as part of UB40.

*Some artists who had solo number-one singles (or was a featured artist in a number-one single) and who were also part of a group that had number-one single(s) have been classed as separate entries. This includes Che Fu, who had one solo number-one and featured in another number-one single, and Supergroove, who had one a number-one single prior to Che Fu leaving the group, as well as Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel, who both had a solo number one single, and the Fugees, which had two number-one singles prior to the release of their solo singles.

Most weeks at number one

Reggae group UB40 had an eleven-week stay at number one with "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" in 1993.

"It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)" by Bitty McLean held the number-one spot for eight weeks in 1993 and 1994.

After being featured in the 1990 film Ghost, the Righteous Brothers' version of "Unchained Melody" was re-released and topped the New Zealand chart for seven weeks.

All-4-One topped the New Zealand chart for six weeks with their cover of "I Swear".

Key

 †  – Song of New Zealand origin^{[nb 2]}

Title	Artist	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	20 December 1992	14
"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You"	UB40	13 June 1993	11
"Gangsta's Paradise"	Coolio featuring L.V.	29 October 1995	9
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Bryan Adams	18 August 1991	8
"Black or White"	Michael Jackson	24 November 1991	8
"It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)"	Bitty McLean	28 November 1993	7
"End of the Road"	Boyz II Men	18 October 1992	7
"Unchained Melody"	The Righteous Brothers	24 February 1991	7
"Ice Ice Baby"	Vanilla Ice	9 December 1990	7
"I Swear"	All-4-One	10 September 1994	6
"As Long as You Love Me"	Backstreet Boys	7 December 1997	6
"Achy Breaky Heart"	Billy Ray Cyrus	6 September 1992	6
"Tha Crossroads"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	23 June 1996	6
"No Matter What"	Boyzone	18 October 1998	6
"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	Elton John	5 October 1997	6
"I Can See Clearly Now"	Jimmy Cliff	16 January 1994	6
"Twisted"	Keith Sweat	8 September 1996	6
"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	Lou Bega	12 September 1999	6
"U Can't Touch This"	MC Hammer	27 July 1990	6
"Trippin'"	Push Push	14 April 1991	6
"Cotton Eye Joe"	Rednex	5 March 1995	6
"To Sir with Love"	Ngaire	28 October 1990	5
"California Love"	2Pac featuring Dr. Dre	28 April 1996	5
"The Sign"	Ace of Base	24 April 1994	5
"Never Ever"	All Saints	18 January 1998	5
"If You Love Me"	Brownstone	16 April 1995	5
"Chains"	DLT featuring Che Fu	28 July 1996	5
"Tears in Heaven"	Eric Clapton	10 May 1992	5
"Here Comes the Hotstepper"	Ini Kamoze	18 December 1994	5
"Endless Love"	Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey	9 October 1994	5
"I'll Be There"	Mariah Carey featuring Trey Lorenz	19 July 1992	5
"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	Meat Loaf	26 September 1993	5
"To Be with You"	Mr. Big	22 March 1992	5
"I'll Be Missing You"	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112	6 July 1997	5
"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Sinéad O'Connor	8 April 1990	5
"Men in Black"	Will Smith	10 August 1997	5

Notes

1. Annual charts are sourced from the RIANZ website:

   • "Annual Top 50 Singles Chart 2010" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
2. Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by the RMNZ