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The Official Aotearoa Music Charts, formerly the Official New Zealand Music Chart (Māori: Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa), is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Music Chart also includes the top 40 Hot Singles chart, the top 20 New Zealand artist singles and albums, the top 20 Hot New Zealand singles, and top 10 compilation albums. All charts are compiled from data of both physical and digital sales from music retailers in New Zealand.[1]
The singles chart is currently sales and streaming data of songs. In June 2014 it was announced that the chart would also include streaming;[2] this took effect for the chart published 7 November 2014 and dated 10 November 2014.[3] Previously airplay was factored into the chart methodology as well.[4][5]
Before 1975, music charts in New Zealand had been regionally compiled by magazines, record stores, and radio stations on an ad hoc basis. This often occurred at different times which made chart compiling complex, and even then only singles were counted.[6][7]
From May 1975 to 2004, RIANZ also published an nationwide annual ranking chart of singles and albums released in New Zealand.[7] Position was awarded by a simple scoring system whereby a number one in one week gets 50 points, a number two gets 49 points and so on, then all weeks are added together. From 2004 onwards, however, the annual charts have songs positioned based on the number of sales for that year.
From April 2007 to October 2011, the charts were displayed and archived at the website radioscope.net.nz which listed 13 different charts, most notably RadioScope100 and NZ40 Airplay Chart.[8] In November 2011, RIANZ launched an updated chart website. The new Chart website also provides the ability to listen to song previews, view music videos, and buy tracks and albums.[9][10]
On 19 June 2021, a new chart was launched for the top ten songs in te reo Māori, for songs with at least 70% of vocals in Māori.[11]
Heatseekers chart
An additional "Heatseekers" chart was first published on the chart dated 5 October 2015. The chart consisted of the top ten singles outside of (and that had not previously charted inside) the top forty, and had the same rules and criteria as the Top 40 Singles Chart.[12] Once a title made an appearance inside the top forty at any point, it became ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart.[13]
Hot Singles chart
Following the discontinuation of the Heatseekers chart, in July 2018 Recorded Music NZ began publishing the Hot Singles Chart,[14] which tracks the "40 fastest-moving tracks by sales, streams and airplay". Songs can appear on both the NZ Top 40 and NZ Hot Singles charts simultaneously,[15] as the primary aim of the Hot Singles chart is to "reflect the songs achieving the greatest week-on-week growth".[16]
Te Reo Māori singles chart
In mid-June 2021, Recorded Music NZ began publishing Te Reo Māori O Te Rārangi 10 O Runga chart, also known as the Top 10 Te Reo Māori Singles, which tracks songs at are at least 70% sung in Te Reo Māori using sales, streaming and airplay data.[17]
Weekly charts
Singles
- 1960s
- 1970s
Albums
Compilations
Annual charts
Singles
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
Albums
- 1990s
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
In May 2015, Recorded Music NZ celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Official NZ Top 40 Music Charts. An event was held at Vector Arena in Auckland and featured performances from 16 artists from New Zealand and overseas who had previously achieved various chart milestones, including most number ones, most chart entries, most weeks in the chart and most weeks at number one.[18]
As part of the celebrations, a limited edition single pressed on red vinyl was released, with Tiki Taane's song "Always on my Mind" (the New Zealand track to spend the most weeks - 55 - in the singles chart) and Scribe's song "Stand Up" (the New Zealand single to spend the most weeks - 12 - at number one).[19]
The following chart achievements were noted:
- Singles
- Most no.1 singles: The Beatles have fourteen as a band, Justin Bieber with eleven and Katy Perry with nine no.1 singles respectively
- Most no.1 singles (NZ): Deep Obsession, 3 no. 1 singles
- Most chart entries: Madonna, 53 entries
- Most chart entries (NZ): Shihad, 25 entries
- Most weeks in chart: New Order "Blue Monday", 74 weeks
- Most weeks in chart (NZ): Tiki Taane "Always On My Mind", 55 weeks
- Albums
- Most No.1 albums: U2, 13 no.1 albums
- Most No.1 albums (NZ): Local Act: Hayley Westenra, and Shihad, five no.1 albums each
- Most chart entries: Elton John, 35 entries
- Most chart entries (NZ): Split Enz, 14 entries
- Most weeks in chart: Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon, 297 weeks
- Most weeks in chart (NZ): Fat Freddy's Drop Based on a True Story, 108 weeks
- Most weeks at no.1: Adele 21, 28 weeks
- Most weeks at no.1 (NZ): Hayley Westenra Pure, 19 weeks
From June 2016, the method of determining certifications was changed to a points-based system based on a combination of physical sales, digital sales and online streams. For singles, 175 streams is considered equal to one sale. For albums, the Stream Equivalent Album (SEA) system is used.[20]
A single qualifies for gold certification if it exceeds 15,000 points and platinum certification if it exceeds 30,000 points. An album qualifies for gold certification if it exceeds 7500 points and platinum certification if it exceeds 15,000 points. wholesale sales to retailers. For music DVDs (formerly videos), a gold accreditation represents 2,500 copies shipped, with a platinum accreditation representing 5,000 units shipped.[1]
| Format / product | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|
| Singles | 15,000 | 30,000 |
| Albums | 7,500 | 15,000 |
| Music DVDs | 2,500 | 5,000 |
Artists with the most number-one hits
These totals include singles when the artist is 'featured'—that is, not the main artist.
- ‡ – The Beatles' 14 chart placings predate the Official New Zealand Music Chart which began in May 1975.
| Artist | Number-one singles |
Longest run | Total weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beatles | 14 ‡ | "Hey Jude" (5 weeks) | 31 |
| Justin Bieber | 11 | "Despacito (Remix)" (13 weeks) | 61 |
| Katy Perry | 9 | "Roar" (11 weeks) | 30 |
| Taylor Swift | 8 | "Shake It Off", "Look What You Made Me Do", "Anti-Hero" (2 weeks each) | 11 |
| Michael Jackson | 8 | "Beat It", "Black or White" (5 weeks each) | 28 |
| U2 | 8 | "One Tree Hill" (6 weeks) | 23 |
| Rihanna | 8 | "We Found Love" (9 weeks) | 33 |
| Mariah Carey | 8 | "I'll Be There", "Endless Love" (5 weeks each) | 22 |
| Eminem | 8 | "Without Me" (7 weeks) | 30 |
| Akon | 7 | "Moonshine" (7 weeks) | 23 |
| Bee Gees | 7 | "Tragedy" (6 weeks) | 17 |
| Ariana Grande | 7 | "Thank U, Next" (6 weeks) | 20 |
| Post Malone | 7 | "Rockstar" (8 weeks) | 16 |
| Beyoncé | 6 | “Sweet Dreams, “Texas Hold 'Em” (3 weeks) | 13 |
| Chris Brown | 6 | "Forever" (8 weeks) | 26 |
| The Black Eyed Peas | 6 | "I Gotta Feeling" (9 weeks) | 20 |
| ABBA | 6 | "Fernando" (9 weeks) | 17 |
| Kanye West | 6 | "Knock You Down" (6 weeks) | 16 |
New Zealand artists with the most number-one hits
These totals includes singles when the artist is 'featured'—that is, not the main artist.
- † – includes duet or collaboration by two New Zealand artists.
- ‡ – includes songs whose chart placings predate the Official New Zealand Music Chart which began in May 1975.
| Artist | Number-one singles |
Longest run | Total weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scribe | 4 | "Stand Up"/"Not Many" (12 weeks) † | 20 |
| John Rowles | 3 ‡ | "Tania" (4 weeks) | 6 |
| Mr. Lee Grant | 3 ‡ | "Thanks To You" (3 weeks) | 6 |
| Lorde | 3 | "Royals" (3 weeks) | 5 |
| Deep Obsession | 3 | "Lost in Love", "One & Only" (2 weeks each) | 5 |
| Savage | 3 | "Moonshine" (7 weeks) | 17 |
| Jon Stevens | 2 | "Jezebel" (5 weeks) | 7 |
| Mark Williams | 2 | "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (4 weeks) | 7 |
| Stan Walker | 2 | "Black Box" (6 weeks) † | 7 |
| P-Money | 2 | "Stop the Music", "Everything" (3 weeks each) † | 6 |
| 3 The Hard Way | 2 | "Hip Hop Holiday" (3 weeks) | 4 |
| Avalanche City | 2 | "Love Love Love" (3 weeks) | 4 |
| L.A.B. | 2 | "In the Air" (3 weeks) | 4 |
| Ginny Blackmore | 2 | "Bones", "Holding You" (1 week each) † | 2 |
| Tex Pistol | 2 | "Game of Love", "Nobody Else" (1 week each) | 2 |
Singles with most weeks at number one
- Key
- † – Song of New Zealand origin[nb 1]
- Songs denoted with an asterisk (*) spent non-consecutive weeks at number one
- Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by Recorded Music New Zealand
The following is a list of albums that have been certified by the Recorded Music NZ.
 | This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |
Gold
- ?
- The 20/20 Experience
- 4
- 5 Seconds of Summer
- 12 Memories
- A Girl Like Me
- All for You
- All Hope Is Gone
- All You Can Eat
- Alright, Still
- Always Guaranteed
- Animal
- As Time Goes By
- Awake
- Beautiful Garbage
- Begin to Hope
- Believe
- Best 1991–2004
- The Best Damn Thing
- Binaural
- Birdy
- Black Holes and Revelations
- Blackout
- Blackstar
- Blink-182
- Blue & Lonesome
- Borrowed Heaven
- Britney
- Cats & Dogs
- Celebration
- Changes
- Closer
- Live 2003
- Communiqué
- The Collector's Series, Volume One
- Control
- Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
- Dark Sky Island
- Darkness on the Edge of Town
- Days of the New
- Debut
- D'eux
- Delta
- Devils & Dust
- Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
- Dizzy Up the Girl
- DNA
- Dutty Rock
- EIpo: The Very Best
- Enjoy Yourself
- The Celts
- Evil Empire
- Exile on Main St.
- Expectations
- The Fall
- Folklore
- Forever
- Freak of Nature
- Future Nostalgia
- Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- Ghost Stories
- The Globe Sessions
- Grassy Knoll
- Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
- Greatest Hits
- Green
- GHV2
- Harry Styles
- Happy Nation
- Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
- Here and Now
- Hey U X
- High Hopes
- Hook Me Up
- Hooray for Boobies
- Hope
- Hot Pink
- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
- Human Being
- Human Frailty
- Human Touch
- The Id
- Illuminations
- In the Zone
- The Invisible Band
- Is This It
- It Won't Be Soon Before Long
- Ixnay on the Hombre
- J to tha L–O! The Remixes
- Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
- Josh Groban
- Joyride
- Kid A
- Leather Jackets
- Lemonade
- Life Is Peachy
- Light Grenades
- Live/1975–85
- Live from Mars
- The Long Road
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Love Deluxe
- Lovers Rock
- Lucky Town
- Lungs
- Machina/The Machines of God
- Made in the AM
- Magic
- The Man Who
- MCMXC a.D.
- More Songs About Buildings and Food
- Music of the Sun
- My Love: Essential Collection
- The Next Day
- Night Visions
- Nine Track Mind
- Nobody But Me
- Not Too Late
- On the 6
- One of the Boys
- Out of Time
- Overexposed
- Passive Me, Aggressive You
- Pilgrim
- Popstars
- Post
- Quiet Nights
- Reveal
- Room on Fire
- Safe Trip Home
- Seal
- The Secret Life Of...
- Secrets
- Sheryl Crow
- Silver Side Up
- Six Strings and a Sailboat
- So Good
- Sparkle in the Rain
- Stella & Steve
- Storm Front
- Storyteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990
- Stronger
- Stronger Than Pride
- Submarine Bells
- Suicide Squad
- Surfacing
- Taking Chances
- Telling Stories
- This Is Me... Then
- Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
- Try This
- The Turn of a Friendly Card
- Ultimate Prince
- Unapologetic
- Under My Skin
- Undertow
- Unplugged
- Untouchables
- Up
- V
- Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
- Wish
- You Want It Darker
- Zeitgeist
- Zoot Suit Riot
- Love Yourself: Answer
Platinum
- 5
- 13
- 18
- 1989 (Taylor's Version)
- 52nd Street
- 8701
- A Crow Left of the Murder...
- A Day Without Rain
- A Head Full of Dreams
- Adore
- Affirmation
- The Age of Consent[21]
- All Saints
- Amarantine
- ...And Justice for All
- And Winter Came...
- Automatic for the People
- Avalon
- B'Day
- Bardot
- The Battle of Los Angeles
- Be Here Now
- The Bends
- The Best of Sade
- Beyoncé
- The Black Parade
- Bloody Tourists
- Blurryface
- Born This Way
- Born to Die
- Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
- Born to Run
- Brand New Day
- Breathless
- Broken English
- ...But Seriously
- Butterfly
- Can't Take Me Home
- Ceremonials
- Chinese Democracy
- Circus
- Collection
- Confessions on a Dance Floor
- Crossroads
- The Dance
- Dangerously In Love
- Dark Horse
- Death Magnetic
- Definitely Maybe
- Design of a Decade: 1986–1996
- Diamond Life
- Dire Straits
- Don't Ask
- Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!
- Double Fantasy
- The Dutchess
- Elephant
- The Emancipation of Mimi
- Emotions
- The Endless River
- Ænima
- Enrique
- Escape
- The Essential Leonard Cohen
- The Essential Ozzy Osbourne
- Europop
- Every Breath You Take:
The Singles - Evita
- Eye in the Sky
- Fearless (Taylor's Version)
- Faith
- Feels So Good
- The Final Cut
- Fire on Marzz
- Flesh and Blood
- Follow the Leader
- Foot Loose & Fancy Free
- For Your Entertainment
- Forgiven, Not Forgotten
- Four
- From the Cradle
- Garage Inc.
- Ghost in the Machine
- The Girl in the Other Room
- Glittering Prize 81/92
- Good Girl Gone Bad
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits
- The Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- Halcyon Days
- Heart of Stone
- Hello Nasty
- HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
- The Hits/The B-Sides
- Home for Christmas
- Hot August Night
- Hot Fuss
- Hypnotize
- Hysteria
- I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
- Ice on Fire
- Ingénue
- Issues
- It's Not Me, It's You
- Jagged Little Pill
- janet.
- The John Lennon Collection
- Justice
- Justified
- The Kick Inside
- Korn
- Kylie
- Left of the Middle
- The Lexicon of Love
- Little Creatures
- Load
- The Look of Love
- Look Sharp!
- Loud
- Love Hurts
- Love over Gold
- Madonna
- Make Yourself
- Making Movies
- Master of Puppets
- Meant to Be
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Mezmerize
- Midnight Memories
- Mistaken Identity
- The Memory of Trees
- MTV Unplugged in New York
- Nebraska
- Need You Now
- New Beginning
- New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)
- New Jersey
- No Line on the Horizon
- No Need to Argue
- No Strings Attached
- Now You're Gone – The Album
- OK Computer
- Odelay
- On Every Street
- Once Upon a Time
- The One
- One Heart
- Out of the Moon
- Paint the Sky with Stars
- Prayers Be Answered
- Private Collection: 1979–1988
- Promise
- Promises and Lies
- Rage Against the Machine
- Rainbow
- Random Access Memories
- Read My Lips
- Reckless
- Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House
- Red Pill Blues
- Reggatta de Blanc
- Relapse
- Revenge
- Riding with the King
- The Rising
- River of Dreams
- Rubber Soul
- Seal II
- The Score
- See You on the Other Side
- Sex and Agriculture: The Very Best of The Exponents
- She
- She's So Unusual
- Shepherd Moons
- Siamese Dream
- The Singles 1992–2003
- Six60 (2)
- Slash
- Slippery When Wet
- Smash
- So
- So Far So Good
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Something to Remember
- Songs from the Last Century
- "The Spaghetti Incident?"
- Space Race
- Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
- Speaking in Tongues
- Spirit
- Spirit
- Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage
- Staying at Tamara's
- Step by Step
- Stop Making Sense
- The Stranger
- The Sweet Escape
- Synchronicity
- Talk That Talk
- Tapestry
- Tea for the Tillerman
- Ten Good Reasons
- Title
- Toni Braxton
- Touch
- Toxicity
- Traction
- Tracy Chapman
- Trash
- True Stories
- Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden
- Tuesday Night Music Club
- Tunnel of Love
- The Ultimate Collection
- Ultimate Prince
- Undiscovered
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Unplugged
- Use Your Illusion I
- Use Your Illusion II
- The Velvet Rope
- Version 2.0
- The Very Best of Enya
- The Very Best of Elton John
- The Very Best of Prince
- Vitalogy
- Vows
- Vs.
- Wanted on Voyage
- Wasting Light
- Watermark
- Welcome to the Pleasuredome
- Weezer (Blue Album)
- (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
- Whitesnake
- #willpower
- You Can Dance
- Zenyatta Mondatta
Multi platinum
Two times
- 10,000 Days
- 19
- A New Day Has Come
- A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)
- All Rise
- B*Witched
- The Beatles
- Beautiful Trauma
- Believe
- Best of The Corrs
- Break the Cycle
- Communicate
- Don't Smile at Me
- Dream
- Dua Lipa
- El Camino
- Enema of the State
- The Essential Michael Jackson
- Evermore
- Evolve
- Fine Line
- Fever
- Garbage
- Gravel & Wine
- I'm Not Dead
- I Am... Sasha Fierce
- J.Lo
- Lateralus
- Like a Prayer
- Loose
- Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
- Melodrama
- Merry Christmas
- Merry Christmas, Baby
- Morning View
- MTV Unplugged
- Music
- My World 2.0
- Mylo Xyloto
- Navigator
- Oops!... I Did It Again
- On Another Note
- Parachutes
- Pop
- Prism
- Purpose
- ?
- Ray of Light
- Red
- Red (Taylor's Version)
- The River
- S&M
- Savage Garden
- Significant Other
- St. Anger
- Surrender
- Switch
- Take Me Home
- These Are Special Times
- The Thrill of It All
- The Tortured Poets Department
- Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
- War
- Whoa, Nelly!
- #1's
Three times
- 24K Magic
- Audioslave
- ...Baby One More Time
- Back to Black
- Breakaway
- Crazy Hits
- ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits
- Fearless
- Feels Like Home
- Funhouse
- FutureSex/LoveSounds
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits... So Far!!!
- Hits
- In Utero
- Innocent Eyes
- Laundry Service
- Love & Disrespect
- Made in Heaven
- Middle of Nowhere
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- Not That Kind
- Riverhead
- Rockferry
- Something Beginning With C
- Speak Now
- Spiceworld
- Still Waters
- Teenage Dream
- Unorthodox Jukebox
- Up!
- Up All Night
- Westlife
- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Four times
- All The Right Reasons
- Americana
- The Best of 1990–2000
- Coast to Coast
- Best of '98-'08
- Playground Battle
- Folklore
- The Gift
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits: 1965–1992
- Holy Smoke
- Hot Shot
- Icehouse
- In Blue
- In The Lonely Hour
- Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- Life for Rent
- Mariah Carey
- Midnights
- Missundaztood
- On How Life Is
- A Rush of Blood to the Head
- The Truth About Love
- Wish You Were Here
- X&Y
- You've Come a Long Way, Baby
- Zooropa
Five times
- +
- Abbey Road
- Achtung Baby
- All the Way... A Decade of Song
- Appetite for Destruction
- Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
- Crowded House
- Daydream
- Fallen
- The Fame
- Hybrid Theory
- Let Go
- Like a Virgin
- Lover
- Mix
- Music Box
- No Angel
- Once Bitten, Twice Bitten
- The Party Album
- Pieces of You
- The Platinum Album
- Pure Heroine
- Purple Rain
- Reputation
- Songs About Jane
- Supersystem
- Tragic Kingdom
- True Blue
- Union
- Urban Hymns
Six times
Seven times
Eight times
Nine times
Ten times
Eleven times
Twelve times
Thirteen times
Fourteen times
Fifteen times
Sixteen times
Seventeen times
Twenty times
Twenty one times
Twenty four times
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