New Zealand top 50 singles of 2015

Origin

By artist

The following shows the country of origin from where the artist (including any featured artist where applicable) originate from. Artists who appear more than once have only been tallied once.

Country	Total
USA	35
England	12
Sweden	5
Canada	3
New Zealand	3
Australia	2
France	2
Jamaica	2
Albania	1
Barbados	1
Denmark	1
Germany	1
Ireland	1
Mexico	1
Norway	1
Scotland	1
The Netherlands	1
Trinidad & Tobago	1

Notes

• As Nicki Minaj was born in Trinidad & Tobago and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in her tally.
• As Bebe Rexha was born in Albania and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in her tally.
• As Deorro was born in Mexico and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in his tally.
• Major Lazer is regarded as an English/Jamaican group and as such both countries have been included in their tally.

By single

The following shows the country of origin from which the singles originate regardless of who the artist is.

Country	Total
USA	17
England	16
Canada	5
New Zealand	5
Sweden	3
Australia	2
Jamaica	2
Barbados	1
France	1
Germany	1
Ireland	1
Mexico	1
Norway	1
Scotland	1

Notes

• Major Lazer's single has been listed as being from the United States, England and Jamaica.
• FourFiveSeconds has been listed under all three countries each singer is from as this was song was a collaboration between Kanye West, Rihanna and Sir Paul McCartney.
• As Freaks was collaboration between Timmy Trumpet and Savage, both New Zealand & Australia, have been included in the tally.
• As Deorro was born in Mexico and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in his tally.
• As Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are a duo, the United States has been included twice in the tally for each artist respectively.
• As the song, How Deep Is Your Love is a collaboration between Calvin Harris & Disciples, both Scotland and England have been included in the tally.

Most singles

The following shows the artists who have the most singles that appear in this chart. This includes where an artist appeared as a featured artist; however where a singer (e.g. Adam Levine) appears as a featured artist on their own and who is usually part of a band/group, this does not count towards their groups (e.g. Maroon 5) tally.

Notes

• Both Charlie Puth & Meghan Trainor's tallies include a single where they were a featured artist. Puth featured in See You Again with Wiz Khalifa while Trainor featured in Puth's song, Marvin Gaye.

Format

The following show what format each single appears on, whether it was an artists album, a non-album single, an extended play or as part of a soundtrack.

Notes

• The song, See You Again by Wiz Khalifa which features Charlie Puth, appears on Puth’s album, Nine Track Mind and the soundtrack to Furious 7.
• The song, Take Me To Church appears on the album Hozier and the extended play Take Me To Church, both by Hozier.
• The song, Love Me Like You Do appears on the soundtrack to Fifty Shades of Grey and Ellie Goulding’s album, Delirium.
• The song, Earned It appears on the soundtrack to Fifty Shades of Grey and The Weeknd’s album, Beauty Behind The Madness.
• The song, Marvin Gaye appears on the album, Nine Track Mind and the extended play, Some Type Of Love, both by Charlie Puth.
• The song, Fight Song appears on the album, Wildfire and the extended play, Fight Song, both by Rachel Platten.
• The song Where Are Ü Now appears on both the Jack Ü album, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü and Justin Bieber’s album, Purpose.
• The song Lay Me Down appears on the extended play Nirvana and the album In The Lonely Hour, both by Sam Smith.
• The song Time of Our Lives appears on both Pitbull’s Globalization and Ne-Yo’s Non-Fiction albums.
• The Ed Sheeran only version of the song Bloodstream appears on his album, x.
• The song The Nights appears on the extended play The Days/Nights and the album Stories both by Avicii.

Multiple releases

The following shows singles that had multiple releases from the same album.

Type

The following shows the denomination that each single was released as, whether as a solo artist or as part of a group, band or duo. Also shows how many singles had guest artists.

Notes

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been regarded as a group.
• Although uncredited in The Nights, Nicholas Furlong as been included as a featured artist.
• Although uncredited in the song, I’m An Albatraoz, Nora Ekberg has been included in the tally for featured artist.
• Although uncredited in the song, Runaway (U & I), both Cathy Dennis and Julia Karlsson have been included as a featured artist.

Top Genre

The following shows the most common genres the Top 50 singles are regarded as (as per their genre descriptions in the singles entries. Where a genre was not noted, the genre of the album/extended play was used instead.

Top Label

The following shows the most common record labels that a single was associated with. Any label that only had one single has not been noted.

Top songwriters

The following shows the songwriters who had the most top-selling singles of 2015 in New Zealand.

Most/Least songwriters

The following shows the singles that were credited as having been written by only one person and the singles that had the most credited writers of 2015.

Notes

• While 19 songwriters have been listed for Uptown Funk, most of the mentioned are members of The Gap Band. On the single itself, only 9 songwriters are listed. The Gap Band members have been listed as the band and not individually as shown above.

Top producers

The following shows the producers who had the most singles to appear on this chart.