New Zealand top 50 singles of 2014

The best performing song of the year, "Happy", was released by American singer Pharrell Williams
New Zealand rapper Savage released the top performing song by a New Zealand artist in 2014, with the song "Freaks" released alongside Australian DJ Timmy Trumpet
Four songs by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran featured among the top 50 singles of the year
Five songs by New Zealand musician Lorde were among the top 20 singles by New Zealand artists released in 2014

This is a list of the top-selling singles in New Zealand for 2014 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ.[1] English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran had the most songs in the top 50, with four. The chart also includes three songs by New Zealand artists: "Freaks" by Australian DJ Timmy Trumpet and New Zealand rapper Savage, and "Holding You" by Ginny Blackmore and Stan Walker, and "Bridges" by Broods.[2] Four songs also featured in the New Zealand top 50 singles of 2013: Katy Perry's songs "Roar" and "Dark Horse", "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran, "The Monster" by Eminem and "Timber" by Pitbull. The 2014 chart was the first to include online streaming as well as sales data.[3]

  1. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2014 - Singles". The Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Top of the pops: NZ's top selling tunes of 2014". NZ Herald. APN. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "What we listened to in 2014". Stuff. Fairfax. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.