Biggest hits of the 2010's Australia V

This is part V of my list of the biggest hits of the 2010's in Australia, this is in lieu of making individual lists for each year as it's been a real challenge for me to talk about some of these songs with the dignity and respect they deserve as is.

This was the first hit that Miley Cyrus had following her departure from Disney, suffice to say, it's purpose for existing is for her to put as much distance between her and the company as possible which she certainly succeeded at doing due to the video as well as the promotion she did for the song. It's also the reason why twerking has become popular over the years given how she was many people's introduction to the movement.

This was the one and only hit from American DJ ZHU, it was a massive hit here in Australia due to being discovered by Triple J despite it being yet another flop for an American EDM artist on the Billboard charts. Whereas most EDM tracks were more about noise, this one goes for ambience which really connected with people (me included) back in the day.

Many people believed this to be a track from RNB singer Future when it first came out, Future being an artist who was inescapable in his native America despite only having one hit internationally with "Mask off" in 2017 (for my non-American readers who don't know who he is.) Evidently this was a hit due to Kanye West discovering the track and sampling it for the track "PT 2" on his life of Pablo album.

This was the Weeknd's final hit of the decade worldwide, although he would begin the 2020's with the biggest hit not just of his career but of all time (at least for a brief spell it was) proving that this was a mere holdover to when he released his fourth album that year.

One of the biggest girl groups of the 00's in the UK was Girls aloud, I bring this up because they never managed to have a hit anywhere in the world outside of their homeland likely due to being a product of UK reality TV which with few exceptions (such as Adele and 1D) only tend to have hits through association with the shows they were from rather than the quality of their music. It appears the world made an exception for band member Cheryl Cole's solo debut likely due to the presence of Will I am.

This was the fourth single to come from Kesha's debut album, it's a song that divides audiences to this day as on the one hand it's nothing but an annoying track that actively taunts you for giving its attention whilst on the other hand people praise it for being a song that mocks the club boom for making such shallow music for the masses. I'm somewhere in the middle as I can see both sides of the argument.

This was a collaboration between two artists that were huge on Triple J during the midpoint of the decade, that being British singer Marcus Marr and Australian singer Chet Faker who managed to score a huge success here thanks to how much love Triple J gave it upon its initial release and sadly nowhere else in the world.

This was a collaboration between three artists that had varying degrees of success throughout the decade, there's Hailee Steinfeld who was by far the most successful of the three due to her acting career giving her buzz for her music career. Florida Georgia line was also decently successful in their native America but not as much internationally, and finally there's Alesso who only had one other hit with "Heroes" this decade.

This was one of the last hits to have T Pain in any capacity, you'd think a man who was synonymous with both autotune, and the club boom would've had more presence during the height of these two sub genres but alas he didn't. This was a massive hit for the club boom but also for the rise in popularity of Zumba, a craze where people (usually older women) would have dance workouts to songs from the Latin craze.

This was another single from Ed Sheeran's collaboration album, this time it was a triune between him, Cardi B and Camela Cabello which people are divided on as on the one hand it showcases Ed's willingness to experiment whilst on the other hand it opens up the question as to why he would want to collaborate with either of these women.

This was the fifth Billboard chart topper in a row for Katy Perry, this was mainly due to the music video which depicted her as a typical bullied kid of the 80's who received a makeover from Rebecca Black (fresh off her viral hit with "Friday") which turns her into a Katy Perry equivalent of the 80's. It failed to reach to top spot everywhere else in the world likely due to it being a Kesha song that she was forced to give to Katy.

This is the only other hit that Pitbull had that didn't have any assistance from anyone else in the music industry, although in this case it was due to it being the theme to the third Men in black film which came ten years after the second film and was better received due to it having a better story to go along with the film as opposed to the second film. The theme song wasn't on the other hand as it was panned by critics and audiences alike.

It may surprise you to learn that "Bodak yellow" was a massive flop for Cardi B internationally, I'm guessing because international audiences felt that there was only room for one female rapper at the time which they've since realised wasn't the case given the success of the likes of Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat over the years. As such, this was the world's introduction to her which was a remix of a new jack swing track from Bruno Mars' album 24k magic.

We haven't had a lot of appearances from Chris Brown on this list, have we? Yeah, we Aussies were a bit mixed when it came to having him come back in the mainstream following his controversies in his personal life, however we allow him to have the occasional hit such as with this track with Benny Benassi who previously had a hit here in Australia with "Satisfaction" back in 2003.

Well, this is a song that caused quite the stir when it first came out, mainly because people have a lot of fond memories of A-ha's "Take on me" that this song ruined due to how egregiously the song samples that track for what's essentially a club banger from Pitbull and Christina Aguilera. Between the star power and the nostalgia bomb, it was an easy hit for the duo despite the internet's disapproval.

Here we have another artist from a country that many likely didn't realise had a music scene, in this case it's Lithuanian DJ Dynoro who scored a massive hit with this collaboration with the aging Italian pop star Gigi D'Agostino who scores his first and (to date) only hit with this collaboration. It was a massive hit as the decade was coming to an end here in Australia and presumably Dynoro's homeland.

This is to date Rita Ora's final hit anywhere in the world, although you'd think that her being a judge on the Voice Australia would at least open her up to having more hits exclusively in Australia since she migrated here in 2020, but then again, she did break a few laws just to come here as well as in her native UK that I won't get into on this list. As for why she was more popular here than anywhere else, I can't answer that either.

This is one of two big hits that Nigerian born Australian singer Timomatic achieved, the other was "Parachute" from over a year after this became a hit from him which suggests he was in the running to becoming our prince of RNB given how Chris Brown only achieved three hits throughout the decade down under. Tim initially got his fame from Australia's got talent as a dancer rather than a singer for what it's worth.

This is a remix of a song known as "Danza Kuduro" by Lucenzo, the remix was done by Haitian producer Qwote who also recruited Pitbull for this remix to help the rapper collaborate with every known Latin artist during the 2010's. The original song and this remix were both popular back in the day thanks to the overwhelming success of the Zumba craze which included both songs in their playlists.

Kesha was on a roll from the start of the decade as she released this third single from her debut album, it's a typical track about comparing one's love to a drug addiction that popularised this trope throughout the decade. Kesha has one more song to appear on this list, and it's a song that's nothing like anything else I've featured on here so far.

This was the second single to come from 1D this decade, it was a massive hit in most parts of the world given how big their earlier entry was on this list. In fact, here in Australia, their earlier entry rebounded on the charts when this was released which technically means this was the song that made the boys a household name down under.

This is the second time that Nelly had a random hit this decade here in Australia, this time it's an endorsement for the car company Porsche that he attempts to frame as a love song to women who happened to be named after the car company. It was a hit here due to it being ultimately harmless, however many people complained that it was Nelly desperately trying to remain relevant in the mainstream.

This was another club banger that made it big during the height of the club boom, this time it's from Belgian DJ Laurent Wery who recruited Swiftkid and Dev on this beat he created to provide vocals for him. If the name Dev sounds familiar to you, that's because she was the featured vocalist on "Like a g6" from much earlier on this list with the Far east movement.

This was originally supposed to be Sam Smith's debut single from 2013, its released got cancelled due to them appearing on many EDM tracks at the time which went against the blue-eyed soul of this track and what would eventually be on their debut album the year after its planned release. It was eventually released as the third single from their album where it became a massive hit for them.

Well, this will be difficult to talk about, mainly because the artist in question is no longer with us and also due to the song's subject material showing him to have a rather bleak view on women. Obviously, this appealed to people during his lifetime which I'm of course not going to take said appeal away from, and also it was a tragedy that he would no longer be with us only a year after it became a massive success.

This is a band that the internet loves to hate, so much so that there's rumours that the trio in question make music the way they do specifically to garner hate from internet critics which has led to some of the most abrasive reviews of their music over the years. This was their debut single which was built around a SpongeBob SquarePants meme that of course got the internet in a fury.

Given how the first two singles from David Guetta's album Listen underperformed for the French DJ, it seemed like this would follow suit for him which wasn't the case as it proved to be the big hit from the album thanks to the vocals of Sam Martin who curiously also appeared on one of the earlier track from the album "Lovers of the sun."

Given how Ed Sheeran was the most successful folk singer of the decade, it only makes sense that there would be a bunch of artists looking to cash in off the success of his work which leads us to an artist Sheeran himself found potential in as he signed Jamie Lawson to his new label who went on to achieve a huge worldwide hit with this ballad and nothing else in his catalogue.

This would've easily been much higher on this list were it not for all of the Spotify payola pushing songs like this out of the mainstream, even so, its placement on this list should be telling of how popular indie singer Amy Shark was during the second half of the decade as this was able to be a massive hit for her in a way that many of her contemporaries failed to achieve.

As far as I'm aware, this was the first hit that Calvin Harris had anywhere in the world where he was on lead vocals, even in his native UK, he only had hits with a featured vocalist prior to this becoming a success for him. He's not the best vocalist out there which is perhaps why he doesn't have many hits in this vein, however that doesn't seem to be a deal breaker to his fans as he does have quite a few of these hits.

This was a hit twice in Australia within the same year, the first time was upon its initial release due to it being the theme to Baz Lurhman's adaptation of the Great Gatsby and the second came from a remix from Cederic Gervais which allowed it to bounce back up the charts several months after it first fell off our charts. This allowed the DJ to remix "Summertime sadness" from earlier on this list which got Lana out of the one hit wonder bin down under.

I'm including both versions of this song on my ranking as both versions were massive hits throughout the world even though only the remix from Hippie Sabotage was the hit here in Australia and NZ whilst the original version from Swedish pop star Tove lo was the big hit throughout Europe and in America. Regardless of which version we're looking at, we have a song about her drug addiction and how it affects her wellbeing.

This was a collaboration between Macklemore and Kesha, it would've been interesting why it took so long for these two to collaborate except Kesha's legal battles with her label have been well documented which more than explains why this didn't happen sooner in the decade. The subject matter is also why this was a huge success for them as they are both reminiscing on when they were at the height of their popularity.

This was that second posse cut from all of these men involved minus Lil Wayne for their entry earlier on this list, I don't have much to say except that none of them managed to have any further success except for Justin Bieber and Quavo, the latter of which only had one more hit with JB on "Intentions" before he too faded into obscurity.

The Stafford brothers were an Australian duo who made it big here by somehow recruiting Lil Wayne and Christina Milian on this track which became a huge success during the dying days of the club boom, getting Christina makes sense given how A: she hadn't had a hit in over a decade and B: she was more popular here than in her native America. I'm not sure how they got Lil Wayne as he was still a massive success worldwide.

Well, I guess Redfoo was planning on making a solo career exclusively here in Australia given how this was the second hit he had here and not in his native America, although it was a hit over in NZ which suggests that the kiwis were also catching on to his solo career in a way his fellow Americans weren't. He did eventually release material in his homeland which predictably led to him becoming a meme.

It feels weird that this was the debut single from Anne Marie and not her collaboration with Clean bandit from earlier on this list, mainly because this feels like something Kesha would've released around the time it came out which goes to show that we Aussies really did love her earlier work from the start of the decade.

It looked like Uncle Kracker would be a one hit wonder in most parts of the world back in 2001 when he scored a massive hit with "Follow me," however here in Australia at least, he managed to escape that bin with this track about how the person he's singing to brings him joy and happiness to his life that obviously made us Aussies smile whenever we heard it on the radio.

This is a song that became a hit likely due to it sampling "Float on" by Modest mouse which allowed it to be instantly recognised in the indie sphere as Lupe Fiasco was shedding light on a previously unknown song as far as the mainstream was concerned. This led to his album Lasers being a commercial success for him, although longtime fans panned it for being too commercial for their liking.

Even though this debuted at number one here in Australia, this was mainly because the hype for her album the Truth about love was so high that it was bound to do so upon its initial release. It was only as successful here in Australia as it was throughout the rest of the world as it showcased a different side of P!nk where she was blowing off steam from the troubled relationship she had with her husband.

This was the other big hit that Timomatic achieved during his short time in the spotlight, it was meant to be the lead single to his second album but said album was cancelled for unknown reasons which resulted in him fading into obscurity after this dropped off the charts.

This was the first big hit that Calvin Harris had here in Australia, it's curious that it would be with a collaboration with Kelis given how he was best known for collaborating with mainly British artists early on in his career even though he's found success with the likes of Katy Perry and Pharrell throughout the decade. This was coincidentally the final hit that Kelis was able to achieve in her career anywhere in the world.

I guess this Swedish pop star listen to quite a lot of Prince as that's what I and many others hear when listening to his one and only hit worldwide, then again this is another artist who to date has only released one album so it's not like they have a catalogue of other songs that have been unfairly ignored over the years.

This was originally written by P!nk for her Funhouse album, although she didn't have anywhere to fit this track on said album which led to her not including it on there. She donated it to Adam Lambert who was looking for material for his own album which I'm guessing was how the runner up of the 2009 season of American idol managed to score a massive worldwide hit with said album.

The hits just kept on coming for Jason Derulo here in Australia as this lead single to his third album was a massive success despite it underperforming in his native America much like the singles on his second album, I guess this is why he decided to release "Talk dirty" here after this became a hit to see if we Aussies and kiwis would be down with him becoming a bad boy in music.

For my American readers, this is the only song you'll likely recognise from MKTO as their earlier entry on this list was a massive flop on Billboard to the point where this second single was heavily delayed over there as it was a hit here in Australia six months before it even touched the Billboard charts. It's meant to be a throwback to the golden era of pop music from the 60's and 70's which many people appreciated.

Technically this was the song to get Silento out of the one hit wonder bin (we'll be getting to him in a bit) here he plays second fiddle to a singer known as Dawin (which is apparently his real name) who made it big this year mainly for the chipmunk vocals which was becoming an increasingly common trend in the American music scene.

This is a posse cut that just doesn't make any sense to me, it was a massive hit for them but only because it was part of one of the most hyped-up movies of the decade that has a massive fanbase (which includes me even though I'm aware of its faults.) We have four rappers and two rock bands for a total of six acts on here, half of which are credited as the lead artist whilst the other half are the featured artists.

This was the lead single to Ed Sheeran's second album, an album that saw a massive departure from his debut as it incorporated hip hop elements to it as opposed to the folk rock that Ed was accustomed to at this point. While I and many others have called sellout to this, the majority of the world considers this to be where he became a great musician as the feedback towards this album has been overwhelmingly positive.

This was the last hit that Timbaland had in most parts of the world, although I get the feeling this was only the case due to it featuring Katy Perry who was inescapable during the height of the club boom due to her being the most popular pop diva of that time. He did have one more hit with Justin Timberlake after this with "Carry out," a song that was widely mocked for its bad food puns.

Were it not for his duet with his ex-fiancé Delta Goodrem, this would've been the biggest hit from Brian McFadden here in Australia given how none of his work with Westlife was as popular as his solo material down under. This also has an appearance from Kevin Rudolf which technically allowed the "Let it rock" guitarist to escape the one hit wonder bin here with this Australian exclusive.

This is the first song to have Zedd in any capacity, here he produced the track which would go on to be a quartertone of his sound which is perhaps why Ariana Grande allowed him a featuring credit despite him not providing any vocals on this track. It was a huge hit for her likely due to it fitting in with the EDM scene, although it could also be due to the wacky video that seems to reference much sci fi flicks.

This was a collaboration project between Skrillex and Diplo from Major Lazer that they called Jack Ü, although I'm willing to bet most people see this as a Justin Bieber track given how it was the song that revived his career following a string of bad decisions that led to him getting cancelled numerous times since his 2012 album Believe. This would be the projects only hit as JB would be the biggest benefactor of this song's success.

This was another big hit from David Guetta's album Listen, this is mainly due to the controversy it caused due to Nicki Minaj delivering a verse that portrays her as submissive in a relationship. Now I'm no fan of Nicki, however even I can tell that she was being sarcastic with this verse as she's among the last women I would expect to be submissive to anyone in a relationship.

Even though Starley is an Australian artist, she was based in the UK when she released her debut single which is why it became a massive hit throughout Europe before crossing back over here shortly after it became a success. It was a hit worldwide thanks to it being from the tropical house genre which was only continuing to grow as the decade kept moving forward.

This was the penultimate hit that Delta Goodrem had in her career, the final would come later in the decade when she finally redeemed herself in the Australian LGBT community who had turned against her due to her relationship with Brian McFadden who's an open homophobe. This was a hit due to her involvement with the first season of the Voice Australia, making it the only hit to come from that season.

Bet you didn't know that the daughter of Rob Schneider had a music career, did you? Well, she does even though it took forever in a day for her debut single to make it big likely due to her father's connections preventing audiences from taking it seriously. Admittedly it is a raunchy number where she brags about being such a player with men throughout the track, however people eventually realised there was nothing wrong with that.

This will be the final appearance of Zara Larsson on this list, it's a shame because all of her entries on here are bangers which showcases the Swedish teenage pop star's vocals in a way that makes her a better artist (in my opinion) than many of her American contemporaries. Apparently, she had a hit throughout Europe that caused controversy which is why we haven't heard much from her over the years.

It looked like Pitbull was here to stay going into the new decade as this second single from his club boom phase was also a massive worldwide hit for him, there's honestly not much I can say about this track except that aside from this, "I know you want me" and his theme from Men in black III "Back in the time," all of his hits have had the assistance of someone else in the music industry.

It looks like Jessica Mauboy was really trying to find an international audience given how big her second album was at the end of the 00's, here she recruits Ludacris to give her a guest verse for the lead single to her third album which had several features from international artists as opposed to just the one from her previous album which served as its lead single.

This wasn't originally on Jessie J's debut album Who you are and was instead released on the deluxe edition which came out early due to the commercial disappointment of said album, needless to say this song managed to boost its popularity enough for it to be a huge success for the pop star thanks to how incessantly catchy it is as well as it showcasing her as the British equivalent of Katy Perry who can actually sing.

Much like Samantha Jade, Nathaniel Willemse was already a professional musician when he went on the fourth season of X factor Australia, although he only came in sixth place which goes to show how little faith the Australian industry has in him. He proved the higher ups wrong with this hit of his less than a year after he was knocked out of the competition, and he even had a second hit with "Live louder" as well.

This was the last hit that Galantis had here in Australia, although there's still one more entry to come from the Swedish duo proving how much we Aussies love their music. I have to talk about their horrifying album art, why did they feel the need to have it be a cat with what appears to be its face being peeled off to reveal art on it?

Nelly is back on this list for a third and final time, this time he recruits Jeremih who gaining buzz in his native America with songs such as "Don't tell em" and "Somebody" with Natalie Rose (the latter is still to come on this list) which helped Nelly's popularity stretch just a little further in most parts of the world.

This was sandwiched between their two entries from much earlier on this list, so you'd think this would've been as inescapable as those two songs, but it wasn't. Granted it was still a massive hit for the duo despite the chipmunk vocals from Natalia Kills (the less said about her the better) but it's obvious that they wanted the name of the song to become a cultural phenomenon which it didn't.

This was the final hit that Jordin Sparks has had anywhere in the world, although in this case she was playing second fiddle to Guy Sebastian who was clearly trying to find an international audience now that he had established his comeback with "Like it like that" going into the 2010's.

There were a lot of tracks to become popular from the deluxe editions of albums in recent years, here's another one which comes to us from Vance Joy who managed to achieve a massive hit with this ballad around the same time his earlier entry was making it big throughout the rest of the world. Had Spotify not taken over the second half of the decade in the music industry, he would've had two more hits from his second album.

It seems odd to me that this had already become a massive hit worldwide by the time it began charting in Lauv's native America, apparently it only did so due to it being the theme of a Netflix film no one's heard of (side note, avoid Netflix originals if you can, they're rarely any good.) Once it took off on Billboard, it was widely mocked for its strange production elements, which would explain its initial failure over there.

Again, I don't want to talk about this song as it's obvious that its mere existence was to create drama and controversy, if you want an idea of how toxic this site used to be, consider the fact that I allowed songs like this to get the best of me while writing this site and the fact that I justified this bitterness with snarky jokes.

This was all set in becoming a minor hit at best here in Australia given how Adam Lambert's moment had long since passed the mainstream following the failure of his second album from 2012, however it received a boost in popularity into its chart run which allowed it to become his third and final hit down under.

This was one of two hit singles to come from the 13 reasons why soundtrack, a Netflix series that's so controversial it's one of the leading factors as to why people believe the streaming service shouldn't create original content (despite it being based on a series of books.) Due to the popularity of the series, the song from Selena Gomez managed to become a massive worldwide hit for her.

I think it's safe to say that dubstep isn't my thing, I can tolerate it in small dosages such as with many of the other entries on this list, however a whole song of the EDM production just gives me a headache after repeated listens. This isn't the case for fans of Skrillex who managed to help him score a massive hit in Australia with this track from his E.P of the same name.

This was the third hit to come from Justin Bieber's second album Believe, this time we have Nicki Minaj as the featured rapper which allowed this to be the albums biggest hit in Australia given how popular the female rapper was that year.

This is the only other hit that Nico and Vinz were able to achieve worldwide throughout their career, although in Australia at least, this might be due to the presence of Kid Ink and Bebe Rexha who were both finding themselves on multiple hits throughout the decade in order to push them into the big leagues.

This was competing with Flo Rida's "Wild ones" at the time of its initial release, I bring this up because both songs have Sia on their respective choruses which goes to show you how much we Aussies wanted to hear the Australian singer on hip hop tracks at the start of the decade.

People are divided on P!nk's album the Truth about love, mainly because they feel that it showcases a rather abrasive side of her that seems to suggest that she isn't as mature as she was throughout the 00's. Personally, I find she was just blowing off steam as she had just reconciled her marriage with her husband, that and it also has ballads like this which help ground her maturity throughout its runtime.

This is often considered to be one of the worst songs of the decade and arguably of all time as it's a ballad by Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor (often described as two of the whitest performers of our generation) attempting to make a tribute to Marvin Gaye with this track that's a hybrid of doo wop and trap of all things. I have nothing to add except that I agree with every criticism ever lobbied at this song.

Does anyone remember the mannequin challenge? If you don't, it was a viral meme where people would film themselves being as perfectly still as possible while this song plays in the background. The meme allowed Rae sremmurd (Ear drummers flipped and reversed) to score a hit single despite gaining infamy on the internet prior to this becoming a hit with songs such as "No type" and "No flex zone."

This is the final entry from Kesha on this list, it's by far her most personal ballad to become a hit as it directly addresses the turmoil she had while working with Sony and specifically Dr Luke. While it was far from the biggest hit of the decade (even taking into account it was somewhat pushed aside by Spotify payola) it did lead to change in the music industry where many people corroborated her claims of abuse.

This was originally released as the third single from Bruno Mar's debut album Doo wops and hooligans, it was an instant flop for him likely due to it being cheesy even for one of his ballads at the time of its release. It was given a second chance after the success of "The lazy song" where it became a huge hit for him to complete his album cycle.

Toto's "Africa" for some reason became very popular throughout the 2010's, one of the earliest signs of its popularity was when Jason Derulo sampled it for the fourth single from his second album which only we Aussies seemed to appreciate given how he was considered the new prince of RNB down under. I'm guessing it was when this became a hit for him that he decided to test out his career trajectory here before doing so in his homeland.

This was the last hit that Ellie Goulding had in most parts of the world, mainly because it was a response track to Ed Sheeran's "Don't" where she admits that she messed up the relationship but didn't appreciate him airing out their dirty laundry the way he did on that track. Though it was a hit for her, it proved to be her last due to audiences siding with Ed which resulted in them turning their back on her.

Even though Justin Bieber already had plenty of EDM tracks by the time he collaborated with American DJ Bloodpop (whose career was another casualty in collaboration with the Canadian superstar) this was the first time he scored a hit in the genre as the lead artist given how every other collaboration he's made on this list has him as the featured artist by the person who produced the track.

This was the second single that JT released as a lead artist after six years of focusing on his acting career, it was a much bigger hit than the lead single to his comeback album the 20/20 experience "Suit and tie" (which won't be appearing on this list) likely due to it sounding like something he would've released during the 00's. His popularity would decline as the decade went on save for his earlier appearance on this list.

And here we have another victim of Justin Bieber's death touch when it comes to artists collaborating with him, granted Will I am did score one more hit the year after this came out with "It's my birthday," however that was more of a hit in the UK due to his stint as a judge on the Voice UK. Here he has JB provide him a chorus for the second single to his second and (to date) final solo album.

This was the first hit that Sam Smith had in any capacity, it's a song about them advising people to ignore criticism if it's delivered with such vitriol that one can't find any meaningful way to respond to. The song comes from the British DJ Naughty boy who scored their one and only hit here in Australia with this collaboration, however they had other hits throughout the world with their subsequent material.

This is the only other hit that Jay Sean has been able to achieve outside his native UK, this time he recruits Sean Paul and Lil Jon to recapture the magic he had with Lil Wayne on his first international hit from earlier on this list. I guess in the realms of having a British prince of RNB, the crown was taken from him by Taio Cruz who would have much more success shortly after this dropped off the charts.

This was the other big hit that Katy Perry had from the Complete confection, a reissue of Teenage dream that also serves as the soundtrack to her autobiographical film of the same name she released in 2012. Much like "Wide awake," this song was also about her divorce from Russell Brand and how she wasn't going to dwell on him any longer than she needed to.

This was the first hit that Avicii had here in Australia, true "Levels" did create buzz from him here, however that song was overshadowed by "Good feeling from Flo Rida given how that track came out shortly after Avicii's remix of "Something's got a hold of me." Here he collaborates with Nicky Romero on this track which resulted in the pair finding massive success in the EDM scene worldwide.

This was the penultimate hit that One direction had worldwide, in fact it feels like they only made their fifth album out of contractual obligations as they didn't do much to promote it from what I remember back in the day. Admittedly I wasn't paying much attention as I had more important things to do with my life than track down the storyline of what caused them to go their separate ways.

This is the last hit to come from Kanye West, oh sure he's charted since this collaboration with Lil Pump (of "Gucci gang" fame which thankfully won't be appearing on this list) but he's still yet to shake off the novelty of this track whose music video debuted at the porn hub awards for 2018.

This was released as a bonus track from Jessica's second album a year after said albums initial release, it helped boost that albums popularity here in Australia but did it no favours in finding an international audience.

This was a remix from David Guetta of the Cher classic from 1966, well I say remix even though it's more he took the chorus of the original track and used it as a foundation for his collaboration with Skyler Grey which allowed him to score a massive hit upon its initial release.

It looked like that Guy Sebastian's popularity came to an end with "Like a drum" from earlier on this list, heck not even his appearance at the 2015 Eurovision as Australia's first entry did his career any favours as that track failed to become a hit for him even here that year. Fast forward four years and he managed to score a massive comeback with this track even with all of the Spotify streaming it had to compete with.

Following the success of his earlier entry on this list, Olly Murs was all set to become one of the biggest artists of the decade here in Australia like he was in his native UK given how he scored a second hit from his third album with this ballad. Unfortunately, his prospects of being a huge pop star down under floundered as save for "Up" from his next album, he didn't have another hit here in Australia.

Although Dami Im was the one who won the fifth season of X factor Australia, the fan favourite of that season was Taylor Henderson who managed to score an even bigger hit than Dami's victory single which won't even be appearing on this list despite that being a number one hit for her.

These guys began their career in 2014 with their novelty track "#selfie," a song that was supposed to be a parody of vapid teenagers who spend all of their time on social media but instead seemed more like a genuine anthem thanks to the video having a bunch of cameos from social media stars in it. Fast forward two years and the duo have a genuine hit to their name with this track named after the featured vocalist.

There have been so many controversies involving Demi Lovato that I wouldn't even know where to begin listing them, thankfully this site isn't about that sort of thing so instead I'll focus on her one and only hit (as of this writing) that was based on the meme of the same name. One thing I am comfortable bringing up about her is that I've never been a fan of her vocals which is a sentiment most people have with this song.

This is supposed to be a response to Megan Thee Stallion's "Hot girl summer" which wasn't even much of a hit outside of America which should tell you the type of audience that was the most prevalent in the music industry exiting the 2010's. Blackbear himself had a huge hit in his native America earlier in the decade with "Do-re-mi" which had a similar subject matter to his international breakthrough.

This was the third hit in a row for Charlie Puth, here he recruits Selena Gomez for this duet about how the pair still have feelings for each other but think that the other doesn't which leads to them wondering if they should talk to each other to see if that's true or not. Now I think we've all been in the situation that happens in this song (even if it's a mere friendship for some people) which is why most people could relate to the song.