This is part III of my list of the biggest hits of the 2010's in NZ, 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.
I guess the kiwis weren't as impressed with Avicii combining EDM with country music as this second single from his debut album also didn't quite bring in the numbers over there like it did over here, although at least it was a massive hit for the Swedish producer which wasn't the case over in America.
I did mention from earlier on this list that this (in my opinion) bizarre track from Train was more of a hit over there than it was over here, I'm guessing because this was released around the time the Voice Australia was taking our music scene by storm which meant that it was largely overshadowed by everything that was used during the auditions at the time.
It feels odd that this failed to appear on the Australian side of my site given how this managed to get Lorde out of the one hit wonder bin over in America following the success of her earlier entry on this list, although its appearance on this list isn't a surprise given how the kiwis tended to look after their own up until very recently just like we Aussies did for our local music scene.
This was equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia for Lady Gaga, mainly because it's a song whose intentions cancel out the final product given how she's standing up for a good cause in the most bombastic and over the top way possible. It's little surprise that after "The edge of glory" (which is still to come on this list) she faded into obscurity worldwide until her 2018 comeback.
This is arguably the first song to make it big worldwide purely through the strength of streaming, sure it did OK on the Australian digital charts (hence why it was quite popular here) however there's little doubt in my mind few if anyone would even remember this track were it not for how well it did on Spotify back in the day.
This wasn't quite as inescapable in NZ as it was here in Australia, I'm not sure why though given how both Labrinth and Emeli Sande managed to have success over there prior to this song's release. I guess the kiwis knew the hidden meaning of the song as opposed to the rest of the world who found it to be another innocuous love ballad about inner beauty and thus, didn't find it as romantic.
I would say that the kiwis were less interested in this theme from the second film in the Fifty shades franchise, except its popularity was more due to it being a team up of Zayn and Taylor Swift, meaning that this song wasn't available on streaming services due to the latter's insistence of not having her catalogue on Spotify until she changed her mind several months after this song's success worldwide.
With the obvious exception of Zayn with the previous entry on this list, all of the solo material from the former members of 1D will be appearing much lower on this list than they did on the Australian equivalent, this entry from Liam of course being the biggest of the bunch given that it did reasonably well on streaming as well as it being a massive success on the digital charts back in the day.
This was slightly bigger in NZ than it was here in Australia, this is interesting because this remains the Script's only hit over there even though they scored multiple hits over here including this song that serves as the unofficial theme to the Voice UK where lead singer Danny O'Donoghue and guest rapper Will I am were judges on. I guess the kiwis were really into reality TV from overseas around this time.
The controversy behind this song seemed to fuel its success over in NZ as well as the rest of the world, again I won't be talking about it as any discussion about this track will only end in hate on my part.
I'm not really sure why this song was less successful in NZ than it was here in Australia for Chris Brown, I would say because the kiwis were tired of him and everyone wanting to take away his prince of RNB crown except there's at least two more entries on this list and both of them performed much better on this list than on the Australian version.
This proved to be more successful for Maroon 5 in NZ than it was here in Australia, meaning that the kiwis seemed to be on board with the change in direction the band (which many believe to be little more than an Adam Levine solo project at this point) were heading in throughout the decade.
There's a good chance that GRL would've been one of the biggest girl groups not just of the decade but of all time had one of the members not been a dark place which resulted in her no longer being with us shortly after the success of their one and only hit worldwide, at least the girls managed to achieve equal amounts of success with this hit in NZ as they did here in Australia due to how catchy it is.
This was also equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia, I guess it makes sense given how the kiwis didn't seem to love the Police during their heyday as we Aussies did which this song has often been compared to since its release. While there was more of a polarising reception to his debut album, his second album was where everyone in the music industry came together to express their love for his music.
By now it should be obvious as to why every repeat entry from 2016 is going to be placed higher on this list than on the Australian equivalent, however it's also possible that the kiwis were genuinely interested in what Zayn was going to do now that he was no longer a member of 1D and that they were more impressed with the results than we Aussies were.
There didn't seem to be any signs of J Williams slowing down as he managed to score yet another it at the start of the decade in his homeland, this time he recruits Dane Rumble during the height of his own popularity, suggesting that the former was responsible for killing the popularity of the latter given how neither man would have much success moving forward in the decade.
This is another song this decade that saw more success in NZ than it did here in Australia from Katy Perry, I'm guessing because it didn't have as much competition over there upon its initial release as it did over here where it competed with everything that made it big through the Voice Australia like many other repeat entries from 2012 on this list.
This is the only song this decade from Jason Derulo to have equal amount of success in NZ as it did here in Australia, I guess the kiwis found those rather silly (in my and many others opinion) pop culture metaphors used in the song to be amusing just like it amused us Aussies upon its initial release. Speaking of it also was released at the tail end of 2013 months prior to its popularity in his native America.
Sam was on a roll when they released their third single from their debut album over in NZ, although it didn't reach the dizzying heights of their first two singles from much earlier on this list even though this still managed to be a bigger hit over there for them than it was over here.
This proved to be equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia for Flo Rida, primarily because this was the theme to the third Step up film which means this was obviously made to recreate the success he had with his debut single from the second Step up film from 2008. It didn't quite reach those dizzying heights worldwide; however, it was still a massive success for him regardless.
Unlike in Australia where Britney Spears had some success on her own during the first half of the decade, this was the only hit that she had in NZ throughout the entire decade, meaning that this performance is the only indicator of the kiwis love for the princess of pop of the 00's. At least it managed to match its success in both countries, although that might be more because of Will I am's popularity.
I'm honestly more surprised this wasn't a bigger hit here in Australia than it being higher on this list than its Australian counterpart, I know it wasn't officially released as a single until months after the album dropped, however I would've thought we Aussies would've bought the single in droves regardless which obviously wasn't the case. Much like everywhere else in the world, this was Adele's final hit until very recently in NZ.
It shouldn't be much of a surprise that this was more of a success in NZ than it was here in Australia, between this being a posse cut from artists more successful over there to it being more popular on our streaming charts than our digital charts and all.
This proved to be equally as popular in NZ as it was here in Australia for Meghan Trainor and John Legend, I'm guessing its popularity over there was because of her given how this was released immediately after her collaboration with Charlie Puth from earlier on this list which was far more popular over there than it was anywhere else in the world.
Given how the bulk of this song's success came from the (admittedly terrible) music video that was cashing in on the Pokémon go craze, it being more popular in NZ makes more sense given how the kiwis were more interested in what was going on with what was popular on the internet rather than what was promoted to their radio and digital storefront like we Aussies were at the time.
Given how David Guetta's collaboration with Sia wasn't released around the same time as his collaboration with Usher in NZ, it means that said collaboration with Usher managed to be way more successful for him over there than it was over here as the kiwis naturally didn't have to choose which one of these songs to make a hit like we Aussies did.
Even though this was equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia for Charlie Puth, it's worth noting that this song from his album came out much sooner over there than it did everywhere else in the world likely due to the success of his two earlier entries on this list. That's the best explanation for why this came out much sooner over there than it did in his native America.
You'd think this would've been an even bigger hit for Billie Eilish in NZ given how much bigger her previous entry on this list was over there compared to its success over here, alas it appears that this was less successful there likely due to it being overshadowed by "When the party's over" which obviously wasn't the case here in Australia.
(this song is "Bury a friend" if you couldn't tell from my commentary)
This was as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia, mainly because while it didn't chart as high over there as it did over here, it lingered around for quite some time which balanced its success out in both countries. The success these two had moving forward was the same over there as it was over here given how Zara scored a second hit immediately whereas MNEK had to wait five years for his second hit.
This also proved to be equally as successful in NZ as it did here in Australia for Sam Smith, I guess the kiwis were equally as thrilled as we Aussies were once they revealed themselves as non-binary following this single's release despite it depicting them in a failed relationship with Normani who last I checked still identified as a cis woman.
Katy Perry should count her blessings that this was equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia, otherwise her final hit over there would've been with "Dark horse" from four years prior given how the kiwis widely rejected her album Witness due to them feeling that it was little more than Twitter pandering much like most of the album's detractors from the rest of the world.
There's little surprise that this was equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia, mainly because the song sounds like it would be the soundtrack to a film that was made specifically to appear on many worst films of all time lists which happens to be the case as that was exactly what happened to it upon its initial release. At least the song remains far better received to this day due to how laid back it is.
This wasn't quite as successful for Of monsters and men over in NZ, likely because its success was more immediate over there as well as it failing to rebound on their charts due to being placed rather high on Triple J's year end list for 2012 like it did on our charts. Still the fact that they had a hit over there was impressive given how Bjork failed to do so during her heyday.
While this was only a success in NZ the same time as it was here in Australia for the Lumineers, it was noticeably more successful over there likely due to the indie scene being stronger over there thanks to the likes of Fun and Gotye. I can only imagine how much bigger it would've been worldwide had streaming been a factor everywhere outside of their native America.
It looks like Chris Brown had achieved his redemption ark in NZ like he did everywhere else in the world, more so than in Australia because this had dominated out streaming charts which of course meant it would be more successful over there where their music scene was driven by the streaming services of the world.
You'd think that this song would've been exponentially more successful in NZ given this came out in 2016, alas, it appears that it merely equally as popular over there as it was here despite it being a massive success on our streaming charts as well as our digital charts. I guess you can argue that the world had become tired of Nicki Minaj as this was her final hit until very recently where she's since scored another one.
This proved to be slightly less successful in NZ as it was here in Australia for Rihanna, likely because this was more of an indie ballad as it contains guest vocals from indie singer Mikky Eko to accentuate how tired Rihanna was in a relationship she was in (and with life in general it seems.)
Much like here in Australia, this was originally a flop for Rihanna when it was released alongside the album it was pulled from in NZ, however once it did become a hit over there, it proved to be much more popular likely due to it fitting in with the club boom trends which were still going strong when it crossed over to the mainstream worldwide.
Much like her other singles from 1989, this second single from the album for Taylor Swift was far less popular in NZ than it was here in Australia due to her making the strange decision to pull her material from Spotify during a time where the streaming service accounted for a good portion of what was popular in the world. Apparently, this was done in protest for how little of a payout the artists received from the platform.
There's little surprise this was slightly less successful in NZ than it was here in Australia, although this means that all three of Eve's hits in the southern hemisphere saw fewer success over there than it did over here.
This was the third and final hit to come from Six60's second solo album, it was a massive hit for them likely due to it being a funky mash up between rock and reggae that the kiwis always seem to love throughout time.
(this song is "White lines" if you couldn't tell from my commentary)
I would say that the kiwis didn't appreciate this song about how good everything was in the respective lives of everyone on the track as we Aussies did, except this song did far better on our digital charts rather than on streaming which would better explain why it wasn't as popular over there as it was over here. It could also be all three artists involved were more popular here anyway than they were over there.
I guess both of the Australian chart toppers that Rihanna had from her album Loud were far less successful in NZ than they were over here, although in this case, it might be because the kiwis didn't find this track nearly as titillating as we Aussies did which would explain its lack of popularity comparatively.
This was equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia for Dua Lipa, I guess this is because the kiwis had finally warmed up to her music much like the Americans did as this was also her second hit over on Billboard for her. It seems bizarre that she would struggle for so long to find success in both countries given how inescapably popular she is worldwide at the moment.
Given how the kiwis weren't as in love with P!nk as we Aussies were, this didn't go straight to number one over there like it did over here which means its lower placement on this list was inevitable even though it was arguably as popular over there as it was over here for her. For whatever reason, P!nk would see more success in NZ than she did over here in Australia with her next album.
This was slightly less successful for Jason Derulo in NZ than it was here in Australia despite it being released slightly sooner over there than it was over here, I guess this is another example where delaying a song proved beneficial for the artist in question given that this was his first chart topper down under despite failing to reach the top spot over there and in his native America.
While this didn't reach number one in NZ like it did in America, it was nonetheless more of a success over there than it as over here likely due to the kiwis finding the music video to be hilarious given how it seems to borrow heavily elements of 80's films including the nerdy girl played by a hot woman and them getting a makeover that consists of a scene transition.
This was the second single that Lorde released from her debut album, it was a massive success in her homeland given how it continued the theme of her two earlier entries on this list which helped it find an international audience like her other two entries so far. It was a minor hit here in Australia, likely because we Aussies overlooked her singles in favour of her album upon its initial release.
It seems odd that Shawn Mendes would achieve far less success in NZ than he did in Australia this decade, mainly because his debut single from 2014 "Life of the party" was a moderate success over there that year (which we'll look at much later on this list.) I guess he was one of the many artists to make it big on our digital charts during the second half of the decade more so than our streaming charts.
Given this was a song that was far more popular on our digital charts than our streaming services, it makes sense that this collaboration between Calvin Harris and Sam Smith wasn't as popular in NZ as it was here in Australia, making this the only song from Sam to find less success with the kiwis than with us Aussies this decade.
This was only barely more popular for Nicki Minaj in NZ than it was here in Australia, I guess the kiwis felt she was too much of a copycat of Lil Kim to give her more success initially given how she also failed to achieve any success with her debut album save for this bonus track from its deluxe edition.
This was more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia, I guess their earlier entry on this list was the one exception to the band having more success down under than they did over there given how the rest of their catalogue followed this formula. Up until very recently, this was the final hit that the band had anywhere in the world, however they've since returned to the mainstream in recent years.
This saw such a major improvement on this ranking compared to the Australian equivalent, likely because it benefitted from streaming data being incorporated onto the NZ charts but also due to it being released slightly earlier over there due to the success of the lead single from Ed's sophomore album from earlier on this list.
You'd think this would've been even more successful in NZ than it was here in Australia given how this was released during the height of the club boom from the start of the decade, at least the kiwis made up for this by making the second single from the Far East Movement a success over there where it wasn't over here (stay tuned for it later on this list.)
This was slightly more successful in NZ than it was here in Australia for Ed Sheeran, likely because the kiwis felt this was a tribute to the 80's TV series of the same name and didn't end up minding when they realised the darker subject matter of the song like several online reviewers did back in the day.
This is the only instance of Taylor Swift finding more success over in NZ than she did here in Australia, I'm guessing because this also didn't have much competition from the growing indie scene over there like it did over here thanks to the success of both the Voice Australia and X Factor Australia shedding light onto said scene.
This is a song that failed to become a hit here in Australia, I'm guessing because our streaming services weren't strong enough to have this debut single from Khalid be a success like it was over in NZ upon its initial release. Indeed, this was a sleeper hit over there, suggesting he didn't initially connect with them until several months after its initial release.
Given how Adam Lambert already had success with the lead single to his debut album over in NZ (which won't be appearing on this list I'm afraid) it only makes sense that this song that P!nk donated to him also managed to be a massive success over there much more so than it was here in Australia. While third time was the charm with the third single, it wasn't quite as big over there as it was over here.
It's interesting that this failed to chart in Australia given how it was a massive success for OneRepublic in NZ and their native America when transitioning from the 00's to the 2010's, I guess we Aussies felt this was more of the same when it came to their catalogue and thus didn't entertain the idea of making it a hit down under. They would eventually score another hit in 2013 with "Counting stars."
This is one of the very few songs from 2016 to reappear on this list that appears lower than the Australian equivalent, I'm guessing this was because the kiwis were never that into EDM like we Aussies were and that this song from Alan Walker was only a success over there due to EDM being unavoidable everywhere else in the world.
This was naturally going to be more successful over in NZ than it was here in Australia due to the reasons I've repeated several times on this list already, it wasn't a huge success on our digital charts is all I really need to say about this entry.
Much like here in Australia, this was a hit twice for the troubled up and coming rapper in NZ, which means that the reason for its popularity over there was identical to what it was worldwide and only appears higher on this list due to it thriving on the streaming charts worldwide.
This was the one and only hit from NZ singer/songwriter Annah Mac, likely because she's better known for her charity work than her music career given how she frequently performs for women in prison to help inspire them into changing their lives around which apparently has had a high success rate over the years.
You know that the club boom was inescapable in NZ when even these guys managed to score a massive hit over there just as it was winding down, it was their only hit outside of Australia likely due to their other entries on the Australian equivalent of this list being released well after the club boom ended.
Given how this was far more popular on our streaming services in Australia than our digital storefront upon its initial release, it makes sense that this song based on the sorry not sorry meme would be more of a success in NZ for Demi Lovato especially considering how she saw minor success earlier in the decade over there.
I'm guessing the kiwis caught wind of Redfoo having a career here in Australia and were interested in supporting this decision when he released his second solo single a year after his first, it was more of a hit over there than it was over here likely because it did rather well on our streaming services during a time before they factored into our main charts.
Much like everywhere else in the world, this also remains the final hit from Sia to date in NZ as she would go on to make her directorial debut with the disastrous film Music on which the less said about it the better. This was equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia despite A: having a guest verse from Kendrick Lamar and B: it performing quite well on our streaming charts.
This is another song from the second half of the decade to see a massive improvement on this list compared to its Australian equivalent due to streaming being more prevalent over there than it was over here, it was inevitable given how this is a remix of a track from 24K magic that featured Cardi B provide a guest verse to give extra credibility for it being ripped straight from the new jack swing era of music.
You'd think this collaboration between Kendrick Lamar and Sza would be more successful in NZ than it was here in Australia, sure it did well on our digital charts, however it did even better on our streaming charts which should be surefire proof that this was popular with the masses both online and in the real world. Alas it was only equally as successful over there likely strictly due to their love of Black panther.
This was released around the time that "I fall apart" went viral on the internet, meaning that we Aussies passed up what was supposed to be the second single from Post Malone's sophomore album in favour of that track as opposed to the kiwis who were able to juggle multiple tracks from the rapper/singer at the same time which allowed this to become a hit for him over there.
Well, this is certainly a surprise, mainly because I wasn't expecting to see a song from Drake do considerably worse over in NZ than it did here in Australia especially when it comes to a song that had an internet challenge attached to it. This will be the most recent entry from Aubery on this list as "Money in the grave" wasn't as big a hit over there as it was over here.
It looks like the kiwis were big fans of the 13 reasons why soundtrack as this duet between Billie Eilish and Khalid managed to become even more popular over there than it was on our streaming charts upon its initial release, it could also be due to Khalid's popularity over there as this was the case for all of his earlier entries on this list.
This is one of the very few songs from 2016 to do much better on our digital charts than on our streaming charts to appear on this list, naturally its lower placement on here means that streaming audiences worldwide didn't appreciate Calum Scott turning the Robyn EDM track into a sombre ballad like audiences in the real world did.
This proved to be equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia for Mike Posner, I'm guessing because both us Aussies and the kiwis felt it made for perfect club music despite it being a song about how Mike feels that the person he's interested in is playing hard to get with him and how he doesn't like that about them.
This is one of the only hits that Jason Derulo had more success with over in NZ than he did here in Australia this decade, I'm guessing because the kiwis were waiting for him to release a song that showcased his bad boy persona and weren't disappointed once that song finally came to their attention. Like in Australia, this was released as the second single from his third album as opposed it being pushed back in his native America.
This was another hit that was more popular for Sam Smith over in NZ than it was here in Australia, honestly, it's a song that I can easily see people finding very annoying as the production really does have a way of standing out from all of the other songs of its time in a way that few will find endearing.
I guess the kiwis weren't as on board with having Kid Cudi be a household name given how this collaboration he made with David Guetta was far less successful over there than it was over here and was also his one and only hit over there to boot. That said, I'd advise against checking out what he's been up to since this became a hit for him, the less said about his activities in recent years the better.
Even though this didn't chart as high in NZ as it did here in Australia for James Bay, it's obvious that the kiwis were more impressed with this debut single from the folk singer than we Aussies were which allowed it to nonetheless have a higher ranking on this list of mine than its Australian equivalent.
From what I can gather, this was the one and only hit from NZ rapper Kings which became a massive hit for him in his homeland due to how much buzz he had built up for himself leading up to his debut album. I guess he was meant to be the decade's equivalent of Scribe or even Savage which only worked out for him on this one song.
Given how Aloe Blacc didn't have more success in NZ than he did in Australia with any of his other music both as a lead artist and a credited one, I can only assume that this was a bigger hit over in NZ mainly because of their love of the Elton John classic that this interpolates. That and of course it was released over here prior to when streaming gave a boost to a song's popularity.
With all of the entries on this list that have appeared higher due to them being successful on our streaming charts, you'd think that NF would follow in that vein with his one and only hit (as of this writing of course.) Alas it appears the kiwis weren't as interested in his brand of Christian hip hop as this manages to appear slightly lower on this list than on its Australian counterpart.
I'm a bit surprised that Disney hasn't had much luck with their original songs from their animated films (side note, I still love their animated movies as my hatred towards the company comes from their live action movies and despicable corporate practices) although at least the theme song from Moana was a massive hit over in NZ likely due to the film honouring NZ heritage and thus appealing better to the kiwis.
I think this is the first song to make it big worldwide purely through Tik Tok given how it was so widely mocked upon its initial release that early users of the site decided to parody it on there which made for ironic engagement with the track. Naturally this meant that the song was more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia as people still bought music over here during the 2010's.
This was equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia for Marshmello and Anne Marie, likely because people followed the advice they gave their audience by sending people a link to the video who they wanted to friendzone which quickly made it one of the most despised songs in recent memory. This was the only hit that she had as well as the final appearance that he will have on this list of mine.
One thing I'll add to this entry on this site of my site was that its popularity worldwide came from streaming, naturally that was the case for all songs that became a success despite no one seemingly liking them this decade.
It was obvious that this would be a massive hit for Lorde in her homeland considering A: she was a kiwi and B: the previous two themes to the Hunger games franchise were also successful over there. In fact, we'll be looking at the entries from Taylor Swift and Sia much later down on this list to prove how much the kiwis loved the music from this franchise.
I guess the digital vs streaming theory wasn't as airtight as I thought throughout the second half of the decade given that this was slightly less successful in NZ as it was here in Australia despite him not having much luck with the former and plenty of success with the latter.
I guess the kiwis weren't as impressed with this "homage" to Dirty dancing that BEP made as we Aussies were, it was still a big hit over there, however considerably less so than it was here. In fact, I'm sure they more than most people in the world like to pretend that the Beginning was never released given how much less successful that was over there overall compared to Australia.
Even though this was released slightly earlier in NZ compared to here in Australia, this proved to be more successful here for Iyaz likely due to us Aussies looking for someone to take the prince of RNB crown away from Chris Brown and the kiwis feeling that wasn't a necessary task at the turn of the decade.
This was the debut E.P that made Six60 a household name in their homeland, it was supposed to chart on their album charts but for some reason was placed on their singles chart which explains its high placement on this list given how popular it was upon its initial release.
Given how this was another song to be more popular on our streaming charts than our digital charts, it only makes sense that it was a bigger hit for Charlie Puth over in NZ given how the kiwis were more interested on what they could stream rather than what was getting played on their radio at the time.
Whereas the other hit that Calvin Harris had in 2017 from earlier on this list was only able to match its success in NZ as opposed to have more than what it achieved here in Australia, the first hit he released that year managed to be more popular over there than it was over here likely due to the presence of Frank Ocean who had a massive hit over there earlier in the decade with a song still to come on this list.
There's little surprise this would be a bigger hit over in NZ than it was here in Australia for Blackbear, mainly because in addition to having all of its success be on our streaming charts down under, this was a response track to an artist who would go on to dominate the music landscape of the 2020's (so far at least.)
This was slightly more successful in NZ than it was here in Australia, again because streaming had been incorporated over there when it was initially released and not over here which impacted its ranking on these lists of mine. What's interesting is that Ariana wouldn't be able to have much luck with streaming later in the decade given how her singles (save for "Thank u next") were as popular on those services.
Like many other entries on this list from 2016, this was more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia due to it not having to compete with songs that dominated our digital charts that year like it did over here, this sadly didn't do anything to improve Zara Larsson's chances of scoring more hits over there as the decade went on which is a shame because she has an amazing voice (in my opinion.)
I was a bit surprised at how low this wound up being on the Australian equivalent of this list given how it was one of the most talked about songs from 2016 worldwide, I guess the bulk of the song's popularity came from watching people clown on it back in the day given how much more popular it was over in NZ where streaming had officially become the most popular way of consuming music.
This will be the only entry from 1D that has a higher appearance on this list compared to the Australian equivalent as it was their only song to find more success over in NZ than it did here in Australia, this is because the kiwis didn't bother paying attention to any of the other songs they released as the potential lead single to their third album.
This being considerably less successful in NZ than it was here in Australia is a bit of a surprise to me, mainly because it did equally as well on our streaming charts as it did on our digital charts which suggests that its popularity over there should've matched its popularity here. I guess the kiwis were fed up with both men on the track when it was released as well as the album it came from being panned.
This is the only other appearance from Khalid that he will be making on this list, although considering how well he did over there during the second half of the decade (largely thanks to dominating the kiwis streaming services) it's hardly surprising that this track from his third album would make a high spot on this ranking despite being a massive flop here in Australia.
This was another song that found more success over in NZ than it did here in Australia this decade, although this might be because it charted higher over there due to the video featuring Zelda Williams for some reason (she must have been a huge fan of them.) Like everywhere else in the world, the band's popularity died out once this fell off the charts.
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