NZ hits of 2000

This was the final year of the twentieth century, so what better way to send it off than with a collection of some of the biggest hits from the biggest artists of the moment? It's also the final year which the corporatisation of the music industry didn't have such a monopoly on the market as the rise of reality TV wouldn't take place until the following year.

Anastacia is a one hit wonder in NZ, granted the album this serves as a lead single for proved to be a gigantic hit for her, however her second and third albums completely flew under the radar over there as opposed to them gaining traction here in Australia and throughout Europe for the American singer. Perhaps this was a result of her failing to achieve any success in her native America and the kiwis only being wowed with one single.

I guess the kiwis were also massive fans of the film Duets back in the day given how this cover of the Smokey Robinson classic managed to be a massive hit over there like it was over here, although it could also be that they had enough fond memories of the original as well as Huey Lewis's career in the 80's that they felt this was a nice nostalgia bomb for them at the time.

There was little doubt that this collaboration between Sporty Spice and Left Eye Lopez would be more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia, mainly because the latter came from TLC who was more popular overall over there than they were over here. Apparently, people have declared this to be an LGBT ballad as they interpret the lyrics from both women to be addressed to each other, it's not the worst interpretation of a song I've ever seen.

This is another song I remember being way more popular back in the day than what its success would otherwise suggest here in Australia, as such, its placement on this list is a far better indicator of how popular it was back in the day as it appears that the kiwis didn't grow tired of this track as quickly as we Aussies did at the time. The trade-off is that they never had another hit after this over there like they did here.

Given how both horrible CGI and EDM had become the norm by the end of the 90's, it only seems fitting that this track from Eiffel 65 would find massive success over there like it did internationally even if that success pales in comparison to how well it did here in Australia. It's a reminder of how far CGI has come from the twentieth century as well as a nostalgia bomb for everyone born between 1980 and 2000.

While this wasn't as inescapably popular in NZ as it was here in Australia, the fact that this EDM track managed to be such a massive success over there should tell you how receptive to the genre that the kiwis were becoming entering the new millennium. Naturally this led to Sophie Ellis Bextor finding success over there with her own album later in the decade which was the case everywhere else in the world.

There'll be plenty more British representation on this side of my site throughout the decade given how the kiwis were more into the UK music scene than us Aussies were, as such we have this second solo single from Ronan Keating performing much better over there which led to him having more success with his solo album (at least with its singles) than he did here.

It was no surprise this was the biggest hit to come from the Vengaboys in NZ given how it was the lead single to their second album which proved to be even more successful over there than it was anywhere else in the world. Even though this was a massive hit for the band, it wouldn't be enough to convince them to keep going throughout the decade as they would call it quits two years later.

It looked like Gabrielle would never have any success in NZ given how "Dreams" was a massive failure for her over there despite it being a massive worldwide hit seven years prior (including in America) however her fortunes changed when she released this self-empowerment anthem that heavily interpolates "Knocking on heaven's door" from Bob Dylan that connected with the kiwis where it failed to do so with us Aussies.

It makes sense that Ben Harper was able to score a hit over in NZ given how massively popular his albums were throughout the 90's over there, admittedly this song's popularity over there was likely the reason why the album it came from Burn to shine was a minor success here in Australia despite it failing to chart here back in the day. If that's the case, then that would explain his popularity here throughout the decade.

One of the more promising bands from NZ to make it big at the start of the decade was Fur Patrol, mainly because they follow in the roots of No doubt and the Pretenders as a male band consisting of a female lead vocalist which no doubt helped them achieve their one and only hit with this gem. The album this came from also did reasonably well, however their subsequent material not so much.

This was the biggest hit that Savage Garden had in NZ, even though it didn't get to number one over there, the fact that it lingered so long on the upper echelons of their charts was likely what got it to number one on Billboard as it was neither a chart topper nor their biggest hit here in Australia. It was their final hit in most parts of the world; however, the rest of the album gave them minor hits in the southern hemisphere.

It turns out this was produced by Shania Twain's (then) husband Robert Mutt Lange, that explains why I and many others always felt this was a Shania Twain track as opposed to something from the Irish family group. It appears this was the reason why this became a massive success over in NZ despite them struggling to score a hit single throughout the 90's over there like they did over here.

Although she saw plenty of success over in NZ with her debut album, it appears that the kiwis weren't as on board with RNB P!nk as we Aussies were given how much more of a sleeper hit her debut single was over there compared to its immediate success over here. Indeed, I feel it was us Aussies that were the most on board with this phase of her career anywhere in the world.

This was equally as successful in both countries in the southern hemisphere, likely because it serves as the theme to the first theatrical adaptation of Charlie's angels which still polarises audiences to this day depending on whether or not they find it sexist (it boils down to how you define female empowerment.) The success of this track led to hype for the girls third album which was effortlessly met worldwide.

This was the one and only hit from Norwegian singer Lene Marlin over in NZ, it was a bit hit for her likely due to it coming off what many have dubbed as the Lilith Fair scene where many female singer/songwriters saw a ton of success during the late 90's and early 00's worldwide. It wasn't a hit here in Australia likely due to the trend losing its steam this year only to regain it later in the decade.

I forgot to mention on the Australian side of this site that this song was pulled from our shelves in order to encourage the success of Toni Braxton's third album, needless to say, it didn't work as the album was a huge flop for her worldwide likely due to this coming off as a poor man's Destiny's child track when the girl group were making it big with their second album. This obviously wasn't the case over in NZ where it saw massive uninterrupted success.

Unlike in Australia where these guys didn't have much success past the boy band wars save for their cover of a Billy Joel classic, it appears the kiwis still had plenty of love for one of the finalists of the second boy band wars of the 90's as the lead single to their second album proved to be a massive success to the point where said album was also a hit for them over there.

Given how popular Robbie Williams was in NZ entering the 00's, this lead single from his third solo album didn't feel much like an event over there as it came mere months after the release of the final single from his second album (which we'll look at in a bit.) Because he was already popular over there by this point of his career, it meant that the album cycle would proceed as it did in his native UK.

It appears that this was equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia for All Saints, either because the kiwis were also big fans of the movie it was based on (I mean it was a twenty something year old Leonardo Dicaprio stranded on a deserted island admittedly) or because it was also the lead single to the girls second album which saw massive success in their native UK once it dropped.

This is a song that's meant to inspire the listener not to stress out about not achieving everything they want all at once because as the song puts it, Rome wasn't built in a day and thus good things tend to take time to happen. It was a very uplifting song that connect with the kiwis and their fellow Brits back in the day, although it didn't seem to be the case here in Australia despite me hearing it quite a bit back then.

This wound up being the biggest hit from the Backstreet boys from their second album in NZ, I'm guessing because it had far less competition this year than the first two singles from the album did the previous year as well as it likely having stronger airplay given that I do remember this being overplayed back in the day here in Australia. It's little surprise that these guys won the boy band wars over there like they did internationally.

I did mention on the Australian side of this site that this managed to top both the NZ and British charts this year despite failing to do so here in Australia for the Melbourne duo, it was inevitable that it would be a massive chart topper in both countries given how it was stuck behind Eiffel 65's entry from earlier on this list like it was down under as the 90's was transitioning into the 00's.

This was another two for one deal that was available in the late 90's, this time it comes from Robbie Williams who wanted another hit from his second album which he got with this double entry in NZ.

This had a bit of a delay to its success over in NZ compared to here in Australia, normally this means that the song was even bigger over there as that tends to be the case with tardy releases from either country, however it wasn't as it proved to be much bigger here in Australia at the turn of the decade. I guess the consolation prize is that she managed to score a second hit this year which is still to come on this list.

This is another song that was pulled from shelves over here in Australia back in the day to encourage album sales, it didn't work obviously as the album was as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia which was a common trend throughout the decade in both countries. Even though this appeared higher on the Australian side of this site, ARIA determined the second single from the album was more successful back in the day.

This was released much later in NZ for Ann Lee than it was in Australia, so much so that it peaked in the 00's despite having some of its success in 90's over there which goes to show how long it took for them to gravitate towards this dance pop number from the British vocalist. It was equally as successful in both countries, and it also led to her being a one hit wonder in the southern hemisphere.

Whereas this was the final hit for Ricky Martin in Australia and several parts of the world, in NZ, he had one more hit the following year with Christina Aguilera proving that his time in the spotlight wasn't quite up over there like it was over here once this fell off our charts. I guess the kiwis wanted to keep around a while longer given how they were admittedly late to the party when it came to his popularity.

This is a much more accurate placement on this list to reflect how popular this comeback single for Kylie Minogue was here in Australia, although in NZ, it was an even bigger comeback given how she hadn't had a hit over there since her debut album from twelve years prior. Indeed, it was like they had skipped over all of her 90's material and went straight from 1988 to this year as far as they were concerned.

It appears that the kiwis had much more love for Christina Aguilera during her time with Disney than we Aussies did as the second single from her debut album managed to be way more popular over there at the start of the decade and even give her a number one hit which is something that didn't happen here in Australia until "Beautiful" from her second album.

Although One hot minute was a commercial success in NZ, it failed to produce a hit single for them the way Blood sugar sex magik and especially Californication did, meaning that it feels like they simply skipped over that album and picked up where the former left off with the second single from the latter over there. This likely would've been a success here in Australia were it not for the strong album sales that ate it up.

This was the final hit that Robbie Williams had from his sophomore album in NZ and his native UK, it became a massive success for him given how he was inescapably popular in both countries despite this being a massive flop for him everywhere else in the world. This song's success no doubt led to his lead single from his second album from earlier on this list becoming an instant success worldwide.

This wasn't going to be a success over in NZ likely due to the kiwis still not being fully open to EDM by the turn of the millennium, however it was eventually released as a single over there due to its success here in Australia for Bomfunk MCs where it became a massive hit for the Finnish band. They were a one hit wonder over there as "B boys and fly girls" failed to become a success like it was here.

I guess the kiwis weren't as on board with these guys competing in the boy band wars given how this wasn't as successful over there as it was over here or their native America despite topping the charts over there. At least their other single from their second album was more of a hit over there than it was over here (stay tuned for it) proving that they had some mileage with the kiwis during their heyday.

I did mention on the Australian side of my site that the Sugababes had more success in NZ than they did down under, let's have a look at the song which introduced the world to the trio which was a massive hit over there and one that I remember hearing on the radio quite a bit back in the day as was the case for many entries on these lists of mine that failed to appear on the Australian side of my site.

This took a while to take off in NZ which is odd because Craig's debut album was more of an instant success over there than it was over here, I guess the kiwis needed some incentive to make this song about his sexual escapades a success which came when it became a massive hit for him over in Australia upon its initial release here. They would explain why it was slightly more popular here than it was over there.

It appears the behind the scenes drama involving this song from Destiny's child didn't appeal much to the kiwis when it came to the song itself as though their album greatly benefitted from it over there like it did worldwide, it wasn't the case with the song which achieved the same level of success over there it would've had two of its members not found out they were fired from the band by viewing its music video.

So, it turns out Lauryn Hill had a hit in NZ after all, although it wasn't from her magnum opus the Miseducation of but rather as a virtual duet with Bob Marley on a track from his 1977 album Exodus (side note, how come so many of his posthumous hits have come from that album?) It's the last successful song from either artist as death finally caught up with the late reggae legend and the less said about Lauryn the better.

There were no signs of Enrique Iglesias slowing down when entering the new decade given how this second single from his first English album he released in English managed to be a massive success over there similar to "Bailamos" from the previous year, although it's worth noting that it wasn't particularly popular in any other English-speaking country in the world.

This was slightly bigger over in NZ than it was here in Australia, mainly because it charted higher over there which gives you the impression that the Irish singer was poised for great things this decade over there given how this managed to break her through into the American market this year. Alas, this was also her only hit over there like it was in Australia and America, meaning those promises were empty.

This was another song that managed to find more success in NZ than it did here in Australia, although it does feel odd this was the case given how Daft Punk managed to achieve success over there around this time here in Australia and yet the French duo failed to replicate that success over there like this fellow French duo did.

Here's that second big hit from Macy Gray I mentioned on her earlier entry on this list, it was more of the same in both its sound and lyrical scope as that song given how it sees Macy still having feelings for someone who she feels is bad for her. It's no surprise it was a hit over there given how inescapably popular the album was worldwide, heck it's a bit of a surprise it was a flop here if I'm being honest.

Given how Britney's earlier entry on this list wasn't pulled from shelves in NZ like it was here in Australia, there was no chance of this being more popular than that track over there like it was over here (at least according to ARIA) which feels right given how this has fallen into semi obscurity by the masses. It remains a fan favourite due to how personal it felt coming from her, but it's not instantly recognisable outside her fanbase.

While there were many songs that were released months late in Australia that wound up finding more success here than in most parts of the world, this one and only hit from former Xscape member Kandi Burruss was the rare exception to a song being released on time this decade finding more success in NZ than it did here in Australia. I'm not too familiar with the girl group she came from, mainly because they saw no success outside their native America.

There were no signs of these guys slowing down entering the new decade in NZ, sure we Aussies had already given up on them as we felt they had no chance in the boy band wars competing with the likes of Five and Human Nature, however the kiwis sure felt they did which is why they managed to score a string of hits during the first half of the decade with these types of ballads.

Given how this song never even touched the number one spot in NZ (nor did it even come close to doing so) this meant that its success was more spread out during its chart run which allowed it to be placed in a much better position on this new list of mine even if it still feels relatively low compared to how unavoidable the song was back in the day.

This proved to be equally as popular in NZ as it did here in Australia, although it's worth noting that despite it failing to crack their top five, this was the biggest hit that Five had on their second album over there due to it having much less competition going into the new millennium than what the lead single from the previous year had. This was also their final hit over there as they didn't score any more hits after this.

This was both the last chart topper of the 90's and the first of the 00's in NZ, so you'd think it would've been even higher on this list than on the Australian equivalent, but you'd be wrong as it didn't last as long on their charts as it did on ours. That said, this was still a massive success for S Club 7 and set them up for a highly successful decade despite said success fizzling out after their second album.

Given how Robbie Williams was one of the most popular artists of the moment going into the new millennium in NZ, it makes sense that this third single from his third album was released on time over there as opposed to it randomly being released as year later here in Australia where it admittedly went on to become more of a hit over here than it was over here and even boost the popularity of the album.

Well, I told you this would be appearing much lower on this list compared to how well it did on the Australian side of my site, although rest assure that this was still a massive hit over in NZ this year even though it spent most of its time in the lower half of their charts. She wouldn't have this conundrum with her next album over there as all of her singles from M!ssundaztood would dominate their charts.

This was only slightly less successful in NZ for Destiny's child than it was here in Australia, I'm guessing because the shock had worn off from the kiwis that the quartet had replaced two of the members from earlier on this list without telling them they had been fired. I'm surprised this wasn't more of a hit worldwide considering how much more of a bop this is than their earlier entry.

This will be one of two entries from the alternative rock band Zed to appear on this list, it naturally was their biggest hit over there likely due to how anthemic the song is compared to a lot of the other entries on this list. Their other hit this year was released first and was arguably more successful as it charted longer than this did, however it also had a much lower peak position which is why this is higher.

This was way more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia, mainly because Enrique Iglesias was on a roll this year as well as Whitney herself seeing a massive comeback the previous year with her hit "My love is your love." Like I said on the Australian side of this site, this was a passing the torch moment for both artists as she wouldn't have another hit after this whilst he would dominate the music industry.

I did mention that this was more of a hit in NZ than it was here in Australia for N sync, it was the only song of theirs to do better over there for some reason as it's not like album sales had any impact on a song's success when it came to teen pop from around this time. It could also be due to the bizarre video which showcases them in a shopping mall that naturally went against the norm for boy band music.

This is a remix of a mambo track form the 50's (hence the name of the song) that became a massive hit worldwide for the British EDM group Shaft right as the 90's was coming to an end. This wasn't a hit here in Australia, although the group's followup single was as "Mambo Italiano" became a modest success in the new year given how it was a cover of the Rosemary Clooney classic.

This was originally released two years prior to deafening silence on Sonique's native UK, I guess her fellow Brits didn't recognise her as the vocalist from "Theme to s'express" from a decade prior and felt this was too generic a trance song to make an impact on their dance scene from the late 90's. It was given a second chance this year due to its surprise success over in America, although it was only a modest sleeper hit here in Australia.

This is the other big hit that Zed had over in NZ from their debut album, it turns out it was included on the American pie soundtrack which perhaps explain how this got the band off the ground in their homeland given how popular that film was back in the day. These were the only hits that the band had in their homeland, however they did achieve minor success later in the decade with their second album.

This is the final hit that All Saints managed to achieve anywhere in the world, admittedly it was a minor hit here in Australia for the girls but obviously too minor to appear on the Australian side of my site. I guess we Aussies were a bit put off by them moving away from their RNB sound that had made them big on their debut album in a way that didn't bother anyone else in the world.

You'd think this song would've performed much better on this list given how the kiwis didn't allow record labels to tamper with an artists released schedule like we Aussies did, it appears that the song was less popular over there than it was over here, meaning that I won't be able to put this song on a respectable placement on this list based on its chart run to reflect how popular it was back in the day.

I guess the kiwis were more ashamed by this being a success this year than we Aussies were given how it was pulled from their shelves over there likely due to the sexist lyrics rubbing them the wrong way, admittedly this was also eventually pulled from shelves here in Australia, suggesting that even back then, there was a limit to how far you can go about objectifying women in pop culture.

Before they were members of the Cheetah Girls (a Disney girl group that I'm sure some would appreciate me referencing) 3 Little Ladies (3LW for short) were an RNB group who scored their one and only hit with this track about no putting up with a bad partner in a relationship. The song has sparked criticism for having the girls repeat the last word of a sentence in each of the verses.

This was slightly more successful in NZ than it was here in Australia, or rather, it wasn't pulled from shelves over there despite it quickly falling off the charts given how families who went to see Rugrats in Paris eventually discovered the mature content of the lyrics which caused quite the outrage back in the day. This has since been used in sporting events, or rather the chorus has for teams that have a dog as a mascot.

This was the final hit to come from Vengaboy's debut album, although it was released on the deluxe edition of the album which perhaps explains why it managed to be a chart topper in NZ at the start of the decade despite having a rather low placement on this list of mine. Their next single would be their earlier entry on this list which no doubt overshadowed this song even throughout the year.

This was the first of only two big hits that Boh Runga and company managed to achieve in their homeland, although considering this is a song about embracing being a lesbian (despite Boh being straight) it's impressive that it did as well as it did back in the day and understandable how it wasn't chosen as the lead single to their debut album given how different LGBT rights were back then.

It appears the kiwis were equally on board with the "Willennium" that he promised on this lead single to the album of the same name as it was among the first songs to become a success for him over there this decade as it was over here, although nowadays it serves as a dated reminder of how much the world was looking forward to entering the 21st century.

This is another song to become a hit over in NZ from the female singer/songwriter trend of the late 90's, this time it comes to us from American musician Beth Hart who connected with the kiwis in a way similar to how Lene Marlin and Emilia did by having a serious topic (in this case, suicide prevention) performed in a down to earth way that doesn't feel patronising to the listener.

I guess the kiwis weren't as into the lore that Eiffel 65 created for their debut album as we Aussies were given how this wasn't nearly as successful over there as it was over here, admittedly they did feel a tad overexposed here back in the day given how their spectacle was more based on the music videos rather than the songs themselves which seemed to be double the case over there back in the day.

While this charted much higher in NZ than it did here in Australia, the tradeoff was that it didn't last as long on their charts as it did on ours which means that it suffered in the rankings on this side of my site. Still, this proved to be a massive success for Christina Aguilera over there due to it being a perfect display of her vocal talents which many people (me included) feel her first two singles didn't adequately accomplish.

This was one of those huge sleeper hits over in NZ which by all accounts should be even higher on this list but isn't due to the way I've structured these lists. It makes sense that this was a huge success over there given how Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias had both taken over their mainstream in a way they failed to do so here in Australia, although this guy wasn't on their level of success even in his native America.

I guess I should bring up the song itself given how I talked about the Pokémon phenomenon on the Australian side of this site when we discussed this over there, this is the one and only hit to come from Norwegian duo M2M (acronym for Marit and Marion) who donated this track to the soundtrack of the 4kids dub of the anime film despite it clearly being about love and having nothing to do with the franchise.

You'd think that this teen pop number would've been much bigger for Billie Piper in NZ given how immensely popular it was here in Australia, I guess the drawback of her scoring success down under is that anything that makes it big over here can't make it as big over there and vice versa. This was the last hit she had anywhere in the world before she gave up her singing career to pursue acting.

I was shocked when I found out this was a flop here in Australia given how much radio airplay it received back in the day, needless to say this made it a massive success in NZ given how the kiwis did incorporate airplay onto their main charts by this point in time. Still, the fact this was featured in every teen drama at the time surely must have played a part in how it's endeared over the years.

This proved to be more of a success for Celine Dion in NZ than it was here in Australia, this is interesting given how all of her other hits were far less successful over there than they were over here throughout the 90's even though this is admittedly more in line with the teen pop that was dominating the worldwide charts at the time than her brand of diva pop.

Although this title track from RCHP's (then) most recent album would've been a success in its own right, I get the feeling a large factor for its success in NZ came from the music video which showcases members of the band playing a game that has simulations of themselves which impressed audiences around the world back in the day for its (then) impressive CGI graphics.

Well at least the kiwis didn't seem to be as impressed with this cover of the Don McLean classic Madonna made for her film the Next best thing as we Aussies were this year, although the fact it was still a hit regardless proved that it was at least at the time seen as a worthy take on the timeless classic from nearly three decades prior.

I guess the kiwis were interested in who would win the first season of the Australian equivalent to a show they created the previous year, it's hard to say if this song was also pulled from shelves over there to encourage album sales like it was over here given how I can't imagine them wanting to check out the album of a band I'm sure they feel is a rip-off of TrueBliss who were the first winners of their reality series.

This proved to be far less popular in NZ than it was here in Australia, I guess the kiwis were ready to move on from the Spice girls given how the individual members would achieve more success over there than they would as a unit with these two releases.

This was the third chart topper in a row that S Club 7 had over in NZ, heck even in their native UK they didn't have this much consistency with their songs and those charts had a new number one hit just about every week at the turn of the century. That said, they wouldn't have this level of popularity with their second album over there as it only managed to spawn the one hit that they had over here.

This managed to be more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia purely because it managed to chart higher over there than it did over here, it was technically more successful over here due to how much longer it lasted on our charts (albeit on the lower half of them) which suggests that we Aussies needed to warm up to this mashup rather than the kiwis who took to it immediately.

This was the only hit that Belgian singer Lara Fabian was able to achieve outside of Europe, it was only a success in NZ likely due to us Aussies feeling that this was too much of a Celine Dion rip-off for it to be a success down under back in the day. Indeed, I get the feeling the kiwis only gravitated towards this due to the optimism of the lyrics rather than any traits affiliated with the singer herself.

This was the third single that Ricky Martin released from his first album he recorded in English, it became one of the last songs to crack the top ten in the 90's in NZ and yet it saw the bulk of its success this year due to how late it was released in the previous year. This is basically a "shake your booty" anthem that was rather popular back in the day, once again performed by a closeted gay man.

This was too much of a sleeper hit to appear on the Australian side of my site, although believe me, this was indeed a huge hit here given how it refused to drop out of our charts for the pseudo country band. It was more of mainstream hit over in NZ, although it certainly wasn't an immediate success given how it was released the previous year to deafening silence even in their native America.

Well at least this managed to be a success on time over in NZ, in fact it had already left the charts over there by the time if finally caught on over here in Australia the following year, which should give you an idea of how slow we Aussies were in allowed these guys to be a household name here. Even with their success early on, there still won't be any other singles from Creed to appear on this site.

This managed to achieve all of its success within this one year, meaning it won't be appearing on more than one list on this side of my site like it did on the Australian side. I guess the reason why this was more of an immediate hit in NZ was due to the kiwis love of Robbie Williams as this was the only other hit that Kylie was able to score from her Light years album which was a massive flop over there.

It looks like Strawpeople were finally able to score a genuine hit in their homeland, although they needed the assistance of Big Runga who was fresh off the success of her debut album from three years prior to make that transition towards the mainstream. I guess for added measure, the video to this cover of the Cars classic is animated in CGI, although it's nowhere near as amateurish as the ones Eiffel 65 made.

Oh, Daphne and Celeste, you were the punching bag of every music critic back in the day, weren't you? I'm guessing this was as successful as it was in NZ and in the UK out of irony more than anything which the duo admittedly played into given how they infamously appeared at Redding festival this year where they were humorously bottled off stage by the rock snobs who were in attendance.

This was the only success that the American alternative band Filter were able to achieve anywhere in the world, even then, I get the feeling it was only a success in NZ due to alternative rock still being at the height of its popularity over there given the success of RHCP on this list alone.

This will be the only appearance from Brian McKnight on this site as he wasn't able to find much success outside of his native America over the years, indeed this was only a hit in NZ likely due to the lack of competition it had at the start of the year given how many stragglers from the previous year there was in those early months.