Given how this was a hit mainly through physical sales here in Australia, it makes sense that it wouldn't be nearly as successful for Miley Cyrus in NZ where physical sales had all but died over there by the end of the decade. Even so, there was little doubt this would be a success for her given how it was the emotional high point of the Hannah Montana movie that while panned by critics, was a commercial success.
#80 for 2009 (#43 website)
Now that radio airplay was a big factor in the NZ charts, this allowed the nth singles from a highly successful album such as this fourth single from Millennium to last longer on their charts than they would've had they been released prior to 1999. This is another reason why I wanted to go over the NZ charts by the way as it allowed me to cover radio staples here in Australia that flopped on our charts.
#91 for 2000 (#40 website)
This was the third hit to come from Blue's debut album as well as the first to make it big in NZ and not here in Australia given how these guys were a two-hit wonder down under with their two entries on my previous list. This was slightly overshadowed by "Fly by" (which is still to come on this list) due to that receiving a radio edit to make it seem like a sequel to the album version.
#66 for 2002 (#43 website)
This was the final hit that Savage was able to achieve in his homeland as a lead artist, although he did score a comeback five years later when a remix of his debut single became a massive hit over here in Australia. Here he recruits Baby Bash who manages to score a third hit over there following his two collaborations with Frankie J from earlier in the decade.
#53 for 2009 (#34 website)
Although this collaboration between J-Lo and LL Cool J wasn't as popular in NZ as it was here in Australia, at least their reunion from later in the decade was a hit over there where it wasn't over here, meaning that the kiwis did have some investment into the storyline of these two being together in their respective music careers.
#49 for 2003 (#37 website)
I guess the kiwis were massive fans of American Idol this year (this is strange because of Kelly Clarkson's noticeable absence on this list) as such we have the victory single from the runner up of the second season of the show Clay Aiken who decided to bundle it up with a cover of a Simon and Garfunkel classic to boost his chances of having a worldwide smash hit.
#61 for 2003 (#38 website)
It may surprise you to learn that Destiny's Child didn't have as much success in NZ as they did here in Australia, this title track from their third album being one of the rare exceptions of them finding more success over there than they did over here likely due to the kiwis being bigger fans of the show that it was named after. Indeed, the girls didn't have any more success over there as solo artists than they did here either.
#61 for 2001 (#47 website)
This is a hip-hop quintet that's best known for its member Juicy J given how he went on to have massive success in their native America as an in demand featured rapper (most notably for the likes of Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus.) Here the group score their one and only hit in their career with another song that compares sex to candy, I'm guessing because audiences incorrectly assumed that T-Pain was on the chorus.
#43 for 2008 (#33 website)
This was the other collaboration that the Game had with 50 cent this year; it was the first of the two collaborations they released which no doubt led to the success of their earlier entry on this list as well as the Game's own album. While they were taking the world by storm with these songs, they were fighting with each other over who was more popular in the mainstream due to both their albums being released at the same time.
#53 for 2005 (#26 website)
Following his failure in breaking into the girl band market with Dream, P Diddy decided to try his chances at making an RNB star out of Cassie Ventura which was off to a good start worldwide including in NZ where this was a bigger hit for her than it was here in Australia. Like Dream however, Cassie would be a one hit wonder with her debut single as she wasn't given much worthwhile material to work with.
#58 for 2006
There were no signs of Bic Runga slowing down in her homeland this year as the second single from her highly acclaimed album Beautiful collision proved to be a massive success for her over there, it makes you wonder why she was unable to have some of this success translate over to Australia given how both entries on from the album were bigger hits over there than her big hit over here "Sway."
#57 for 2002
#55 for 2003
This is another song I'm surprised wasn't a bigger hit here in Australia back in the day, although in retrospect, the fact we have a teen pop track on this list this far into the 21st century does make it seem out of date compared to the other entries on this list. A1 is best known for their cover of A-ha's "Take on me," more specifically the awful music video that showcases their lack of knowledge of the internet.
#79 for 2002 (#45 website)
Unlike here in Australia where it was obvious that both versions of this track charted back in the day for J-Lo due to the "remix" causing the song to rise up on our charts the following year, it's hard to say which version was the big hit in NZ as its chart run over there suggests that only one of them was successful. I've included both versions on this list to ensure that the correct versions is represented regardless.
#48 for 2001
This was the second and final hit that Mareko managed to achieve in his homeland, I'm guessing he wanted to be the king of NZ hip hop but had that ambition taken away from him by Scribe who achieved infinitely more success over there than he did. Still, having two massive hits to open your career wasn't bad, he just had the bad luck of having stiff competition in the NZ hip hop game.
#41 for 2003
#43 for 2004 (#46 website)
This was the one and only hit from Pretty Ricky, one of the many RNB groups from America to find success with only one song with this being one of the lucky few to find success outside of the Billboard charts back in the day. I guess this was deemed too sexually provocative for us Aussies to make a success this year, either that or this was one of the earliest songs to become a success thanks to digital downloads in NZ.
#60 for 2005 (#45 website)
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.
#74 for 2000
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.
#84 for 2000 (#44 website)
Given that this was far more popular on our digital charts and that they had yet to be incorporated to the main charts during this song's initial release, you'd think this would've been much bigger in NZ given how the kiwis had incorporated their digital sales onto their main charts from the start of this year. The fact that this wasn't more popular over there suggests they were a bit more wary of Christina being a throwback artist.
#66 for 2006
I guess these guys were a one hit wonder in both countries in the southern hemisphere albeit with a different song in each country, we Aussies gave them a hit with "Why does it always rain on me" from the previous year whilst the kiwis saddled them with this lead single to their third album which also proved to be their biggest hit in their native UK rather coincidentally.
#67 for 2001 (#48 website)
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.
#82 for 2000 (#46 website)
Of the three hits that Fedde le grand had here in Australia, this was the only one that saw any sort of success in NZ likely due to the kiwi’s finding amusement in the clones of Ida Corr in the video as opposed to the more........ sexually arousing videos of his other two hits. Even then, this took its sweet time in seeing the light of day over there as if the kiwis were waiting for it to be a success over here.
#79 for 2008
I guess this was meant to be the male equivalent of "Beautiful liar" given how both R Kelly and Usher realise that they were both dating the same woman at the same time and them trying to figure out what to do about the situation. It proved to be the more popular track over there than its female counterpart (which is still to come on this list) although this was only the case in NZ and nowhere else in the world.
#43 for 2007 (#20 website)
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.
#51 for 2000 (#41 website)
We have one final entry from Macy Gray on this list as the kiwis kept her around for far longer than even her own fellow Americans did in her career, here she recruits fellow RNB singer of colour Erykah Badu to duet with her on this track about how awesome her boyfriend is which was an easy hit for her over there. One final fun fact I have for you is that she makes a cameo appearance in Spider man at the Macy Thanksgiving parade as a clever pun on her name.
#79 for 2001 (#49 website)
This was the only major hit that Plies had over in NZ, likely because it has a chorus from Akon who was unstoppable over there this year as well as the rapper having some buzz over there following the success of "Shawty" he had in his native America. He would have one more hit in his homeland with "Bust it baby" before he faded into obscurity as did the entire crunk genre in his homeland.
#52 for 2007
Given how this has a similar placement on this list as it does on the Australian side of this site, this means that the third single from Enrique's second English language album was slightly more popular over there due to having stiffer competition than on the Australian counterpart. Once again, this is due to this coming from a highly successful album that didn't affect its popularity over there like it did over here.
#67 for 2002 (#46 website)
This is the only other song from Mariah Carey's comeback album to appear on this list, it saw a bit of an improvement in the rankings which suggests that the kiwis were gradually becoming more open to the idea of welcoming her back into the mainstream for the first time this century after a very public meltdown she had at the start of the decade no doubt scared them off from her catalogue.
#58 for 2005
Much like here in Australia, this was Gossip's only hit in NZ even though the American band did see sound success in the UK of all places throughout the decade. Indeed, it's a wonder how this managed to make it big in the southern hemisphere right after MJ's death given how this sounds no different to what was making it big for them among the Brits earlier in the decade.
#79 for 2009
You'd think that Aaliyah would've had more success in NZ given how much more prominent RNB was throughout the 90's over there, I guess she could've had that success had the kiwis allowed airplay to determine a song's success as her final two hits managed to become a success over there due to the format. This has the distinction of being the first song to top the Billboard charts purely through airplay after all.
#96 for 2000 (#46 website)
This is the other hit from JT's solo debut album that managed to achieve a higher placement on this list compared to the Australian equivalent, again this was because its success wasn't eaten up by strong album sales over there like it was over here for the former boy band member. It's also possible the kiwis found it more amusing than us Aussies, I remember finding the outro particularly hilarious growing up.
#53 for 2003 (#39 website)
It looked like Usher would've only had two hits from his magnum opus Confessions over in NZ, however this fourth single from the album managed to become a surprise hit early on in the year over there which helped him retain his popularity with the kiwis. This came close to appearing on the Australian side of my site; however, it was too minor a hit over here for it to do so.
#78 for 2005
We have our third entry from Michelle Branch on this list that leaves me surprised wasn't a more mainstream success for her here in Australia, indeed this was only a sleeper hit for her in NZ and only managed to squeeze onto this list due to it briefly jumping up the top ten before quickly falling back down the lower half of their top twenty.
#90 for 2002 (#47 website)
Given the success of their debut single "I got" these guys already received, it only makes sense that their second single would not only become a hit in their homeland but also chart here in Australia, proving how interested we Aussies were in NZ hip hop which likely inspired us to check out our own hip hop scene later in the decade.
#59 for 2004
#56 for 2005
This was the third hit to come from Nelly Furtado's debut album in NZ, it was a huge hit for her over there and virtually nowhere else in the world due to it feeling out of place with her other two hits from the previous year. Lyrically this feels more like it belongs on her third album Loose which perhaps explains why the kiwis had an easier time gravitating towards that album upon its initial release.
#60 for 2002
I guess the kiwis were more willing to hear a serious song from D12 than us Aussies were given how there wasn't any signs of this song being pulled from shelves over here like so many other entries on this list that saw a massive improvement in the rankings. Indeed, this serious tone that the track takes is the complete opposite of their other two hits down under which were far more juvenile.
#63 for 2004 (#44 website)
This will be Carly Binding's only appearance on my site given how this was the only hit she managed to achieve that racked up enough points to appear on here ("We kissed" did come close though) Carly is best known for her work with the girl group Truebliss who became the first group to win a reality TV series when they appeared on Popstars NZ in 1999.
#78 for 2002 (#48 website)
While this didn't chart as high in NZ as it did over here in Australia, it still managed to be equally as successful in both countries due to this having to work its way up to its success over there as supposed to it debut high on our charts and quickly falling off once its initial appeal wore off. Either way it was an impressive feat for the third single of a (then) unknown singer/songwriter making it big worldwide.
#73 for 2002 (#49 website)
It seems weird to me that Ja Rule's only repeat entries on this side of my site would be his collaborations with Ashanti, it makes you think the two were dating when in reality they only ever had a professional relationship with each other (she was dating Nelly for the record.) This time, the song was a success likely due to the video which pays obvious homage to the 70's cult classic Grease.
#59 for 2003 (#40 website)
This was the first of two hits that Mareko had in his homeland, it's a bit of a cocky debut single given how the title implies that he would be the hottest new name for NZ hip hop throughout the decade when Scribe clearly took that title with his entry from the start of the list. At least this didn't trap him in the one hit wonder bin over there given how his earlier entry on this list was also a success for him.
#64 for 2003 (#41 website)
I guess the kiwis really weren't as amused by this third single from Fergie's solo album as we Aussies were, that Fatman scoop breakdown has become infamous over the years and it's admittedly hard to take a song seriously that comprises of a chorus spelling out the word its named after. She would go on a winning streak over there with her previous two entries which helped her album become a success.
#68 for 2007 (#33 website)
These guys were on a roll when they released the title track to their second album even if it was more of a sleeper hit for them in their homeland than a mainstream hit. Again, I feel airplay is to blame for why this didn't get to the upper echelons of their charts given how little issues they had with scoring hits prior to the format being implemented on the main charts.
#84 for 2002 (#50 website)
Westlife were on a roll over in NZ as they managed to achieve a huge hit with the lead single to their third album, an album that once again, saw a ton of success over there and virtually no success over here likely due to us Aussies already moving on from the boy band wars by the time it was released. It would be their final album to find success over there until they reinvented themselves later in the decade.
#61 for 2002
This was considerably less successful in NZ than it was here in Australia for Britney Spears, I'm guessing this was due to the kiwis not finding the video to be as titillating as the rest of the world was or also because of how repetitive the song is. She would have one more hit over there with "Circus" before the kiwis officially gave up on her as opposed to us Aussies which kept her around during the club boom.
#59 for 2008
It appears the kiwis were also willing to make this song a success for her despite it never seeing the light of day in her native America, this just goes to show how well loved she was internationally compared to her fellow Americans if this "fan single" of hers managed to be one of the bigger hits of the year outside of Billboard. Sadly, we won't be looking at "Funhouse" on this list even though it was a sleeper hit over there.
#84 for 2009
Given how Lil Wayne was a well-established artist in NZ by the time this was released as a single, this meant that Kevin Rudolf was able to find more immediate success over there as opposed to here in Australia where this had quite the lengthy climb to its peak at the start of the following year. That said, this delay in success meant that it wound up being more popular here than it was over there.
#76 for 2008
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.
#60 for 2000 (#49 website)
I'm surprised this was only a sleeper hit at best for Michelle Branch here in Australia, mainly because I remember hearing this quite a bit on the radio back in the day which I would've thought translated to people making it a success for her here. Fortunately, that was the case in NZ which led to her joining the ranks of Vanessa Carlton and Avril Lavigne as successful female singer/songwriters of the decade.
#41 for 2001
#44 for 2002
This was the first hit that T.I had as a lead artist, much like "I wanna love you" from Akon, this also is a censored version of a much filthier track which is perhaps why it was able to catch on in NZ where it failed to do so in most parts of the world. The rapper would have much more commercial success the following year thanks to him conforming to the pop trends of the day.
#58 for 2007 (#30 website)
It appears the kiwis passed up "Hella good" this year in favour of this third single from No Doubt's album Rock steady as this was a flop here in Australia due to the success of that song over here, I guess they preferred listening to Gwen dial it back on this track as opposed to her rocking out to that track back in the day. Her final hit with the band would be equally as popular in both countries the following year.
#63 for 2002
This was the final hit that Zed had in their homeland, it was a huge hit for them but appears low on this list due to its failure to compete with the Christmas rush of this year with several entries higher up on this list. As such, we can consider it a bit of a sleeper hit for the pop rock band.
#62 for 2003
It appears the kiwis were bigger fans of this theme to the first Spiderman flick than us Aussies were given how it managed to appear much higher on this side of my site, this is taking into account that Nickelback weren't as popular over there around this time as they were over here and that no one knew who Saliva or the frontman of that band was when this was initially released.
#77 for 2002
This is another song that I'm surprised wasn't a big success here in Australia back in the day, although again, it does come from a highly successful album and was more of a radio juggernaut than anything else which were both components into harming its success on our charts. As the kiwis allowed radio juggernauts onto their main charts, it was a shoe in for this list from Coldplay.
#86 for 2003 (#42 website)
Much like here in Australia, this was also Destiny's Child's final hit in NZ where it also managed to become a bigger hit over there than it was over here, likely due to the album's popularity having no effect on its success as opposed to here where it likely did (the album only barely missed out on appearing on this site.) They would release one more single before finally going their separate ways.
#55 for 2005 (#49 website)
File this in the increasingly large category of songs that weren't the biggest here in Australia doing well in NZ in exchange for the album it came from being a complete flop over there. We saw this with the Divinyls, Peter Blakeley and even Alex Lloyd from earlier this decade, so it's not that shocking that Empire of the sun joins this exclusive club I've created on this side of my site.
#75 for 2009
This was a massive hit for Phil Collins upon its initial release in NZ a quarter of a century prior, however it didn't reach the dizzying heights of success it achieved throughout the rest of the world at the time. Fast forward a quarter of a century and the song finds itself in a Cadbury campaign where a gorilla plays the drums to this track which obviously amused the kiwis enough to make it a huge chart topper for him this year over there.
#44 for 2008 (#23 website)
I honestly would've thought this would be one of the biggest hits of the year in NZ given how this was inescapable on our airwaves here in Australia and that a combination of strong album sales plus Australian idol taking over our charts was why it wasn't any bigger down under. I guess the kiwis didn't find this as titillating as we Aussies did, although this was also the case for the song this samples back in the 70's.
#71 for 2004
Much like here in Australia, this was Akon's final hit as a lead artist as aside from his collaboration with David Guetta from earlier on this list as well as a second collaboration with the king of pop a year after his untimely demise, no one would hear from the RNB singer moving forward. I guess his many controversies had finally caught up with him exiting the decade which I won't list here.
#72 for 2009 (#46 website)
Given the huge hit he had from earlier on this list, it makes sense that J Williams would start bringing on his fellow kiwis in order to expand his fanbase which he began with Lavina Williams who is notable for competing in season four of Australian idol (despite being a NZ resident) but not making it to the finals for that year. The RNB singer would find much more notable collaborators going into the new decade.
#55 for 2009 (#39 website)
This managed to be released on time in NZ for Sean Kingston, not only that, but it also saw instant success over there as opposed to here where it really needed to work its way up to its success with us Aussies. This is probably because the kiwis were still in love with reggae music (and still are to this day from what I can gather) which was a genre that Sean was a part of throughout his career.
#54 for 2007
We have another appearance from Smashproof to look at from their debut album, this time there wasn't any emotional weight behind the track which is perhaps why it wasn't nearly as successful as their earlier entry on this list. At least it gave them one more hit before the decade was out as they were unable to find any success in the 2010's just like the majority of 00's artists.
#71 for 2009 (#50 website)
I guess the kiwis were a bit late in discovering this track from IIO compared to us Aussies, although once they did, it managed to become a decent success over there even if it wasn't as popular there as it was over here for the American duo. This unfortunately meant that they remain a one hit wonder over there like they are over here as nothing else became popular in the southern hemisphere for them.
#70 for 2002
Well, it appears the kiwis weren't as amused by this track from Kelis as we Aussies and her fellow Americans were this year, indeed they preferred it when they were able to take her seriously as evidence by how much better her earlier entry did over there back in the day. It's a shame she didn't have more hits in either country in the southern hemisphere given how interesting she was as an artist.
#62 for 2004 (#27 website)
Following his departure from Five, ABS decided to embark on a solo career that was off to a good start with this solo debut single of his given how it was a big hit in NZ and his native UK. I guess it was interesting to see him abstain from rapping on this track given that's how he stood out from the other members of the boy band, however that only gave him one hit as the rest of his album would be a flop.
#62 for 2002
OK I kind of fibbed when I said that this missed out on appearing on this site as this was indeed a massive hit for Carly Binding in her homeland this year, it was the second single from her debut album that was set to come out this year which it did to decent fanfare for the NZ singer/songwriter in her homeland.
#84 for 2003 (#48 website)
This was an E.P from Elemeno P, a NZ alternative band that managed to score massive success with the album that spawned the title of this E.P as well as a few other minor hits over there. I would've thought that their one female member was the lead vocalist of the group like other bands of the day, it turns out she was merely a backup vocalist and guitarist in a way that subverts this expectation.
#74 for 2003 (#44 website)
It took almost an entire decade for 3 the hard way to follow up their debut album from 1994, I guess the kiwis were very patient to see what else they had up their sleeves as this managed to become equally as successful over there as their debut single "Hip hop holiday" did. Given how there isn't an obvious sample that they use here like that song did, it wasn't a success over in Australia for the trio.
#58 for 2003 (#47 website)
For whatever reason, "Clint Eastwood" was only a sleeper hit in NZ just like it was here in Australia, as such it won't be reappearing on this side of my site. Fortunately, this second single from the album was a much bigger deal over there (a number one hit in fact) which ensures that it gets a spot on this list likely through the gimmick of the band recognising the turn of the century with its release.
#71 for 2001
Well, it appears that the kiwis also disagreed with this being among the biggest hits of the decade as this did just as well on their charts as it did on ours suggesting that it was equally as popular there as it was over here (it was slightly more so due to having stiffer competition to work against.) Indeed, her popularity over there overall was very limited as she only has one more appearance to come on this list.
#52 for 2005 (#36 website)
This was the lead single to the Feeler's second album Communicate, an album that was a massive success for the band that nonetheless won't be appearing on this site due to not racking up enough points to do so. Even so, there's no denying how popular the band was in a decade that seemed to finally reward the kiwis with success in their local music scene.
#66 for 2001
Well, here's that reunion that J-Lo had with LL Cool J that I mentioned the last time we looked at these two together on this site, indeed this was far more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia likely due to the kiwis having more interest in this storyline the two invented with these songs than us Aussies did back in the day.
#70 for 2006
This is one of two hits that the Kooks had in NZ, this was their bigger hit even though their other entry (which we'll get to on the next list) managed to out peak it due to it being more of an immediate hit for the English indie band. Interestingly enough, these guys didn't even chart here in Australia with their singles, although they did see minor success with their albums.
#78 for 2006
This proved to be equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia, I guess the kiwis also wanted to atone for "Edge of seventeen" being a flop over there back in the day given how this was also the closet that song came to ever being a hit (or indeed any of Stevie Nick's solo material.) The girls would achieve less success over there than they did over here as a unit from here on out.
#64 for 2001
You thought that Bone thugs n Harmony were yesterday's news by this point in the new millennium, didn't you? It turns out they weren't as they managed to score a huge hit in NZ with this track that heavily samples "Take me home" from Phil Collins (hence why Phil has a featuring credit on this track.) This wouldn't even be their final hit as the quartet would be back again four years later with new hits.
#65 for 2003 (#46 website)
This was the only other hit that Natasha Bedingfield managed to achieve in NZ, mainly for the presence of Sean Kingston who was on a roll over there around this time given how he was coming off a highly successful debut album. This was also a hit over in America of all places, again likely due to Sean's popularity but also because Natasha found considerable success over there with her debut album.
#55 for 2008
Here we are with the third and final entry from the Killers on this side of my site, although I guess it's fitting we cap off their representation here with their sole appearance on the Australian side of my site given how this benefitted from our digital charts when it came out. Naturally this wasn't an issue for them over there given how the kiwis had already fully incorporated their digital data onto their main charts by this stage.
#86 for 2006
I guess the trade-off for his earlier entry on this list not being as big in NZ as it was here in Australia was that the kiwis were able to give Kanye West a second hit from his third album in the form of this track, although this was a minor sleeper hit here in Australia meaning that we Aussies weren't completely ignorant to the rapper during the height of his career.
#81 for 2007
This is the other big hit that Kanye West had from his breakup album 808's and heartbreaks that failed to appear on the Australian side of my site, indeed this took a while to take off in NZ likely due to the kiwis being confused with listening to a second song from him in a row where he sounds like a robot but were eventually won over likely due to the animated music video.
#70 for 2009
While Ja Rule did have massive success with his album Pain is love in NZ, it appears that the kiwis were only interested in his "thugs need love too" songs as his only hits he had over there had Ashanti involved on the chorus as opposed to here in Australia where he at least had a few other hits without her. That said, this did manage to be a bigger hit for them over in NZ than it was here in Australia.
#58 for 2002
We have another entry to feature from Sean Kingston's debut album on this site, this being the third hit in a row he managed to score over in NZ from said album thanks to how popular he was over there with said album. He would score one more hit with his earlier entry on this list before he went to work on his second album which yielded more success for him as the decade was coming to an end over there.
#61 for 2008
Well, this is a surprise, I wasn't expecting to feature a song from Pearl jam this far into their catalogue on this site. I guess the kiwis had a bit of a nostalgia bug for their earlier material as they were one of the biggest bands of the 90's over there as we've seen on my 90's lists on this side of my site. I guess we can thank airplay for its appearance on where given how it was a massive failure here in Australia.
#68 for 2009
I remember hearing this song quite a bit on the radio back in the day, so to find out that it was a massive flop for Thirsty merc in their homeland is a bit of a surprise for me to say the least. I guess this was also flogged on the NZ radio, although given how that actually contributed to a song’s success over there, this would've allowed it to become a genuine hit for them a year after its release over here.
#96 for 2006
This will be 3OH!3's only appearance on this side of my site as it appears the kiwis weren't as impressed with their online antics as we Aussies were, I'm guessing they didn't allow YouTube to dictate their music tastes for the longest time as many internet fads that were big over here weren't so much over there.
#63 for 2009
It looks like Neil and Tim Finn were still able to find success this far into their respective careers in their homeland, although it's worth noting that it's been a hot minute since the former had any success and an even hotter minute for the latter making this a throwback hit for the brothers of sorts.
#85 for 2004
Although neither of these songs were that big in NZ like they were on the Australian digital charts for Panic! at the disco, it appears that the kiwis were able to divide the success between the two much better to allow their second single to make it onto this list where it failed to do so on the Australian side of my site. Again, its absence on that side of my site is due to how its success not coming from physical sales.
#68 for 2006
We're about to see an uptake in appearances from Coldplay on this side of my site given how the kiwis had allowed both digital and airplay onto their main charts in a way we Aussies didn't, as such I can finally feature the lead single to X&Y on this side which was too much of a "fan single" down under to make it onto that side of my site despite it being one of their more quintessential songs in their catalogue.
#90 for 2005
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.
#39 for 2000
While it didn't last quite as long in NZ as it did here in Australia (it feels like it was pulled from shelves even though that practice was abolished over there by this point in time) it nonetheless proved to be a massive hit for 50 cent which suggests that the kiwis would rather listen to him be a (as he puts it) motherf**king P.I.M.P rather than him trying to be romantic on "21 questions" (which is still to come on this list.)
#31 for 2003
For whatever reason, this cover of the MJ classic from 1988 wasn't as big a hit for Alien ant farm in NZ as it was everywhere else in the world given how much lower it appears on this list compared to the Australian equivalent. I guess the kiwis made up for this blunder later in the decade by giving the band a second hit over there that wasn't a hit anywhere else in the world.
#54 for 2001
#52 for 2002
I'm a bit surprised that Mis Teeq didn't have more success in NZ considering they were a British girl group, although I did notice that it was mainly their white counterparts that made it big over there given how Eternal and Honeyz never achieved that much success over there compared to what they achieved over here in the 90's. In any case, we have their one and only hit in Australia reappearing on this list.
#63 for 2003 (#50 website)
You'd think that these two would've had more success in NZ than they did here in Australia, for the most part that's true as this managed to be a hit over there where it wasn't over here, however this will be their only new appearance on my site which is odd given how much the kiwis loved hip hop of their calibre. At least all of their other entries from the Australian side of my site will be reappearing on this side of it.
#69 for 2002
I should remind my readers that even though Sam Sparro is by all accounts an Australian artist, he found success initially in the UK with this track as that's where he first released it before it found success in the southern hemisphere. As such, he was able to score a moderate hit with this in NZ around the same time it became a major hit for him here in his homeland.
#83 for 2008
This guys was so inescapable in NZ this year that he was able to score a second hit over there despite his debut single being a massive flop for him over there the previous year, I guess the kiwis wanted to hear him as a pop crooner rather than an EDM artist which would explain why these two ballads were so huge for him and not his more upbeat tracks.
#76 for 2003
Well at least all of Fergie's big hits she had from her solo album here in Australia managed to reappear on this side of my site, although the kiwis really didn't seem that interested in having this theme song of hers be that big of a success considering how much less successful it was over there.
#80 for 2007
Bow wow was certainly on a roll in NZ and his native America now that he was a full-grown adult, here he is as the lead artist with this hit single he had likely due to the assistance of Chris Brown who was also on a roll during this point in his career throughout the world. Bow wow would have two more hits after this, both of which are still to come on this list.
#61 for 2007
Although this wasn't as big a hit in NZ as it was here in Australia, it appears that the kiwis did appreciate this anthem that encouraged listeners to ward off hecklers at a bar without coming off as entitled like "No" from Meghan Trainor would do a decade after this came out. I'm guessing this became a success in her native America due to its popularity in the southern hemisphere this year.
#69 for 2006
Here's the other big hit that the Kooks had in NZ, again it wasn't quite as big as their entry from the previous list even if it did peak higher over there. Also much like their other entry, this didn't chart here in Australia despite both of these songs being huge hits in NZ and their native UK, likely due to them getting picked up by their respective digital charts.
#88 for 2007
It looks like Usher was able to score a second hit over in NZ this year as this manage to become a hit for him over there where it failed to do so down under, I guess even with the fact that Chris Brown was dominating the RNB scene over there, the kiwis felt there was still enough room for there to be two princes of RNB this year even if the crown clearly belong to his younger counterpart.
#52 for 2008 (#47 website)
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.
#68 for 2000
Even though he managed to achieve massive success with his debut album this year, I'm guessing that was due to his involvement with Savage from earlier on this list as this breakthrough single from Akon didn't do nearly as well over there as it did throughout the rest of the world. I'm guessing this was because the kiwis didn't find his duet with Alvin and the Chipmunks to be as endearing as international audiences.
#59 for 2005 (#15 website)
It appears the kiwis grew tired of this solo debut single from Fergie much quicker than us Aussies did, in fact you'd think this was pulled from shelves over there to encourage album sales of her album until you realise that it had a natural fall from the charts over there for that not to be the case. This can only mean that they were quicker to find this annoying than most demographics from around the world.
#55 for 2006
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