This list covers the second half of the 00's in NZ as I felt it was unfair to compare the first half of the decade to the second half due to the change in chart format that took place in April 2004. As such, entries from that year have their full chart run represented on this list as opposed to being cut off like on my other list. The trade-off is that anything that entered the charts in 2003 for that year is disqualified, meaning that 2004 will not have proper representation on either of these lists.
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.
#87 for 2000
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.
#88 for 2000
These guys were on a roll in NZ following the success of "Breathless" from the previous year, indeed they were able to achieve success with this second single from In blue where it was a flop here in Australia despite me hearing this quite a bit on the radio back in the day. They would continue to find moderate success over there with their subsequent follow ups, however their winning streak would end with their next album.
#80 for 2001
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
Well, this managed to get a second appearance on this site of mine, although it was about as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia meaning that neither country was that impressed with this reinterpretation of the classic used in the Sound of music. Sadly, this will be the final appearance from Big Brovaz as "Baby boy" was a flop over there despite being their second biggest hit here and in their native UK.
#82 for 2003
I guess the kiwis liked Aqua's final hit better than we Aussies did given how this had little issue appearing on this side of my site as opposed to the Australian side where it struggled as a sleeper hit. Admittedly it probably would've done a lot better had its appeal not been primarily its music video where the band went all out on the budget for the wacky visuals.
#89 for 2000
I honestly would've thought that these guys would be much higher on the list given how both parties were way more popular in NZ than they were in Australia at this point in their respective careers, I guess the kiwis saw this for the gimmick that it was as opposed to us Aussies who thought this was one of the coolest things to happen at the time of its release.
#85 for 2002
We have one more entry from Bic Runga on this side of mine, this time it's the third single from her magnum opus Beautiful collision which no doubt led to the album’s success over there despite it and the singles being a massive failure over here for her. Admittedly I wouldn't be talking about its success in Australia were it not for the fact that she already crossed over here with "Sway" five years prior.
#83 for 2003
In a bit of a bizarre twist, it turns out this was only a sleeper hit for Mary Mary in NZ even though it has all the qualities for being a massive chart topper over there like it almost was over here for the American duo. In fact, I get the feeling this only reached the upper echelons of their charts specifically due to how well it was doing on our charts for the RNB duo.
#90 for 2000
Well at least this second single from Outkast's double album managed to be more successful in NZ than it was here in Australia if only because it wasn't pulled from shelves over there like it was over here, although it still wasn't among the biggest hits of the year over there suggesting that it wasn't as popular in the southern hemisphere overall as it was in their native America.
#22 for 2004
Apparently, Ireland had their own version of Popstars which resulted in this group being formed and eventually winning the series, this was enough of an incentive for the kiwis to make a modest success this year even though as far as I can tell, this flopped even in their homeland.
#86 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
Although this has roughly the same placement on this list as it does on the Australian side of my site, I will bring up that this very briefly topped the NZ charts this year, proving that the kiwis were in love with Linkin Park even if that love mainly came from their album sales rather than their singles. Indeed, I maintain that this didn't receive much airplay back in the day given how little I remember hearing it back then.
#85 for 2003
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
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
Given how this was a surprise hit for Blink 182 here in Australia due to its (in my opinion) witty video that satirises the videos from teen pop artists that were playing on TRL (total request live for my non-American readers) it makes sense that it would be a hit for them in NZ to the point where it finally allowed them to find an audience amongst the kiwis after several failed attempts throughout the 90's.
#92 for 2000
We looked at the runner up for the second season of American idol earlier on this list, time now to look at the song that helped Ruben Studdard take home first place, or rather songs as this is a cover of a Westlife and a Carpenters track as a two for one deal that won over his fellow Americans this year. Again, it's strange these two entries managed to make it on here but nothing from Kelly Clarkson.
#87 for 2003
It turns out this was a huge flop for Mandy Moore in her native America, that would explain why it took so long to see the light of day here in Australia as it appears we Aussies only noticed its existence due to it being a decent hit for her in NZ at the very start of the decade. How we Aussies and kiwis came across her debut single when it was so thoroughly ignored internationally is anyone's guess.
#93 for 2000
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.
#94 for 2000
We've looked at Lil Kim and Missy Elliot throughout this site, now it's time to look at the third woman who pioneered female hip hop Da Brat who managed to score a decent hit in NZ this year with her collaboration with RNB group Cherish. Admittedly there was also Salt N Pepa, however they were more on the pop friendly side as opposed to these three women who broke down more barriers for the genre.
#88 for 2003
Much like here in Australia, Five were able to score one final hit in NZ with the lead single to their third album largely due to the strong momentum they had from their first two albums. Unlike here in Australia, it appears that this was more of a hit on their radio given how it's a sleeper hit as opposed to a "fan single" over here (or it would've been had it not lasted for quite some time in our top twenty.)
#81 for 2001
It looks like the kiwis had less tolerance for Diddy this far into the new millennium than we Aussies did given how this only barely made the cut for reappearing on this side of my site, in fact his influence in general would see a sharp decline going forward as many of his other projects would achieve far less success over there than it did over here.
#87 for 2002
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.
#95 for 2000
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
Well would you look at this? We have a song from Simply red from the 21st century on this list, proving that nearly two decades into their career, they were still able to find an audience with the kiwis long after we Aussies had given up on them. Naturally this was also a decent hit for them in their native UK where their fellow Brits were already feeling the 80's nostalgia bug by this point.
#89 for 2003
This is the final hit that Stellar were able to achieve in their homeland, it was a decent success for the band in lieu of the album it came from which was a massive disappointment for them even though it spawned two of their bigger hits in their catalogue.
#88 for 2002
This was a minor success here in Australia for Toya; however, it was more of a success in NZ and an even bigger success in her native America thanks to how funky the beat is as well as her having a commanding presence on here despite still being a teenager when she released it as a single. Even though this was a huge success in her homeland, she would only release one album in her career.
#89 for 2002
This was another easy hit for Atomic kitten in NZ, although in Australia, this wasn't released as a single as we Aussies went with "Be with you" instead. That song did crack our top ten but was too much of a "fan single" to appear on that side of my site, perhaps if airplay was factored into our charts, it would've been a solid hit for the trio due to its blatant sampling of the ELO classic "Last train to London."
#90 for 2003
This is a collaboration between two of the more prominent names in NZ hip hop, those being King Kapisi and Che-Fu. Naturally this was a success given how both achieved success prior to this collaboration, although the former only did so to a much lesser scale than they latter due to him not being part of a popular band of the 90's.
#91 for 2003
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
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.
#97 for 2000
I guess the kiwis had a bit more of a soft spot for this lead single to Puddle of Mudd's breakthrough album than we Aussies did, the trade-off of course being that "She hates me" was a huge flop over there despite it being a massive success over here the following year. Still, they have the comfort of giving them a hit with this ballad about coping with domestic violence that people still have fond memories of.
#91 for 2002
This was the second Billboard chart topper Enrique Iglesias had in America, naturally it would be a shoe in for this list given how this is yet another song I remember hearing quite a bit on the radio back in the day even though this apparently flopped here in Australia. Again I have to stress just how much of an impact airplay had on the NZ charts going into the 21st century which I'll admit makes me want to compare and contrast these lists on my site.
#98 for 2000
Whereas this at least debuted high on the Australian charts only to quickly fall out when we Aussies realised it was just JT airing out his dirty laundry about Britney Spears, it appears this only became a hit in NZ thanks to it being flogged by the radio as the kiwis were really interested in owning a copy of a song that is little more than tabloid fodder set to music.
#92 for 2003
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.
#99 for 2000
This proved to be slightly more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia, likely because the album it was pulled from was always massively popular in both countries by the time it came out which of course affected its sales here in a way that it did over there. While it had nothing to do with its success in either country, the song is nowadays best known for its inclusion in the Garfield movie from this year.
#23 for 2004
One of the more prominent EDM acts of the 00's was Basement Jaxx, they scored their one and only hit in NZ with this track likely due to them gaining traction worldwide with "Where's your head at" from the Tomb raider soundtrack. That was their big hit here in Australia, however it was too much of a sleeper hit to appear on that side of my site.
#82 for 2001
You'd think that after seven years the hip hop community would just leave 2pac to rest in peace, apparently that wasn't the case as Nas and someone called J Phoenix decided to do a virtual collaboration with the late west coast rapper what became a hit for the three of them this year in NZ of all places.
#93 for 2003
Whereas this was an immediate hit for Linkin Park here in Australia, it appears the kiwis were a little bit more sceptical of this second single from Meteora despite the lead single being an instant chart topper over there the previous year. It's worth noting that the kiwis did consider them an album band as opposed to us Aussies who gave them a healthy balance between albums and singles success.
#24 for 2004
I'm as surprised as you are that this made it on this side of my site and not the Australian side, I would say that the kiwis were kinder to these guys going into the new millennium than we Aussies were except the album did really well so perhaps this is another example of us Aussies pushing aside a radio staple in favour of those strong album sales.
#92 for 2002
Although this was released on time in NZ as opposed to three months late here in Australia, it appears that the punctuality of the songs release over there was a curse in disguise given how much less popular it was compared to what it would eventually become on our charts for the unknown RNB singer. This was a shockingly common trend for RNB artists of the early 00's as you've no doubt already noticed.
#83 for 2001
This was the third hit that K'lee had from her debut album, it was a decent success due to it being released around the time the album came out even though said album was a huge flop for her.
*Apologies for lack of album art, this is "A lifetime left to wait" if you couldn't tell from my commentary*
#93 for 2002
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