Here's a few statistics to end end of the 2022 chart year:

Most Consecutive weeks at Number 1

Rivers Of Babylon - Boney M	14 weeks
One Dance – Drake feat. WizKid and Kyla	13 weeks
Despacito (Remix) - Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee	13 weeks

Most number ones for artist

U2	8
Michael Jackson	8
Mariah Carey	8
Justin Bieber	8
Katy Perry	7

Most weeks at number one for artist

Justin Bieber	36
Drake	32
The Beatles	31
Chris Brown	31
Ed Sheeran	31
Elton John	31
Eminem	29
Rihanna	29
Michael Jackson	27

Most weeks in chart for artist - Top 20

	weeks	This year	Last year
Ed Sheeran	784	1	1
Six60	592	2	2
Rihanna	562	3	4
Madonna	551	4	3
Bieber, Justin	551	5	7
Michael Jackson	538	6	5
Pink	510	7	6
Mariah Carey	450	8	9
Post Malone	421	9	14
Grande, Ariana	416	10	11
Maroon 5	404	11	10
Elton John	402	12	8
U2	390	13	12
Eminem	390	14	13
Taylor Swift	388	15	18
Dua Lipa	373	16	--
Katy Perry	371	17	15
L.A.B.	369	18	--
Chris Brown	365	19	19
Lady Gaga	360	20	16

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Most conecutive weeks in the chart for single

In The Air - L.A.B.	142 weeks	2020
Catching Feelings - DRAX Project feat. Six60	88 weeks	2019
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi	83 weeks	2020
Controller - L.A.B.	96 weeks	2020
Blinding Light - The Weeknd	72 weeks	2019
Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran	68 weeks	2017

Most re-entries for artists' song

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey	11	2020
Titanium - David Guetta feat. Sia	9	2013
Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues	9	2019

Average length of songle this year: 3:21

Biggest gap for artists between entries
NOTE: All these artists charted before the current chart was published.

Bing Crosby	61 years, 8 months
Tony Bennett	61 years, 2 months
Burl Ives	60 years, 9 months
Dean Martin	57 years, 11 months
Nat "King" Cole	56 years, 2 months
The Ronettes	55 years, 1 month
Brenda Lee	54 years, 6 months
Bobby Helms	53 years, 8 months
Frank Sinatra	51 years, 6 months
Chuck Berry	50 years, 1 month
Andy Williams	44 years, 7 months
José Feliciano,	40 years, 11 months

Most singles in the chart for artist: The Top 20

	Singles	This year	Last year
Taylor Swift	62	1	2
Madonna	53	2	1
Ed Sheeran	46	3	3
Michael Jackson	44	4	4
Justin Bieber	41	5	5
Elton John	41	6	7
Eminem	40	7	6
U2	39	8	8
Mariah Carey	38	9	9
Prince	38	10	10
Drake	38	11	17
Janet Jackson	36	12	11
Rihanna	35	13	12
Pink	33	14	13
Ariana Grande	31	15	14
Chris Brown	30	16	15
Six60	30	17	21
Kanye West	29	18	16
UB40	28	19	18
Beyonce	28	20	--

Longest song to hit the chart

Fear Inoculum - Tool	10:21	2019
All Too Well - Taylor Swift	10:13	2021

Shortest song to hit the chart

Spider Pig - Hans Zimmer	1 minute 4 seconds	2007
Poland - Lil Yachty	1 minute 23 seconds	2022

Most weeks charted in a calandar year for artist

L.A.B.	169 weeks	2021
Ed Sheeran	164 weeks	2017
Post Malone	155 weeks	2018
Abba	143 weeks	1976

New kiwi singles this year: 7

Longest time for a single to reach No. one after debut

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush	36 years, 8 months
In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins	27 years, 4 months
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey	24 years, 3 months

Lowest average song length in a calandar year for new entries in RIANZ chart

3:16

2019

1:46

Most weeks at #2 without going to #1
This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna
Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheeran

Most singles charted for artist in a chart year

Ed Sheeran	16
Michael Jackson	11
Justin Bieber	11
Ariana Grande	11
Billie Eilish	11
Post Malone	10
Post Malone	10
Six60	10
Olivia Rodrigo	10

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Most songs at the top of the chart by the same artist in the same week

Harry Styles	4	2022
L.A.B.	3	2021

Most songs in the top 10 by artist in the same chart

Ed Sheeran	6	2017
Harry Styles	6	2022
Taylor Swift	6	2022
Harry Styles	6	2022

Most weeks charted for single: Top 100 Singles

Place	Year	No. Wks	Title/Artist	Peak
1	2019	152	In The Air - L.A.B.	1(3)
2	1977	132	Dreams - Fleetwood Mac	6(3)
3	2020	101	Levitating - Dua Lipa	5(4)
4	2021	98	Heat Waves - Glass Animals	3
5	2020	95	Controller - L.A.B.	3(2)
6	2019	89	Catching Feelings - DRAX Project feat. Six60	3(2)
7	2019	83	Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi	4(6)
8	2019	75	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd	1(4)
9	1983	74	Blue Monday - New Order	2
10	2021	70	Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) - Elton John and Dua Lipa	1(9)
11	2021	70	Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran	1(2)
12	2019	69	Long Gone - Six60	5
13	2017	68	Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran	1(13)
14	2019	68	Dance Monkey - Tones And I	1(11)
15	2021	66	Shivers - Ed Sheeran	3(3)
16	2021	65	Stay - The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber	1(11)
17	2020	65	Why Oh Why - L.A.B.	1(5)
18	2017	64	Perfect - Ed Sheeran	1(8)
19	2018	63	Sunflower - Post Malone and Swae Lee	1(2)
20	2021	63	Save Your Tears (remix) - The Weeknd and Ariana Grande	9(2)
21	2013	62	Happy - Pharrell Williams	1(15)
22	2019	62	Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles	4
23	2014	59	Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran	1(4)
24	2011	57	Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye feat. Kimbra	1(6)
25	2014	55	Stay With Me - Sam Smith	1(4)
26	2018	55	Eastside - Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid	1(4)
27	2008	55	Always On My Mind - Tiki Taane	1(2)
28	1975	54	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights - Freddie Fender	2
29	2015	53	Lean On - Major Lazer feat. MØ & DJ Snake	1(2)
30	1976	52	Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen	1(2)
31	2021	52	Kiss Me More - Doja Cat feat. SZA	1(1)
32	2013	51	Royals - Lorde	1(3)
33	2018	51	Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper	1(2)
34	2011	50	Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock	1(11)
35	2011	50	Titanium - David Guetta feat. Sia	3
36	2019	50	Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa	3(2)
37	2019	49	bad guy - Billie Eilish and Justin Bieber	1(1)
38	2019	49	The Greatest - Six60	3
39	1975	48	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - Abba	1(1)
40	2015	48	Where Are Ü Now? - Skrillex And Diplo feat. Justin Bieber	3
41	2019	47	Roses (Imanbek Remix) - SAINt JHN	1(2)
42	1989	46	Strokin' - Clarence Carter	2
43	2018	45	Youngblood - 5 Seconds Of Summer	1(4)
44	2019	45	Circles - Post Malone	1(1)
45	2021	45	INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow	1(1)
46	2019	44	Old Town Road (remix) - Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus	1(12)
47	2018	44	Better - Khalid	4
48	2019	44	Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi	9
49	2017	43	Rockstar - Post Malone feat. 21 Savage	1(8)
50	1976	43	December 1963 (Oh What A Night) - The Four Seasons	2
51	2011	43	Rolling In The Deep - Adele	3
52	2021	43	Woman - Doja Cat	9(2)
53	2021	43	Ghost - Justin Bieber	16
54	2014	42	Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars	1(9)
55	2018	42	Shotgun - George Ezra	1(4)
56	2016	42	Can't Stop The Feeling! - Justin Timberlake	2
57	2007	42	Maybe - OpShop	3
58	2014	42	Chandelier - Sia	3
59	2018	42	Lovely - Billie Eilish feat. Khalid	4
60	2017	42	Vibes - Six60	9
61	2006	41	Lips Of An Angel - Hinder	1(2)
62	2014	41	Cheerleader - Omi	3
63	2013	40	I See Fire - Ed Sheeran	1(3)
64	1994	40	All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey	1(3)
65	2014	40	I'm Not the Only One - Sam Smith	3
66	1992	40	November Rain - Guns N Roses	7
67	2009	39	I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas	1(9)
68	2011	39	Someone Like You - Adele	1(5)
69	2017	39	HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar	1(3)
70	2016	39	Never Be Like You - Flume feat. Kai	2
71	2016	39	Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers feat. Daya	2
72	2016	38	One Dance - Drake feat. Wizkid And Kyla	1(13)
73	1975	38	Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddie Fender	1(12)
74	1986	38	Sailing Away - All Of Us	1(9)
75	2020	38	Savage Love (Laxed-Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason DeRulo	1(8)
76	2020	38	Mood - 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior	1(7)
77	2015	38	Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd	1(3)
78	2022	38	As It Was - Harry Styles	1(3)
79	2015	38	Sorry - Justin Bieber	1(2)
80	2007	38	Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie	1(1)
81	2018	38	Better Now - Post Malone	1(1)
82	2014	38	Take Me To Church - Hozier	2
83	2017	38	Thunder - Imagine Dragons	3(1)
84	1975	38	Sailing - Rod Stewart	3(2)
85	2019	38	Memories - Maroon 5	3(4)
86	2017	38	New Rules - Dua Lipa	3(3)
87	2018	38	When The Party's Over - Billie Eilish	3(2)
88	2019	38	Glitter - BENEE	3
89	2021	38	Big Energy - Latto	12(2)
90	2017	38	Congratulations - Post Malone feat. Quavo	21
91	2022	38	No Role Modelz - J. Cole	22
92	1976	37	Fernando - Abba	1(9)
93	2021	37	Down Under - Luude feat. Colin Hay	1(9)
94	2021	37	Easy On Me - Adele	1(6)
95	2021	37	All She Wrote - Six60	1(1)
96	2006	37	Bathe In The River - Mt Raskil Preservation Society feat. Hollie Smith	2
97	2013	37	Dark Horse - Katy Perry feat. Juicy J	2
98	2013	37	All Of Me - John Legend	2
99	2015	37	The Hills - The Weeknd	2
100	2022	37	Go (goddard. Remix) - Cat Burns	3(5)

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ALBUMS CHART

Longest Consecutive run at Number 1

A Star Is Born - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

16 weeks

2018

Most number ones for artist

U2	13
Pink Floyd	10
Eminem	10
Taylor Swift	10
Michael Jackson	9
Red Hot Chili Peppers	9

Most weeks in chart for artist - Top 10

	Weeks	This year	Last year
Six60	1022	1	1
Ed Sheeran	905	2	3
Elton John	818	3	2
Pink Floyd	710	4	4
Queen	685	5	5
U2	668	6	6
Rod Stewart	660	7	7
Taylor Swift	639	8	11
Dire Straits	601	9	8
Fleetwood Mac	591	10	12

Most weeks at number one for artist

Ed Sheeran	58
Adele	58
U2	41
Six60	40

Most Total weeks at number one

21 - Adele

38 weeks

2011

Most weeks at number one for artist

Adele	60
Ed Sheeran	58
U2	41
Six60	41
The Bee Gees	36
Dire Strais	36
Eminem	36

Biggest drop from number one

Christmas - Michael Bublé	2014
BBQ Reggae - Tomorrow People	2018
Blindspott - Blindspott	2020
YUNGBLUD - YUNGBLUD	2022

Most albums for artist - Top 10

	Albums	This year	Last year
Van Morrison	39	1	1
Bob Dylan	39	2	3
Elton John	38	3	2
Neil Young	37	4	4
David Bowie	36	5	5
Rod Stewart	34	6	6
The Beatles	33	7	7
Eric Clapton	33	8	8
Elvis Presley	32	9	9
The Rolling Stones	28	10	10

Most consecutive weeks in chart for album

Six60(2) - Six60	382
÷ - Ed Sheeran	303
Six60 (EP) - Six60	266
21 - Adele	253
Six60(EP) - Six60	214
Six60 - Six60	209
Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi	188
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac	173
Six60 (3) - Six60	163
Fine Line - Harry Styles	158

Most weeks charted in a calander year for artist

Six60	208	2021
Six60	208	2020
Six60	207	2019
Six60	193	2022

Kiwi albums to chart this year
43

Longest Gap between chart weeks

Animals - Pink Floyd	45 years, 2 months
The Stranger - Billy Joel	42 years, 5 months
Split Enz - True Colours	40 years, 5 months
Presentation And Reality - The Body Electric	38 years, 6 months
Waves - Waves	37 years, 4 months

Most weeks at number one for soundtrack

Grease	16	1978
A Star Is Born (2018)	16	2018
Saturday Night Fever	15	1978
The Commitments	10	1992

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Most weeks charted for album: Top 100 Albums

Place	Year	No Wks	Title/Artist	Peak
1	2015	382	Six60 (2) - Six60	1(3)
2	2017	303	÷ - Ed Sheeran	1(35)
3	1975	297	Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd	1(1)
4	2011	296	Six60 - Six60	1(2)
5	1977	294	Rumours - Fleetwood Mac	1(9)
6	2017	266	Six60 (EP) - Six60	2(3)
7	2014	248	X - Ed Sheeran	1(13)
8	2011	237	21 - Adele	1(38)
9	2011	197	+ - Ed Sheeran	1(2)
10	2019	195	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish	1(10)
11	2019	188	Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi	3
12	2010	180	Doo-Wops And Hooligans - Bruno Mars	2
13	1984	178	Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers	1(4)
14	2019	163	Six60 (3) - Six60	1(35)
15	2019	158	Fine Line - Harry Styles	1(2)
16	2014	154	In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith	1(8)
17	2015	152	25 - Adele	1(14)
18	1980	150	Making Movies - Dire Straits	3
19	2017	150	don't smile at me - Billie Eilish	3
20	2020	143	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa	1(1)
21	2018	136	Beerbongs And Bentleys - Post Malone	1(6)
22	1992	133	Ten - Pearl Jam	3
23	2018	132	Bohemian Rhapsody OST - Queen	2(10)
24	1975	131	Crime Of The Century - Supertramp	12
25	2008	130	The Fame: Monster - Lady Gaga	1(2)
26	2016	130	Stoney - Post Malone	3
27	2020	129	Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon - Pop Smoke	1(10)
28	1975	129	Atlantic Crossing - Rod Stewart	2
29	2010	127	Teenage Dream - Katy Perry	1(1)
30	1983	126	Genesis - Genesis	2
31	2019	126	L.A.B. III - L.A.B.	4
32	2019	125	Diamonds - Elton John	2(3)
33	1981	120	Queen's Greatest Hits - Queen	1(5)
34	2020	118	folklore - Taylor Swift	1(2)
35	1987	116	The Joshua Tree - U2	1(9)
36	1978	113	Dire Straits - Dire Straits	2
37	2005	111	Based On A True Story - Fat Freddy's Drop	1(10)
38	1979	109	The Wall - Pink Floyd	1(10)
39	1975	109	Hot August Night - Neil Diamond	1(1)
40	2015	109	Purpose - Justin Bieber	1(1)
41	1985	106	Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits	1(21)
42	2013	106	Sol3 Mio - Sol3 Mio	1(16)
43	1987	106	Phantom Of The Opera - Stage Show	1(5)
44	2012	105	Born To Die - Lana Del Rey	2
45	1983	105	Eliminator - ZZ Top	4
46	1998	104	Come On Over - Shania Twain	1(23)
47	2017	104	17 - Xxxtentacion	2
48	1985	103	Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston	1(1)
49	2019	103	DRAX Project - DRAX Project	2
50	1980	102	Dangerous - Michael Jackson	1(2)
51	1975	102	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John	9
52	2002	101	Beautiful Collision - Bic Runga	1(8)
53	1991	101	Music By Candelight - Ghorghe Zamfir	1(4)
54	2014	100	1989 - Taylor Swift	1(6)
55	2020	101	F*CK LOVE (SAVAGE) - The Kid LAROI	2
56	1983	100	Thriller - Michael Jackson	1(12)
57	2016	100	24K Magic - Bruno Mars	2
58	2017	98	The Greatest Showman OST - Various	1(4)
59	2021	98	The Highlights - The Weeknd	1(3)
60	2019	97	No. 6 Collaborations Project - Ed Sheeran	1(6)
61	1976	97	Eagles Greatest Hits - The Eagles	2
62	1983	97	Speaking In Tongues - Talking Heads	3
63	1993	95	Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine	9
64	2002	94	Come Away With Me - Norah Jones	1(12)
65	2007	93	Back To Black - Amy Winehouse	1(7)
66	1984	92	Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen	1(15)
67	2021	92	Justice - Justin Bieber	1(3)
68	1976	92	Crisis? What Crisis? - Supertramp	6
69	2002	91	The Eminem Show - Eminem	1(6)
70	2018	91	? - Xxxtentacion	1(1)
71	1999	90	Play - Moby	1(6)
72	1992	89	ABBA Gold - Abba	3
73	1978	89	The Cars - The Cars	5
74	2016	88	ANTI - Rihanna	5
75	1995	87	HIStory: Past, Present And Future - Michael Jackson	1(7)
76	1981	87	Reveries - Richard Clayderman	1(2)
77	2010	86	Sign No More - Mumford And Sons	1(4)
78	2007	86	Second Hand Planet - OpShop	1(3)
79	1993	86	Simply The Best - Tina Turner	1(2)
80	1991	86	Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumkins	4
81	2017	86	American Teen - Khalid	5(3)
82	2019	86	Goodbye And Good Riddance - Juice WRLD	15
83	2013	85	Halcyon Days - Ellie Goulding	1(1)
84	1981	85	Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf	1(1)
85	2019	85	Free Spirit - Khalid	2(2)
86	1987	85	The Big Chill OST	5
87	1988	84	Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman	1(4)
88	2014	84	Frozen OST - Various	1(3)
89	1985	84	No Jacket Required - Phil Collins	1(1)
90	1984	84	Icehouse - Flowers	2
91	2012	84	Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads	2
92	1976	84	Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars	2
93	2021	83	SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo	1(15)
94	1978	83	A Night On The Town - Rod Stewart	1(9)
95	1995	83	Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins	1(1)
96	2001	83	Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park	1(1)
97	2017	83	DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar	2(5)
98	1978	82	Grease OST	1(16)
99	1980	82	True Colours - Split Enz	1(3)
100	2015	82	Blurryface - Twenty One Pilots	2

NZ SINGLES CHART

Longest Consecutive run at number one

Don't Worry Bout It - Kings	32
Vibes - Six60	28
In The Air - L.A.B.	24
Savage Love (Laxed-Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason DeRulo	22
Soaked - Bene	21

Longest total run at number one

In The Air - L.A.B.	50
Don't Worry Bout It - Kings	32
Vibes - Six60	28
Magnets - Disclosure feat. Lorde	26
Green Light - Lorde	24

Most weeks charted for artist in a calandar year

Six60	2015	480
Six60	2016	414

Least new entries in a calendar year

29

2020

Most new entries in a calendar year

132

2013

Most Weeks Charted for Single:

Place	Year	No Wks	Title/Artist	Peak
1	2011	290	Don't Forget Your Roots - Six60	1(2)
2	2011	227	Only To Be - Six60	1(8)
3	2013	165	Royals - Lorde	1(18)
4	2019	159	In The Air - L.A.B.	1(50)
5	2017	158	Woke Up Late - DRAX Project	1(3)
6	2014	149	Freaks - Timmy Trumpet & Savage	1(16)
7	2011	146	Forever - Six60	1(7)
8	2014	142	Special - Six60	1(2)
9	2012	133	So High - Six60	1(7)
10	2020	130	Controller - L.A.B.	2
11	2015	127	White Lines - Six60	1(12)
12	2015	121	Purple - Six60	3
13	2017	119	Vibes - Six60	1(23)
14	2016	109	Don't Worry Bout It - Kings	1(33)
15	2019	108	The Greatest - Six60	1(6)
16	2020	108	Why Oh Why - L.A.B.	1(12)
17	2014	106	Bridges - Broods	1(3)
18	2018	105	Soaked - Bene	1(21)
19	2019	103	Catching Feelings - DRAX Project feat. Six60	1(11)
20	2017	100	Don't Give It Up - Six60	1(19)

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