British DJ Mark Ronson released the top single of 2015Six60 released 8 of the top 20 best performing songs by New Zealand artists in 2015, including the top New Zealand artist song of the year, "White Lines"
Although "Freaks" is by Australia musician, Timmy Trumpet and "Magnets" is by British band, Disclosure, both songs have been included as the songs featured New Zealand musicians, Savage and Lorde respectively.
Chart by numbers
Origin
By artist
The following shows the country of origin from where the artist (including any featured artist where applicable) originate from. Artists who appear more than once have only been tallied once.
Country
Total
United States
35
England
12
Sweden
5
Canada
3
New Zealand
3
Australia
2
France
2
Jamaica
2
Albania
1
Barbados
1
Denmark
1
Germany
1
Ireland
1
Mexico
1
Norway
1
Scotland
1
Netherlands
1
Trinidad & Tobago
1
Notes
As Nicki Minaj was born in Trinidad & Tobago and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in her tally.
As Bebe Rexha was born in Albania and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in her tally.
As Deorro was born in Mexico and raised in the United States, both countries have been included in his tally.
Major Lazer is regarded as an English/Jamaican group and as such both countries have been included in their tally.
By single
The following shows the country of origin from which the singles originate regardless of who the artist is.
Country
Total
United States
17
England
16
Canada
5
New Zealand
5
Sweden
3
Australia
2
Jamaica
2
Barbados
1
France
1
Germany
1
Ireland
1
Mexico
1
Norway
1
Scotland
1
Notes
Major Lazer's single has been listed as being from the United States, England and Jamaica.
The following shows the artists who have the most singles that appear in this chart. This includes where an artist appeared as a featured artist; however where a singer (e.g. Adam Levine) appears as a featured artist on their own and who is usually part of a band/group, this does not count towards their groups (e.g. Maroon 5) tally.
The following show what format each single appears on, whether it was an artists album, a non-album single, an extended play or as part of a soundtrack.
The following shows the denomination that each single was released as, whether as a solo artist or as part of a group, band or duo. Also shows how many singles had guest artists.
The following shows the most common genres the Top 50 singles are regarded as (as per their genre descriptions in the singles entries. Where a genre was not noted, the genre of the album/extended play was used instead.
The following shows the singles that were credited as having been written by only one person and the singles that had the most credited writers of 2015.
While 19 songwriters have been listed for "Uptown Funk", most of the mentioned are members of The Gap Band. On the single itself, only 9 songwriters are listed. The Gap Band members have been listed as the band and not individually as shown above.
Top producers
The following shows the producers who had the most singles to appear on this chart.
