List of number-one singles in 2000 (New Zealand)

This is the list of the Number 1 hit singles of 2000 in New Zealand, starting with the first chart dated, 16 January 2000 until the 24 December 2000.

Chart

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Biggest movers

The following is a small summary of the singles that made the fastest jumps into the top 10 within only a week after spending the start of their time on the chart at the bottom end.

On January 30, one of the biggest movers up the chart was Christina Aguilera's "What a Girl Wants" which went from being #39 the week previous to #2 becoming #1 a week later.

Only being in the top spot for a week, February 13 saw Aguilera "dethroned" by the Vengaboys's "Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)" which went from #49 to #1 within a week. This was a week long as the Vengaboys tumbled to #4 the following week.

March 5 saw a big climb from the single "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue which went from #34 to #2 after 16 weeks on the chart, later on in the month becoming the #1 in New Zealand. On March 26, Madonna's "American Pie", after 12 weeks on the chart, surged from #38 to #6.

April 9 saw *NSync's "Bye Bye Bye" go from being #37 to taking out the #1 spot from Madison Avenue.

After only having been on the chart for seven weeks, May 7 saw Destiny's Child's single, "Say My Name" climb from #40 to #4. Later that same month, on May 21, Toni Braxton's "He Wasn't Man Enough" climbed the charts from #36 to #9 within a week.

On June 4, Britney Spears’ single "Oops I Did It Again" raced up the chart from #30 to take out the #1 spot. While two weeks later, a lesser but significant chart jump saw Billie Piper’s, formerly Billie, single "Day & Night" climb from #42 to #6.

August 13’s chart saw the Bomfunk MCs "Freestyler" race up the chart from #36 to #3. On September 10, the single became New Zealand’s #1

Pink’s debut song "Most Girls" climbed up the chart from #35 to #9 during the week of October 22.

On November 19, the Baha Men’s "Who Let The Dogs Out" went from #32 to #4, becoming #1 a week later, on November 19.

Highest debuts

On February 20, the first single to debut in the top 10 was TLC's "Dear Lie".
March 5, saw Aqua's "Cartoon Heroes" debut at #6 on the chart. A week later on March 12, Brian McKnight's "Back at One" debut at #9

On March 26, S Club 7's "Two in a Million" was the first single that year to debut at the #1 spot only to slip to #6 a week later.

April 16 saw the Vengaboys gained another New Zealand #1, with their single "Shalala Lala" debuting at the top spot.

The third single to debut in the #1 spot in 2000 was Bardot's "Poison" on May 7, staying there for three weeks. May 27 saw Anastacia's debut song, "I'm Outta Love" debut at #7, making the top spot 6 weeks later on July 2.

July saw three songs debut into the Top 10. July 9 saw Daphne & Celeste’s second single "U.G.L.Y." debut at #7. July 16 saw the Vengaboys’ third single released in 2000, "Uncle John From Jamaica", debut at #5 and July 23 had Kylie Minogue’s "Spinning Around" debut at #8. However, none of these songs made it to the #1 spot.

The Corrs’s single, "Breathless" debuted at #8 on August 6 while the final single to have the highest debut was Modjo’s "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" on November 5 debuting at #8 as well.

External links

* [http://www.rianz.org.nz/ Official RIANZ Website]