Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales.
Eight acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia: A Great Big World, 5 Seconds of Summer, Sheppard, Ed Sheeran, The Madden Brothers, Paloma Faith, Meghan Trainor and Mark Ronson.
[3] 5 Seconds of Summer, Sheppard, Justice Crew and The Veronicas were the only Australian artists that achieved a number-one single in 2014.
Justice Crew's "Que Sera" was the second longest-running number-one single, with nine consecutive weeks at the top spot.
Sheppard's "Geronimo", Swift's "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space", The Veronicas' "You Ruin Me" and Ronson's "Uptown Funk" each spent three consecutive weeks at the number one spot.