This is a list of year-end number-one albums for New Zealand. Recorded Music NZ publishes the country's official weekly record charts.

Number-one albums

Key – Album of New Zealand origin

Year Artist Title CertificationThe certification is for total cumulative sales to the end of that year. Weeks on chartThe number of weeks given is the number of weeks that the album spent on the chart that year. Weeks at number oneThe number of weeks given is the number of weeks that the album spent at number one that year.References 1975 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 34 0The Dark Side of the Moon peaked at No.3 in 1975. It reached No.1 in 1993, where it spent one week. 1976 ABBA The Best of ABBA 45 18 1977 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 41 7 1978 Bee Gees and various artists Saturday Night Fever 38 15 1979 Supertramp Breakfast in America Platinum 35 10 1980 Pink Floyd The Wall Platinum 45 9 1981 Dire Straits Making Movies Platinum 48 0Making Movies peaked at No.3 in 1981, for one week. 1982 Men at Work Business as Usual Platinum 45 10 1983 David Bowie Let's Dance Platinum 34 8 1984 Billy Joel An Innocent Man Platinum 46 3 1985 Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. Platinum 47 14 1986 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms Platinum 48 15 1987 U2 The Joshua Tree Platinum 38 8 1988 Original London cast Phantom of the Opera Platinum 48 5 1989 Tracy Chapman Crossroads Platinum 9 7 1990 The Carpenters Their Greatest Hits Platinum 24 7 1991 Eurythmics Greatest Hits — 27 8 1992 Various artists The Commitments Platinum 32 1 1993 Eric Clapton Unplugged Platinum 50 5 1994 Ace of Base Happy Nation Platinum 35 5 1995 The Cranberries No Need to Argue Platinum 50 4 1996 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill Platinum 50 11 1997 Various artists Romeo + Juliet Platinum 32 9 1998 Bee Gees One Night Only Platinum 12 4 1999 Shania Twain Come on Over Platinum x15 50 23 2000 Moby Play Platinum x6 49 6 2001Linkin ParkHybrid Theory Platinum x3451 2002Come Away With Me Platinum x4402 2003Beautiful Collision Platinum x8497 2004What to Do with Daylight Platinum x6492 2005Back to Bedlam Platinum x4236 2006Fat Freddy's DropBased on a True Story Platinum x7503 2007Led ZeppelinMothership Platinum x377 2008Billy T JamesThe Comic Genius of Billy T James Platinum x343 2009I Dreamed a Dream Platinum x955 2010The Gift Platinum x355 2011 Adele 21 Platinum x8 48 26 2012 Adele 21 Platinum x11 52 12 2013 Sol3 Mio Sol3 Mio Platinum x5 6 6 2014 X Platinum x3 27 6 2015 Adele 25 Platinum x7 5 5 2016 Adele 25 Platinum x7 52 5

See also List of best-selling albums in New Zealand

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