This is a list of number-one albums by New Zealand artists in New Zealand from the Official New Zealand Music Chart albums chart.

List

Key – Number-one single of the year. – Number-one single of the year, of New Zealand origin. Reachednumber one Title Artist Weeks atnumber one 5 March 1976 Bill & Boyd Bill & Boyd 1 19 November 1976 The World's Great Classics New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 1 2 March 1980 True Colours Split Enz 3 8 June 1980 Space Race Mi-Sex 4 19 April 1981 Waiata Split Enz 3 25 April 1982 Cool Bananas DD Smash 1 2 May 1982 Time and Tide Split Enz 6 23 January 1983 Enz of an Era Split Enz 2 21 August 1983 Escapade Tim Finn 1 10 September 1989 Piano by Candlelight II Carl Doy 4 24 June 1990 Submarine Bells The Chills 2 2 September 1990 Together Again Gray Bartlett, Jodi Vaughan, Brendan Dugan 1 30 September 1990 Moonlight Sax Brian Smith 3 22 March 1992 Something Beginning with C The Exponents 2 26 April 1992 Woodface Crowded House 4 21 November 1993 Together Alone Crowded House 1 17 July 1994 Traction Supergroove 4 14 January 1996 Once Bitten, Twice Bitten: The Singles 1981–1995 The Exponents 1 14 July 1996 Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House Crowded House 8 10 August 1997 Drive Bic Runga 3 28 June 1998 Try Whistling This Neil Finn 3 23 August 1998 The Islander Dave Dobbyn 1 6 September 1998 SupersystemSupersystem was the highest ranked album by a New Zealand artist in both 1998 and 1999. The Feelers 1 13 September 1998 Espresso Guitar Martin Winch 3 27 June 1999 Dream TrueBliss 1 26 September 1999 Mix Stellar 1 10 October 1999 The General Electric Shihad 1 27 August 2000 Silencer Zed 2 1 April 2001 One Nil Neil Finn 1 20 May 2001 Hayley Westenra† Hayley Westenra 4 26 August 2001 Inside the Dub Plates†While initially charting in 2001, Inside the Dub Plates was the highest ranked album by a New Zealand artist in 2002. Salmonella Dub 1 16 September 2001 Navigator Che Fu 3 14 October 2001 Thinking Room Anika Moa 2 28 October 2001 Communicate The Feelers 1 4 November 2001 Magic Line Stellar 1 27 January 2002 Listen: The Very Best Of The Herbs 1 14 July 2002 Beautiful Collision‡ Bic Runga 8 1 September 2002 Pacifier Pacifier 1 3 November 2002 The Datsuns The Datsuns 1 10 November 2002 Blindspott Blindspott 2 8 December 2002 Polysaturated Nesian Mystik 1 20 July 2003 Love & Disrespect Elemeno P 1 3 August 2003 Pure Hayley Westenra20 31 August 2003 One Drop East Salmonella Dub 1 2 November 2003 The Crusader Scribe 1 16 November 2003 What to Do with Daylight‡ Brooke Fraser 3 17 May 2004 Always and for Real Adeaze 1 21 June 2004 One Road Ben Lummis 2 2 August 2004 Riverhead Goldenhorse 3 30 August 2004 Everyone Is Here Finn Brothers 3 20 September 2004 Into the West Yulia 4 9 May 2005 Based on a True Story‡Based on a True Story was the highest ranked album by a New Zealand artist in both 2005 and the top ranked overall album in 2006. Fat Freddy's Drop 10 15 August 2005 Odyssey Hayley Westenra 2 5 December 2005 Birds Bic Runga 1 10 April 2006 Montage Yulia 1 5 June 2006 End The Silence Blindspott 1 24 July 2006 Into the Dojo The Black Seeds 5 20 November 2006 One World The Feelers 1 11 December 2006 Albertine Brooke Fraser 1 26 March 2007 Treasure† Hayley Westenra 5 4 June 2007 Long Player Hollie Smith 2 22 October 2007 Kora Kora 1 29 October 2007 Outrageous Fortune: Westside Rules Various artists 1 6 January 2008 Second Hand Planet Opshop 3 28 April 2008 Beautiful Machine Shihad 1 5 May 2008 Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords 1 17 November 2008 The Best: 1998–2008 The Feelers 2 15 December 2008 The Comic Genius of Billy T. James‡ Billy T. James 6 1 June 2009 Dr Boondigga and the Big BW Fat Freddy's Drop 5 24 August 2009 A Story Fly My Pretties 1 19 October 2009 Ladyhawke: Collector's Edition Ladyhawke 1 26 October 2009 Holy Smoke†Holy Smoke was the top ranked album by a New Zealand artist in both 2009 and 2010. Gin Wigmore 5 16 November 2009 The System Is a Vampire Shapeshifter 2 22 March 2010 Humour and the Misfortune of Others Hollie Smith 1 5 April 2010 The Experiment Dane Rumble 1 9 August 2010 Until the End of Time Opshop 1 30 August 2010 From the Inside Out Stan Walker 1 13 September 2010 Passive Me, Aggressive You The Naked and Famous 1 27 September 2010 Ignite Shihad 1 18 October 2010 Flags Brooke Fraser 1 21 February 2011 Island Vibration House of Shem 1 14 March 2011 In the World of Light Tiki 1 4 April 2011 Maori Songbook Dennis Marsh 1 9 May 2011 Paradiso Hayley Westenra 1 17 October 2011 Six60†Six60 was the top ranked album by a New Zealand artist in both 2011 and 2012. Six60 2 14 November 2011Gravel & WineGin Wigmore 2 16 April 2012 Dust and Dirt The Black Seeds 1 7 May 2012 Home Brew Home Brew 1 6 August 2012 White Rabbit: The Very Best of Peter Posa Peter Posa 6 18 February 2013 Mt. Zion Various Artists 1 10 June 2013 Delta Shapeshifter 1 1 July 2013 Blackbird Fat Freddy's Drop 4 5 August 2013 Country Songbook Dennis Marsh 1 19 August 2013 Jackie Thomas Jackie Thomas 2 23 September 2013 Blacklistt Blacklistt 2 7 October 2013 Pure Heroine Lorde 8 25 November 2013 Sol3 Mio‡Sol3 Mio was the top ranked overall album in 2013 and the highest ranked album by a New Zealand artist in 2014. Sol3 Mio 9 21 July 2014 We Rise Devilskin 3 18 August 2014 FVEY Shihad 1 1 September 2014 Evergreen Broods 1 9 March 2015 Six60 Six60 3 6 April 2015 Lest We Forget Dennis Marsh 1 6 July 2015 Blood to Bone Gin Wigmore 1 13 July 2015 The Quin Tikis: New Zealand's Premier Maori Show Band The Quin Tikis 2 2 November 2015BaysFat Freddy's Drop 1 21 March 2016On Another NoteSol3 Mio 1 11 April 2016Water or GoldHollie Smith 1 25 April 2016Songs for Bubbas 2Anika Moa 1 4 July 2016ConsciousBroods 41 August 2016Brown GirlAaradhna 17 November 2016Meant to BeThe Koi Boys 114 November 2016E Ipo: The Very Best OfPrince Tui Teka 121 November 2016Be Like the RiverDevilskin 1 23 June 2017 Melodrama Lorde 34 December 2017A Very M3rry ChristmasSol3 Mio 45 February 2018"BBQ" ReggaeTomorrow People 126 February 2018Make Way for LoveMarlon Williams 18 July 2019IVBeastwars 118 November 2019SIX60 (3)SIX60 2828 December 2020L.A.B. IVL.A.B. 5 29 August 2021 Solar Power Lorde 111 March 2024Dangerous Day To Be A Cold OneDARTZ 1 4 July 2025 Virgin Lorde 1

Notes

New Zealand albums with the most weeks at #1

28 weeks

SIX60 (3) - SIX60

20 weeks Pure - Hayley Westenra

10 weeks Based on a True Story - Fat Freddy's Drop

9 weeks Sol3 Mio - Sol3 Mio

8 weeks Pure Heroine - Lorde Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House - Crowded House Beautiful Collision - Bic Runga

6 weeks Time and Tide - Split Enz The Comic Genius of Billy T. James - Billy T. James White Rabbit: The Very Best of Peter Posa - Peter Posa

5 weeks Into the Dojo - The Black Seeds Treasure - Hayley Westenra Dr Boondigga and the Big BW - Fat Freddy's Drop Holy Smoke - Gin Wigmore L.A.B. IV - L.A.B.

New Zealand artists with the most number-one albums

Hayley Westenra (5) Split Enz (4) The Feelers (4) Lorde (4) Gin Wigmore (3) Bic Runga (3) Brooke Fraser (3) Crowded House (3) Fat Freddy's Drop (3) Shihad (3)

References

External links The Official NZ Music Charts – albums (Recorded Music NZ) Charts.org.nz – album charts (Hung Medien)