List of year-end number-one albums (New Zealand)

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	Certification	Weeks on chart	Weeks at number one	References
1975	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon		34	0
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	0
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
2001	Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	Platinum x3	45	1
2002	Norah Jones	Come Away With Me	Platinum x4	40	2
2003	Bic Runga	Beautiful Collision	Platinum x8	49	7
2004	Brooke Fraser	What to Do with Daylight	Platinum x6	49	2
2005	James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	Platinum x4	23	6
2006	Fat Freddy's Drop	Based on a True Story	Platinum x7	50	3
2007	Led Zeppelin	Mothership	Platinum x3	7	7
2008	Billy T James	The Comic Genius of Billy T James	Platinum x3	4	3
2009	Susan Boyle	I Dreamed a Dream	Platinum x9	5	5
2010	Susan Boyle	The Gift	Platinum x3	5	5
2011	Adele	21	Platinum x8	48	26
2012	Adele	21	Platinum x11	52	12
2013	Sol3 Mio	Sol3 Mio	Platinum x5	6	6
2014	Ed Sheeran	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