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.

Key

 †  – Album of New Zealand origin

Year	Artist	Title	Certification[nb 1]	Weeks on chart[nb 2]	Weeks at number one[nb 3]	References
1975	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon		34	0[nb 4]	[1][2]
1976	ABBA	The Best of ABBA		45	18	[3][4]
1977	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours		41	7	[5][6]
1978	Bee Gees and various artists	Saturday Night Fever		38	15	[7][8]
1979	Supertramp	Breakfast in America	Platinum	35	10	[9][10]
1980	Pink Floyd	The Wall	Platinum	45	9	[11][12]
1981	Dire Straits	Making Movies	Platinum	48	0[nb 5]	[13][14]
1982	Men at Work	Business as Usual	Platinum	45	10	[15][16]
1983	David Bowie	Let's Dance	Platinum	34	8	[17][18]
1984	Billy Joel	An Innocent Man	Platinum	46	3	[19][20]
1985	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	Platinum	47	14	[21][22]
1986	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	Platinum	48	15	[23][24]
1987	U2	The Joshua Tree	Platinum	38	8	[25][26]
1988	Original London cast	Phantom of the Opera	Platinum	48	5	[27][28]
1989	Tracy Chapman	Crossroads	Platinum	9	7	[29][30]
1990	The Carpenters	Their Greatest Hits	Platinum	24	7	[31][32]
1991	Eurythmics	Greatest Hits	—	27	8	[33][34]
1992	Various artists	The Commitments	Platinum	32	1	[35][36]
1993	Eric Clapton	Unplugged	Platinum	50	5	[37][38]
1994	Ace of Base	Happy Nation	Platinum	35	5	[39][40]
1995	The Cranberries	No Need to Argue	Platinum	50	4	[41][42]
1996	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	Platinum	50	11	[43][44]
1997	Various artists	Romeo + Juliet	Platinum	32	9	[45][46]
1998	Bee Gees	One Night Only	Platinum	12	4	[47][48]
1999	Shania Twain	Come on Over	Platinum x15	50	23	[49][50]
2000	Moby	Play	Platinum x6	49	6	[51][52]
2001	Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	Platinum x3	45	1	[53][54]
2002	Norah Jones	Come Away With Me	Platinum x4	40	2	[55][56]
2003	Bic Runga	Beautiful Collision	Platinum x8	49	7	[57][58]
2004	Brooke Fraser	What to Do with Daylight	Platinum x6	49	2	[59][60]
2005	James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	Platinum x4	23	6	[61][62]
2006	Fat Freddy's Drop	Based on a True Story	Platinum x7	50	3	[63][64]
2007	Led Zeppelin	Mothership	Platinum x3	7	7	[65][66]
2008	Billy T James	The Comic Genius of Billy T James	Platinum x3	4	3	[67][68]
2009	Susan Boyle	I Dreamed a Dream	Platinum x9	5	5	[69][70]
2010	Susan Boyle	The Gift	Platinum x3	5	5	[71][72]
2011	Adele	21	Platinum x8	48	26	[73][74]
2012	Adele	21	Platinum x11	52	12	[75][74]
2013	Sol3 Mio	Sol3 Mio	Platinum x5	6	6	[76][77]
2014	Ed Sheeran	X	Platinum x3	27	6	[78][79]
2015	Adele	25	Platinum x7	5	5	[80][81]
2016	Adele	25	Platinum x7	52	5	[82][81]

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