New Zealand top 50 albums of 2016

This is a list of the top-selling albums in New Zealand for 2016 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ.[1] This list also shows top 20 albums in New Zealand.[2]

Chart

Key
 ‡  – Album of New Zealand origin
Rank Artist Title
1 Adele 25
2 Michael Bublé Christmas
3 Justin Bieber Purpose
4 Ed Sheeran x
5 David Bowie Nothing Has Changed
6 David Bowie Blackstar
7 The Koi Boys ‡ Meant To Be
8 Drake Views
9 Twenty One Pilots Blurryface
10 Charlie Puth Nine Track Mind
11 Prince Tui Teka ‡ E IPO: The Very Best of'
12 Beyoncé Lemonade
13 Six60 ‡ Six60
14 Sol3 Mio ‡ On Another Note
15 Various Suicide Squad
16 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams
17 Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome
18 Bruno Mars 24K Magic
19 Rihanna Anti
20 Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
21 Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour
22 Taylor Swift 1989
23 Broods ‡ Conscious
24 Metallica Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
25 Norah Jones Day Breaks
26 Michael Bublé Nobody but Me
27 Red Hot Chili Peppers The Getaway
28 Disturbed Immortalized
29 Elvis Presley The Wonder of You
30 Prince The Hits/The B-Sides
31 Sia This Is Acting
32 Adele 21
33 Frank Ocean Blonde
34 Prince The Very Best of Prince
35 Devilskin ‡ Be Like the River
36 The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
37 Sol3 Mio Sol3 Mio
38 Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits
39 Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool
40 One Direction Made in the A.M.
41 Meghan Trainor Title
42 Ellie Goulding Delirium
43 Fleetwood Mac 25 Years – The Chain
44 Leonard Cohen The Essential Leonard Cohen
45 Bob Marley and the Wailers Legend
46 Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman
47 Troye Sivan Blue Neighbourhood
48 Tracy Chapman Greatest Hits
49 Flume Skin
50 Fat Freddy's Drop ‡ Bays

Top 20 Albums by New Zealand artists

Rank Artist Title
1 The Koi Boys Meant To Be
2 Prince Tui Teka EIPO: The Very Best Of
3 Six60 Six60
4 Sol3 Mio On Another Note
5 Broods Conscious
6 Devilskin Be Like the River
7 Sol3 Mio Sol3 Mio
8 Fat Freddy's Drop Bays
9 Anika Moa Songs for Bubbas 2
10 Various Poi E: The Story of Our Song
11 Various Stir It Up: Aotearoa Tribute to Bob Marley
12 Broods Evergreen
13 Anika Moa Songs for Bubbas 1
14 Lorde Pure Heroine
15 Six60 Six60
16 Hollie Smith Water or Gold
17 Dave Dobbyn Harmony House
18 Aaradhna Brown Girl
19 Marlon Williams Marlon Williams
20 Shapeshifter Stars

References

  1. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2015". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ "NZ Albums End of Year Charts". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 12 July 2019.