List of best-selling albums in New Zealand
Best-selling albums

List of best-selling albums in New Zealand

Section Title: Best-selling albums
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Album	Artist	Year of release	Number of times certified platinum	Shipments

1	The Best of ABBA	ABBA	1975	24	360,000

Brothers in Arms	Dire Straits	1985	24	360,000

3	Come on Over	Shania Twain	1997	21	315,000

4	Legend	Bob Marley and the Wailers	1984	20	300,000

5	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	1977	17	255,000

Born in the U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen	1984	17	255,000

7	ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	1992	16	240,000

The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	1973	16	240,000

9	1	The Beatles	2000	15	225,000

10	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	1995	14	210,000

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds	Jeff Wayne	1978	14	210,000

The Joshua Tree	U2	1987	14	210,000

The Wall	Pink Floyd	1979	14	210,000

14	21	Adele	2011	13	195,000

x	Ed Sheeran	2014	13	195,000

16	Come Away with Me	Norah Jones	2002	12	180,000

Falling into You	Celine Dion	1996	12	180,000

The Phantom of the Opera	Various Artists	1987	12	180,000

Pure	Hayley Westenra	2003	12	180,000

Thriller	Michael Jackson	1982	12	180,000

Sentence(s)

The best-selling albums in New Zealand are ABBA's greatest hits album, The Best of ABBA in 1975 and Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms in 1985; both have been certified 24-times Platinum.

final_sentence: The best-selling albums in New Zealand are ABBA's greatest hits album, The Best of ABBA in 1975 and Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms in 1985; both have been certified 24-times Platinum.