# New Zealand top 50 albums of 2015

This is a list of the top-selling albums in New Zealand for 2015 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ. The chart includes 12 albums by New Zealand artists, including two albums by popera trio Sol3 Mio. The chart also includes 12 albums that featured in the New Zealand top 50 albums of 2014.

## Chart
### Key

    ‡ – Album of New Zealand origin
| Rank | Artist | Title |
| 1 | Adele | 25 |
| 2 | Ed Sheeran | x |
| 3 | Sam Smith | In the Lonely Hour |
| 4 | Six60 | Six60 |
| 5 | Taylor Swift | 1989 |
| 6 | Sol3 Mio | On Another Note |
| 7 | Meghan Trainor | Title |
| 8 | The Script | No Sound Without Silence |
| 9 | Cilla Black | The Very Best of Cilla Black |
| 10 | Hozier | Hozier |
| 11 | Michael Bublé | Christmas |
| 12 | Justin Bieber | Purpose |
| 13 | George Ezra | Wanted on Voyage |
| 14 | Florence and the Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful |
| 15 | Sol3 Mio | Sol3 Mio |
| 16 | Dennis Marsh | Lest We Forget |
| 17 | Eagles | Selected Works: 1972–1999 |
| 18 | Josh Groban | Stages |
| 19 | Mumford & Sons | Wilder Mind |
| 20 | Various artists | Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 21 | Maroon 5 | V |
| 22 | Ed Sheeran | + |
| 23 | Gin Wigmore | Blood to Bone |
| 24 | James Bay | Chaos and the Calm |
| 25 | Fleetwood Mac | 25 Years – The Chain |
| 26 | Fat Freddy's Drop | Bays |
| 27 | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly |
| 28 | One Direction | Made in the A.M. |
| 29 | The Quin Tikis | The Quin Tikis: New Zealand's Premier Maori Showband |
| 30 | Various artists | Frozen: The Songs |
| 31 | Foster and Allen | After All These Years: The Very Best of Foster and Allen |
| 32 | Mark Knopfler | Tracker |
| 33 | Stan Walker | Truth & Soul |
| 34 | Imagine Dragons | Smoke + Mirrors |
| 35 | Dr. Dre | Compton |
| 36 | Diana Krall | Wallflower |
| 37 | Broods | Evergreen |
| 38 | Neil Diamond | All-Time Greatest Hits |
| 39 | David Gilmour | Rattle That Lock |
| 40 | Devilskin | We Rise |
| 41 | Various artists | Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| 42 | Adele | 21 |
| 43 | Various artists | Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 44 | The Beatles | 1 |
| 45 | Muse | Drones |
| 46 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness |
| 47 | Howard Morrison | How Great Thou Art: The Very Best of Howard Morrison |
| 48 | Disturbed | Immortalized |
| 49 | Avalanche City | We are for the Wild Places |
| 50 | AC/DC | Rock or Bust |

## Top 20 albums of 2015 by New Zealand artists

| Rank | Artist | Title |
| 1 | Six60 | Six60 |
| 2 | Sol3 Mio | On Another Note |
| 3 | Sol3 Mio | Sol3 Mio |
| 4 | Dennis Marsh | Lest We Forget |
| 5 | Gin Wigmore | Blood to Bone |
| 6 | Fat Freddy's Drop | Bays |
| 7 | The Quin Tikis | The Quin Tikis: New Zealand's Premier Maori Showband |
| 8 | Stan Walker | Truth & Soul |
| 9 | Broods | Evergreen |
| 10 | Devilskin | We Rise |
| 11 | Howard Morrison | How Great Thou Art: The Very Best of Howard Morrison |
| 12 | Avalanche City | We Are For the Wild Places |
| 13 | Lorde | Pure Heroine |
| 14 | Marlon Williams | Marlon Williams |
| 15 | Six60 | Six60 |
| 16 | Beau Monga | Beau Monga |
| 17 | Don McGlashan | Lucky Stars |
| 18 | John Hore Grenell | Welcome to my World: The Very Best of John Hore Grenell |
| 19 | Dennis Marsh | Maori Songbook 2 |
| 20 | Stan Walker | The Platinum Collection |