# List of number-one albums in New Zealand by New Zealand artists

This is a list of number-one albums by New Zealand artists in New Zealand from the Official New Zealand Music Chart albums chart.

## List

Key
    ‡ – Number-one single of the year.
    † – Number-one single of the year, of New Zealand origin.
| Reached number one | Title | Artist | Weeks at number one |
| 5 March 1976 | Bill & Boyd | Bill & Boyd | 1 |
| 19 November 1976 | The World's Great Classics | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | 1 |
| 2 March 1980 | True Colours | Split Enz | 3 |
| 8 June 1980 | Space Race | Mi-Sex | 4 |
| 19 April 1981 | Waiata | Split Enz | 3 |
| 25 April 1982 | Cool Bananas | DD Smash | 1 |
| 2 May 1982 | Time and Tide | Split Enz | 6 |
| 23 January 1983 | Enz of an Era | Split Enz | 2 |
| 21 August 1983 | Escapade | Tim Finn | 1 |
| 10 September 1989 | Piano by Candlelight II | Carl Doy | 4 |
| 24 June 1990 | Submarine Bells | The Chills | 2 |
| 2 September 1990 | Together Again | Gray Bartlett, Jodi Vaughan, Brendan Dugan | 1 |
| 30 September 1990 | Moonlight Sax | Brian Smith | 3 |
| 22 March 1992 | Something Beginning with C | The Exponents | 2 |
| 26 April 1992 | Woodface | Crowded House | 4 |
| 21 November 1993 | Together Alone | Crowded House | 1 |
| 17 July 1994 | Traction | Supergroove | 4 |
| 14 January 1996 | Once Bitten, Twice Bitten: The Singles 1981–1995 | The Exponents | 1 |
| 14 July 1996 | Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House | Crowded House | 8 |
| 10 August 1997 | Drive | Bic Runga | 3 |
| 28 June 1998 | Try Whistling This | Neil Finn | 3 |
| 23 August 1998 | The Islander | Dave Dobbyn | 1 |
| 6 September 1998 | Supersystem | The Feelers | 1 |
| 13 September 1998 | Espresso Guitar | Martin Winch | 3 |
| 27 June 1999 | Dream | TrueBliss | 1 |
| 26 September 1999 | Mix | Stellar | 1 |
| 10 October 1999 | The General Electric | Shihad | 1 |
| 27 August 2000 | Silencer | Zed | 2 |
| 1 April 2001 | One Nil | Neil Finn | 1 |
| 20 May 2001 | Hayley Westenra† | Hayley Westenra | 4 |
| 26 August 2001 | Inside the Dub Plates† | Salmonella Dub | 1 |
| 16 September 2001 | Navigator | Che Fu | 3 |
| 14 October 2001 | Thinking Room | Anika Moa | 2 |
| 28 October 2001 | Communicate | The Feelers | 1 |
| 4 November 2001 | Magic Line | Stellar | 1 |
| 27 January 2002 | Listen: The Very Best Of | The Herbs | 1 |
| 14 July 2002 | Beautiful Collision‡ | Bic Runga | 8 |
| 1 September 2002 | Pacifier | Pacifier | 1 |
| 3 November 2002 | The Datsuns | The Datsuns | 1 |
| 10 November 2002 | Blindspott | Blindspott | 2 |
| 8 December 2002 | Polysaturated | Nesian Mystik | 1 |
| 20 July 2003 | Love & Disrespect | Elemeno P | 1 |
| 3 August 2003 | Pure | Hayley Westenra | 20 |
| 31 August 2003 | One Drop East | Salmonella Dub | 1 |
| 2 November 2003 | The Crusader | Scribe | 1 |
| 16 November 2003 | What to Do with Daylight‡ | Brooke Fraser | 3 |
| 17 May 2004 | Always and for Real | Adeaze | 1 |
| 21 June 2004 | One Road | Ben Lummis | 2 |
| 2 August 2004 | Riverhead | Goldenhorse | 3 |
| 30 August 2004 | Everyone Is Here | Finn Brothers | 3 |
| 20 September 2004 | Into the West | Yulia | 4 |
| 9 May 2005 | Based on a True Story‡ | Fat Freddy's Drop | 10 |
| 15 August 2005 | Odyssey | Hayley Westenra | 2 |
| 5 December 2005 | Birds | Bic Runga | 1 |
| 10 April 2006 | Montage | Yulia | 1 |
| 5 June 2006 | End The Silence | Blindspott | 1 |
| 24 July 2006 | Into the Dojo | The Black Seeds | 5 |
| 20 November 2006 | One World | The Feelers | 1 |
| 11 December 2006 | Albertine | Brooke Fraser | 1 |
| 26 March 2007 | Treasure† | Hayley Westenra | 5 |
| 4 June 2007 | Long Player | Hollie Smith | 2 |
| 22 October 2007 | Kora | Kora | 1 |
| 29 October 2007 | Outrageous Fortune: Westside Rules | Various artists | 1 |
| 6 January 2008 | Second Hand Planet | Opshop | 3 |
| 28 April 2008 | Beautiful Machine | Shihad | 1 |
| 5 May 2008 | Flight of the Conchords | Flight of the Conchords | 1 |
| 17 November 2008 | The Best: 1998–2008 | The Feelers | 2 |
| 15 December 2008 | The Comic Genius of Billy T. James‡ | Billy T. James | 6 |
| 1 June 2009 | Dr Boondigga and the Big BW | Fat Freddy's Drop | 5 |
| 24 August 2009 | A Story | Fly My Pretties | 1 |
| 19 October 2009 | Ladyhawke: Collector's Edition | Ladyhawke | 1 |
| 26 October 2009 | Holy Smoke† | Gin Wigmore | 5 |
| 16 November 2009 | The System Is a Vampire | Shapeshifter | 2 |
| 22 March 2010 | Humour and the Misfortune of Others | Hollie Smith | 1 |
| 5 April 2010 | The Experiment | Dane Rumble | 1 |
| 9 August 2010 | Until the End of Time | Opshop | 1 |
| 30 August 2010 | From the Inside Out | Stan Walker | 1 |
| 13 September 2010 | Passive Me, Aggressive You | The Naked and Famous | 1 |
| 27 September 2010 | Ignite | Shihad | 1 |
| 18 October 2010 | Flags | Brooke Fraser | 1 |
| 21 February 2011 | Island Vibration | House of Shem | 1 |
| 14 March 2011 | In the World of Light | Tiki | 1 |
| 4 April 2011 | Maori Songbook | Dennis Marsh | 1 |
| 9 May 2011 | Paradiso | Hayley Westenra | 1 |
| 17 October 2011 | Six60† | Six60 | 2 |
| 14 November 2011 | Gravel & Wine | Gin Wigmore | 2 |
| 16 April 2012 | Dust and Dirt | The Black Seeds | 1 |
| 7 May 2012 | Home Brew | Home Brew | 1 |
| 6 August 2012 | White Rabbit: The Very Best of Peter Posa | Peter Posa | 6 |
| 18 February 2013 | Mt. Zion | Various Artists | 1 |
| 10 June 2013 | Delta | Shapeshifter | 1 |
| 1 July 2013 | Blackbird | Fat Freddy's Drop | 4 |
| 5 August 2013 | Country Songbook | Dennis Marsh | 1 |
| 19 August 2013 | Jackie Thomas | Jackie Thomas | 2 |
| 23 September 2013 | Blacklistt | Blacklistt | 2 |
| 7 October 2013 | Pure Heroine | Lorde | 8 |
| 25 November 2013 | Sol3 Mio‡ | Sol3 Mio | 9 |
| 21 July 2014 | We Rise | Devilskin | 3 |
| 18 August 2014 | FVEY | Shihad | 1 |
| 1 September 2014 | Evergreen | Broods | 1 |
| 9 March 2015 | Six60 | Six60 | 3 |
| 6 April 2015 | Lest We Forget | Dennis Marsh | 1 |
| 6 July 2015 | Blood to Bone | Gin Wigmore | 1 |
| 13 July 2015 | The Quin Tikis: New Zealand's Premier Maori Show Band | The Quin Tikis | 2 |
| 2 November 2015 | Bays | Fat Freddy's Drop | 1 |
| 21 March 2016 | On Another Note | Sol3 Mio | 1 |
| 11 April 2016 | Water or Gold | Hollie Smith | 1 |
| 25 April 2016 | Songs for Bubbas 2 | Anika Moa | 1 |
| 4 July 2016 | Conscious | Broods | 4 |
| 1 August 2016 | Brown Girl | Aaradhna | 1 |
| 7 November 2016 | Meant to Be | The Koi Boys | 1 |
| 14 November 2016 | E Ipo: The Very Best Of | Prince Tui Teka | 1 |
| 21 November 2016 | Be Like the River | Devilskin | 1 |
| 23 June 2017 | Melodrama | Lorde | 3 |
| 4 December 2017 | A Very M3rry Christmas | Sol3 Mio | 4 |
| 5 February 2018 | "BBQ" Reggae | Tomorrow People | 1 |
| 26 February 2018 | Make Way for Love | Marlon Williams | 1 |
| 8 July 2019 | IV | Beastwars | 1 |
| 18 November 2019 | SIX60 (3) | SIX60 | 28 |
| 28 December 2020 | L.A.B. IV | L.A.B. | 5 |
| 29 August 2021 | Solar Power | Lorde | 1 |
| 11 March 2024 | Dangerous Day To Be A Cold One | DARTZ | 1 |
Notes
* ↑ Supersystem was the highest ranked album by a New Zealand artist in both 1998 and 1999.
* ↑ While initially charting in 2001, Inside the Dub Plates was the highest ranked album by a New Zealand artist in 2002.
* ↑ Based on a True Story was the highest ranked album by a New Zealand artist in both 2005 and the top ranked overall album in 2006.
* ↑ Holy Smoke was the top ranked album by a New Zealand artist in both 2009 and 2010.
* ↑ Six60 was the top ranked album by a New Zealand artist in both 2011 and 2012.
* ↑ Sol3 Mio was the top ranked overall album in 2013 and the highest ranked album by a New Zealand artist in 2014.

## New Zealand albums with the most weeks at #1

28 weeks
* SIX60 (3) - SIX60
20 weeks
* Pure - Hayley Westenra
10 weeks
* Based on a True Story - Fat Freddy's Drop
9 weeks
* Sol3 Mio - Sol3 Mio
8 weeks
* Pure Heroine - Lorde
* Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House - Crowded House
* Beautiful Collision - Bic Runga
6 weeks
* Time and Tide - Split Enz
* The Comic Genius of Billy T. James - Billy T. James
* White Rabbit: The Very Best of Peter Posa - Peter Posa
5 weeks
* Into the Dojo - The Black Seeds
* Treasure - Hayley Westenra
* Dr Boondigga and the Big BW - Fat Freddy's Drop
* Holy Smoke - Gin Wigmore
* L.A.B. IV - L.A.B.

## New Zealand artists with the most number-one albums

* Hayley Westenra (5)
* Split Enz (4)
* The Feelers (4)
* Lorde (3)
* Gin Wigmore (3)
* Bic Runga (3)
* Brooke Fraser (3)
* Crowded House (3)
* Fat Freddy's Drop (3)
* Shihad (3)