The Highest Selling New Zealand Artist is an Aotearoa Music Awards award which is presented annually to the New Zealand artist with the highest sales in the awards period. The awards are presented annually by Recorded Music NZ at the annual New Zealand Music Awards. Nominations are not normally announced in this category. Before 2018, the Highest Selling New Zealand Album and Highest Selling New Zealand Single awards were presented.
Highest Selling New Zealand Album
Year | Winner | Album | Ref. |
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2003 | Bic Runga | Beautiful Collision | |
2004 | Hayley Westenra | Pure | |
2005 | Yulia | Into the West | |
2006 | Fat Freddy's Drop | Based on a True Story | |
2007 | Brooke Fraser | Albertine | |
2008 | Opshop | Second Hand Planet | |
2009 | The Feelers | The Best of: '98–'08 | |
2010 | Gin Wigmore | Holy Smoke | |
2011 | Brooke Fraser | Flags | |
2012 | Six60 | Six60 | |
2013 | Peter Posa | White Rabbit: The Very Best of Peter Posa | |
2014 | Sol3 Mio | Sol3 Mio | |
2015 | Sol3 Mio | Sol3 Mio | |
2016 | Sol3 Mio | On Another Note |
- While nominees are not normally announced for this category, in 2015 nominees were included. The non-winning nominees for 2015 were: Broods – Evergreen, Devilskin – We Rise, Lorde – Pure Heroine and Six60 – Six60.
Highest Selling New Zealand Single
Year | Winner | Album | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Katchafire | "Giddy Up" | |
2004 | Ben Lummis | "They Can't Take That Away" | |
2005 | Dei Hamo | "We Gon' Ride" | |
2006 | Rosita Vai | "All I Ask" | |
2007 | Atlas | "Crawl" | |
2008 | Opshop | "One Day" | |
2009 | Smashproof featuring Gin Wigmore | "Brother" | |
2010 | Stan Walker | "Black Box" | |
2011 | Brooke Fraser | "Something in the Water" | |
2012 | Six60 | "Don't Forget Your Roots" | |
2013 | Flight of the Conchords | "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" | |
2014 | Lorde | "Royals" | |
2015 | Savage and Timmy Trumpet | "Freaks" | |
2016 | Six60 | "White Lines" |
- While nominees are not normally announced for this category, in 2015 nominees were included. The non-winning nominees for 2015 were: Broods – "Mother & Father", Lorde – "Yellow Flicker Beat", Six60 – "Special" and Six60 – "So High".
References
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- "2003 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2004 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2005 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2006 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2007 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2008 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2009 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2010 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2011 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2012 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "2013 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "Lorde wins all the Tuis at New Zealand Music Awards". NZ Herald. NZMA. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "Broods clean up at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards". NZ Herald. NZMA. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "Broods dominate at the 2016 New Zealand Music Awards". NZ Herald. NZMA. Retrieved 17 November 2016.