This is the Recorded Music NZ list of number-one albums in New Zealand during the 2000s decade. Hayley Westenra's international debut album Pure charted at number one for 20 weeks. Four of the number one albums of the year have been from New Zealand artists: Bic Runga, Brooke Fraser, Fat Freddy's Drop, and Billy T James. Norah Jones' debut album Come Away with Me charted at number one for 12 weeks and was the top selling album for 2002.
In New Zealand, Recorded Music NZ compiles the top 40 albums chart each Monday. Over-the-counter sales of both physical and digital formats make up the data. Certifications are awarded for the number of shipments to retailers. Gold certifications are awarded after 7,500 sales, and platinum certifications after 15,000.
The following albums were all number one in New Zealand in the 2000s.
Number ones
- Key
- * – Number-one album of the year
- † – Album of New Zealand origin
- ‡ – Number-one album of the year, of New Zealand origin
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer break - no chart | 2 January 2000 | — | ||
| Shania Twain | Come On Over | 1 | 9 January 2000 | Platinum x21 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | 1 | 16 January 2000 | Platinum x8 |
| Macy Gray | On How Life Is | 4 | 23 January 2000 | Platinum x4 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | 5 | 20 February 2000 | Platinum x8 |
| Santana | Supernatural | 1 | 26 March 2000 | Platinum x4 |
| Moby | Play | 3 | 2 April 2000 | Platinum x7 |
| Macy Gray | On How Life Is | 1 | 23 April 2000 | Platinum x4 |
| Vengaboys | The Platinum Album | 3 | 30 April 2000 | Platinum x5 |
| Bardot | Bardot | 1 | 21 May 2000 | Platinum |
| Pearl Jam | Binaural | 1 | 28 May 2000 | Gold |
| Moby | Play | 1 | 4 June 2000 | Platinum x7 |
| Vengaboys | The Platinum Album | 1 | 11 June 2000 | Platinum x5 |
| Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | 4 | 18 June 2000 | Platinum x5 |
| Moby | Play | 2 | 16 June 2000 | Platinum x7 |
| Anastacia | Not That Kind | 3 | 30 July 2000 | Platinum x3 |
| Robbie Williams | The Ego Has Landed | 1 | 20 August 2000 | Platinum x9 |
| Zed | Silencer (Bonus Disc) | 2 | 27 August 2000 | Platinum x3 |
| Robbie Williams | Sing When You're Winning | 5 | 10 September 2000 | Platinum x7 |
| Radiohead | Kid A | 2 | 15 October 2000 | Gold |
| Limp Bizkit | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | 2 | 29 October 2000 | Platinum x5 |
| U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2 | 12 November 2000 | Platinum x3 |
| The Beatles | 1 | 5 | 26 November 2000 | Platinum x15 |
| Summer break - no chart | 31 December 2000 | — | ||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| The Beatles | 1 | 3 | 7 January 2001 | Platinum x15 |
| Shaggy | Hot Shot | 2 | 28 January 2001 | Platinum x4 |
| The Hollies | Greatest Hits | 2 | 11 February 2001 | — |
| Shaggy | Hot Shot | 1 | 25 February 2001 | Platinum x4 |
| Dido | No Angel | 4 | 4 March 2001 | Platinum x5 |
| Neil Finn | One Nil | 1 | 1 April 2001 | Gold |
| Dido | No Angel | 1 | 8 April 2001 | Platinum x5 |
| Shaggy | Hot Shot | 1 | 15 April 2001 | Platinum x4 |
| Dido | No Angel | 4 | 22 April 2001 | Platinum x5 |
| Hayley Westenra | Hayley Westenra | 4 | 13 May 2001 | Platinum x3 |
| Soundtrack | Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film | 1 | 17 July 2001 | Platinum |
| Radiohead | Amnesiac | 1 | 24 June 2001 | — |
| Staind | Break the Cycle | 4 | 1 July 2001 | Platinum x2 |
| Hear'Say | Hear'Say | 1 | 22 July 2001 | Platinum |
| Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory | 1 | 29 July 2001 | Platinum x5 |
| Soundtrack | Bridget Jones's Diary | 3 | 5 August 2001 | Platinum x2 |
| Salmonella Dub | Inside the Dub Plates | 1 | 26 August 2001 | Platinum x2 |
| Soundtrack | Bridget Jones's Diary | 1 | 2 September 2001 | Platinum x2 |
| Elvis Presley | The 50 Greatest Hits | 1 | 9 September 2001 | Platinum |
| Che Fu | Navigator | 3 | 16 September 2001 | Platinum x2 |
| Live | V | 1 | 9 October 2001 | Gold |
| Anika Moa | Thinking Room | 2 | 14 October 2001 | Platinum |
| The Feelers | Communicate | 1 | 28 October 2001 | Platinum |
| Stellar | Magic Line | 1 | 4 November 2001 | Platinum |
| Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show | Greatest Hits | 1 | 11 November 2001 | Platinum x2 |
| Pink Floyd | Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd | 1 | 18 November 2001 | Platinum x3 |
| Robbie Williams | Swing When You're Winning | 3 | 25 November 2001 | Platinum x5 |
| Bee Gees | Their Greatest Hits: The Record | 1 | 16 December 2001 | Platinum |
| Robbie Williams | Swing When You're Winning | 1 | 23 December 2001 | Platinum x5 |
| Summer break - no chart | 30 December 2001 | — | ||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| Summer break - no chart | 5 January 2001 | — | ||
| Robbie Williams | Swing When You're Winning | 1 | 13 January 2002 | Platinum x5 |
| Bee Gees | Their Greatest Hits: The Record | 1 | 20 January 2002 | Platinum |
| Herbs | Listen: The Very Best Of | 1 | 27 January 2002 | Platinum |
| Nickelback | Silver Side Up | 1 | 3 February 2002 | Gold |
| The Chemical Brothers | Come with Us | 1 | 10 February 2002 | Gold |
| Russell Watson | Encore - NZ Edition | 2 | 17 February 2002 | Platinum |
| Groove Armada | Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) | 1 | 3 March 2002 | Platinum |
| Ja Rule | Pain Is Love | 4 | 10 March 2002 | Platinum |
| Celine Dion | A New Day Has Come | 1 | 7 April 2002 | Platinum x2 |
| Russell Watson | Encore - NZ Edition | 1 | 14 April 2002 | Platinum |
| Celine Dion | A New Day Has Come | 5 | 21 April 2002 | Platinum x2 |
| Moby | 18 | 2 | 26 May 2002 | Platinum |
| Eminem | The Eminem Show | 5 | 9 June 2002 | Platinum x9 |
| Bic Runga | Beautiful Collision | 1 | 14 July 2002 | Platinum x10 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | By the Way | 1 | 21 July 2002 | Platinum x2 |
| Ronan Keating | Destination | 1 | 28 July 2002 | Platinum |
| Eminem | The Eminem Show | 1 | 4 August 2002 | Platinum x9 |
| Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | 2 | 11 August 2002 | Platinum x11 |
| Little River Band | Greatest Hits | 1 | 25 August 2002 | Platinum x3 |
| Pacifier | Pacifier | 1 | 1 September 2002 | Platinum |
| Little River Band | Greatest Hits | 3 | 8 September 2002 | Platinum x3 |
| Avril Lavigne | Let Go | 1 | 29 September 2002 | Platinum x5 |
| Elvis Presley | ELV1S: 30#1 Hits | 2 | 6 September 2002 | Platinum x3 |
| Disturbed | Believe | 1 | 20 October 2002 | Gold |
| The Rolling Stones | Forty Licks | 1 | 27 October 2002 | Platinum x2 |
| The Datsuns | The Datsuns | 1 | 3 November 2002 | Gold |
| Blindspott | Blindspott | 1 | 10 November 2002 | Platinum x2 |
| U2 | The Best of 1990–2000 | 3 | 17 November 2002 | Platinum x4 |
| Nesian Mystik | Polysaturated | 1 | 8 December 2002 | Platinum x3 |
| Shania Twain | Up! | 1 | 15 December 2002 | Platinum x3 |
| U2 | The Best of 1990–2000 | 1 | 22 December 2002 | Platinum x4 |
| Summer break - no chart | 29 December 2002 | — | ||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| Summer break - no chart | 5 January 2003 | — | ||
| U2 | The Best of 1990–2000 | 1 | 12 January 2003 | Platinum x4 |
| Jack Johnson | Brushfire Fairytales | 2 | 19 January 2003 | Platinum x3 |
| Soundtrack | 8 Mile | 3 | 2 February 2003 | — |
| Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | 7 | 23 February 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| Linkin Park | Meteora | 3 | 13 April 2003 | Platinum x3 |
| Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | 4 | 4 May 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| Jack Johnson | On and On | 1 | 25 May 2003 | Platinum x2 |
| Bic Runga | Beautiful Collision | 3 | 1 June 2003 | Platinum x10 |
| Metallica | St. Anger | 1 | 22 June 2003 | Platinum x2 |
| Bic Runga | Beautiful Collision | 3 | 29 June 2003 | Platinum x10 |
| Elemeno P | Love & Disrespect | 1 | 20 July 2003 | Platinum x2 |
| Bic Runga | Beautiful Collision | 1 | 27 July 2003 | Platinum x10 |
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | 4 | 3 August 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| Salmonella Dub | One Drop East | 1 | 31 August 2003 | Platinum |
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | 1 | 7 September 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| Michael Bublé | Michael Bublé | 1 | 14 September 2003 | Platinum x2 |
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | 1 | 21 September 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| A Perfect Circle | Thirteenth Step | 1 | 28 September 2003 | Gold |
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | 2 | 5 October 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| Dido | Life for Rent | 1 | 19 October 2003 | Platinum x4 |
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | 1 | 26 October 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| Scribe | The Crusader | 1 | 2 November 2003 | Platinum x4 |
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | 1 | 9 November 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| Brooke Fraser | What to Do with Daylight | 1 | 16 November 2003 | Platinum x7 |
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | 5 | 23 November 2003 | Platinum x11 |
| Summer break - no chart | 28 December 2003 | — | ||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| Summer break - no chart | 4 January 2004 | — | ||
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | 5 | 11 January 2004 | Platinum x11 |
| Incubus | A Crow Left of the Murder... | 1 | 15 January 2004 | Platinum |
| Norah Jones | Feels like Home | 6 | 22 February 2004 | Platinum x3 |
| Guns N' Roses | Greatest Hits | 5 | 4 April 2004 | Platinum x6 |
| D12 | D12 World | 1 | 3 May 2004 | Platinum |
| Amici Forever | The Opera Band | 1 | 10 May 2004 | Platinum x2 |
| Adeaze | Always and for Real | 1 | 17 May 2004 | Platinum x2 |
| Amici Forever | The Opera Band | 2 | 24 May 2004 | Platinum x2 |
| Usher | Confessions | 2 | 7 June 2004 | Platinum x2 |
| Ben Lummis | One Road | 2 | 21 June 2004 | Platinum x2 |
| Usher | Confessions | 4 | 5 July 2004 | Platinum x2 |
| Goldenhorse | Riverhead | 3 | 2 August 2004 | Platinum x3 |
| Brooke Fraser | What to Do with Daylight | 1 | 23 August 2004 | Platinum x7 |
| Finn Brothers | Everyone Is Here | 3 | 30 August 2004 | Platinum x3 |
| Yulia | Into the West | 4 | 20 September 2004 | Platinum x4 |
| Brooke Fraser | What to Do with Daylight | 1 | 18 October 2004 | Platinum x7 |
| Robbie Williams | Greatest Hits | 4 | 25 October 2004 | Platinum x2 |
| Eminem | Encore | 1 | 22 November 2004 | Platinum x4 |
| U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 3 | 29 November 2004 | Platinum x3 |
| Eminem | Encore | 3 | 20 December 2004 | Platinum x4 |
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| Live | Awake: The Best of Live | 2 | 10 January 2005 | Platinum |
| Maroon 5 | Songs About Jane | 6 | 24 January 2005 | Platinum x5 |
| Jack Johnson | In Between Dreams | 1 | 7 March 2005 | Platinum x4 |
| 50 Cent | The Massacre | 1 | 14 March 2005 | Platinum |
| Jack Johnson | In Between Dreams | 7 | 21 March 2005 | Platinum x4 |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Based on a True Story | 2 | 9 May 2005 | Platinum x8 |
| System of a Down | Mezmerize | 1 | 23 May 2005 | Platinum |
| Audioslave | Out of Exile | 1 | 30 May 2005 | Platinum |
| The Black Eyed Peas | Monkey Business | 1 | 6 June 2005 | Platinum x4 |
| Coldplay | X&Y | 1 | 13 June 2005 | Platinum x4 |
| Foo Fighters | In Your Honor | 3 | 20 June 2005 | Platinum x4 |
| The Offspring | Greatest Hits | 4 | 11 July 2005 | Platinum |
| Amici Forever | Defined | 1 | 8 August 2005 | Platinum |
| Hayley Westenra | Odyssey | 2 | 16 August 2005 | Platinum x3 |
| James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | 5 | 29 August 2005 | Platinum x7 |
| Crazy Frog | Crazy Hits | 2 | 3 October 2005 | Platinum x3 |
| Disturbed | Ten Thousand Fists | 1 | 17 October 2005 | Gold |
| Crazy Frog | Crazy Hits | 1 | 24 October 2005 | Platinum x3 |
| Robbie Williams | Intensive Care | 1 | 31 October 2005 | Platinum |
| James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | 1 | 7 November 2005 | Platinum x7 |
| Il Divo | Ancora | 1 | 14 November 2005 | Platinum x2 |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Based on a True Story | 1 | 21 November 2005 | Platinum x8 |
| System of a Down | Hypnotize | 1 | 25 November 2005 | Platinum |
| Bic Runga | Birds | 1 | 5 December 2005 | Platinum x3 |
| Eminem | Curtain Call: The Hits | 4 | 12 December 2005 | Platinum x5 |
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Based on a True Story | 7 | 9 January 2006 | Platinum x8 |
| Jack Johnson | Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George | 1 | 27 February 2006 | Platinum |
| James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | 3 | 6 March 2006 | Platinum x7 |
| Ben Harper | Both Sides Of The Gun | 1 | 27 March 2006 | Platinum |
| James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | 1 | 3 April 2006 | Platinum x7 |
| Yulia | Montage | 1 | 10 April 2006 | Platinum |
| James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | 1 | 17 April 2006 | Platinum x7 |
| Nickelback | All The Right Reasons | 2 | 26 April 2006 | Platinum x3 |
| Tool | 10,000 Days | 1 | 6 May 2006 | Platinum |
| James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | 1 | 15 May 2006 | Platinum x7 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium | 2 | 22 June 2006 | Platinum x3 |
| Blindspott | End The Silence | 1 | 5 June 2006 | Platinum |
| Pussycat Dolls | PCD | 1 | 12 June 2006 | Platinum x2 |
| Gnarls Barkley | St Elsewhere | 2 | 19 June 2006 | Gold |
| Pussycat Dolls | PCD | 1 | 3 July 2006 | Platinum x2 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium | 1 | 10 July 2006 | Platinum x3 |
| Nelly Furtado | Loose | 1 | 17 July 2006 | Platinum x2 |
| The Black Seeds | Into the Dojo | 5 | 24 July 2006 | Platinum x2 |
| Various artists | High School Musical OST | 1 | 28 August 2006 | Platinum |
| Bob Dylan | Modern Times | 1 | 4 September 2006 | Platinum |
| Audioslave | Revelations | 1 | 11 September 2006 | Gold |
| Snow Patrol | Eyes Open | 3 | 18 September 2006 | Platinum x3 |
| The Killers | Sam's Town | 1 | 9 October 2006 | Platinum |
| Rod Stewart | Still the Same… Great Rock Classics of Our Time | 2 | 16 October 2006 | Platinum x2 |
| My Chemical Romance | The Black Parade | 2 | 30 October 2006 | Platinum |
| Foo Fighters | Skin And Bones | 1 | 13 November 2006 | Platinum |
| The Feelers | One World | 1 | 20 November 2006 | Platinum |
| U2 | 18 Singles | 2 | 27 November 2006 | Platinum x4 |
| Brooke Fraser | Albertine | 1 | 11 December 2006 | Platinum x4 |
| U2 | 18 Singles | 2 | 18 December 2006 | Platinum x4 |
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| Eminem | Eminem Presents the Re-Up | 1 | 1 January 2007 | Platinum x2 |
| ABBA | Number Ones | 3 | 8 January 2007 | Gold |
| J. J. Cale and Eric Clapton | The Road to Escondido | 1 | 29 January 2007 | Platinum |
| Norah Jones | Not Too Late | 1 | 5 February 2007 | Gold |
| Fall Out Boy | Infinity on High | 6 | 12 February 2007 | Platinum |
| Hayley Westenra | Treasure | 2 | 26 March 2007 | Platinum x2 |
| Kings of Leon | Because of the Times | 1 | 9 April 2007 | Platinum |
| Akon | Konvicted | 2 | 16 April 2007 | Platinum x2 |
| Hayley Westenra | Treasure | 3 | 30 April 2007 | Platinum x2 |
| Linkin Park | Minutes to Midnight | 2 | 21 May 2007 | Platinum x2 |
| Hollie Smith | Long Player | 2 | 4 June 2007 | Platinum |
| The Traveling Wilburys | The Traveling Wilburys Collection | 4 | 18 June 2007 | Platinum |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | Zeitgeist | 2 | 16 July 2007 | Gold |
| Pink | I'm Not Dead (Tour Edition) | 1 | 30 July 2007 | Platinum |
| Paul Potts | One Chance | 6 | 6 August 2007 | Platinum x3 |
| 50 Cent | Curtis | 1 | 17 September 2007 | Gold |
| James Blunt | All the Lost Souls | 1 | 24 September 2007 | Platinum |
| Foo Fighters | Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | 3 | 1 October 2007 | Platinum x2 |
| Kora | Kora | 1 | 22 October 2007 | Platinum |
| Various artists | Outrageous Fortune: Westside Rules | 1 | 29 October 2007 | Platinum x2 |
| Eagles | Long Road Out of Eden | 2 | 5 November 2007 | Platinum x3 |
| Led Zeppelin | Mothership | 7 | 19 November 2007 | Platinum x3 |
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| OpShop | Second Hand Planet | 3 | 6 January 2008 | Platinum x3 |
| Rod Stewart | The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart | 1 | 28 January 2008 | Platinum x4 |
| Leona Lewis | Spirit | 1 | 4 February 2008 | Platinum |
| Jack Johnson | Sleep Through the Static | 3 | 11 February 2008 | Platinum |
| Amy Winehouse | Back To Black: Deluxe Edition | 7 | 3 March 2008 | Platinum x3 |
| Duffy | Rockferry | 1 | 21 April 2008 | Platinum x3 |
| Shihad | Beautiful Machine | 1 | 28 April 2008 | Gold |
| Flight of the Conchords | Flight of the Conchords | 1 | 5 May 2008 | Platinum |
| Westlife | Unbreakable: 2008 NZ Tour Edition | 1 | 12 May 2008 | Platinum x2 |
| Duffy | Rockferry | 1 | 19 May 2008 | Platinum x3 |
| Neil Diamond | Home Before Dark | 2 | 26 May 2008 | Gold |
| Disturbed | Indestructible | 2 | 9 June 2008 | Platinum |
| Coldplay | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 4 | 23 June 2008 | Platinum x2 |
| Mamma Mia cast | Mamma Mia: The Movie | 2 | 21 July 2008 | Platinum x2 |
| Phil Collins | ... Hits | 1 | 4 August 2008 | Platinum x3 |
| Mamma Mia cast | Mamma Mia: The Movie | 3 | 11 August 2008 | Platinum x2 |
| Slipknot | All Hope Is Gone | 1 | 1 September 2008 | Gold |
| Mamma Mia Cast | Mamma Mia: The Movie | 1 | 8 September 2008 | Platinum x2 |
| Metallica | Death Magnetic | 2 | 15 September 2008 | Platinum |
| Kings of Leon | Only by the Night | 4 | 29 September 2008 | Platinum x5 |
| AC/DC | Black Ice | 1 | 27 October 2008 | Platinum x2 |
| Funhouse | Pink | 2 | 3 November 2008 | Platinum x3 |
| The Feelers | The Best: 1998-2008 | 2 | 17 November 2008 | Platinum x2 |
| Guns N' Roses | Chinese Democracy | 1 | 1 December 2008 | Platinum |
| High School Musical cast | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | 1 | 8 December 2008 | Platinum |
| Billy T. James | The Comic Genius of Billy T. James | 6 | 15 December 2008 | Platinum x4 |
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one | Certification |
| Basshunter | Now You're Gone – The Album | 1 | 26 January 2009 | Platinum |
| Bruce Springsteen | Working on a Dream | 1 | 2 February 2009 | — |
| Various | Twilight OST | 1 | 9 February 2009 | Platinum |
| Basshunter | Now You're Gone – The Album | 1 | 16 February 2009 | Platinum |
| Kings of Leon | Only by the Night: Tour Edition | 2 | 23 February 2009 | Platinum x5 |
| U2 | No Line on the Horizon | 2 | 9 March 2009 | Platinum |
| Taylor Swift | Fearless | 1 | 23 March 2009 | Platinum x3 |
| Kings of Leon | Only by the Night: Tour Edition | 3 | 30 March 2009 | Platinum x5 |
| Paul Potts | Passione | 1 | 20 April 2009 | Gold |
| Ronan Keating | Songs For My Mother | 3 | 27 April 2009 | Platinum |
| Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | 1 | 18 May 2009 | Platinum |
| Eminem | Relapse | 1 | 25 May 2009 | Platinum |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Dr Boondigga and the Big BW | 5 | 1 June 2009 | Platinum x2 |
| Michael Jackson | Thriller 25 | 1 | 6 July 2009 | Platinum x12 |
| Michael Jackson | Number Ones | 1 | 13 July 2009 | Platinum x4 |
| Various | Hannah Montana: The Movie OST | 1 | 20 July 2009 | Platinum |
| Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson | 2 | 29 July 2009 | Platinum x2 |
| The Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 2 | 10 August 2009 | Platinum x2 |
| Fly My Pretties | A Story | 1 | 24 August 2009 | — |
| The Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 1 | 31 August 2009 | Platinum x2 |
| Roger Whittaker | Greatest Hits: The Golden Age of Roger Whittaker | 1 | 7 September 2009 | — |
| The Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 1 | 14 September 2009 | Platinum x2 |
| Muse | The Resistance | 1 | 21 September 2009 | Platinum |
| Pearl Jam | Backspacer | 1 | 28 September 2009 | Gold |
| Paramore | Brand New Eyes | 2 | 5 October 2009 | Gold |
| Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke: Collector's Edition | 1 | 19 October 2009 | Platinum |
| Gin | Holy Smoke | 1 | 26 October 2009 | Platinum x4 |
| Michael Jackson | This Is It | 1 | 2 November 2009 | Platinum x2 |
| Foo Fighters | Greatest Hits | 1 | 9 November 2009 | Platinum |
| Shapeshifter | The System Is a Vampire | 2 | 16 November 2009 | Platinum |
| Susan Boyle | I Dreamed a Dream | 5 | 30 November 2009 | Platinum x11 |
Notes
- Annual charts are sourced from the RMNZ website.
- Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by RMNZ
References
- "Chart Facts". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". RadioScope. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
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