The best-selling album of 1988 in New Zealand is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.
Rank Artist Album Released
1
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
1987
2
DEF LEPPARD
HYSTERIA
1987
3
SOUNDTRACK
DIRTY DANCING
1987
4
U2
THE JOSHUA TREE
1987
5
MICHAEL JACKSON
BAD
1987
6
U2
RATTLE AND HUM
1988
7
KYLIE MINOGUE
KYLIE
1988
8
INXS
KICK
1987
9
SOUNDTRACK
THE BIG CHILL
1983
10
JOHN MELLENCAMP
THE LONESOME JUBILEE
1987
11
TRACY CHAPMAN
TRACY CHAPMAN
1988
12
GEORGE MICHAEL
FAITH
1987
13
MIDNIGHT OIL
DIESEL AND DUST
1987
14
SOUNDTRACK
TOUR OF DUTY OST
1988
15
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
HIGHLIGHTS FROM PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
1987
16
PINK FLOYD
A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON
1987
17
TIFFANY
TIFFANY
1987
18
ICEHOUSE
MAN OF COLOURS
1987
19
JIMMY BARNES
FREIGHT TRAIN HEART
1987
20
DIRE STRAITS
MONEY FOR NOTHING
1988
Source: Recorded Music New Zealand