Top New Zealand Albums - Year-end 1990

The best selling album in 1990 in New Zealand was ONLY YESTERDAY / THEIR GREATEST HITS by CARPENTERS.

RankArtistAlbumReleased
1 CARPENTERS ONLY YESTERDAY / THEIR GREATEST HITS 1990
2 UB40 LABOUR OF LOVE II 1989
3 ROD STEWART THE BEST OF ROD STEWART 1989
4 PHIL COLLINS BUT SERIOUSLY 1989
5 THE B-52'S COSMIC THING 1989
6 MC HAMMER PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM 1990
7 ALANNAH MYLES ALANNAH MYLES 1980
8 MIDNIGHT OIL BLUE SKY MINING 1990
9 GLORIA ESTEFAN CUTS BOTH WAYS 1989
10 AEROSMITH PUMP 1989
11 SINEAD O'CONNOR I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT 1990
12 SKID ROW SKID ROW 1989
13 ELTON JOHN SLEEPING WITH THE PAST 1989
14 MICHAEL BOLTON SOUL PROVIDER 1989
15 JOE COCKER JOE COCKER LIVE 1990
16 THE THREE TENORS IN CONCERT 1990
17 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STEP BY STEP 1990
18 BRIAN SMITH MOONLIGHT SAX 1990
19 FAITH NO MORE THE REAL THING 1989
20 MILLI VANILLI ALL OR NOTHING - THE U.S. REMIX ALBUM 1989
21 ROXETTE LOOK SHARP! 1988
22 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 1988
23 SOUNDTRACK PRETTY WOMAN 1990
24 MADONNA I'M BREATHLESS (SOUNDTRACK) 1990
25 JANET JACKSON RHYTHM NATION 1814 1989
26 JEFF HEALEY BAND HELL TO PAY 1990
27 AC/DC THE RAZOR'S EDGE 1990
28 MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY 1990
29 GRAYSON HUGH BLIND TO REASON 1988
30 TRACY CHAPMAN CROSSROADS 1989
31 GARY MOORE STILL GOT THE BLUES 1990
32 PHIL COLLINS SERIOUS HITS ... LIVE! 1990
33 VAN MORRISON THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON 1990
34 SOUNDTRACK CHINA BEACH MUSIC AND MEMORIES 1990
35 CHER HEART OF STONE 1989
36 ELTON JOHN THE VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN 1990
37 CAT STEVENS (YUSUF ISLAM) THE VERY BEST OF CAT STEVENS 1990
38 LISA STANSFIELD AFFECTION 1989
39 GEORGE MICHAEL LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE VOL.1 1990
40 ROBERT PALMER ADDICTIONS, VOLUME 1 1989
41 THE CHILLS SUBMARINE BELLS 1990
42 PAULA ABDUL SHUT UP AND DANCE (THE DANCE MIXES) 1990
43 SOUL II SOUL VOLUME II 1990 A NEW DECADE 1990
44 WILSON PHILLIPS WILSON PHILLIPS 1990
45 JOHN LEE HOOKER THE HEALER 1989
46 BLACK BOX DREAMLAND 1990
47 DAVID BOWIE CHANGESBOWIE 1990
48 TOM PETTY FULL MOON FEVER 1989
49 SOUL II SOUL CLUB CLASSICS VOL 1 / KEEP ON MOVIN' 1989
50 NIGEL KENNEDY VIVALDI - THE FOUR SEASONS 1989

Source: Recorded Music New Zealand