Top New Zealand Albums - Year-end 2016

The best selling album in 2016 in New Zealand was 25 by ADELE.

Rank	Artist	Album	Released
1	ADELE	25	2015
2	MICHAEL BUBLÉ	CHRISTMAS	2011
3	JUSTIN BIEBER	PURPOSE	2015
4	ED SHEERAN	X	2014
5	DAVID BOWIE	NOTHING HAS CHANGED - THE VERY BEST OF	2014
6	DAVID BOWIE	BLACKSTAR	2016
7	THE KOI BOYS	MEANT TO BE	2016
8	DRAKE	VIEWS	2016
9	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	BLURRYFACE	2015
10	CHARLIE PUTH	NINE TRACK MIND	2016
11	PRINCE TUI TEKA	E IPO: THE VERY BEST OF	2016
12	BEYONCÉ	LEMONADE	2016
13	SIX60	SIX60 (2)	2015
14	SOL3 MIO	ON ANOTHER NOTE	2015
15	SOUNDTRACK	SUICIDE SQUAD	2016
16	COLDPLAY	A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS	2015
17	THE ROLLING STONES	BLUE & LONESOME	2016
18	BRUNO MARS	24K MAGIC	2016
19	RIHANNA	ANTI	2016
20	LEONARD COHEN	YOU WANT IT DARKER	2016
21	SAM SMITH	IN THE LONELY HOUR	2014
22	TAYLOR SWIFT	1989	2014
23	BROODS	CONSCIOUS	2016
24	METALLICA	HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT	2016
25	NORAH JONES	DAY BREAKS	2016
26	MICHAEL BUBLÉ	NOBODY BUT ME	2016
27	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	THE GETAWAY	2016
28	DISTURBED	IMMORTALIZED	2015
29	ELVIS PRESLEY	THE WONDER OF YOU: ELVIS PRESLEY WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA	2016
30	PRINCE	THE HITS / THE B-SIDES	1993
31	SIA	THIS IS ACTING	2016
32	ADELE	21	2011
33	FRANK OCEAN	BLONDE	2016
34	PRINCE	THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE	2001
35	DEVILSKIN	BE LIKE THE RIVER	2016
36	THE WEEKND	BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS	2015
37	SOL3 MIO	SOL3 MIO	2013
38	GUNS N' ROSES	GREATEST HITS	2004
39	RADIOHEAD	A MOON SHAPED POOL	2016
40	ONE DIRECTION	MADE IN THE A.M.	2015
41	MEGHAN TRAINOR	TITLE	2015
42	ELLIE GOULDING	DELIRIUM	2015
43	FLEETWOOD MAC	25 YEARS - THE CHAIN	1992
44	LEONARD COHEN	THE ESSENTIAL LEONARD COHEN	2002
45	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS	LEGEND	1984
46	ARIANA GRANDE	DANGEROUS WOMAN	2016
47	TROYE SIVAN	BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD	2015
48	TRACY CHAPMAN	GREATEST HITS	2005
49	FLUME	SKIN	2016
50	FAT FREDDY'S DROP	BAYS	2015

Source: Recorded Music New Zealand