New Zealand Top 50 albums of 2010

This is a list of the top selling albums in New Zealand for 2010.

Chart

"Weeks in Chart" refers to the number of weeks during 2010 (including the chart released on 3 January 2011). Numerous albums have also charted in 2009 or 2011 (both in the case of Gin Wigmore's Holy Smoke).

Rank Artist Title Weeks in chart Peak[1]
1 Susan Boyle The Gift 7 1 (7 weeks)[2]
2 Susan Boyle I Dreamed a Dream 38 1 (7 weeks)[3]
3 Gin Holy Smoke 52 1 (4 weeks)[2][3]
4 Justin Bieber My Worlds: The Collection[4] 41 19 (1 weeks)
5 Eminem Recovery 26 1 (7 weeks)[2]
6 Brooke Fraser Flags 11 1 (1 week)[2]
7 Lady Gaga The Fame Monster 45 1 (2 weeks)[3]
8 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 17 1 (1 week)[2]
9 Ronan Keating Duet 6 1 (1 week)[2]
10 Slash (musician) Slash 27 1 (2 weeks)[2]
11 Stan Walker Introducing 27 2 (3 weeks)[3]
12 Pink Greatest Hits... So Far!!! 6 2 (1 week)[2]
13 Bon Jovi Greatest Hits – The Ultimate Collection 7 2 (1 week)[2]
14 Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment 43 5 (1 week)[3]
15 Taylor Swift Speak Now 9 1 (2 weeks)[2]
16 Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown 10 1 (1 week)[2]
17 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 24 1 (2 weeks)[2]
18 Stan Walker From the Inside Out 18 1 (1 week)[2]
19 Florence and the Machine Lungs 42 3 (1 week)[3][2]
20 Mumford & Sons Sigh No More 18 9 (1 week)[2]
21 Alvin and the Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: OST 18 3 (2 weeks)[3]
22 Altiyan Childs Altiyan Childs 3 3 (1 week)[2]
23 James Blunt Some Kind of Trouble 7 7 (1 week)[2]
24 AC/DC Iron Man 2 OST 16 1 (1 week)
25 Rihanna Loud 6 4 (1 week)[2]
26 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans 10 5 (2 weeks)[2]
27 Disturbed Asylum (Disturbed album) 15 1 (1 week)[2]
28 Dane Rumble The Experiment 20 1 (1 week)
29 Cast of Glee Glee: The Music, Volume 2 25 1 (1 week)
30 Kesha Animal 28 6 (1 weeks) [5][2]
31 Taylor Swift Fearless 19 1 (1 weeks)
32 Cast of Glee Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers 15 3 (2 weeks)
33 Michael Bublé Crazy Love 20 3 (1 week) [3][2]
34 Linkin Park A Thousand Suns 12 1 (1 week) [2]
35 Josh Groban Illuminations 6 9 (1 week) [2]
36 Katchafire On the Road Again 12 3 (2 weeks) [2]
37 Cast of Glee Glee: The Music, Volume 4 4 9 (1 week) [2]
38 Phil Collins Going Back 14 2 (1 week)
39 The Naked and Famous Passive Me, Aggressive You 12 1 (1 week) [2]
40 Jack Johnson To the Sea 14 1 (1 week)
41 J.Williams Young Love 20 10 (3 weeks)
42 Cat Stevens The Very Best of Cat Stevens 13 2 (1 week)
43 Queen (band) Absolute Greatest 16 6 (2 weeks) [3]
44 Shapeshifter The System Is a Vampire 16 7 (1 week) [3]
45 Muse The Resistance 18 7 (1 week) [3]
46 Michael Jackson This Is It 17 9 (2 weeks) [3]
47 Paramore Brand New Eyes 22 9 (1 week) [3]
48 The Phoenix Foundation Buffalo 15 4 (1 week)
49 The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 18 14 (2 weeks) [3]
50 Dragon The Very Best of 11 4 (1 week)

References

  1. ^ Data from charts.org.nz
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Remained in charts for start of 2011
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Entered charts during 2009
  4. ^ The RIANZ chart seems to treat My Worlds: The Collection as being the same release as My Worlds
  5. ^ Combined figures for Animal and re-release packaged with Cannibal (EP)