This second album from Six60 simply refused to leave the NZ charts until very recently when RIANZ finally put a cap on their main charts to entries that are over eighteen months old, if they didn't do that then the first dozen or so entries would chart for the rest of time over there.
Peak position #1x3
Hit singles
Special #1
So high #10
White lines #5
This also recharted several times on the NZ charts like it did over here in Australia, again it's finally been barred from charting over there due to new rules RIANZ introduced to prevent these albums from forever clogging their charts.
Peak position #1x13
Hit singles
Sing #1
Don't #6
Thinking out loud #1
Make it rain #23
Bloodstream #2
Photograph #8
Adele truly ruled the mainstream this decade with NZ being no exception to this, naturally this album was equally as popular over there as it was throughout the rest of the world.
Peak position #1x38
Hit singles
Rolling in the deep #3
Someone like you #1
Set fire to the rain #8
The kiwis certainly loved Adele this decade (and continue to do so to this day if her latest album is anything to go by) so there's little surprise that both of her albums would appear high on this list.
Peak position #1x15
Hit singles
Hello #1
When we were young #23
Send my love #4
Water under the bridge #15
This took its sweet time in peaking in popularity over there as opposed to here where it was a relatively quick ascend to the top of the charts. I'd say we're going with the initial run of this album except that its overall success was combined into one chart run over there as opposed to it being split up like it was over here.
Peak position #1x2
Hit singles
The a team #3
Lego house #5
Drunk #23
Give me love #12
Small bump #11
Kiss me #29
I guess the kiwis were more on board with Sam Smith than we Aussies were initially given how much more popular their debut album was over there compared to what it was over here. This is especially true for the singles which saw much more success even without factoring in streaming.
Peak position #1x8
Hit singles
Money on the mind #12
Stay with me #1
I'm not the only one #3
Like I can #19
Lay me down #2
I guess the kiwis were more willing to allow JB to have his redemption ark with this album than we Aussies did given that this is the first album on this list to be considerably more successful over there than it was over here as opposed to the mere slightly improvements some of the previous entries enjoyed over there.
Peak position #1x1
Hit singles
Where are u now #3
What do you mean #1
Sorry #1
I'll show you #5
Love yourself #1
Although this album proved to be equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia, the singles were at a huge disadvantage over there due to the kiwis fully incorporating streaming data over there and Taylor pulling her catalogue from Spotify and other streaming services.
Peak position #1x6
Hit singles
Shake it off #1
Out of the woods #6
Welcome to new York #6
Blank space #2
Style #11
Bad blood #1
Wildest dreams #8
This is one of three entries from the opera trio Sol Mio, I guess the kiwis had enough love for opera music this decade to allow these guys to be a massive success despite the failures of their international contemporaries over there.
Peak position #1x16
I'm guessing the kiwis weren't as hyped up about Frozen as we Aussies were, however, that's like saying P!nk wasn't as popular over there as she was over here given our love for her and the Disney franchise.
Peak position #1x3
Hit singles
Let it go #31 (film version)
Let it go #13
The kiwis really seemed to love George Ezra as not only was this first album of his far more popular over there than it was over here, but also his second album is still to come on this list despite it missing the cut on the Australian equivalent.
Peak position #4
Hit singles
Budapest #1
Blame it on me #8
This was far more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia, I guess the kiwis were early adopters of the Fleetwood mac nostalgia that would permeate throughout the world once streaming had taken over the mainstream.
Peak position #1x2
I guess the kiwis really weren't as impressed with the two albums Meghan Trainor released this decade as we Aussies were, although at least her first album was a success over there which is more than I can say for her second album.
Peak position #1x3
Hit singles
All about that bass #1
Dear future husband #27
Title #9
Lips are moving #5
Like I'm gonna lose you #1
While the kiwis also needed this album's multiple Grammy nominations to allow it to become a success like the rest of the world did, it proved to be more worth the wait as it was more popular over there than it was over here in Australia.
Peak position #3
Hit singles
Take me to church #2
Someone new #13
This was originally released in 2000 to deafening silence for the Eagles, I'm guessing because the novelty of the band reforming had worn off six years after they declared hell to have frozen over for that to happen. I'm guessing there was a biopic made by the band that no one saw which resulted in this becoming a hit for them in NZ thirteen years later.
Peak position #2
This is another big album that Sol Mio had in their homeland this decade, it proved that the kiwis still had plenty of love for classical music even during the age of streaming which is more than I can say for other parts of the world.
Peak position #1x5
Hit singles
I see fire #35
This is the only other album that Maroon 5 released this decade to find any sort of success throughout the world, it was too much of a sleeper hit to appear on the Australian equivalent of this site and only made the cut for this list due to the singles being strong enough to keep it on the upper echelons of their charts.
Peak position #11
Hit singles
Maps #16
Animals #11
Sugar #3
While there were plenty of metal albums released throughout the decade, this was by far the most popular of them in the southern hemisphere given how successful it was for the NZ band Devilskin in their homeland upon its initial release.
Peak position #1x3
Hit singles
Start a revolution #28
Given how this spent more time in the upper echelons of the NZ charts than it did on the Australian charts, this debut album from James Bay managed to score a higher placement on this list despite overall being equally as successful in both countries.
Peak position #6
Hit singles
Hold back the river #8
Let it go #10
This was the debut album for the NZ indie duo the Broods, I'm guessing it became a massive success in their homeland following the success of Lorde internationally which would also explain how they attracted so much international buzz with both of their entries on this list.
Peak position #1x1
Hit singles
Bridges #8
Never gonna change #40
Mother and father #12
Four walls #18
It's a bit odd that this would prove to be equally as successful in NZ as it was here in Australia given how much less popular the band's previous two efforts were over there compared to over here.
Peak position #1x1
Hit singles
What kind of man #34
Ship to wreck #37
From what I can gather, Cilla Black was quite popular in NZ throughout the 60's which makes the success this greatest hits package that was released when she passed away in 2015 make sense to me.
Peak position #1x5
Although the lead single wasn't a hit over in NZ like it was here in Australia and admittedly prevented the album from being one of the biggest of the decade over there, it was still a massive success for the band regardless and set them up for a highly successful comeback period that didn't pan out for them.
Peak position #2
Hit singles
The sound of silence #32
I guess the kiwis weren't as big of fans of the Guardians of the galaxy mixtapes as we Aussies were given how much less popular they were over there compared to what they achieved over here.
Peak position #7
We have one final entry from Fat Freddy's drop for this list as it appears their fellow kiwis were able to give them one more success story before they fell into obscurity much like the rest of their contemporaries from the 00's.
Peak position #1x1
Hit singles
Slings and arrows #5
This was more of a sleeper hit for the Weeknd in NZ than it was here in Australia, although I don't think he minds this being much lower on this list given how the trade-off was that the singles were far more popular over there than they were over here.
Peak position #2
Hit singles
Earned it #7
Can't feel my face #1
The hills #2
In the night #22
I guess the kiwis love for Mumford and Sons dwindled quite a bit after their second album from earlier on this list, at least this was somewhat of a success for the band even if it seemed to be as such out of obligation over there.
Peak position #4
Hit singles
Believe #29
I guess the kiwis weren't as torn up with the absence of Zayn as we Aussies were, as such this final album from the boy band proved to be more popular over there than it was over here.
Peak position #2
Hit singles
Drag me down #1
Infinity #28
Perfect #7
History #14
I definitely wasn't expecting to feature an album from Diana Krall on this list given how her popularity had died out by the end of the 00's, I guess this is on here due to nostalgia of her back catalogue the kiwis had upon its initial release.
Peak position #9
It doesn't surprise me this was more popular in NZ than it was here in Australia given how Josh Groban managed to achieve more success over there throughout the 00's than he did over here that decade.
Peak position #1x2
It's a bit of a surprise this wasn't as big in NZ as it was here in Australia given how much more popular the lead single was over there compared to over here, however there's no doubt that it was a huge success with the kiwis regardless.
Peak position #7
Hit singles
See you again #1
We have one final appearance from Gin Wigmore on this list, it may have been far less popular than her previous two entries on this list, however it appears the kiwis still had enough love for her music to make this a success for her.
Peak position #1x1
Hit singles
New rush #39
You better believe this album comes back every year in NZ like it does everywhere else in the world, again we're going with its original run which suggests that it was far less popular initially over there than it was over here.
Peak position #1x4 (original run)
(will forever continue to rechart during each Christmas season)
I guess the kiwis had a ton of nostalgia for Foster and Allen this decade if this was able to become a huge hit for the duo, as it turns out, they had quite a lengthy career after their 1983 effort "Maggie" from the album of the same name.
Peak position #2
For whatever reason, this album from the Beatles managed to become a huge success for them fifteen years after its release exclusively in NZ. I have no idea why as the rest of the world only has it on the lower half of their charts albeit perpetually.
Peak position #2
This is the band that Eddie Low was a part of that I mentioned earlier on this list, their greatest hits package was also a success this decade proving how much love there was for NZ nostalgia this decade.
Peak position #1x2
We looked at Lee Kernaghan's tribute to the ANZACS on the Australian side of this site, so let's look at Dennis Marsh's tribute that he made around the same time which proved to be equally as successful in NZ as Lee's album was here in Australia.
Peak position #1x1
While the kiwis didn't take to the soundtrack as much as we Aussies did, they made up for that by having the singles on the album be more popular over there than they were over here back in the day.
Peak position #2
Hit singles
Earned it #7
Love me like you do #1
This was released six years after Howard Morrison's death, as you can tell, this was an excellent decade when it came to honouring the music of some of the greatest entertainers from NZ in their homeland.
Peak position #3
This is the only successful album that the Script had over in NZ, rather conveniently, it was one of their less popular albums here in Australia due to it failing to spawn a hit over here like it did over there.
Peak position #1x3
Hit singles
Superheroes #14
Hail rain or sunshine #34
Paint the town green #8
This is the other entry from Avalanche city on this list, it was slightly less popular likely due to the lead single not being as big over there as the lead single to his earlier entry was.
Peak position #3
Hit singles
Inside out #1
It appears the kiwis had some love for AC/DC this decade as well as this managed to be equally as popular over there upon its initial release as it was over here for the legendary band.
Peak position #2
Following the success of Pink Floyd's comeback album from earlier on this list, David Gilmour decided to cash in off the bands popularity by releasing a solo album which proved to be quite popular with the kiwis during the midpoint of the decade.
Peak position #1x3
Unlike in Australia where this is the only success Dr Dre had throughout his career, his 1999 effort 2001 made the cut on this side of my site, which does surprise me in realising this wasn't more popular over there than it was over here.
Peak position #1x1
I wasn't expecting to feature two albums from former Dire straits frontman Mark Knopfler on this list, evidently the kiwis were so impressed with his earlier entry on this list that they made its follow up a success as well.
Peak position #4
Much like here in Australia, these guys were also able to squeeze in a section entry on this list of mine in NZ proving how many surprises there were in the international alternative scene this decade.
Peak position #1x1
Told you we'd be revisiting Stan Walker's catalogue on this list, although this is the final success he had in his homeland given how it failed to spawn a hit for him over there despite its success.
Peak position #3
This entry just stuns me given how it only barely managed to make the cut for this list, I guess the kiwis weren't as into Kendrick Lamar as we Aussies were initially which obviously changed with his earlier entry on this list.
Peak position #1x1
Hit singles
I #31
King kunta #24
We have another greatest hits package to come from Neil Diamond, hey at least his 1972 magnum opus Hot august night failed to become a hit in the southern hemisphere since the turn of the millennium.
Peak position #4
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