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)