The Highest Selling New Zealand Artist is an Aotearoa Music Awards award which is presented annually to the New Zealand artist with the highest sales in the awards period. The awards are presented annually by Recorded Music NZ at the annual New Zealand Music Awards. Nominations are not normally announced in this category. [1] Before 2018, the Highest Selling New Zealand Album and Highest Selling New Zealand Single awards were presented.
Year | Winner | Album | Ref. |
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2003 | Bic Runga | Beautiful Collision | [2] |
2004 | Hayley Westenra | Pure | [3] |
2005 | Yulia | Into the West | [4] |
2006 | Fat Freddy's Drop | Based on a True Story | [5] |
2007 | Brooke Fraser | Albertine | [6] |
2008 | Opshop | Second Hand Planet | [7] |
2009 | The Feelers | The Best of: '98–'08 | [8] |
2010 | Gin Wigmore | Holy Smoke | [9] |
2011 | Brooke Fraser | Flags | [10] |
2012 | Six60 | Six60 | [11] |
2013 | Peter Posa | White Rabbit: The Very Best of Peter Posa | [12] |
2014 | Sol3 Mio | Sol3 Mio | [13] |
2015 | Sol3 Mio | Sol3 Mio | [14] |
2016 | Sol3 Mio | On Another Note | [15] |
Year | Winner | Album | Ref. |
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2003 | Katchafire | "Giddy Up" | [16] |
2004 | Ben Lummis | " They Can't Take That Away" | [17] |
2005 | Dei Hamo | " We Gon' Ride" | [18] |
2006 | Rosita Vai | " All I Ask" | [19] |
2007 | Atlas | " Crawl" | [20] |
2008 | Opshop | " One Day" | [21] |
2009 | Smashproof featuring Gin Wigmore | " Brother" | [22] |
2010 | Stan Walker | " Black Box" | [23] |
2011 | Brooke Fraser | " Something in the Water" | [24] |
2012 | Six60 | " Don't Forget Your Roots" | [25] |
2013 | Flight of the Conchords | " Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" | [26] |
2014 | Lorde | " Royals" | [27] |
2015 | Savage and Timmy Trumpet | " Freaks" | [28] |
2016 | Six60 | " White Lines" | [29] |