| Artist | Album title | Certification | Multi-platinum | First on chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 May | The mad love | Gold | 18 October 2004 | |
| Adeaze | Always and for real | Platinum | 2 | 12 May 2004 |
| Amber Claire | Love and such | Gold | 3 May 2004 | |
| Anika Moa | In swings the tide | Platinum | 15 October 2007 | |
| Anika Moa | Stolen hill | Gold | 8 August 2005 | |
| Anika Moa | Thinking room | Platinum | 14 October 2001 | |
| Ardijah | Take a chance | Gold | 4 September 1988 | |
| Ardijah | Time | Platinum | 7 November 1999 | |
| Atlas | Reasons for voyaging | Gold | 26 November 2007 | |
| Ben Lummis | One road | Platinum | 2 | 21 June 2004 |
| Bic Runga | Beautiful collision tour pack | Platinum | 10 | 14 July 2002 |
| Bic Runga | Birds | Platinum | 3 | 5 December 2005 |
| Bic Runga | Drive* | Platinum | 10 August 2007 | |
| Bic Runga | Live in concert | Platinum | 30 November 2003 | |
| Bic Runga | Try to remember everything | Gold | 8 December 2008 | |
| Billy T. James | The comic genius of Billy T James | Platinum | 4 | 8 December 2008 |
| Blindspott | Blindspott | Platinum | 2 | 10 November 2002 |
| Blindspott | End the silence | Platinum | 5 June 2006 | |
| Breaks Co-op | The sound inside | Platinum | 2 | 28 March 2005 |
| Brooke Fraser | Albertine | Platinum | 4 | 11 December 2006 |
| Brooke Fraser | Flags | Platinum | 2 | 18 October 2010 |
| Brooke Fraser | What to do with daylight | Platinum | 7 | 16 November 2003 |
| Carl Doy | Piano by candlelight | Platinum | 1 November 1987 | |
| Carl Doy | Piano by candlelight entrée | Gold | 7 May 2000 | |
| Carl Doy | Piano by candlelight II | Platinum | 10 September 1989 | |
| Carl Doy | Piano by candlelight III | Platinum | 21 April 1991 | |
| Carly Binding | Passenger | Gold | 29 June 2003 | |
| Che Fu | 2b spacific | Platinum | 1 November 1998 | |
| Che Fu | Beneath the radar | Gold | 19 September 2005 | |
| Che Fu | Hi score: the best of | Gold | 4 September 2006 | |
| Che Fu | Navigator | Platinum | 2 | 16 September 2001 |
| Concord Dawn | Chaos by design | Gold | 27 March 2006 | |
| Concord Dawn | Uprising | Platinum | 12 February 2007 | |
| Crowded House | Recurring dream: the very best | Platinum | 14 July 1996 | |
| Crowded House | Temple of low men | Platinum | 14 August 1988 | |
| Crowded House | Time on earth | Gold | 9 July 2007 | |
| Crowded House | Woodface | Platinum | 21 July 1991 | |
| D.D. Smash | Cool bananas | Platinum | 5 April 1982 | |
| D.D. Smash | D.D. Smash live | Gold | 11 September 1983 | |
| D.D. Smash | The optimist | Platinum | 18 November 1984 | |
| Dame Kiri Te Kanawa & friends | The gala concert | Gold | 22 November 2004 | |
| Dane Rumble | The experiment | Gold | 5 April 2010 | |
| Daniel Bedingfield | Gotta get thru this | Gold | 27 April 2003 | |
| Dave Dobbyn | Available light | Platinum | 2 | 20 June 2005 |
| Dave Dobbyn | Beside you | Gold | 20 June 1999 | |
| Dave Dobbyn | Footrot Flats soundtrack | Platinum | 21 December 1986 | |
| Dave Dobbyn | Hopetown | Gold | 20 August 2000 | |
| Dave Dobbyn | Loyal | Gold | 3 April 1988 | |
| Dave Dobbyn | Overnight success - the definitive Dave Dobbyn collection | Platinum | 2 | 7 November 1999 |
| Dave Dobbyn | The islander | Gold | 23 August 1998 | |
| Deep Obsession | Infinity | Platinum | 28 November 1999 | |
| Dennis Marsh | Maori songbook | Platinum | 14 March 2011 | |
| Dennis Marsh | Sounds of the Pacific | Gold | 26 November 2012 | |
| Dennis Marsh | Through the years | Gold | 5 December 2011 | |
| Dimmer | You've got to hear the music | Gold | 21 March 2004 | |
| Dragon | The very best of | Gold | 5 April 2010 | |
| Eddie Low | The voice in a million: the best of | Platinum | 25 July 2011 | |
| Eight | Moving | Gold | 14 March 2004 | |
| Elemeno P | Love and disrespect | Platinum | 3 | 20 July 2003 |
| Elemeno P | Trouble in paradise | Platinum | 31 October 2005 | |
| Elizabeth Marvelly | Elizabeth Marvelly | Gold | 10 December 2007 | |
| Evermore | Real life | Platinum | 17 July 2006 | |
| Exponents | Expectations | Gold | 12 May 1985 | |
| Exponents | Prayers be answered | Platinum | 11 December 1983 | |
| Exponents | Sex & agriculture: the very best of | Platinum | 21 November 2005 | |
| Exponents | Something beginning with C | Platinum | 3 | 15 March 1992 |
| Fast Crew | Set the record straight | Gold | 6 December 2004 | |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Based on a true story | Platinum | 9 | 9 May 2005 |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Blackbird | Platinum | 28 June 2013 | |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Dr Boondigga & the big BW | Platinum | 2 | 1 June 2009 |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Live at the Matterhorn | Gold | 5 July 2004 | |
| Flight of the Conchords | Flight of the Conchords | Platinum | 2 | 28 April 2008 |
| Fly My Pretties | A story | Gold | 24 August 2009 | |
| Fly My Pretties | Live at Bats | Gold | 13 February 2006 | |
| Fly My Pretties | The return of Fly My Pretties | Gold | 28 November 2005 | |
| Fred Dagg | Fred Dagg anthology | Gold | 25 October 1998 | |
| Fur Patrol | Pet | Platinum | 29 October 2000 | |
| Gin Wigmore | Gravel and wine | Platinum | 2 | 14 November 2011 |
| Gin Wigmore | Holy smoke: deluxe edition | Platinum | 4 | 26 October 2009 |
| Goldenhorse | Out of the moon | Platinum | 11 April 2005 | |
| Goldenhorse | Riverhead bonus edition | Platinum | 3 | 27 October 2002 |
| Goodnight Nurse | Always and never | Gold | 24 January 2006 | |
| Goodshirt | Fiji baby | Gold | 7 March 2004 | |
| Goodshirt | Good - bonus DVD | Platinum | 5 August 2001 | |
| Gray Bartlett | Legends alive | Gold | 23 February 1992 | |
| Gray Bartlett | Two shades of gray | Gold | 7 October 1985 | |
| Gray Bartlett, Brendan Dugan & Jodi Vaughan | Together again | Gold | 26 August 1990 | |
| Greg Johnson | Here comes the caviar | Gold | 18 April 2004 | |
| Hayley Westenra | Hayley Westenra | Platinum | 5 | 13 May 2001 |
| Hayley Westenra | My gift to you | Platinum | 3 | 2 December 2001 |
| Hayley Westenra | Odyssey: special edition | Platinum | 3 | 15 August 2005 |
| Hayley Westenra | Paradiso | Gold | 25 April 2011 | |
| Hayley Westenra | Pure | Platinum | 12 | 3 August 2003 |
| Hayley Westenra | River of dreams: the best of | Platinum | 17 November 2008 | |
| Hayley Westenra | Treasure | Platinum | 2 | 26 March 2007 |
| Herbs | Lights of the Pacific: the very best of | Platinum | 24 November 2008 | |
| Herbs | Listen: the very best of | Platinum | 2 | 27 January 2002 |
| Herbs | Sensitive to a smile | Gold | 21 June 1987 | |
| Hollie Smith | Long player: deluxe edition | Platinum | 2 | 26 March 2007 |
| Home Brew | Home brew | Gold | 7 May 2012 | |
| J. Williams | Young love: collectors edition | Gold | 20 July 2009 | |
| Jackie Thomas | Jackie Thomas | Gold | 16 August 2013 | |
| Jenny Morris | Body & soul | Gold | 30 August 1987 | |
| Jenny Morris | Honeychild | Gold | 3 November 1991 | |
| Jenny Morris | Shiver | Platinum | 17 September 1989 | |
| John Rowles | Another chapter | Gold | 16 May 1982 | |
| John Rowles | Hits and love songs | Gold | 28 June 2011 | |
| John Rowles | The very best of John Rowles | Gold | 8 July 1984 | |
| John Rowles | This is my life | Gold | 3 September 1978 | |
| Katchafire | Double pack | Gold | 13 February 2006 | |
| Katchafire | On the road again | Gold | 11 October 2010 | |
| Katchafire | Revival - bonus disc | Platinum | 2 | 22 June 2003 |
| Katchafire | Say what you're thinking | Gold | 20 August 2007 | |
| Katchafire | Slow burning | Platinum | 6 December 2004 | |
| Kimbra | Vows | Platinum | 5 September 2011 | |
| King Kapisi | Savage thoughts | Gold | 12 November 2000 | |
| Kiri Te Kanawa | Kiri - the best of | Gold | 25 November 2001 | |
| Kiri Te Kanawa | Maori songs | Platinum | 3 | 5 December 1999 |
| Kiri Te Kanawa | Verdi/Puccini arias | Platinum | 7 August 1983 | |
| Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Sarah Vaughan & Mandy Patinkin | South Pacific | Gold | 30 November 1986 | |
| Kora | Kora | Platinum | 2 | 22 October 2007 |
| Kora | Light years | Gold | 5 November 2012 | |
| Ladi6 | The liberation of | Gold | 8 November 2010 | |
| Ladi6 | Time is not much | Gold | 3 November 2008 | |
| Liam Finn | I'll be lightning | Gold | 30 July 2007 | |
| Lorde | Pure heroine | Platinum | 2 | 4 October 2013 |
| Lorde | The love club EP | Platinum | 15 March 2013 | |
| Mareko | White Sunday | Gold | 3 August 2003 | |
| Margaret Urlich | Safety in numbers | Gold | 3 December 1989 | |
| Margaret Urlich | Second nature | Gold | 3 May 1999 | |
| Martin Winch | Espresso guitar | Platinum | 16 August 1998 | |
| Martin Winch | Espresso guitar two | Gold | 7 May 2000 | |
| Michael Murphy | No place to land | Gold | 13 December 2004 | |
| Minuit | The 88 | Gold | 14 September 2003 | |
| Mi-Sex | Graffiti crimes | Gold | 26 August 1979 | |
| Mi-Sex | Space race | Platinum | 1 June 1980 | |
| Misfits of Science | Mos presents | Gold | 7 November 2004 | |
| Nathan Haines | Return of the squire (for hire) | Gold | 22 June 2003 | |
| Neil Finn | One nil | Gold | 1 April 2001 | |
| Neil Finn | Try whistling this | Platinum | 28 June 1998 | |
| Neil Finn & Friends | 7 worlds collide | Gold | 9 December 2001 | |
| Nesian Mystik | Freshmen | Gold | 8 May 2006 | |
| Nesian Mystik | Polysaturated | Platinum | 4 | 8 December 2002 |
| NZ Idol - Final 10 | Homegrown | Gold | 26 April 2004 | |
| NZ Maori Chorale | Songs of New Zealand | Platinum | 15 October 1978 | |
| NZ Symphony Orchestra | Beauty spot | Gold | 10 December 2000 | |
| Oceania | Oceania | Gold | 10 October 1999 | |
| Opshop | Second hand planet / second hand planet souvenir edition | Platinum | 3 | 23 April 2007 |
| Opshop | You are here: bonus edition | Platinum | 12 May 2004 | |
| P Money | Big things | Gold | 8 September 2008 | |
| P Money | Magic city | Platinum | 25 October 2004 | |
| Pacific Soul | Pacific soul | Gold | 8 September 2002 | |
| Pacifier | Live | Gold | 30 November 2003 | |
| Pacifier | Pacifier | Platinum | 2 | 1 September 2002 |
| Parachute Band | Amazing | Gold | 6 December 2003 | |
| Patsy Riggir | Patsy Riggir country | Platinum | 15 June 1986 | |
| Patsy Riggir | You'll never take the country out of the girl | Gold | 20 May 1984 | |
| Paul Holmes | Paul Holmes | Platinum | 10 December 2000 | |
| Peking Man | Peking Man | Gold | 6 July 1986 | |
| Peter Posa | White rabbit: the very best of | Platinum | 6 August 2012 | |
| Phoenix Foundation | Happy ending | Gold | 15 October 2007 | |
| Pluto | Pipeline under the ocean | Platinum | 14 February 2005 | |
| Prince Tui Teka | The greatest | Platinum | 2 | 9 June 2002 |
| Prince Tui Teka | The man, the legend | Platinum | 10 December 2007 | |
| Rhombus | Bass player (special edition) | Platinum | 10 November 2002 | |
| Rob Guest | Rob Guest: 1950–2008 | Platinum | 27 October 2008 | |
| Rob Guest | Standing ovation | Gold | 1 December 1991 | |
| Rob Guest | Unmasked | Gold | 31 August 1997 | |
| Ron Goodwin / NZSO | Going places | Gold | 9 April 1978 | |
| Ron Goodwin / NZSO | Ron Goodwin conducts the NZSO | Gold | 12 February 1984 | |
| Salmonella Dub | Calming of the drunk | Gold | 12 July 2010 | |
| Salmonella Dub | Heal me | Platinum | 10 September 2007 | |
| Salmonella Dub | Inside the dub plates | Platinum | 2 | 26 August 2001 |
| Salmonella Dub | Killervision | Platinum | 30 May 1999 | |
| Salmonella Dub | One drop east | Platinum | 2 | 31 August 2003 |
| Salmonella Dub | Outside the dub plates | Gold | 25 August 2002 | |
| Savage | Moonshine | Gold | 18 April 2005 | |
| Scribe | Rhyme book | Gold | 8 October 2007 | |
| Scribe | The crusader | Platinum | 5 | 2 November 2003 |
| Shapeshifter | Delta | Gold | 7 June 2013 | |
| Shapeshifter | Riddim wise LP | Gold | 14 March 2004 | |
| Shapeshifter | Soulstice | Platinum | 4 September 2006 | |
| Shapeshifter | The system is a vampire | Platinum | 16 November 2009 | |
| Sharon O'Neill | Foreign affairs | Gold | 22 May 1983 | |
| Shihad | Beautiful machine | Gold | 28 April 2008 | |
| Shihad | Churn | Gold | 25 July 1993 | |
| Shihad | Ignite | Gold | 27 September 2010 | |
| Shihad | Killjoy | Platinum | 28 May 1995 | |
| Shihad | Love is the new hate | Platinum | 9 May 2005 | |
| Shihad | Shihad | Platinum | 3 November 1996 | |
| Shihad | The general electric | Platinum | 2 | 10 October 1999 |
| Shihad | The meanest hits | Gold | 14 November 2011 | |
| Six60 | Six60 | Platinum | 3 | 17 October 2011 |
| Smashproof | The weekend: deluxe edition | Gold | 3 March 2009 | |
| Split Enz | Conflicting emotions | Platinum | 22 January 1984 | |
| Split Enz | Frenzy | Gold | 25 March 1979 | |
| Split Enz | History never repeats 30th ann. edition | Platinum | 5 | 21 January 1990 |
| Split Enz | See ya round | Platinum | 11 November 1984 | |
| Split Enz | Spellbound | Platinum | 2 | 23 November 1997 |
| Split Enz | The living Enz | Gold | 19 January 1986 | |
| Stan Walker | From the inside out | Platinum | 30 August 2010 | |
| Stan Walker | Introducing | Platinum | 3 | 14 December 2009 |
| Stellar | Magic line | Platinum | 4 November 2001 | |
| Stellar | Mix | Platinum | 4 | 15 August 1999 |
| Steriogram | Schmack | Platinum | 14 March 2004 | |
| Strawpeople | The best of 1990–2000 | Gold | 19 November 2000 | |
| Supergroove | Postage - the best of | Gold | 2 November 2003 | |
| Suzanne Prentice | In concert | Gold | 27 April 1986 | |
| Suzanne Prentice | One day at a time | Platinum | 20 December 1981 | |
| Suzanne Prentice | The very best of: 1973–2013 | Gold | 3 May 2013 | |
| Suzanne Prentice | When I dream | Platinum | 7 November 1982 | |
| Tadpole | The Buddhafinger | Platinum | 2 | 20 August 2000 |
| Th' Dudes / Hello Sailor | Last chance | Platinum | 9 June 1991 | |
| The Black Seeds | Dust and dirt | Gold | 16 April 2012 | |
| The Black Seeds | Into the dojo | Platinum | 2 | 24 July 2006 |
| The Black Seeds | On the sun | Platinum | 15 February 2004 | |
| The Black Seeds | Solid ground | Platinum | 18 August 2008 | |
| The Bleeders | As sweet as sin | Gold | 10 April 2006 | |
| The Datsuns | The Datsuns | Platinum | 3 November 2002 | |
| The Feelers | Communicate | Platinum | 2 | 28 October 2001 |
| The Feelers | One world | Platinum | 20 November 2006 | |
| The Feelers | Playground battle: bonus edition | Platinum | 3 | 14 December 2003 |
| The Feelers | Supersystem | Platinum | 3 | 30 August 1998 |
| The Feelers | The best: 1998–2008 | Platinum | 2 | 17 November 2008 |
| The Finn Brothers | Everyone is here | Platinum | 3 | 30 August 2004 |
| The Mint Chicks | Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! | Gold | 4 September 2006 | |
| The Naked and Famous | Passive me, aggressive you | Gold | 13 September 2010 | |
| The Narcs | Great divide | Gold | 18 November 1984 | |
| The Warratahs | Only game in town | Gold | 6 March 1988 | |
| Tiki Taane | In the world of light | Gold | 7 March 2011 | |
| Tiki Taane | Past, present, future | Platinum | 2 | 29 October 2007 |
| Tim Finn | Big canoe | Gold | 18 May 1986 | |
| Tim Finn, Bic Runga & Dave Dobbyn | Together live in concert | Platinum | 3 | 19 November 2000 |
| Titanium | All for you | Gold | 17 December 2012 | |
| TrinityRoots | Home land and sea | Gold | 21 June 2004 | |
| TrueBliss | Dream | Platinum | 27 June 1999 | |
| Various | A record of it | Gold | 10 December 1978 | |
| Various | OE: Brazil | Gold | 23 October 2006 | |
| Various | Outrageous fortune: repeat offenders | Gold | 6 October 2008 | |
| Various | Outrageous fortune: westside rules | Platinum | 2 | 29 October 2007 |
| When The Cat's Away | Live in paradise | Platinum | 2 December 2001 | |
| Will Martin | A new world | Platinum | 5 November 2007 | |
| Yulia | Into the west | Platinum | 4 | 20 September 2004 |
| Yulia | Montage | Platinum | 10 April 2006 | |
| Zed | Silencer (bonus) | Platinum | 3 | 27 August 2000 |
| Zed | This little empire | Gold | 9 November 2003 |
This table shows which New Zealand albums have reached gold (7,500 sold), platinum (15,000) and multi-platinum status, up to 2013. It is based on data received from record labels by Recorded Music New Zealand.
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Source Recorded Music
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