Best Selling New Zealand CDs

VOWS, the debut album from Kimbra, has already been certified GOLD in New Zealand and PLATINUM in Australia and now the 22-year-old girl from Hamilton is set to release VOWS in the United States on May 22. To celebrate the success of our biggest Kiwi export, a deluxe edition of VOWS will be avail...

Me? Well, my full name is Virginia Claire Wigmore, shortened years back to Ginny, then with a little more innocence lost, it got dwindled down to an even tidier nickname, “Gin.” I guess my ma & pa were always big fans of a few cheeky G&Ts on a regular occasion, so it seemed a winning fit for all. ...

Despite what these people might tell you about Home Brew being burdens on society, or advocates for drug dependency, you gotta respect the integrity of their independence and the diligence of their work effort.. In the last year they've been involved in three 5 star releases (At Peace, Max Marx, ...

'Love Demolition' will feature the singles 'Smash It', 'Broken Machine' and the new 'My Calculator' plus much more Zowie awesomeness.

New Zealand reggae-soul heavyweights The Black Seeds present their highly anticipated new studio album 'Dust and Dirt', featuring lead single "Pippy Pip". The long awaited follow up to 2008's 'Solid Ground', 'Dust and Dirt' marks an exciting new chapter for the multi-platinum selling kiwi band wh...

Since forming in 2008, Six60's high-octave live shows and hook heavy jams have seen them rewarded with regular sold-out performances across New Zealand and Australia, and multiple gold and platinum sales awards. In the process, they've become central to a genuine grassroots movement, positioning the...

John Rowles 'Voice Of A Legend', was recorded live in Australia in 1976, and features such classics as 'Sweet Caroline', 'I Write The Songs', 'Rhinestone Cowboy', 'Feelings' , 'Mr Bojangles', and many more. Tracks: 1. John Rowles Overture/The More I See You 2. Good Looking Woman 3. Mandy 4. C...

Shapeshifter continue to please audiences with a fresh, dynamic, and explosive live show, and have now released this, their first full length album, "REAL TIME".

Holy Smoke was recorded in the same way they used to make all those classic records that Gin loves so much, with her and the band all in the same room together, face-to-face. And that band just happen to be The Cardinals more commonly seen employed as Ryan Adams backing band. The Cardinals bring ...

“I’ll Do It All Over Again” is an album that Suzanne Prentice has been passionately working on for over 5 years. After researching and accumulating a long list of songs that she personally loved Suzanne entered producer Mike McCarthy’s Orewa studios in February to record her final selection. The en...

Auckland band The Heavy Metal Ninjas, are set to release their debut EP, The Heavy Metal Ninjas on Monday, 5th March 2012. With gut-wrenching riffs, pounding grooves and light speed guitars, The Heavy Metal Ninjas are a 5-piece instrumental band that capture a style of music that has been large...

Don, who has worked in pantomime and comedy, is a survivor of the Auckland entertainment scene - he has made his point with the popularity of Children's Favourites and says he hopes children, not just adults, will be swept up by the Children's Favourites Series.

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Nathan Haines is set to release his eighth studio album, The Poet’s Embrace on March 19 in New Zealand. The album is Nathan's first live analogue jazz record. This time there is no hiding place, just a straightforward quartet recorded live to tape in the time-ho...

You only had to watch the All Blacks during the Rugby World Cup to know that New Zealand has two national anthems. At the final whistle of the NZ v Australia semi-final at Eden Park, 60,000 ecstatic kiwis burst into a mass chorus of the Exponents classic ‘Why Does Love Do This To Me' to celebrate an...

In 2006 the notorious 'Hopepa' (aka Joe Lindsay trombonist extraordinaire) - eased his outlandish antics for a brief moment and formed his own group: The Yoots! He enlisted his younger brother Sam Lindsay along with collegues Ian Gordon and Toby Laing. Then he summoned Mike Fabulous, the Yeabley ...

LOOP Recordings Aot(ear)oa is pleased to announce the release of The Return of Fly My Pretties: A CD 'live-record' of the musical collaboration which was performed and recorded across eight unforgettable shows at The Paramount (Wellington) and Hopetoun Alpha (Auckland) in September and October 2005....

All three previous FMP releases have reached platinum status and 'Fly My Pretties – A Story' was a huge success, debuting at #1 in the NZ Charts in 2009. Led by Barnaby Weir (The Black Seeds), Fly My Pretties is a rotating collective of musicians with an ethos of mixing well-known performers with...

Following on from her multi-award winning, critically acclaimed, self-titled debut, Ladyhawke presents her second album, 'Anxiety'. The new album was recorded in New Zealand and France earlier in 2012 by producer and long-time collaborator Pascal Gabriel and features ten new songs, including firs...

Warner Music NZ and Let The People Speak (LTPS Music) Management are thrilled to announce an album deal and release date for exciting chart new comers Avalanche City. Our New Life Above The Ground is a stunning collection of tracks by musical maestro Dave Baxter - the man responsible for pla...

Award-winning DJ, music producer and turntablist, DJCXL is set to release his debut album, REPRESENT in New Zealand on March 26. REPRESENT is an album which transcends the boundaries of traditional music genres. From hard-hitting hip-hop anthem ‘Represent’ to the feel-good track ‘Yo DJ’, this alb...

Herbs came together 30 years ago this year, in a time of societal upheaval, Maori awakening and land rights struggles, a global shift in indigenous consciousness, and all against the background of Muldoon’s vice-like hold on power and later a Springbok rugby tour which divided the nation. I...

Released: 09 August 1996

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Nathan Haines is set to release his eighth studio album, The Poet’s Embrace on March 19 in New Zealand. The album is Nathan's first live analogue jazz record. This time there is no hiding place, just a straightforward quartet recorded live to tape in the time-ho...

32 of Crowded House’s top hits and fan favourites have been gathered for a new CD and digital collection to be released October 15 by Capitol/EMI. Celebrating the Australian band’s 25th anniversary, The Very Very Best Of Crowded House features the hits “Don’t Dream ...

The wait is over for fans of Auckland's THESE FOUR WALLS, as the band release their ambitious debut album, Down Falls An Empire. Sparking on the undeniable musical chemistry and song writing talents of Gray Vickers (guitar) and Steve Gibb (vocals), Down Falls An Empire stretches from powerful gui...

Making a savage dent on the New Zealand music landscape, Blindspott are: Damian Alexander (vocalist), Shelton Woolright (drummer), Marcus Powell (guitarist), Gareth Fleming (bass,) and Karl Vilisini (turntablist). They are now 4 single deep with "Room To Breathe", "Nil By Mouth&quo...

The third installment of this great series features 20 tracks by kiwi artists from the '60s & '70s -- including Mark Williams, Craig Scott, The Fourmyula, Annie Whittle, Dragon, Ray Columbus, Headband, Larry Morris, Misex, The Yandall Sisters and more!

Made with love and magic for our enthusiastic audiences by our merry band on our bonsai instruments. The music was recorded at Roundhead Studios by the tolerant and talented Neil Baldock, produced by our No-Corner-Cutting Age-Pryor, mastered in NYC by Steve Fallone. It's lovingly wrapped up in delic...

For many, Bird Dog, is considered to be the Verlaines’ best work. Released in 1987, it was the bands’ second full-length album and is filled with delicate pop and subtle arrangements. Bird Dog features both some of the bands’ most uplifting and introspective work from ‘C.D., ...

All the various 'Don Linden Presents' titles released by EMI over the past few years have been very popular indeed. This instalment is a special collection, highlighting New Zealand stories and songs performed by New Zealanders from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

More New Zealand hits from the '60s & '70s, including The Fourmuyla, Jon Stevens, Quincy Conserve, Rockinghorse, Dragon, Dinah Lee, Golden Harvest, Max Merritt, Nash

Spending her early years gigging around her native New Zealand, it was only once Kimbra borrowed a small eight-track recorder from her school’s music department that her song writing blossomed in earnest. This new tool opened up a new perspective, leading to a flurry of tracks that featured her sign...

Following the success of her debut record ‘Over My Shoulder’, Tui-award finalist Mel Parsons is on the cusp of the release of her brand new album, ‘Red Grey Blue’, followed by a series of tours and tales around the country in 2011. Co-produced by Parsons and award winning producer Jeremy Toy (She...

Bic Runga is one of just a handful of New Zealand musicians who have truly earned the title ‘iconic’. Her songs are etched into the country’s consciousness. The five years since her last album of new material have passed quickly, at least for Bic. You could say life intervened - specifically the ...

Dennis Marsh is one of New Zealand's best down to earth, multi gold selling entertainers.

Released in 2000.

A studio project turned live stage show, Wellington-based eight-piece band Tomorrow People are set to release their debut album, ONE, on June 1, 2012. Self-described as ‘sunshine reggae’, ONE is focused on a mid-tempo sound that, while clearly reggae-centric, adds touches of dancehall ragga to i...

Before the Countdown-era Dragon dominated the Australian charts (1975 onwards), the band had existed, in their home country of New Zealand, for some years. Unbeknownst to the public at large, they had also released two excellent progressive rock albums -- the first being 'Universal Radio' in 1974. ...

A further volume in the popular Kiwi Classics series once again serves up some hard to find gems from the sixties and seventies with some of the biggest artists of the era, including Peter Posa, who took New Zealand and Australia by storm in the early sixties with gems like "The White Rabbitt&q...

The eagerly awaited second album from Shapeshifter, 'Riddim Wise LP' is easily their most advanced and appealing work yet. This is a direct result of the new levels of creativity the group have achieved over the past twelve months, adding an emphasis on funky dancefloor grooves peppered with jazzy u...