Hits of Australia and NZ

As this year was the last year of its decade, it felt more like a last hurrah of the big artists of the 00s more than anything else, pair that with the rise of the club boom this year and we have an overall annoying and rightfully forgotten year in music. Just as the decade… Continue reading NZ albums of 2009

I feel this was the year where our music tastes were dictated to us, given how that was the trade-off for preventing those awful viral hits from YouTube from clogging up our charts. It was a temporary solution to that conundrum as it resulted in rather soulless music from artists who likely would’ve failed to… Continue reading NZ albums of 2008

This was a really clunky year on our charts due to ARIA not including digital data on our main charts unless there was a physical release of a song in question. Although this year would still rank low even if that wasn’t an issue as this was when viral hits from YouTube started taking over… Continue reading NZ albums of 2007

The year where digital downloads saved the ARIA charts, this meant that the awesome indie scene was finally recognised in our mainstream as well as the pop divas of the moment no longer having their success stalled due to their labels (usually Sony) pulling their songs from shelves to encourage sales from reality show contestants.… Continue reading NZ albums of 2006

Again, this would be higher on the list, were it not for reality shows killing off physical media around this time. There was plenty of great rock and pop music this year that got pushed aside for the likes of those reality show contestants the media shoved down our throats in order to boost their… Continue reading NZ albums of 2005

This year would be higher if I based it solely on what it had to offer, it was the height of the indie boom of the 00s after all as well as some great alternative rock dominating our airwaves. Unfortunately, this is cancelled out by Australian idol dominating our mainstream, which resulted in the rise… Continue reading NZ albums of 2004

This is another year that didn’t have much direction to it for the most part, although I rank it pretty high on this list due to it being a great year for Australian artists even without the influence of Australian idol as that didn’t come to practice until the tail end of the year. Of… Continue reading NZ albums of 2003

This is another year I’d rank lower if I were from the UK given how reality TV really did take over their mainstream this year, however it had no impact anywhere else in the world due to how dominant hip hop and rnb was internationally as well as the rise of personal ballads from usually… Continue reading NZ albums of 2002

This is the final year from the 21st century on this list, the millennium was off to a good start thanks to the high abundance of quality rnb and hip hop making it big worldwide as well as teen pop being on its way out in favour of more personal ballads from older artists. I… Continue reading NZ albums of 2001