This was the year where the 90's became its own in the music industry, although for whatever reason reggae was quite popular this year as well as all the other trends affiliated with the decade. Unlike in Australia where this was an instant inescapable classic for MJ, it appears the kiwis were prepared to write… Continue reading NZ albums of 1993
This was the year I was born, so it's a bit of a disappointment with how there wasn't a strong trend this year in music, I guess this was due to how the American music scene drastically changed. These guys were already well familiar to the kiwis by the time they released their theme to… Continue reading NZ hits of 1992
This was the year I was born, so it's a bit of a disappointment with how there wasn't a strong trend this year in music, I guess this was due to how the American music scene drastically changed. Unlike in Australia where this was an instant inescapable classic for MJ, it appears the kiwis were… Continue reading NZ albums of 1992
This was a year with a bit if an identity crisis, we had the likes of adult contemporary, new Jack seeing and even Christian music making it big in the mainstream. One thing I'll say here that I didn't mention on the Australian side of this site is that this didn't get to number one… Continue reading NZ hits of 1991
This was a year with a bit if an identity crisis, we had the likes of adult contemporary, new Jack seeing and even Christian music making it big in the mainstream. Unlike in Australia where this was an instant inescapable classic for MJ, it appears the kiwis were prepared to write this off as a… Continue reading NZ albums of 1991
A new decade would have you expect to have new trends, right? This wasn't the case as the 80's kept on going into the 90's. Although they had success with their albums a decade prior, this was the first hit single that the B52's were able to score in NZ just like everywhere else in… Continue reading NZ hits of 1990
A new decade would have you expect to have new trends, right? This wasn't the case as the 80's kept on going into the 90's. AC/DC had success with their previous album Blow up your cool in NZ, however it was this album that finally made them a household name over there given how it… Continue reading NZ albums of 1990
This is a year I didn't particularly care for, mainly because I'm not that big a fan of the final year of a decade in general due to it being more of a recap of the biggest artists of the decade rather than elevating the fresh new talent of the moment. I also didn't care… Continue reading NZ hits of 1989
This is a year I didn't particularly care for, mainly because I'm not that big a fan of the final year of a decade in general due to it being more of a recap of the biggest artists of the decade rather than elevating the fresh new talent of the moment. I also didn't care… Continue reading NZ albums of 1989
This was another slow year in the music industry, mainly because many of the bombastic trends of the decade had since gone out of vogue in favour of many of the trends that would come to define the following decade such as singer/songwriter ballads, EDM and new jack swing. It may surprise you to learn… Continue reading NZ hits of 1988
Hits of Australia and NZ 