Bic Runga Lands Debut #1 Aotearoa Album

Red Sunset gives Bic Runga her first-ever Top 20 Aotearoa Albums Chart #1, six weeks after the album was released. Her previous highest chart position was with Belle back in 2011. That peaked at #3. The dedicated Aotearoa-music only Chart did not exist back at the time of Bic's earlier #1 albums, in the 1990s and early-2000s.

Another record that climbs to the top spot is 'hint' by Frankie Venter. The new #1 on the Hot 20 Aoteaora Singles Chart first charted at the end of February. It's business as usual atop the Top 40 Charts, as Olivia Dean once again leads the way. Te Matatini & Te Kuru Marutea return to #1 on the Te Reo Māori Singles Chart, and Ye lands a fifth #1 on the Hot Chart. Te Wehi and Hori Shaw maintain their grip on the Aotearoa Singles Chart.