Originally released at the beginning of May 2005, Based On A True Story was the biggest selling New Zealand artist album of all time. The debut studio album from Fat Freddy’s Drop, has sold 8-times platinum in New Zealand alone, after debuting at #1 on the NZ Album Charts & holding that position for 11 weeks, and that as an independent release with virtually no promotion. Based On A True Story won a raft of awards, including Best Album at the NZ music award and Album of the Year from Gilles Peterson Worldwide at BBC.