The following lists the top 25 albums of 2016 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) end-of-year albums chart.
| Top 25 albums of 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Other Australian top charts for 2016 | |
| top 25 singles | |
| Triple J Hottest 100 | |
| Australian number-one charts of 2016 | |
| albums | |
| singles | |
| urban singles | |
| dance singles | |
| club tracks | |
| digital tracks | |
| streaming tracks |
Adele’s album 25 was the most popular album in 2016 in Australia, for the second year in a row. The album spent 45 weeks in the top 10.[1]
For the 6th year in a row, Michael Bublé's Christmas made the end of year top ten. In December 2016, the album surpassed one million copies in Australia, making it the 12th biggest selling album of all-time in Australia.[2]
Keith Urban's Ripcord was the highest selling album by an Australian artist in 2016.
Top 25
edit| # | Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | Adele | 1 |
| 2 | Ripcord | Keith Urban | 1 |
| 3 | Lemonade | Beyoncé | 1 |
| 4 | Molly: Do Yourself a Favour | Various artists | 1 |
| 5 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 1 |
| 6 | Friends for Christmas | John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John | 1 |
| 7 | The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series | Jessica Mauboy | 1 |
| 8 | ★ | David Bowie | 1 |
| 9 | Purpose | Justin Bieber | 1 |
| 10 | Suicide Squad | Various artists | 1 |
| 11 | A Head Full Of Dreams | Coldplay | 2 |
| 12 | Hardwired...To Self-Destruct | Metallica | 1 |
| 13 | Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung | Hilltop Hoods | 1 |
| 14 | Views | Drake | 1 |
| 15 | Nothing Has Changed | David Bowie | 3 |
| 16 | Skin | Flume | 1 |
| 17 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1 |
| 18 | This Is Acting | Sia | 1 |
| 19 | The Very Best of Prince | Prince | 2 |
| 20 | x | Ed Sheeran | 1 |
| 21 | Immortalized | Disturbed | 1 |
| 22 | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | 1 |
| 23 | Blurryface | Twenty One Pilots | 7 |
| 24 | Bloom | Rüfüs | 1 |
| 25 | Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II | Human Nature | 1 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ARIA ANNOUNCES 2016 END OF YEAR CHARTS". ARIA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Michael Bublé 'Christmas' Passes 1,000,000 Sales In Australia". Noise11. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.