List of number-one albums of 2015 (Australia)

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Adele's 25 spent the longest uninterrupted time as the number-one album: the final five weeks of 2015. 2013 GGA Adele (cropped).jpg
Adele's 25 spent the longest uninterrupted time as the number-one album: the final five weeks of 2015.

The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each album and EP's weekly physical and digital sales. [2] In 2015, 31 albums claimed the top spot, including Taylor Swift's 1989 , which started its peak position in 2014, and thirteen acts achieved their first number-one album or EP in Australia: Meghan Trainor, Kendrick Lamar, Lee Kernaghan, Sam Smith, Hermitude, Tame Impala, Northlane, Dr. Dre, Bullet for My Valentine, The Weeknd, Troye Sivan, Parkway Drive and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Doubling its number of weeks at number-one in 2014, Taylor Swift's 1989 also spent five non-consecutive weeks at number-one in 2015. Taylor Swift 043 (18117777270).jpg
Doubling its number of weeks at number-one in 2014, Taylor Swift's 1989 also spent five non-consecutive weeks at number-one in 2015.
Lee Kernaghan topped the chart for four weeks with Spirit of the Anzacs, commemorating the centenary of the landing at Anzac Cove, becoming one of the year's longest-running number-one albums. Lee Kernaghan (cropped2).jpg
Lee Kernaghan topped the chart for four weeks with Spirit of the Anzacs , commemorating the centenary of the landing at Anzac Cove, becoming one of the year's longest-running number-one albums.

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2015.
DateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.
5 January 1989 Taylor Swift [3]
12 January
19 January Title Meghan Trainor [5]
26 January1989Taylor Swift [3]
2 February
9 February
16 February Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists [6]
23 February
2 March
9 March
16 March Rebel Heart Madonna [7]
23 March To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar [8]
30 March Spirit of the Anzacs Lee Kernaghan [4]
6 April
13 April
20 April
27 April In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith [9]
4 May
11 May Wilder Mind Mumford & Sons [10]
18 May x Ed Sheeran [11]
25 MayDark Night Sweet Light Hermitude [12]
1 June Empires Hillsong United [13]
8 June How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence and the Machine [14]
15 June Drones Muse [15]
22 JuneHow Big, How Blue, How BeautifulFlorence and the Machine [16]
29 JunexEd Sheeran [17]
6 July Highlights from Two Strong Hearts: Live John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John [18]
13 July
20 July
27 July Currents Tame Impala [19]
3 August Node Northlane [20]
10 AugustTitleMeghan Trainor [21]
17 August Compton Dr. Dre [22]
24 August Venom Bullet for My Valentine [23]
31 August Immortalized Disturbed [24]
7 September Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd [25]
14 September Wild Troye Sivan [26]
21 September That's the Spirit Bring Me the Horizon [27]
28 September Honeymoon Lana Del Rey [28]
5 October Ire Parkway Drive [29]
12 October Triple J's Like a Version Volume 11 Various artists [30]
19 October Limit of Love Boy & Bear [31]
26 October Open Heaven / River Wild Hillsong Worship [32]
2 November Sounds Good Feels Good 5 Seconds of Summer [33]
9 November If I Can Dream Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [34]
16 November
23 November Purpose Justin Bieber [35]
30 November 25 Adele [1]
7 December
14 December
21 December
28 December

Number-one artists

PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Taylor Swift5
1Adele5
2Lee Kernaghan4
3John Farnham3
3Olivia Newton-John3
4Sam Smith2
4Florence and the Machine2
4Ed Sheeran2
4Meghan Trainor2
4Elvis Presley2
4Royal Philharmonic Orchestra2
5Madonna1
5Kendrick Lamar1
5Mumford & Sons1
5Hermitude1
5Hillsong United1
5Muse1
5Tame Impala1
5Northlane1
5Dr. Dre1
5Bullet for My Valentine1
5Disturbed1
5The Weeknd1
5Troye Sivan1
5Bring Me the Horizon1
5Lana Del Rey1
5Parkway Drive1
5Boy & Bear1
5Hillsong Worship1
55 Seconds of Summer1
5Justin Bieber1

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