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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 the weekly digital sales of albums and EPs. [1]
Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
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1 | Michael Bublé | 3 |
1 | Passenger | 3 |
2 | Daft Punk | 2 |
2 | Ed Sheeran | 2 |
2 | Flume | 2 |
2 | Jay-Z | 2 |
2 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | 2 |
3 | Arctic Monkeys | 1 |
3 | Ariana Grande | 1 |
3 | Avicii | 1 |
3 | Bernard Fanning | 1 |
3 | Beyoncé | 1 |
3 | Birds of Tokyo | 1 |
3 | Bliss n Eso | 1 |
3 | Boy & Bear | 1 |
3 | Bring Me the Horizon | 1 |
3 | Dami Im | 1 |
3 | David Bowie | 1 |
3 | Drake | 1 |
3 | Eminem | 1 |
3 | Foals | 1 |
3 | Harrison Craig | 1 |
3 | Hillsong United | 1 |
3 | Horrorshow | 1 |
3 | John Mayer | 1 |
3 | Justin Timberlake | 1 |
3 | Karnivool | 1 |
3 | Kanye West | 1 |
3 | Katy Perry | 1 |
3 | Lorde | 1 |
3 | Miley Cyrus | 1 |
3 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | 1 |
3 | One Direction | 1 |
3 | Pearl Jam | 1 |
3 | Phoenix | 1 |
3 | Rudimental | 1 |
3 | Rüfüs | 1 |
3 | ShockOne | 1 |
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