List of number-one digital albums of 2015 (Australia)

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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]

Contents

Chart history

DateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.
5 January 1989 Taylor Swift [2]
12 January [3]
19 January Title Meghan Trainor [4]
26 January Uptown Special Mark Ronson [5]
2 February1989Taylor Swift [6]
9 February [7]
16 February Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists [8]
23 February [9]
2 March [10]
9 March Fan of a Fan Chris Brown and Tyga [11]
16 March Rebel Heart Madonna [12]
23 March To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar [13]
30 March Chaos and the Calm James Bay [14]
6 April X Ed Sheeran [15]
13 April Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists [16]
20 April [17]
27 April In The Lonely Hour Sam Smith [18]
4 May [19]
11 May Wilder Mind Mumford & Sons [20]
18 May Pitch Perfect 2 Various Artists [21]
25 MayDark Night Sweet Night Hermitude [22]
1 June Empires Hillsong United [23]
8 June How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence and the Machine [24]
15 June Drones Muse [25]
22 JuneXEd Sheeran [26]
29 June Coming Home Leon Bridges [27]
6 JulyTitleMeghan Trainor [28]
13 July [29]
20 July Communion Years & Years [30]
27 July Currents Tame Impala [31]
3 August Node Northlane [32]
10 AugustTitleMeghan Trainor [33]
17 August Compton Dr. Dre [34]
24 August [35]
31 August Imortalized Disturbed [36]
7 September Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd [37]
14 September Wild Troye Sivan [38]
21 September That's the Spirit Bring Me the Horizon [39]
28 September Honeymoon Lana Del Rey [40]
5 October Ire Parkway Drive [41]
12 October Triple J's Like a Version 11 Various Artists [42]
19 October Limit of Love Boy & Bear [43]
26 October Open Heaven / River Wild Hillsong Worship [44]
2 November Sounds Good Feels Good 5 Seconds of Summer [45]
9 November Eleven Tina Arena [46]
16 November Get Weird Little Mix [47]
23 November Purpose Justin Bieber [48]
30 November 25 Adele [49]
7 December [50]
14 December A Head Full of Dreams Coldplay [51]
21 December25Adele [52]
28 December Christmas Michael Bublé [53]

Number-one artists

PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Meghan Trainor4
1Taylor Swift4
2Adele3
3Dr. Dre2
3Ed Sheeran2
3Sam Smith2
45 Seconds of Summer1
4Boy & Bear1
4Bring Me The Horizon1
4Chris Brown1
4Tyga1
4Coldplay1
4Disturbed1
4Hermitude1
4Hillsong United1
4Florence and the Machine1
4James Bay1
4Justin Bieber1
4Kendrick Lamar1
4Leon Bridges1
4Little Mix1
4Madonna1
4Mark Ronson1
4Michael Bublé1
4Mumford & Sons1
4Muse1
4Northlane1
4Parkway Drive1
4Tame Impala1
4Tina Arena1
4Troye Sivan1
4Years & Years1
4The Weeknd1

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