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This is a list of albums that reached number-one on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart in 2021. The ARIA Urban Albums Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the best-performing urban albums in Australia. It is published by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation that collects music data for the weekly ARIA Charts. To be eligible to appear on the chart, the recording must be an album of a predominantly urban nature. [1]
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Reference |
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4 January | F*ck Love | The Kid Laroi | [2] |
11 January | [3] | ||
18 January | [4] | ||
25 January | The Space Between | Illy | [5] |
1 February | F*ck Love | The Kid Laroi | [6] |
8 February | [7] | ||
15 February | [8] | ||
22 February | [9] | ||
1 March | [10] | ||
8 March | [11] | ||
15 March | [12] | ||
22 March | [13] | ||
29 March | [14] | ||
5 April | Clouds (The Mixtape) | NF | [15] |
12 April | F*ck Love | The Kid Laroi | [16] |
19 April | Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine | Brockhampton | [17] |
26 April | F*ck Love | The Kid Laroi | [18] |
3 May | [19] | ||
10 May | Khaled Khaled | DJ Khaled | [20] |
17 May | F*ck Love | The Kid Laroi | [21] |
24 May | The Off-Season | J. Cole | [22] |
31 May | [23] | ||
7 June | [24] | ||
14 June | F*ck Love | The Kid Laroi | [25] |
21 June | Hall of Fame | Polo G | [26] |
28 June | [27] | ||
5 July | Call Me If You Get Lost | Tyler, the Creator | [28] |
12 July | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [29] |
19 July | [30] | ||
26 July | Faith | Pop Smoke | [31] |
2 August | F*ck Love (Over You) | The Kid Laroi | [32] |
9 August | [33] | ||
16 August | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [34] |
23 August | [35] | ||
30 August | [36] | ||
6 September | Donda | Kanye West | [37] |
13 September | Certified Lover Boy | Drake | [38] |
20 September | [39] | ||
27 September | Montero | Lil Nas X | [40] |
4 October | Certified Lover Boy | Drake | [41] |
11 October | [42] | ||
18 October | [43] | ||
25 October | Gela | Baker Boy | [44] |
1 November | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [45] |
8 November | [46] | ||
15 November | [47] | ||
22 November | An Evening with Silk Sonic | Silk Sonic | [48] |
29 November | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [49] |
6 December | Family Ties | Chillinit | [50] |
13 December | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [51] |
20 December | Fighting Demons | Juice Wrld | [52] |
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974.
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