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This is a list of albums that reached number-one on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart in 2022. 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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3 January | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [2] |
10 January | [3] | ||
17 January | Dawn FM | The Weeknd | [4] |
24 January | [5] | ||
31 January | [6] | ||
7 February | [7] | ||
14 February | [8] | ||
21 February | Antihero | Huskii | [9] |
28 February | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [10] |
7 March | 23 | Central Cee | [11] |
14 March | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [12] |
21 March | [13] | ||
28 March | [14] | ||
4 April | [15] | ||
11 April | [16] | ||
18 April | [17] | ||
25 April | [18] | ||
2 May | [19] | ||
9 May | I Never Liked You | Future | [20] |
16 May | Come Home the Kids Miss You | Jack Harlow | [21] |
23 May | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Kendrick Lamar | [22] |
30 May | [23] | ||
6 June | [24] | ||
13 June | Twelve Carat Toothache | Post Malone | [25] |
20 June | [26] | ||
27 June | Honestly, Nevermind | Drake | [27] |
4 July | [28] | ||
11 July | [29] | ||
18 July | [30] | ||
25 July | Special | Lizzo | [31] |
1 August | Planet Her | Doja Cat | [32] |
8 August | [33] | ||
15 August | Curtain Call 2 | Eminem | [34] |
22 August | [35] | ||
29 August | [36] | ||
5 September | An Evening with Silk Sonic | Silk Sonic | [37] |
12 September | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Kendrick Lamar | [38] |
19 September | So Above, So Below | Sampa the Great | [39] |
26 September | Curtain Call 2 | Eminem | [40] |
3 October | This Was Tomorrow | Seth Sentry | [41] |
10 October | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Denzel Curry | [42] |
17 October | Curtain Call | Eminem | [43] |
24 October | It's Only Me | Lil Baby | [44] |
31 October | Curtain Call | Eminem | [45] |
7 November | [46] | ||
14 November | Her Loss | Drake and 21 Savage | [47] |
21 November | [48] | ||
28 November | [49] | ||
5 December | [50] | ||
12 December | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin | [51] |
19 December | SOS | SZA | [52] |
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