List of top 10 albums for 2020 in Australia

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This is a list of albums that charted in the top ten of the ARIA Album Charts, an all-genre albums chart, in 2020.

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Top-ten albums

The list is sorted chronologically by issue date with the date representing the first issue in which the album appeared in the top ten in 2020, regardless of whether an album charted in a previous year or not. Dates reached peak position are in 2020 unless otherwise noted.

An asterisk (*) represents that an album is still in the top-ten as of the issue dated 7 December 2020.

List of ARIA top-ten albums in 2020
Issue DateAlbumPeakWeeks in the top 10
TitleArtist(s)PositionDateIn 2020Overall
6 January [1] Fine Line Harry Styles 123 December 201944*46*
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish 18 April 20193572
Frozen II Various artists29 December 201959
No.6 Collaborations Project Ed Sheeran 122 July 2019934
JackBoys JackBoys and Travis Scott 56 January11
Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone 116 September 20192135
The Kids Are Coming Tones and I 39 September 2019320
Lover Taylor Swift 12 September 2019621
Diamonds Elton John 310 June 20191633
Songs from the South: 1985–2019 Paul Kelly 125 November 201917
13 January [2] Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 713 January23
What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs 118 November 2019912
20 January [3] Rare Selena Gomez 120 January22
Live in Adelaide '19 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 620 January11
Live in Paris '19 920 January11
Blood Moon Cold Chisel 116 December 201914
27 January [4] Music to Be Murdered By Eminem 127 January88
Manic Halsey 227 January33
Circles Mac Miller 327 January11
3 February [5] Hotspot Pet Shop Boys 83 February11
10 February [6] Hurry Up and Wait Dune Rats 110 February11
The Octagon Chillinit 210 February11
Walls Louis Tomlinson 610 February11
17 February [7] Father of All Motherfuckers Green Day 117 February11
Love Michael Bublé 219 November 201816
Birds of Prey Various artists917 February11
24 February [8] The Slow Rush Tame Impala 124 February44
Changes Justin Bieber 224 February77
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 17 January 2019133
2 March [9] Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 12 March44
Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them The Amity Affliction 22 March11
The Death of Me Polaris 32 March11
Ordinary Man Ozzy Osbourne 42 March11
Miss Anthropocene Grimes 102 March11
9 March [10] F8 Five Finger Death Punch 29 March11
Race Car Blues Slowly Slowly 79 March11
16 March [11] Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert 116 March22
How I'm Feeling Lauv 516 March11
23 March [12] Artists Unite For Fire Fight Various artists123 March99
Heartbreak Weather Niall Horan 223 March22
Speed Of Life Adam Brand 623 March11
Flip Phone Fantasy Ocean Grove 823 March11
Fallow Fanny Lumsden 1023 March11
30 March [13] After Hours The Weeknd 130 March1313
Live at the Triffid The Smith Street Band 430 March11
Velvet Adam Lambert 830 March11
All the Hits and All New Love Songs Kenny Rogers 1030 March11
6 April [14] Calm 5 Seconds of Summer 16 April55
Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 120 April1313
Gigaton Pearl Jam 36 April22
High Risk Behaviour The Chats 56 April11
ADHD Joyner Lucas 96 April11
13 April [15] Everything Is A-OK Violent Soho 113 April11
Roll the Dice Kerser 313 April11
20 April [16] Human. :II: Nature. Nightwish 720 April11
The New Toronto 3 Tory Lanez 1020 April11
27 April [17] Don't Waste Your Anger The Smith Street Band 727 April11
Blame It on Baby DaBaby 727 April11
4 May [18] Human Design Birds of Tokyo 14 May33
What the Dead Men Say Trivium 74 May11
Astroworld Travis Scott 113 August 201815
11 May [19] Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drake 111 May33
18 May [20] Petals for Armor Hayley Williams 618 May11
6 to the World HP Boyz 718 May11
25 May [21] Live at the Forum The Teskey Brothers 125 May11
This One's for You Luke Combs 712 June 201712
The Goat Polo G 1025 May11
1 June [22] Notes on a Conditional Form The 1975 11 June11
D-2 Agust D 21 June11
Dissimulation KSI 41 June11
8 June [23] Chromatica Lady Gaga 18 June66
Wild World Kip Moore 48 June11
East Cold Chisel 212 June 198015
Golden Hour Kygo 88 June11
15 June [24] Sideways to New Italy Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever 415 June11
The Ghost Inside The Ghost Inside 515 June11
22 June [25] 'Akilotoa (Anthology 1994-2006) Vika and Linda 122 June22
Sunlight Spacey Jane 222 June22
Mayhem to Madness The McClymonts 322 June11
29 June [26] Music from the Home Front Various artists129 June77
Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan 229 June33
Lonely Diamond Ocean Alley 329 June22
Lamb of God Lamb of God 529 June11
6 July [27] Mordechai Khruangbin 46 July11
Women in Music Pt. III HAIM 76 July11
13 July [28] Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke 113 July1717
Chunky Shrapnel King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard 213 July11
Hamilton - An American Musical Cast of Hamilton 620 July55
20 July [29] 14 Steps to a Better You Lime Cordiale 120 July22
The Glow DMA's 220 July22
Legends Never Die Juice Wrld 127 July1414
27 July [30] Gaslighter The Chicks 227 July22
Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey BTS 927 July11
3 August [31] Folklore Taylor Swift 13 August15*15*
Like Nirvana Cub Sport 23 August11
F*ck Love The Kid Laroi 33 August8*8*
Twenty Twenty Ronan Keating 93 August22
10 August [32] Brain Candy Hockey Dad 210 August11
Please Leave Your Light On Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky 310 August22
Wreck Me Travis Collins 810 August11
Such Pretty Forks in the Road Alanis Morissette 1010 August11
17 August [33] Born Here Live Here Die Here Luke Bryan 217 August11
Kaliyuga In Hearts Wake 317 August11
Dreamland Glass Animals 617 August11
24 August [34] Blonde on the Tracks Emma Swift 924 August11
31 August [35] Imploding the Mirage The Killers 131 August11
In a Dream Troye Sivan 331 August2*2*
Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody Various artists631 August11
Living in Sin Hooligan Hefs 931 August11
Here on Earth Tim McGraw 1031 August11
7 September [36] S&M2 Metallica & San Francisco Symphony 17 September11
Smile Katy Perry 27 September44
Rome Josh Pyke 87 September11
Who's Line Is It Anyway? Private Function 97 September11
Sunset Suburbia Diesel 107 September11
14 September [37] Odyssey Number Five Powderfinger 111 September 2000315
Between You and Me San Cisco 314 September11
Slim and I Slim Dusty 814 September11
Spiralling Wil Wagner 914 September11
21 September [38] We Are Chaos Marilyn Manson 121 September11
Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso) Vika and Linda 221 September11
28 September [39] The Speed of Now: Part 1 Keith Urban 128 September66
Heaven & Hell Ava Max 728 September11
AutomaticMildlife828 September11
5 October [40] Nectar Joji 15 October11
Tickets to My Downfall Machine Gun Kelly 25 October33
Ohms Deftones 35 October11
A Quiet Place to Die Alpha Wolf 65 October11
Ultra Mono Idles 75 October11
12 October [41] Live Around the World Queen & Adam Lambert 112 October33
The Album Blackpink 212 October33
2020 Bon Jovi 312 October11
Savage Mode II 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 412 October11
CMFT Corey Taylor 812 October11
19 October [42] Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 119 October19
Full Circle Chillinit 319 October11
26 October [43] T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 126 October7*7*
50 Push Ups for a Dollar Skegss 426 October11
Rumours Fleetwood Mac 14 February 1977146
2 November [44] Letter to You Bruce Springsteen 12 November44
Ball Park Music Ball Park Music 22 November11
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez Gorillaz 52 November11
Moral Panic Nothing but Thieves 82 November11
9 November [45] The Makarrata Project Midnight Oil 19 November22
Positions Ariana Grande 29 November5*5*
Love Goes Sam Smith 39 November22
The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo Mr. Bungle 69 November11
Post Human: Survival Horror Bring Me the Horizon 79 November11
Panic Force Triple One 89 November11
Child in Reverse Kate Miller-Heidke 99 November11
16 November [46] Disco Kylie Minogue 116 November22
Confetti Little Mix 716 November11
23 November [47] Power Up AC/DC 123 November3*3*
Only Santa Knows Delta Goodrem 523 November11
Against All Odds Onefour 723 November11
Push the Blues Away Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald 823 November11
Jolly Holiday André Rieu 1023 November11
30 November [48] Be BTS 230 November2*2*
Apart Together Tim Minchin 330 November11
The Modern Medieval Something For Kate 430 November11
Idiot Prayer Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 530 November11
7 December [49] Unreleased (1998–2010) Powderfinger 27 December1*1*
Plastic Hearts Miley Cyrus 37 December1*1*
Believe Andrea Bocelli 107 December1*1*

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2020.

EntriesArtistCountry of originWeeksAlbums
3 BTS Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR 7"Map of the Soul: 7", "Map of the Soul: 7 - The Journey", "Be"
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS 3"Live in Adelaide '19", "Live in Paris '19", "Chunky Shrapnel"
2 Taylor Swift Flag of the United States.svg  US 21"Lover", "Folklore"
Luke Combs 10"What You See Is What You Get", "This One's for You"
Powderfinger Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS 4"Odyssey Number Five", "Unreleased (1998–2010)"
Paul Kelly 3"Songs from the South: 1985–2019", "Please Leave Your Light On"
Vika and Linda "'Akilotoa", "Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso)"
Travis Scott Flag of the United States.svg  US 2"JackBoys", "Astroworld"
The Smith Street Band Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS "Live at the Triffid", "Don't Waste Your Anger"
Cold Chisel "Blood Moon", "East"
Chillinit "The Octagon", "Full Circle"

See also

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