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The following lists the top 25 albums of 2005 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart. [1] [2]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedWeeks at No. 1
1. The Sound of White Missy Higgins 17 [nb 1]
2. Breakaway Kelly Clarkson 2 [nb 2]
3. It's Time Michael Bublé 2 [nb 3]
4. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani 12 [6]
5. Monkey Business The Black Eyed Peas 13 [7]
6. American Idiot Green Day 12 [8]
7. In Between Dreams Jack Johnson 14 [9]
8. X&Y Coldplay 11 [10]
9. Back to Bedlam James Blunt 112 [nb 4]
10. In Your Honor Foo Fighters 15 [12]
11. Greatest Hits Robbie Williams 19 [nb 5]
12. Il Divo Il Divo 12 [14]
13. Songs About Jane Maroon 5 11 [15]
14. Demon Days Gorillaz 2
15. ...Something to Be Rob Thomas 11 [16]
16. Still Not Getting Any... Simple Plan 6
17. Anthony Callea Anthony Callea 13 [17]
18. See the Sun Pete Murray 13 [18]
19. Hot Fuss The Killers 11 [19]
20. Ancora Il Divo 13 [20]
21. Awake Is the New Sleep Ben Lee 5
22. Intensive Care Robbie Williams 11 [21]
23. Encore Eminem 11 [22]
24. Tea and Sympathy Bernard Fanning 11 [nb 6]
25. Rearviewmirror Pearl Jam 2

Peak chart positions from 2005 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 100 albums for each week during 2005. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Sound of White debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 in September 2004 for two weeks, it peaked at #1 in January–February 2005 for four weeks and again in May for one week. [3] It continuously remained in the Top 50 until February 2006, re-entered in December and spent a total of 85 weeks in the charts. [3]
  2. ↑ Breakaway entered the ARIA Top 50 charts in January 2005, it peaked at #2 for a total of five weeks. [4] It continuously remained in the Top 50 until January 2006 and spent a total of 73 weeks in the charts. [4]
  3. ↑ It's Time entered the ARIA Top 50 charts in March 2005, it peaked at #2 for a total of four weeks. [5] It continuously remained in the Top 50 until May 2006, it subsequently re-entered and spent a total of 66 weeks in the charts. [5]
  4. ↑ Back to Bedlam peaked at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 in October 2005 for four weeks, it returned to #1 in January–February 2006 for five weeks and again for three more weeks in April–May. [11] It continuously remained in the Top 50 until November 2006 and subsequently re-entered to spend a total of 81 weeks in the charts. [11]
  5. ↑ Greatest Hits debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 in September 2005 for three weeks; it returned to #1 in December for three weeks and continued at top spot for three more weeks in January 2005. [13] It continuously remained in the Top 50 until June 2005 and subsequently re-entered to spend a total of 66 weeks in the charts. [13]
  6. ↑ Tea & Sympathy debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 in November 2005 for one week. [23] It remained in the Top 50 for a total of 58 weeks. [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2005". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  3. "Missy Higgins - The Sound Of White". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  4. "Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  5. "Michael Bublé - It's Time". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Dido - Life For Rent". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "The Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Green Day - American Idiot". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  9. ↑ "Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  10. ↑ "Coldplay - X&Y". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  11. "James Blunt - Back to Bedlam". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  12. ↑ "Foo Fighters - In Your Honor". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  13. "Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  14. ↑ "Il Divo - Il Divo". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  15. ↑ "Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  16. ↑ "Rob Thomas - Something to Be". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  17. ↑ "Anthony Callea - Anthony Callea". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  18. ↑ "Pete Murray - See the Sun". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  19. ↑ "The Killers - Hot Fuss". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  20. ↑ "Il Divo - Ancora". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  21. ↑ "Robbie Williams - Intensive Care". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  22. ↑ "Eminem - Encore". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  23. "Bernard Fanning - Tea & Sympathy". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
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