List of top 25 albums for 2016 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 albums of 2016 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) end-of-year albums chart.

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Adele’s album 25 was the most popular album in 2016 in Australia, for the second year in a row. The album spent 45 weeks in the top 10. [1]

For the 6th year in a row, Michael Bublé's Christmas made the end of year top ten. In December 2016, the album surpassed one million copies in Australia, making it the 12th biggest selling album of all-time in Australia. [2]

Keith Urban's Ripcord was the highest selling album by an Australian artist in 2016.

Top 25

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reached
1 25 Adele 1
2 Ripcord Keith Urban 1
3 Lemonade Beyoncé 1
4 Molly: Do Yourself a Favour Various artists1
5 Christmas Michael Bublé 1
6 Friends for Christmas John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John 1
7 The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series Jessica Mauboy 1
8 David Bowie 1
9 Purpose Justin Bieber 1
10 Suicide Squad Various artists1
11 A Head Full Of Dreams Coldplay 2
12 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct Metallica 1
13 Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung Hilltop Hoods 1
14 Views Drake 1
15 Nothing Has Changed David Bowie 3
16 Skin Flume 1
17 1989 Taylor Swift 1
18 This Is Acting Sia 1
19 The Very Best of Prince Prince 2
20 x Ed Sheeran 1
21 Immortalized Disturbed 1
22 Blue & Lonesome The Rolling Stones 1
23 Blurryface Twenty One Pilots 7
24 Bloom Rüfüs 1
25 Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II Human Nature 1

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References

  1. "ARIA ANNOUNCES 2016 END OF YEAR CHARTS". ARIA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. "Michael Bublé 'Christmas' Passes 1,000,000 Sales In Australia". Noise11. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.