This timeline details Australian best-selling albums by year from 1965 to present day
Data Sources – Aria Charts, Kent Music Report
See Also: Australia Best Selling Singles by Year
United Kingdom Best Selling Albums by Year
United States Best Selling albums by Year
Canada Best Selling Albums by Year
1965
The Sound of Music – Original Broadway Cast
1966
The Sound of Music – Original Broadway Cast
1967
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
1968
The Seekers’ Greatest Hits – The Seekers
1969
Hair – Original Broadway Cast
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
1971
Cocker Happy – Joe Cocker
1972
Teaser and the Firecat – Cat Stevens
1973
Hot August Night – Neil Diamond
1974
Band on the Run – Paul McCartney and Wings
1975
Living in the 70’s – Skyhooks
1976
The Best of ABBA – ABBA
1977
Silk Degrees – Boz Scaggs
1978
Saturday Night Fever – Original Soundtrack
1979
Breakfast in America – Supertramp
1980
The Wall – Pink Floyd
1981
Double Fantasy – John Lennon and Yoko Ono
1982
Business as Usual – Men at Work
1983
Thriller – Michael Jackson
1984
Can’t Slow Down – Lionel Richie
1985
Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits
1986
Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
1987
Whispering Jack – John Farnham
1988
Kick – INXS
1989
Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 – Traveling Wilburys
1990
Chain Reaction – John Farnham
1991
Rise – Daryl Braithwaite
1992
Jesus Christ Superstar – 1992 Australian Cast
1993
The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (soundtrack)
1994
Music Box – Mariah Carey
1995
Don’t Ask – Tina Arena
1996
Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
1997
Savage Garden – Savage Garden
1998
Yourself or Someone Like You – Matchbox 20
1999
Come on Over – Shania Twain
2000
1 – The Beatles
2001
Moulin Rouge – Soundtrack
2002
The Eminem Show – Eminem
2003
Innocent Eyes – Delta Goodrem
2004
Get Born – Jet
2005
The Sound of White – Missy Higgins
2006
Back to Bedlam – James Blunt
2007
Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Buble
2008
Only by the Night – Kings of Leon
2009
I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
2010
Greatest Hits… So Far – Pink
2011
21 – Adele
2012
The Truth About Love – Pink
2013
The Truth About Love – Pink
2014
x – Ed Sheeran
2015
25 – Adele
2016
25 – Adele
2017
รท – Ed Sheeran
2018
The Greatest Showman – Soundtrack
2019
When we All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
2020
Fine Lines – Harry Styles
2021
30 – Adele
Published June 3, 2020 @ 1:35 pm – Updated – [last-modified]
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