List of best-selling albums in Australia

This is a list of best-selling albums in Australia that have been certified by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Since the 1970s, ARIA certified an album platinum for a shipment of 50,000 copies across Australia. In 1983, the number of copies required for a platinum album was raised to 70,000 copies. All albums in this list released after 1982 must have won at least ten ARIA Platinum Awards (700,000 copies) or fourteen awards (700,000 copies) if released before 1983. This list is primarily based on the ARIA database, so it does not include some of the albums which were best-sellers before ARIA began tracking records.

According to ARIA certifications, Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf is the best-selling album of all time in Australia, with twenty-six times platinum. Come On Over by Shania Twain is the second-best-selling album and the best-selling album by a female solo artist with twenty-five times platinum. Whispering Jack by John Farnham is the third-best-selling album and best-selling album for any local artist, with twenty-four times platinum. Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA is the best-selling compilation album ever with eighteen times platinum. Finally, Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the best-selling compilation album in solo artist category. All of these records (except for the third-best-selling album of all time) are held by foreign artists. The highest-selling album by an Australian female solo artist is Delta Goodrem's debut Innocent Eyes, with fifteen times platinum.

Gold and Platinum certification awards (Timeline)

Albums Certification Until 1983 Since 1983 Since 2015Gold 20,000 35,000 no changePlatinum 50,000 70,000 no changeDiamond – – 500,000

Best-selling albums in Australia

Listing is sorted by certified sales and by release year. Year Album Artist Nationality Award Sales Source1 1977 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf US 26× Platinum 1,820,000 2 1997 Come On Over Shania Twain Canada 25× Platinum 1,750,000 3 1986 Whispering Jack John Farnham Australia 24× Platinum 1,680,000 4 2002 The Eminem Show Eminem US 19× Platinum 1,330,000 5 19922014 Gold: Greatest HitsGold: Greatest Hits (40th Anniversary Edition) ABBA Sweden 17× Platinum 1× Platinum 1,260,00061982 Thriller Michael Jackson US17× Platinum1,190,000 1985 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits UK 2011 21 Adele UK 9 1975 The Best of ABBA ABBA Sweden 22× Platinum 1,100,000 10 1981 Greatest Hits Queen UK 15× Platinum1,050,000 2003 Innocent Eyes Delta Goodrem Australia <12 1995 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette Canada 14× Platinum 1,035,000 13 2011 Christmas Michael Bublé Canada 2× Diamond1,000,00014 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd UK 14× Platinum 980,000 1978 Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta & Various Artists Various 1984 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen US 1993 So Far So Good Bryan Adams Canada 1990 The Immaculate Collection Madonna US19 1994 Cross Road Bon Jovi US 13× Platinum 910,000 1996 Falling into You Celine Dion Canada 1996 Recurring Dream − The Very Best of Crowded House Crowded House New Zealand / Australia 1977 Rumours Fleetwood Mac UK / US 1991 Metallica Metallica US 2008 Funhouse Pink US 25 1976 Arrival ABBA Sweden 18× Platinum 900,000 26 1980 Back in Black AC/DC Australia 12× Platinum840,000 1993 Music Box Mariah Carey US 1997 Savage Garden Savage Garden Australia 2003 The Complete Greatest Hits Eagles US 2004 The Sound of White Missy Higgins Australia 2005 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem US 2006 I'm Not Dead Pink US 33 1979 The Wall Pink Floyd UK 11× Platinum770,000 1987 Dirty Dancing Various Artists US 1994 Forrest Gump Various Artists US 2002 Come Away with Me Norah Jones US 2008 Only by the Night Kings of Leon US 2010 Greatest Hits...So Far!!! Pink US 2014 1989 Taylor Swift US 2017 ÷ Ed Sheeran UK 39 1972 Hot August Night Neil Diamond US 14× Platinum700,000Position 21, 138th week: Hot August Night - Neil Diamond, 14 x Platinum Position 41, 145th week: Hot August Night - Neil Diamond, 14 x Platinum 1975 ABBA ABBA Sweden 1990 Led Zeppelin Remasters Led Zeppelin UK 10× Platinum 1991 Dangerous Michael Jackson US 1991 Soul Deep Jimmy Barnes Australia 1994 Don't Ask Tina Arena Australia 1994 Throwing Copper Live US 1995 Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen US 1996 Yourself or Someone Like You Matchbox Twenty US 2000 1 The Beatles UK 2009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle UK 2014 × Ed Sheeran UK 2015 25 Adele UK

See also

Australian Recording Industry Association Music of Australia List of best-selling singles in Australia List of best-selling albums by country

References

External links ARIA Home Page