The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each album and EP's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2014, thirty-one albums claimed the top spot, including Michael Bublé's Christmas, which started its peak position in 2011. Ten acts achieved their first number-one album in Australia: Beyoncé, Avicii, MKTO, Pharrell Williams, Chet Faker, The Black Keys, Sia, Vance Joy, The Madden Brothers and Barbra Streisand.
INXS' The Very Best was the longest-running number-one album of 2014, having topped the ARIA Albums Chart for seven weeks. Ed Sheeran's x was the second longest-running number-one album, with six weeks at the top spot. Taylor Swift's 1989 spent four weeks atop the chart, while Beyoncé's self-titled album and Coldplay's Ghost Stories both topped the chart for three consecutive weeks. Faker's Built on Glass and Hilltop Hoods's Walking Under Stars both spent two consecutive weeks at number one.
Chart history
+KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2014. DateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.6 January Beyoncé Beyoncé 13 January20 January27 January High Hopes Bruce Springsteen 3 February True Avicii 10 February MKTO MKTO 17 February The Very Best INXS 24 February3 March10 March17 March Girl Pharrell Williams 24 March Kiss Me Once Kylie Minogue 31 March The Very Best INXS 7 April14 April21 April Built on Glass Chet Faker 28 April5 May Frozen Various artists 12 May19 May Turn Blue The Black Keys 26 May Ghost Stories Coldplay 2 June9 June16 June Let the Ocean Take Me The Amity Affliction 23 June Ultraviolence Lana Del Rey 30 June x Ed Sheeran 7 July 5 Seconds of Summer 5 Seconds of Summer 14 July 1000 Forms of Fear Sia 21 July Burnt Letters Taylor Henderson 28 July x Ed Sheeran 4 August11 August Angus & Julia Stone Angus & Julia Stone 18 August Walking Under Stars Hilltop Hoods 25 August1 September My Everything Ariana Grande 8 September 30:30 Hindsight Jimmy Barnes 15 September Dream Your Life Away Vance Joy 22 September Greetings from California The Madden Brothers 29 September Partners Barbra Streisand 6 October x Ed Sheeran 13 October20 October Triple J's Like a Version Volume 10 Various artists 27 October .5: The Gray Chapter Slipknot 3 November 1989 Taylor Swift 10 November17 November Sonic Highways Foo Fighters 24 November Four One Direction 1 December 1989 Taylor Swift 8 December Rock or Bust AC/DC 15 December Christmas Michael Bublé 22 December 1989 Taylor Swift 29 December x Ed Sheeran
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 INXS 7 2 Ed Sheeran 6 3 Taylor Swift 4 4 Beyoncé 3 4 Coldplay 3 5 Chet Faker 2 5 Hilltop Hoods 2 6 Bruce Springsteen 1 6 Avicii 1 6 MKTO 1 6 Pharrell Williams 1 6 Kylie Minogue 1 6 The Black Keys 1 6 The Amity Affliction 1 6 Lana Del Rey 1 6 5 Seconds of Summer 1 6 Sia 1 6 Taylor Henderson 1 6 Angus & Julia Stone 1 6 Ariana Grande 1 6 Jimmy Barnes 1 6 Vance Joy 1 6 The Madden Brothers 1 6 Barbra Streisand 1 6 Slipknot 1 6 Foo Fighters 1 6 One Direction 1 6 AC/DC 1 6 Michael Bublé 1
See also 2014 in music List of number-one singles of 2014 (Australia) List of Top 25 albums for 2014 in Australia
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