The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales of albums and EPs. In 2016, 43 albums claimed the top spot, Adele's 25, and Disturbed's Immortalized already peaked at number one in 2015, and 13 acts achieved their first number-one album in Australia: The 1975, Matt Corby, Violent Soho, Zayn, Lukas Graham, Deftones, Drake, The Avalanches, Frank Ocean, A Day to Remember, Sticky Fingers, Jessica Mauboy and Illy.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2016. DateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.4 January 25 Adele 11 January18 January Blackstar David Bowie 25 January 25 Adele 1 February Bloom RÜFÜS 8 February This Is Acting Sia 15 February Molly: Do Yourself a Favour Various artists 22 February29 February Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung Hilltop Hoods 7 March I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It The 1975 14 March Rising with the Sun The Cat Empire 21 March Telluric Matt Corby 28 March Waco Violent Soho 4 April Mind of Mine Zayn 11 April Lukas Graham Lukas Graham 18 April Gore Deftones 25 April Immortalized Disturbed 2 May Lemonade Beyoncé 9 May Views Drake 16 May Ripcord Keith Urban 23 May30 May Dangerous Woman Ariana Grande 6 June Skin Flume 13 June Soul Searchin' Jimmy Barnes 20 June Thick as Thieves The Temper Trap 27 June The Getaway Red Hot Chili Peppers 4 July11 July Wings of the Wild Delta Goodrem 18 July Wildflower The Avalanches 25 July Youth Authority Good Charlotte 1 August Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II Human Nature 8 August15 August Suicide Squad: The Album Various artists 22 August This Could Be Heartbreak The Amity Affliction 29 August Blonde Frank Ocean 5 September Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway Barbra Streisand 12 September Bad Vibrations A Day to Remember 19 September Skeleton Tree Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 26 September Backbone Anthony Callea 3 October Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea Passenger 10 October Westway (The Glitter & the Slums) Sticky Fingers 17 October Triple J's Like a Version Volume 12 Various artists 24 October The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series Jessica Mauboy 31 October7 November14 November This House Is Not for Sale Bon Jovi 21 November Two Degrees Illy 28 November Hardwired... to Self-Destruct Metallica 5 December Starboy The Weeknd 12 December Blue & Lonesome The Rolling Stones 19 December Friends for Christmas John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John 26 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Adele 3 1 Jessica Mauboy 3 2 Keith Urban 2 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers 2 2 John Farnham 2 2 Olivia Newton-John 2 2 Human Nature 2 3 David Bowie 1 3 RÜFÜS 1 3 Sia 1 3 Hilltop Hoods 1 3 The 1975 1 3 The Cat Empire 1 3 Matt Corby 1 3 Violent Soho 1 3 Zayn 1 3 Lukas Graham 1 3 Deftones 1 3 Disturbed 1 3 Beyoncé 1 3 Drake 1 3 Ariana Grande 1 3 Flume 1 3 Jimmy Barnes 1 3 The Temper Trap 1 3 Delta Goodrem 1 3 The Avalanches 1 3 Good Charlotte 1 3 The Amity Affliction 1 3 Frank Ocean 1 3 Barbra Streisand 1 3 A Day to Remember 1 3 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1 3 Anthony Callea 1 3 Passenger 1 3 Sticky Fingers 1 3 Bon Jovi 1 3 Illy 1 3 Metallica 1 3 The Weeknd 1 3 The Rolling Stones 1
See also 2016 in music List of number-one singles of 2016 (Australia)
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