The following lists the top 25 albums of 2016 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) end-of-year albums chart.
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.
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.
Keith Urban's Ripcord was the highest selling album by an Australian artist in 2016.
Top 25 # Title Artist Highest pos. reached 1 25 Adele 1 2 Ripcord Keith Urban 1 3 Lemonade Beyoncé 1 4 Molly: Do Yourself a Favour Various artists 1 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 Bieber1 10 Suicide Squad Various artists 1 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 Flume1 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 Disturbed1 22 Blue & Lonesome The Rolling Stones1 23 Blurryface Twenty One Pilots 7 24 Bloom Rüfüs1 25 Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II Human Nature1
See also List of number-one albums of 2016 (Australia) List of Top 25 singles for 2016 in Australia
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