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 2018, 25 albums have claimed the top spot, including Ed Sheeran's ÷, which spent 21 weeks at number one on the chart in 2017. Nine acts, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, J. Cole, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Sheppard, Amy Shark, Travis Scott, Twenty One Pilots and Bradley Cooper, achieved their first number-one album in Australia.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2018. DateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.1 January ÷ Ed Sheeran 8 January The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists 15 January22 January29 January5 February12 February19 February26 February5 March Nation of Two Vance Joy 12 March ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 March26 March2 April9 April16 April Golden Kylie Minogue 23 April Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 30 April KOD J. Cole 7 May Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone 14 May Reverence Parkway Drive 21 May Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys 28 May Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone 4 June Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes 11 June Ye Kanye West 18 June Watching the Sky Sheppard 25 June Youngblood 5 Seconds of Summer 2 July Pray for the Wicked Panic! at the Disco 9 July Scorpion Drake 16 July23 July Love Monster Amy Shark 30 July Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack Various artists 6 August13 August Astroworld Travis Scott 20 August Scorpion Drake 27 August Sweetener Ariana Grande 3 September Misery The Amity Affliction 10 September Kamikaze Eminem 17 September24 September1 October8 October Home John Butler Trio 15 October Trench Twenty One Pilots 22 October Nature Paul Kelly 29 October A Star Is Born Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper 5 November12 November19 November26 November3 December10 December17 December24 December31 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Lady Gaga 10 1 Bradley Cooper 10 2 Ed Sheeran 6 3 Eminem 4 4 Drake 3 5 Post Malone 2 6 Vance Joy 1 6 Kylie Minogue 1 6 Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 1 6 J. Cole 1 6 Parkway Drive 1 6 Arctic Monkeys 1 6 Shawn Mendes 1 6 Kanye West 1 6 Sheppard 1 6 5 Seconds of Summer 1 6 Panic! at the Disco 1 6 Amy Shark 1 6 Travis Scott 1 6 Ariana Grande 1 6 The Amity Affliction 1 6 John Butler Trio 1 6 Twenty One Pilots 1 6 Paul Kelly 1
See also 2018 in music List of number-one singles of 2018 (Australia)
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