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 and streams of albums and EPs.
In 2025, 27 albums claimed the top spot, with the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack spending the most weeks atop the chart, with nine. The first number one of the year, Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter, carried over from the end of 2024 after spending seven weeks at the top the previous year. Both Carpenter and Taylor Swift spent seven weeks atop the chart in 2025, the equal-most among all individual artists.
Ten artists, Teddy Swims, Tate McRae, Playboi Carti, Ball Park Music, Ghost, Sleep Token, Calum Hood, Benson Boone, Olivia Dean and Cynthia Erivo, achieved their first number-one album.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-performing album of 2025
+ List of number-one albums Date Album Artist(s) 6 January Short n' Sweet Sabrina Carpenter 13 January 20 January 27 January The Secret of Us Gracie Abrams 3 February I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) Teddy Swims 10 February Hurry Up Tomorrow The Weeknd 17 February GNX Kendrick Lamar 24 February Short n' Sweet Sabrina Carpenter 3 March So Close to What Tate McRae 10 March Hit Me Hard and Soft Billie Eilish 17 March Mayhem Lady Gaga 24 March Music Playboi Carti 31 March Short n' Sweet Sabrina Carpenter 7 April Eternal Sunshine Ariana Grande 14 April Like Love Ball Park Music 21 April The Moon (The Light Side) Bliss n Eso 28 April Short n' Sweet Sabrina Carpenter 5 May Skeletá Ghost 12 May The Secret of Us Gracie Abrams 19 May Even in Arcadia Sleep Token 26 May I'm the Problem Morgan Wallen 2 June 9 June 16 June Defiant Jimmy Barnes 23 June Order Chaos Order Calum Hood 30 June American Heart Benson Boone 7 July Virgin Lorde 14 July KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) Various artists 21 July 28 July 4 August 11 August Fall from the Light Hilltop Hoods 18 August KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) Various artists 25 August 1 September 8 September Man's Best Friend Sabrina Carpenter 15 September KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) Various artists 22 September Play Ed Sheeran 29 September KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) Various artists 6 October The Art of Loving Olivia Dean 13 October The Life of a Showgirl Taylor Swift 20 October 27 October 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 November Everyone's a Star! 5 Seconds of Summer 1 December Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande 8 December The Life of a Showgirl Taylor Swift 15 December The Art of Loving Olivia Dean 22 December 29 December
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists, with total weeks spent at number one shown Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter 7 1 Taylor Swift 7 2 Olivia Dean 4 3 Morgan Wallen 3 4 Gracie Abrams 2 4 Ariana Grande 2 5 Teddy Swims 1 5 The Weeknd 1 5 Kendrick Lamar 1 5 Tate McRae 1 5 Billie Eilish 1 5 Lady Gaga 1 5 Playboi Carti 1 5 Ball Park Music 1 5 Bliss n Eso 1 5 Ghost 1 5 Sleep Token 1 5 Jimmy Barnes 1 5 Calum Hood 1 5 Benson Boone 1 5 Lorde 1 5 Hilltop Hoods 1 5 Ed Sheeran 1 5 5 Seconds of Summer 1 5 Cynthia Erivo 1
See also 2025 in music List of number-one singles of 2025 (Australia)
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