List of best-selling albums in Australia

This is a list of best-selling albums in Australia that have been certified by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Since the 1970s, ARIA certified an album platinum for a shipment of 50,000 copies across Australia. In 1983, the number of copies required for a platinum album was raised to 70,000 copies.[1] All albums in this list released after 1982 must have won at least ten ARIA Platinum Awards (700,000 copies) or fourteen awards (700,000 copies) if released before 1983. This list is primarily based on the ARIA database, so it does not include some of the albums which were best-sellers before ARIA began tracking records.

According to ARIA certifications, Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf is the best-selling album of all time in Australia with twenty-five times platinum, Whispering Jack by John Farnham is the second-best-selling album and best-selling album for any local artist with twenty-four times platinum, Shania Twain's Come On Over holds record for the best-selling album by a female solo artist with seventeen times platinum. Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA is the best-selling compilation album ever, while Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the best-selling compilation album in solo artist category. All of these records (except for the second-best-selling album of all time) are held by foreign artists. The highest-selling album by an Australian female solo artist is Delta Goodrem's debut Innocent Eyes with fifteen times platinum.

Gold and Platinum certification awards (Timeline)

Albums

Certification Until 1983[2] Since 1983[1][3] Since 2015[4]
Gold20,00035,000no change
Platinum50,00070,000no change
Diamond––500,000

Best-selling albums in Australia

Listing is sorted by certified sales and by release year.

No. YearAlbumArtistNationalityAwardSalesSource
1 1977Bat Out of HellMeat Loaf United States25× Platinum1,750,000[5]
2 1986Whispering JackJohn Farnham Australia24× Platinum1,680,000[6]
3 1992
2014		Gold: Greatest Hits
Gold: Greatest Hits (40th Anniversary Edition)		ABBA Sweden17× Platinum
1× Platinum		1,260,000[5][7]
[5]
4 1997Come On OverShania Twain Canada18× Platinum1,260,000[8][9]
5 1985Brothers in ArmsDire Straits United Kingdom17× Platinum1,190,000[10]
201121Adele United Kingdom[7]
7 1982ThrillerMichael Jackson United States16× Platinum1,120,000[11]
8 1975The Best of ABBAABBA Sweden22× Platinum1,100,000[12]
9 2003Innocent EyesDelta Goodrem Australia15× Platinum1,050,000[11][13]
1981Greatest HitsQueen United Kingdom[5]
11 1995Jagged Little PillAlanis Morissette Canada14× Platinum1,035,000[14][15]
12 2011ChristmasMichael Bublé Canada2× Diamond1,000,000[16]
2002The Eminem ShowEminem United States[17]
14 1973The Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd United Kingdom14× Platinum980,000[11]
1978Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsVarious[14][18]
1984Born in the U.S.A.Bruce Springsteen United States[17]
17 1994Cross RoadBon Jovi United States13× Platinum910,000[19]
1996Falling into YouCeline Dion Canada[11]
1996Recurring Dream − The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded House New Zealand /  Australia[20]
1977RumoursFleetwood Mac United Kingdom /  United States[11]
1991MetallicaMetallica United States[17]
22 1976ArrivalABBA Sweden18× Platinum900,000[12]
23 2005Curtain Call: The HitsEminem United States12× Platinum840,000[21][22]
1980Back in BlackAC/DC Australia[23]
1990The Immaculate CollectionMadonna United States[24]
1997Savage GardenSavage Garden Australia[25]
2003The Complete Greatest HitsEagles United States[20][6]
1993Music BoxMariah Carey United States[11]
2008FunhouseP!nk United States[26]
30 1987Dirty DancingVarious Artists United States11× Platinum770,000[11]
1994Forrest GumpVarious Artists United States[11]
2002Come Away with MeNorah Jones United States[27]
2006I'm Not DeadP!nk United States[20]
1979The WallPink Floyd United Kingdom[11]
1993So Far So GoodBryan Adams Canada[8]
36 1975ABBAABBA Sweden14× Platinum700,000[12]
1972Hot August NightNeil Diamond United States[28][29]
1990Led Zeppelin RemastersLed Zeppelin United Kingdom10× Platinum[30]
1991DangerousMichael Jackson United States[11]
1994Don't AskTina Arena Australia[11][31]
1996Yourself or Someone Like YouMatchbox Twenty United States[32]
20001The Beatles United Kingdom[10]
2009I Dreamed a DreamSusan Boyle United Kingdom[11]
201525Adele United Kingdom[33]
2008Only by the NightKings of Leon United States[7]
1994Throwing CopperLive United States[7]
1991Soul DeepJimmy Barnes Australia[21]
2010Greatest Hits...So Far!!!P!nk United States[21]
2014XEd Sheeran United Kingdom[17]
2017÷Ed Sheeran United Kingdom[17]
1995Greatest HitsBruce Springsteen United States[19]


See also

References
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