List of best-selling albums in Australia

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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-six times platinum. Come On Over by Shania Twain is the second-best-selling album and the best-selling album by a female solo artist with twenty-five times platinum. Whispering Jack by John Farnham is the third-best-selling album and best-selling album for any local artist, with twenty-four times platinum. Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA is the best-selling compilation album ever with eighteen times platinum. Finally, Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the best-selling compilation album in solo artist category. All of these records (except for the third-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.

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 LoafUS26× Platinum1,820,000[5]
2 1997Come On OverShania TwainCanada25× Platinum1,750,000[5]
3 1986Whispering JackJohn FarnhamAustralia24× Platinum1,680,000[6]
4 2002The Eminem ShowEminemUS 19× Platinum1,330,000[7]
5 1992
2014		Gold: Greatest Hits
Gold: Greatest Hits (40th Anniversary Edition)		ABBASweden17× Platinum
1× Platinum		1,260,000[8][9]
[8]
6 1982ThrillerMichael JacksonUS 17× Platinum 1,190,000[10]
1985Brothers in ArmsDire StraitsUK[11]
201121AdeleUK[9]
9 1975The Best of ABBAABBASweden22× Platinum1,100,000[12]
10 1981Greatest HitsQueenUK 15× Platinum 1,050,000[8]
2003Innocent EyesDelta GoodremAustralia[13]
12 1995Jagged Little PillAlanis MorissetteCanada14× Platinum1,035,000[14][15]
13 2011ChristmasMichael BubléCanada 2× Diamond 1,000,000[16]
14 1973The Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydUK14× Platinum980,000[13]
1978Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion PictureOlivia Newton-John, John Travolta & Various ArtistsVarious[14][17]
1984Born in the U.S.A.Bruce SpringsteenUS[18]
1993So Far So GoodBryan AdamsCanada[5]
1990The Immaculate CollectionMadonnaUS[7]
19 1994Cross RoadBon JoviUS13× Platinum910,000[5]
1996Falling into YouCeline DionCanada[13]
1996Recurring Dream − The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseNew Zealand / Australia[19]
1977RumoursFleetwood MacUK / US[13]
1991MetallicaMetallicaUS[18]
2008FunhousePinkUS[10]
25 1976ArrivalABBASweden18× Platinum900,000[12]
26 1980Back in BlackAC/DCAustralia 12× Platinum 840,000[20]
1993Music BoxMariah CareyUS[13]
1997Savage GardenSavage GardenAustralia[21]
2003The Complete Greatest HitsEaglesUS[19][6]
2004The Sound Of WhiteMissy HigginsAustralia[22]
2005Curtain Call: The HitsEminemUS[23][24]
2006I'm Not DeadPinkUS[10]
33 1979The WallPink FloydUK 11× Platinum 770,000[13]
1987Dirty DancingVarious ArtistsUS[13]
1994Forrest GumpVarious ArtistsUS[13]
2002Come Away with MeNorah JonesUS[25]
2008Only by the NightKings of LeonUS[5]
2010Greatest Hits...So Far!!!PinkUS[10]
20141989Taylor SwiftUS[10]
2017÷Ed SheeranUK[5]
39 1972Hot August NightNeil DiamondUS 14× Platinum 700,000[26][27]
1975ABBAABBASweden[12]
1990Led Zeppelin RemastersLed ZeppelinUK10× Platinum[28]
1991DangerousMichael JacksonUS[13]
1991Soul DeepJimmy BarnesAustralia[23]
1994Don't AskTina ArenaAustralia[13][29]
1994Throwing CopperLiveUS[9]
1995Greatest HitsBruce SpringsteenUS[5]
1996Yourself or Someone Like YouMatchbox TwentyUS[30]
20001The BeatlesUK[11]
2009I Dreamed a DreamSusan BoyleUK[13]
2014×Ed SheeranUK[18]
201525AdeleUK[31]

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