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 sharing the accolade with Australian act Delta Goodrem's debut Innocent Eyes with fifteen platinum certificates. 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.
Contents
1 Gold and Platinum certification awards (Timeline)
2 Best-selling albums in Australia
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Gold and Platinum certification awards (Timeline)
Albums
| Certification | Until 1983[2] | Since 1983[1][3] | Since 2015[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 20,000 | 35,000 | no change |
| Platinum | 50,000 | 70,000 | no change |
| Diamond | – | – | 500,000 |
Best-selling albums in Australia
(Initial listing is sorted by certified sales by release year)
No. | Year | Album | Artist | Nationality | Award | Sales | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1977 | Bat Out of Hell | Meat Loaf |  United States | 25× Platinum | 1,750,000 | [5] |
| 2 | 1986 | Whispering Jack | John Farnham |  Australia | 24× Platinum | 1,680,000 | [6] |
| 3 | 1997 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |  Canada | 18× Platinum | 1,260,000 | [7][8] |
| 4 | 2003 | Innocent Eyes | Delta Goodrem | Australia | 15× Platinum | 1,200,000 | [9][10] |
| 5 | 1985 | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits |  United Kingdom | 17× Platinum | 1,190,000 | [11] |
| 6 | 1992 | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA |  Sweden | 17× Platinum | 1,190,000 | [12] |
| 7 | 1982 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | United States | 16× Platinum | 1,120,000 | [9] |
| 8 | 1975 | The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Sweden | 22× Platinum | 1,100,000 | [13] |
| 9 | 1981 | Greatest Hits | Queen | United Kingdom | 15× Platinum | 1,050,000 | [5] |
| 10 | 2011 | 21 | Adele | United Kingdom | 15× Platinum | 1,050,000 | [14][15] |
| 11 | 1995 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | Canada | 14× Platinum | 1,035,000 | [16][17] |
| 12 | 2011 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | Canada | 2× Diamond (14× Platinum) | 1,000,000 | [18][19][7][14] |
| 13 | 1973 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | United Kingdom | 14× Platinum | 980,000 | [9] |
| 14 | 1978 | Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Various | 14× Platinum | 980,000 | [20] |
| 15 | 1984 | Born in the U.S.A. | Bruce Springsteen | United States | 13× Platinum | 910,000 | [9] |
| 16 | 1996 | Falling into You | Celine Dion | Canada | 13× Platinum | 910,000 | [9] |
| 17 | 1996 | Recurring Dream − The Very Best of Crowded House | Crowded House |  New Zealand / Australia | 13× Platinum | 910,000 | [21] |
| 18 | 1977 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | United Kingdom | 13× Platinum | 910,000 | [9] |
| 19 | 1976 | Arrival | ABBA | Sweden | 18× Platinum | 900,000 | [13] |
| 20 | 1980 | Back in Black | AC/DC | Australia | 12× Platinum | 840,000 | [22] |
| 21 | 1990 | The Immaculate Collection | Madonna | United States | 12× Platinum | 840,000 | [23] |
| 22 | 1997 | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Australia | 12× Platinum | 840,000 | [24] |
| 23 | 1991 | Metallica | Metallica | United States | 12× Platinum | 840,000 | [14] |
| 24 | 2003 | The Complete Greatest Hits | Eagles | United States | 12× Platinum | 840,000 | [6] |
| 25 | 1993 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | United States | 12× Platinum | 840,000 | [9] |
| 26 | 2008 | Funhouse | P!nk | United States | 12× Platinum | 840,000 | [25] |
| 27 | 1987 | Dirty Dancing | Various Artists | United States | 11× Platinum | 770,000 | [9] |
| 28 | 1994 | Forrest Gump | Various Artists | United States | 11× Platinum | 770,000 | [9] |
| 29 | 1994 | Cross Road | Bon Jovi | United States | 11× Platinum | 770,000 | [21] |
| 30 | 2002 | Come Away with Me | Norah Jones | United States | 11× Platinum | 770,000 | [26] |
| 31 | 2006 | I'm Not Dead | P!nk | United States | 11× Platinum | 770,000 | [21] |
| 32 | 1979 | The Wall | Pink Floyd | United Kingdom | 11× Platinum | 770,000 | [9] |
| 33 | 1993 | So Far So Good | Bryan Adams | Canada | 11× Platinum | 770,000 | [7] |
| 34 | 1975 | ABBA | ABBA | Sweden | 14× Platinum | 700,000 | [13] |
| 35 | 1972 | Hot August Night | Neil Diamond | United States | 14× Platinum | 700,000 | [27][28] |
| 36 | 1990 | Led Zeppelin Remasters | Led Zeppelin | United Kingdom | 10× Platinum | 700,000 | [29] |
| 37 | 1991 | Dangerous | Michael Jackson | United States | 10× Platinum | 700,000 | [9] |
| 38 | 1994 | Don't Ask | Tina Arena | Australia | 10× Platinum | 700,000 | [9][30] |
| 39 | 1996 | Yourself or Someone Like You | Matchbox Twenty | United States | 10× Platinum | 700,000 | [31] |
| 40 | 2000 | 1 | The Beatles | United Kingdom | 10× Platinum | 700,000 | [11] |
| 41 | 2009 | I Dreamed a Dream | Susan Boyle | United Kingdom | 10× Platinum | 700,000 | [9] |
| 42 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | United Kingdom | 10× Platinum | 700,000 | [32] |
See also
- Australian Recording Industry Association
- List of best-selling singles in Australia
References
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External links
- ARIA Home Page
