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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. 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; and Shania Twain's Come On Over holds record for the best-selling album by a female solo artist, with twenty-five 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 Since 1983 Since 2015
Gold 20,000 35,000 no change
Platinum 50,000 70,000 no change
Diamond – – 500,000

Best-selling albums in Australia

Listing is sorted by certified sales and by release year.

No. Year Album Artist Nationality Award Sales Source
1 1977 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf US 26× Platinum 1,820,000
2 1997 Come On Over Shania Twain Canada 25× Platinum 1,750,000
3 1986 Whispering Jack John Farnham Australia 24× Platinum 1,680,000
4 1992
2014		 Gold: Greatest Hits
Gold: Greatest Hits (40th Anniversary Edition)		 ABBA Sweden 17× Platinum
1× Platinum		 1,260,000
2002 The Eminem Show Eminem US 18× Platinum
6 1982 Thriller Michael Jackson US 17× Platinum 1,190,000
1985 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits UK
2011 21 Adele UK
9 1975 The Best of ABBA ABBA Sweden 22× Platinum 1,100,000
10 1981 Greatest Hits Queen UK 15× Platinum 1,050,000
2003 Innocent Eyes Delta Goodrem Australia
12 1995 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette Canada 14× Platinum 1,035,000
13 2011 Christmas Michael Bublé Canada 2× Diamond 1,000,000
15 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd UK 14× Platinum 980,000
1978 Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta & Various Artists Various
1984 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen US
1993 So Far So Good Bryan Adams Canada
19 1994 Cross Road Bon Jovi US 13× Platinum 910,000
1996 Falling into You Celine Dion Canada
1996 Recurring Dream − The Very Best of Crowded House Crowded House New Zealand / Australia
1977 Rumours Fleetwood Mac UK / US
1991 Metallica Metallica US
2008 Funhouse Pink US
25 1976 Arrival ABBA Sweden 18× Platinum 900,000
26 1980 Back in Black AC/DC Australia 12× Platinum 840,000
1990 The Immaculate Collection Madonna US
1993 Music Box Mariah Carey US
1997 Savage Garden Savage Garden Australia
2003 The Complete Greatest Hits Eagles US
2004 The Sound Of White Missy Higgins Australia
2005 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem US
2006 I'm Not Dead Pink US
33 1979 The Wall Pink Floyd UK 11× Platinum 770,000
1987 Dirty Dancing Various Artists US
1994 Forrest Gump Various Artists US
2002 Come Away with Me Norah Jones US
2008 Only by the Night Kings of Leon US
2010 Greatest Hits...So Far!!! Pink US
2014 1989 Taylor Swift US
2017 ÷ Ed Sheeran UK
39 1972 Hot August Night Neil Diamond US 14× Platinum 700,000
1975 ABBA ABBA Sweden
1990 Led Zeppelin Remasters Led Zeppelin UK 10× Platinum
1991 Dangerous Michael Jackson US
1991 Soul Deep Jimmy Barnes Australia
1994 Don't Ask Tina Arena Australia
1994 Throwing Copper Live US
1995 Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen US
1996 Yourself or Someone Like You Matchbox Twenty US
2000 1 The Beatles UK
2009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle UK
2015 25 Adele UK
2014 × Ed Sheeran UK

See also

References

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