The best selling album in 2009 in Australia was I DREAMED A DREAM by SUSAN BOYLE .
Notes: Sales level is a number of certified units for albums released in
as of end of the year. Some albums could be under-certified. Popular albums released at the end of the year may have bigger number of shipments than real sales at that time
Rank Artist Album Sales level Released
1
SUSAN BOYLE
I DREAMED A DREAM
560,000
2009
2
P!NK
FUNHOUSE
2008
3
THE BLACK EYED PEAS
THE E.N.D.
280,000
2009
4
TAYLOR SWIFT
FEARLESS
2008
5
LILY ALLEN
IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU
210,000
2009
6
MICHAEL BUBLÉ
CRAZY LOVE
210,000
2009
7
KINGS OF LEON
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
2008
8
MICHAEL JACKSON
THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON
2005
9
LADY GAGA
THE FAME
2008
10
BEYONCÉ
I AM SASHA FIERCE
2008
11
SOUNDTRACK
TWILIGHT
2008
12
HILLTOP HOODS
STATE OF THE ART
70,000
2009
13
MICHAEL JACKSON
NUMBER ONES
2003
14
ROB THOMAS
CRADLESONG
70,000
2009
15
MILEY CYRUS
HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE (SOUNDTRACK)
70,000
2009
16
NICKELBACK
DARK HORSE
2008
17
EMINEM
RELAPSE
70,000
2009
18
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
WALKING ON A DREAM
2008
19
GREEN DAY
21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN
70,000
2009
20
JESSICA MAUBOY
BEEN WAITING
2008
21
FOO FIGHTERS
GREATEST HITS
70,000
2009
22
MARK VINCENT
MY DREAM - MIO VISIONE
70,000
2009
23
COLDPLAY
VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS
2008
24
P!NK
I'M NOT DEAD
2006
25
MUSE
THE RESISTANCE
70,000
2009
26
MICHAEL JACKSON
MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT
70,000
2009
27
SOUNDTRACK
THE TWILIGHT SAGA - NEW MOON
70,000
2009
28
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE
CURIOUSER
2008
29
DUFFY
ROCKFERRY
2008
30
POWDERFINGER
GOLDEN RULE
70,000
2009
31
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR
70,000
2009
32
MICHAEL JACKSON
THRILLER
1982
33
U2
NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
70,000
2009
34
THE SCRIPT
THE SCRIPT
2008
35
RONAN KEATING
SONGS FOR MY MOTHER
70,000
2009
36
JIMMY BARNES
THE RHYTHM AND THE BLUES
70,000
2009
37
AC/DC
BLACK ICE
2008
38
KELLY CLARKSON
ALL I EVER WANTED
70,000
2009
39
SARAH BLASKO
AS DAY FOLLOWS NIGHT
70,000
2009
40
GLEE CAST
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 1
70,000
2009
41
MICHAEL JACKSON
KING OF POP
2008
42
PEARL JAM
BACKSPACER
70,000
2009
43
SOUNDTRACK
THE BOAT THAT ROCKED
70,000
2009
44
DAVID GUETTA
ONE LOVE
70,000
2009
45
ESKIMO JOE
INSHALLA
35,000
2009
46
P!NK
M!SSUNDAZTOOD
2001
47
BRITNEY SPEARS
CIRCUS
2008
48
THE PRESETS
APOCALYPSO
2008
49
KATY PERRY
ONE OF THE BOYS
2008
50
KEITH URBAN
DEFYING GRAVITY
35,000
2009
51
THE FRAY
THE FRAY
35,000
2009
52
MUMFORD & SONS
SIGH NO MORE
35,000
2009
53
GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU
GURRUMUL
2008
54
FLEETWOOD MAC
THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC
2002
55
ROD STEWART
SOULBOOK
35,000
2009
56
LISA MITCHELL
WONDER
35,000
2009
57
NATALIE BASSINGTHWAIGHTE
1000 STARS
35,000
2009
58
STAN WALKER
INTRODUCING
70,000
2009
59
LADY GAGA
THE FAME MONSTER
70,000
2009
60
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
DOLL DOMINATION 2.0
2008
61
PARAMORE
BRAND NEW EYES
35,000
2009
62
SOUNDTRACK
PACKED TO THE RAFTERS
2008
63
GUY SEBASTIAN
LIKE IT LIKE THAT
35,000
2009
64
JASON MRAZ
WE SING, WE DANCE, WE STEAL THINGS
2008
65
THE PRODIGY
INVADERS MUST DIE
35,000
2009
66
THEM CROOKED VULTURES
THEM CROOKED VULTURES
35,000
2009
67
LA ROUX
LA ROUX
35,000
2009
68
AKON
FREEDOM
2008
69
DAVID CAMPBELL
GOOD LOVIN'
2008
70
THE KILLERS
DAY & AGE
2008
71
GLEE CAST
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 2
35,000
2009
72
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
CHRONICLE: 20 GREATEST HITS
1976
73
MADONNA
CELEBRATION
35,000
2009
74
WES CARR
THE WAY THE WORLD LOOKS
35,000
2009
75
WOLFMOTHER
COSMIC EGG
70,000
2009
76
JOHN MAYER
BATTLE STUDIES
35,000
2009
77
GOSSIP
MUSIC FOR MEN
35,000
2009
78
VANESSA AMOROSI
HAZARDOUS
35,000
2009
79
ANDRE RIEU
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
35,000
2009
80
P!NK
TRY THIS
2003
81
MILEY CYRUS
THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
35,000
2009
82
KARNIVOOL
SOUND AWAKE
35,000
2009
83
KINGS OF LEON
BECAUSE OF THE TIMES
2007
84
LADYHAWKE
LADYHAWKE
2008
85
MGMT
ORACULAR SPECTACULAR
2007
86
BON JOVI
THE CIRCLE
35,000
2009
87
LEONARD COHEN
THE ESSENTIAL 3.0
2008
88
SIMON & GARFUNKEL
THE ESSENTIAL
2003
89
THE TEMPER TRAP
CONDITIONS
35,000
2009
90
AC/DC
BACKTRACKS
2009
91
SEAL
SOUL
2008
92
LILY ALLEN
ALRIGHT, STILL
2006
93
LITTLE BIRDY
CONFETTI
35,000
2009
94
FALL OUT BOY
FOLIE A DEUX
2008
95
JOHN FARNHAM
THE ESSENTIAL 3.0
35,000
2009
96
THE 12TH MAN
THE BOX SET
2009
97
RIHANNA
RATED R
35,000
2009
98
FLO RIDA
R.O.O.T.S.
2009
99
KINGS OF LEON
AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAK
2004
100
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
WORKING ON A DREAM
2009
Source: ARIA