The best selling album in 2016 in Australia was 25 by ADELE .
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
ADELE 25 2015
2
KEITH URBAN RIPCORD 70,000
2016
3
BEYONCÉ LEMONADE 70,000
2016
4
SOUNDTRACK MOLLY (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE TV SERIES) 2015
5
MICHAEL BUBLÉ CHRISTMAS 2011
6
JOHN FARNHAM & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN FRIENDS FOR CHRISTMAS 70,000
2016
7
JESSICA MAUBOY THE SECRET DAUGHTER (SONGS FROM THE TV SERIES) 70,000
2016
8
DAVID BOWIE BLACKSTAR 70,000
2016
9
JUSTIN BIEBER PURPOSE 2015
10
SOUNDTRACK SUICIDE SQUAD 35,000
2016
11
COLDPLAY A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS 2015
12
METALLICA HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT 35,000
2016
13
HILLTOP HOODS DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG 2012
14
DRAKE VIEWS 35,000
2016
15
DAVID BOWIE NOTHING HAS CHANGED - THE VERY BEST OF 2014
16
FLUME SKIN 35,000
2016
17
TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 2014
18
SIA THIS IS ACTING 35,000
2016
19
PRINCE THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE 2001
20
ED SHEERAN X 2014
21
DISTURBED IMMORTALIZED 2015
22
THE ROLLING STONES BLUE & LONESOME 2016
23
TWENTY ONE PILOTS BLURRYFACE 2015
24
RÜFÜS BLOOM 35,000
2016
25
HUMAN NATURE GIMME SOME LOVIN': JUKEBOX VOL. II 35,000
2016
26
DELTA GOODREM WINGS OF THE WILD 35,000
2016
27
TRIPLE J'S LIKE A VERSION SERIES TRIPLE J'S LIKE A VERSION 12 2016
28
MICHAEL BUBLÉ NOBODY BUT ME 35,000
2016
29
ADELE 21 2011
30
MEGHAN TRAINOR THANK YOU 35,000
2016
31
ELVIS PRESLEY THE WONDER OF YOU: ELVIS PRESLEY WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 35,000
2016
32
RADIOHEAD A MOON SHAPED POOL 35,000
2016
33
BRUNO MARS 24K MAGIC 2016
34
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS THE GETAWAY 2016
35
DAMI IM CLASSIC CARPENTERS 2016
36
MATT CORBY TELLURIC 2016
37
SOUNDTRACK TROLLS 35,000
2016
38
FRANK OCEAN BLONDE 2016
39
THE AVALANCHES WILDFLOWER 2016
40
MEGHAN TRAINOR TITLE 2015
41
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GREATEST HITS 2003
42
LEONARD COHEN YOU WANT IT DARKER 2016
43
BARBRA STREISAND ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY 35,000
2016
44
THE AMITY AFFLICTION THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK 2016
45
INXS THE VERY BEST 2011
46
ELVIS PRESLEY IF I CAN DREAM: ELVIS PRESLEY WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 2015
47
VIOLENT SOHO WACO 2016
48
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS THIS UNRULY MESS I'VE MADE 2016
49
BLINK-182 CALIFORNIA 2016
50
THE WEEKND BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS 2015
51
THE WEEKND STARBOY 2016
52
DOLLY PARTON , LINDA RONSTADT & EMMYLOU HARRIS MY DEAR COMPANION: SELECTIONS FROM THE TRIO COLLECTION 2016
53
ARIANA GRANDE DANGEROUS WOMAN 2016
54
HALSEY BADLANDS 2015
55
CHARLIE PUTH NINE TRACK MIND 2016
56
CROWDED HOUSE THE VERY VERY BEST OF CROWDED HOUSE 2010
57
THE 1975 I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT 2016
58
JIMMY BARNES SOUL SEARCHIN' 2016
59
LITTLE MIX GLORY DAYS 2016
60
TROYE SIVAN BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2015
61
ROBBIE WILLIAMS THE HEAVY ENTERTAINMENT SHOW 35,000
2016
62
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS SKELETON TREE 2016
63
LITTLE MIX GET WEIRD 2015
64
RIHANNA ANTI 2016
65
KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY 2015
66
THE WIGGLES THE BEST OF THE WIGGLES 2016
67
SHAWN MENDES ILLUMINATE 2016
68
QUEEN GREATEST HITS I 1981
69
TAME IMPALA CURRENTS 2015
70
VANCE JOY DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY 2014
71
BON JOVI THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE 2016
72
BARRY GIBB IN THE NOW 2016
73
BERNARD FANNING CIVIL DUSK 2016
74
LADY GAGA JOANNE 2016
75
PLAY SCHOOL 50 BEST SONGS 2016
76
PHIL COLLINS THE SINGLES 2016
77
MICHAEL JACKSON THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 2005
78
PANIC! AT THE DISCO DEATH OF A BACHELOR 2016
79
COLD CHISEL ALL FOR YOU: THE BEST OF 2011
80
SOUNDTRACK FROZEN - THE SONGS 2014
81
MARINA PRIOR & MARK VINCENT TOGETHER 2016
82
THE CAT EMPIRE RISING WITH THE SUN 2016
83
FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS 1988
84
ZAYN MIND OF MINE 2016
85
HILLSONG WORSHIP LET THERE BE LIGHT 2016
86
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CHAPTER AND VERSE 2016
87
ONE DIRECTION MADE IN THE A.M. 2015
88
SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR 2014
89
GREEN DAY REVOLUTION RADIO 2016
90
ELLE KING LOVE STUFF 2015
91
BRING ME THE HORIZON THAT'S THE SPIRIT 2015
92
FLEETWOOD MAC THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC 2002
93
ADELE 19 2008
94
LUKAS GRAHAM LUKAS GRAHAM (BLUE ALBUM) 2015
95
TRIPLE J'S LIKE A VERSION SERIES TRIPLE J'S LIKE A VERSION 11 2015
96
DAVID BOWIE BEST OF BOWIE 2002
97
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE HOW BIG, HOW BLUE, HOW BEAUTIFUL 2015
98
HILLSONG YOUNG & FREE YOUTH REVIVAL 2016
99
PENTATONIX A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS 2016
100
STICKY FINGERS WESTWAY (THE GLITTER & THE SLUMS) 2016
Source: ARIA
