The best selling album in 2018 in Australia was THE GREATEST SHOWMAN by SOUNDTRACK .
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
SOUNDTRACK
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
2017
2
ED SHEERAN
DIVIDE
2017
3
LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER
A STAR IS BORN (SOUNDTRACK)
70,000
2018
4
POST MALONE
BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS
70,000
2018
5
QUEEN
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (SOUNDTRACK)
35,000
2018
6
EMINEM
KAMIKAZE
35,000
2018
7
DRAKE
SCORPION
35,000
2018
8
QUEEN
GREATEST HITS I
1981
9
P!NK
BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA
2017
10
ED SHEERAN
X
2014
11
TAYLOR SWIFT
REPUTATION
2017
12
XXXTENTACION
?
35,000
2018
13
POST MALONE
STONEY
2016
14
AMY SHARK
LOVE MONSTER
35,000
2018
15
QUEEN
THE PLATINUM COLLECTION
2000
16
ARIANA GRANDE
SWEETENER
2018
17
SHAWN MENDES
SHAWN MENDES
35,000
2018
18
VANCE JOY
NATION OF TWO
35,000
2018
19
KEITH URBAN
GRAFFITI U
35,000
2018
20
SOUNDTRACK
BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM
35,000
2018
21
IMAGINE DRAGONS
EVOLVE
2017
22
SOUNDTRACK
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN
2018
23
ED SHEERAN
+
2011
24
SOUNDTRACK
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX VOL. 1
2014
25
EMINEM
CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS
2005
26
P!NK
GREATEST HITS... SO FAR!!!
2010
27
BRUNO MARS
24K MAGIC
2016
28
SOUNDTRACK
MOANA
2016
29
COLD CHISEL
ALL FOR YOU: THE BEST OF
2011
30
MICHAEL BUBLÉ
CHRISTMAS
2011
31
EMINEM
REVIVAL
2017
32
KHALID
AMERICAN TEEN
2017
33
TRAVIS SCOTT
ASTROWORLD
2018
34
CARDI B
INVASION OF PRIVACY
2018
35
INXS
THE VERY BEST
2011
36
TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
2014
37
KENDRICK LAMAR
DAMN.
2017
38
SAM SMITH
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
2017
39
GANG OF YOUTHS
GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS
2017
40
GEORGE EZRA
STAYING AT TAMARA'S
2018
41
SOUNDTRACK
FIFTY SHADES FREED
2018
42
LUKE COMBS
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
2017
43
SOUNDTRACK
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2
2017
44
MICHAEL BUBLÉ
LOVE
2018
45
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
YOUNGBLOOD
2018
46
DUA LIPA
DUA LIPA
2017
47
ADELE
25
2015
48
CAMILA CABELLO
CAMILA
35,000
2018
49
PANIC! AT THE DISCO
PRAY FOR THE WICKED
2018
50
SOUNDTRACK
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED
2018
51
AC/DC
LIVE
1992
52
CALUM SCOTT
ONLY HUMAN
2018
53
GUNS N' ROSES
GREATEST HITS
2004
54
THE WIGGLES
THE BEST OF THE WIGGLES
2016
55
FOO FIGHTERS
GREATEST HITS
2009
56
VANCE JOY
DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY
2014
57
MAROON 5
SINGLES
2015
58
KANYE WEST
YE
2018
59
THE WEEKND
MY DEAR MELANCHOLY
2018
60
ABBA
GOLD - GREATEST HITS [Standard edition]
1992
61
SHAWN MENDES
ILLUMINATE
2016
62
JUSTIN BIEBER
PURPOSE
2015
63
J. COLE
KOD
2018
64
MIGOS
CULTURE II
2018
65
HILLSONG WORSHIP
THERE IS MORE
2018
66
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
GREATEST HITS
2003
67
LORDE
MELODRAMA
2017
68
SOUNDTRACK
SUICIDE SQUAD
2016
69
NICKI MINAJ
QUEEN
2018
70
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
TRENCH
2018
71
KYLIE MINOGUE
GOLDEN
2018
72
PARKWAY DRIVE
REVERENCE
2018
73
CROWDED HOUSE
THE VERY VERY BEST OF CROWDED HOUSE
2010
74
GUNS N' ROSES
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
1987
75
FLEETWOOD MAC
THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC
2002
76
ABBA
GOLD - GREATEST HITS [Gold & More Anniversary Edition]
1992
77
SOUNDTRACK
MOLLY (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE TV SERIES)
2015
78
GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU
DJARIMIRRI (CHILD OF THE RAINBOW)
2018
79
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
HIGH AS HOPE
2018
80
THE KILLERS
DIRECT HITS
2013
81
ANDREA BOCELLI
SI
2018
82
CHRIS BROWN
HEARTBREAK ON A FULL MOON
2017
83
HILLTOP HOODS
DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG
2012
84
ELTON JOHN
DIAMONDS
2017
85
ARCTIC MONKEYS
TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO
2018
86
CELINE DION
THE BEST SO FAR… 2018 TOUR EDITION
2018
87
ADELE
21
2011
88
MAROON 5
RED PILL BLUES
2017
89
ARIANA GRANDE
DANGEROUS WOMAN
2016
90
FLEETWOOD MAC
GREATEST HITS
1988
91
THE WEEKND
STARBOY
2016
92
GREEN DAY
GREATEST HITS - GOD'S FAVORITE BAND
2017
93
STICKY FINGERS
CARESS YOUR SOUL
2013
94
BILLIE EILISH
DON'T SMILE AT ME
2017
95
CAROLE KING
TAPESTRY
1971
96
ANGUS & JULIA STONE
SNOW
2017
97
TROYE SIVAN
BLOOM
2018
98
DRAKE
MORE LIFE
2017
99
FLEETWOOD MAC
RUMOURS
1977
100
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
MAN OF THE WOODS
2018
Source: ARIA