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; 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.
^Position 21, 138th week: Hot August Night - Neil Diamond, 14 x Platinum "ARIA Albums Chart". 24 November 1991. {{
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^Position 41, 145th week: Hot August Night - Neil Diamond, 14 x Platinum
"ARIA Album Chart". 12 January 1992.
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; 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.
^Position 21, 138th week: Hot August Night - Neil Diamond, 14 x Platinum "ARIA Albums Chart". 24 November 1991. {{
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help)
^Position 41, 145th week: Hot August Night - Neil Diamond, 14 x Platinum
"ARIA Album Chart". 12 January 1992.