Australia’s Biggest #1 Albums

First posted 5/15/2015. Updated 2/28/2019.

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This is a list of the biggest #1 albums on the Australian charts from its inception in 1965 to today. In the event of ties (of which there are many), the album ranking highest in Dave’s Music Database is listed first and so on. Also, the year listed is when the album was released or first charted. Consequently, it may not indicate the actual year in which the album peaked at #1.

76 weeks:
1. The Sound of Music (soundtrack, 1965)
   34 weeks:

2. Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms (1985)
   32 weeks:

3. Adele: 21 (2011)
   30 weeks:

4. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
   29 weeks:

5. Neil Diamond: Hot August Night (live, 1972)
6. Delta Goodrem: Innocent Eyes (2003)
   28 weeks:

7. Various Artists: Hair (cast, 1968)
   27 weeks:

8. Ed Sheeran: ÷ (Divide) (2017)
   25 weeks:

9. John Farnham: Whispering Jack (1986)
   20 weeks:

10. Shania Twain: Come on Over (1997)
    19 weeks:

11. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
12. Savage Garden: Savage Garden (1997)
    18 weeks:

13. The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
14. Mariah Carey: Music Box (1993)
15. Boz Scaggs: Silk Degrees (1976)
    17 weeks:

16. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Going Places (1965)
17. The Seekers: Greatest Hits (1967)
    16 weeks:

18. The Beatles: The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
19. Abba: Best of (1976) (released outside of Australia as Greatest Hits with two more tracks)
20. Skyhooks: Living in the ‘70s (1975)
    15 weeks:

21. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
22. Dire Straits: Love Over Gold (1982)
23. Cat Stevens: Teaser and the Firecat (1971)
    14 weeks:

24. Bee Gees/Various Artists: Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
25. Various Artists: Grease (soundtrack, 1978)
26. Kings of Leon: Only by the Night (2008)
27. Bryan Adams: So Far So Good (1993)
28. Michael Bublé: Christmas (2011)
    13 weeks:

29. Pink: Greatest Hits…So Far!!! (2010)
30. A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et Une Femme) (soundtrack, 1967)
    12 weeks:

31. Eagles: Hotel California (1976)
32. James Blunt: Back to Bedlam (2004)
33. Slade: Alive! (1972)
    11 weeks:

34. Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982)
35. The Beatles: Rubber Soul (1965)
36. Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston (1985)
37. The Beatles: Help! (1965)
38. James Horner (composer): Titanic (soundtrack, 1997)
39. The Beatles: Beatles for Sale (1964)
40. The Rolling Stones: Tattoo You (1981)
41. Jethro Tull: Thick As a Brick (1972)
42. Susan Boyle: I Dreamed a Dream (2009)
43. Don McLean: American Pie (1972)
44. Moulin Rouge (soundtrack, 2001)
45. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born (soundtrack, 2018)
46. Abba: Abba (1975)
47. Skyhooks: Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (1975)
48. Icehouse: Man of Colours (1987)
    10 weeks:

49. Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (1995)
50. John Lennon/Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy (1980)
51. Split Enz: True Colours (1980)
52. Elton John: Caribou (1974)
53. Pink: The Truth About Love (2012)
54. Rod Stewart: A Night on the Town (1976)
55. Crowded House: Recurring Dream – The Very Best of (1996)
56. Jesus Christ Superstar (Australian cast, 1992)
    9 weeks:

57. The Beatles: 1 (2000)
58. Norah Jones: Come Away with Me (2002)
59. Men at Work: Business as Usual (1981)
60. Taylor Swift: 1989 (2014)
61. Eminem: Recovery (2010)
62. Robbie Williams: Greatest Hits (2004)
63. Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record (1976)
64. Romeo + Juliet (sountrack, 1996)
65. Rod Stewart: Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977)
66. Pink: Funhouse (2008)
67. Village People: Can’t Stop the Music (1980)
68. Various Artists: Choose 1985 (1984)
    8 weeks:

69. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)
70. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
71. Various Artists: Dirty Dancing (soundtrack, 1987)
72. Eric Clapton: Unplugged (live, 1992)
73. George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (1970)
74. Adele: 25 (2015)
75. Abba: Arrival (1976)
76. Dido…No Angel (1999)
77. Celine Dion: The Colour of My Love (1993)
78. Ed Sheeran: X (Multiply) (2014)
79. The Greatest Showman (soundtrack, 2018)
80. Macy Gray: On How Life Is (1999)
81. Joe Cocker: Cocker Happy (1971)
82. John Farnham: Age of Reason (1988)
    7 weeks:

83. Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1977)
84. Eminem: The Eminem Show (2002)
85. Paul McCartney & Wings…Band on the Run (1973)
86. Live: Throwing Copper (1994)
87. Eurythmics: Greatest Hits (1991)
88. Avril Lavigne: Let Go (2002)
89. Culture Club: Colour by Numbers (1983)
90. Michael Jackson: The Essential (2005)
91. Marvin Hamlisch: The Sting (soundtrack, 1974)
92. Cat Stevens: Catch Bull at Four (1972)
93. Jeff Wayne: War of the Worlds (1978)
94. INXS: Very Best of (2014)
95. Richard Marx: Repeat Offender (1989)
96. Missy Higgins: The Sound of White (2004)
97. Daddy Cool: Daddy Who?...Daddy Cool (1971)
98. Neil Diamond: Serenade (1974)
99. The Beatles: Ballads (1981)
100. Moving Pictures: Days of Innocence (1982)
101. Jimmy Barnes: For the Working Class Man (1985)

* More than 100 albums are listed so that all those albums which spent 7 weeks at the top could be listed.

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