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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, Shania Twain's Come On Over holds record for the best-selling album by a female solo artist with seventeen 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.

Gold and Platinum certification awards (Timeline)

Albums

Certification Until 1983[2] Since 1983[1][3] Since 2015[4]
Gold 20,000 35,000 no change
Platinum 50,000 70,000 no change
Diamond – – 500,000

Best-selling albums in Australia

(Initial listing is sorted by certified sales by release year)

No. Year Album Artist Nationality Award Sales Source
1 1977 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf  United States 25× Platinum 1,750,000 [5]
2 1986 Whispering Jack John Farnham  Australia 24× Platinum 1,680,000 [6]
3 1992
2014		 Gold: Greatest Hits
Gold: Greatest Hits (40th Anniversary Edition)		 ABBA  Sweden 17× Platinum
1× Platinum		 1,260,000 [5][7]
[5]
4 1997 Come On Over Shania Twain  Canada 18× Platinum 1,260,000 [8][9]
5 1985 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits  United Kingdom 17× Platinum 1,190,000 [10]
6 2011 21 Adele  United Kingdom 17× Platinum 1,190,000 [11]
7 1982 Thriller Michael Jackson  United States 16× Platinum 1,120,000 [12]
8 1975 The Best of ABBA ABBA  Sweden 22× Platinum 1,100,000 [13]
9 2003 Innocent Eyes Delta Goodrem  Australia 15× Platinum 1,050,000 [12][14]
10 1981 Greatest Hits Queen  United Kingdom 15× Platinum 1,050,000 [5]
11 1995 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette  Canada 14× Platinum 1,035,000 [15][16]
12 2011 Christmas Michael Bublé  Canada 2× Diamond (14× Platinum) 1,000,000 [17][18][8][19]
13 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd  United Kingdom 14× Platinum 980,000 [12]
14 1978 Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Various Artists Various 14× Platinum 980,000 [20]
15 1984 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen  United States 13× Platinum 910,000 [12]
16 1996 Falling into You Celine Dion  Canada 13× Platinum 910,000 [12]
17 1996 Recurring Dream − The Very Best of Crowded House Crowded House  New Zealand /  Australia 13× Platinum 910,000 [21]
18 1977 Rumours Fleetwood Mac  United Kingdom /  United States 13× Platinum 910,000 [12]
19 1976 Arrival ABBA  Sweden 18× Platinum 900,000 [13]
20 2005 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem  United States 12× Platinum 840,000 [22]
21 1980 Back in Black AC/DC  Australia 12× Platinum 840,000 [23]
22 1990 The Immaculate Collection Madonna  United States 12× Platinum 840,000 [24]
23 1997 Savage Garden Savage Garden  Australia 12× Platinum 840,000 [25]
24 1991 Metallica Metallica  United States 12× Platinum 840,000 [19]
25 2003 The Complete Greatest Hits Eagles  United States 12× Platinum 840,000 [6]
26 1993 Music Box Mariah Carey  United States 12× Platinum 840,000 [12]
27 2008 Funhouse P!nk  United States 12× Platinum 840,000 [26]
28 1987 Dirty Dancing Various Artists  United States 11× Platinum 770,000 [12]
29 1994 Forrest Gump Various Artists  United States 11× Platinum 770,000 [12]
30 1994 Cross Road Bon Jovi  United States 11× Platinum 770,000 [21]
31 2002 Come Away with Me Norah Jones  United States 11× Platinum 770,000 [27]
32 2006 I'm Not Dead P!nk  United States 11× Platinum 770,000 [21]
33 1979 The Wall Pink Floyd  United Kingdom 11× Platinum 770,000 [12]
34 1993 So Far So Good Bryan Adams  Canada 11× Platinum 770,000 [8]
35 1975 ABBA ABBA  Sweden 14× Platinum 700,000 [13]
36 1972 Hot August Night Neil Diamond  United States 14× Platinum 700,000 [28][29]
37 1990 Led Zeppelin Remasters Led Zeppelin  United Kingdom 10× Platinum 700,000 [30]
38 1991 Dangerous Michael Jackson  United States 10× Platinum 700,000 [12]
39 1994 Don't Ask Tina Arena  Australia 10× Platinum 700,000 [12][31]
40 1996 Yourself or Someone Like You Matchbox Twenty  United States 10× Platinum 700,000 [32]
41 2000 1 The Beatles  United Kingdom 10× Platinum 700,000 [10]
42 2009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle  United Kingdom 10× Platinum 700,000 [12]
43 2015 25 Adele  United Kingdom 10× Platinum 700,000 [33]
44 2008 Only by the Night Kings of Leon  United States 10× Platinum 700,000 [11]
45 1994 Throwing Copper Live  United States 10× Platinum 700,000 [11]


See also

References

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  32. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/catalogue-albums/196
  33. ^ "2017 Albums Accreditations". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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