List of top 10 albums for 2016 in Australia
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This is a list of albums that charted in the top ten on the ARIA Album Charts, an all-genre albums chart, in 2016.
Top-ten albums
An asterisk (*) represents that the album is in the top ten as of the week ending on 18 December 2017.
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(#) - 2016 Year-end top 10 album position and rank
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!rowspan=2|Top 10 !colspan=2|Albums !colspan=2|Peak !rowspan=2|Total weeks !rowspan=2|References |
Title
!Artist(s) !Position !Date |
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colspan=8|Albums from 1993 |
20 September
|The Hits/The B-Sides {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}} |align=center|4 |2 May (2016) |align=center|4 |
colspan=8|Albums from 2003 |
1 December
|align=center|2 |1 December |align=center|17 |
colspan=8|Albums from 2011 |
7 November
|Christmas (#5) |align=center|1 |5 December |align=center|45* |
colspan=8|Albums from 2014 |
2 June
|align=center|1 |27 April (2015) |align=center|52 |
30 June
|X |align=center|1 |30 June |align=center|104 |
3 November
|1989 |align=center|1 |3 November |align=center|70 |
colspan=8|Albums from 2015 |
31 August
|align=center|1 |31 August |align=center|7 |
7 September
|align=center|1 |7 September |align=center|12 |
9 November
|Elvis Presley and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |align=center|1 |9 November |align=center|12 |
rowspan=2|23 November
|Purpose (#9) |align=center|1 |23 November |align=center|22 |
Made in the A.M.
|align=center|2 |23 November |align=center|5 |
30 November
|25 (#1) |align=center|1 |30 November |align=center|71 |
14 December
|align=center|2 |14 December |align=center|10 |
28 December
|align=center|9 |28 December |align=center|2 |
colspan=8|Albums from 2016 |
11 January
|Molly {{ref label|ReEntryA|S}} (#4) |Various Artists |align=center|1 |15 February |align=center|16 |
rowspan=4|18 January
|Blackstar (#8) |rowspan=2|David Bowie |align=center|1 |18 January |align=center|7 |
Nothing Has Changed {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}}
|align=center|3 |18 January |align=center|7 |
Adam Brand and the Outlaws
|align=center|6 |18 January |align=center|1 |
Best of Bowie {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}}
|align=center|6 |25 January |align=center|2 |
25 January
|align=center|3 |25 January |align=center|1 |
rowspan=3|1 February
|align=center|1 |1 February |align=center|5 |
Dystopia
|align=center|6 |1 February |align=center|1 |
The Complete Greatest Hits {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}}
|align=center|10 |1 February |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|8 February
|Sia |align=center|1 |8 February |align=center|5 |
Anti
|align=center|5 |8 February |align=center|2 |
Nine Track Mind
|align=center|8 |8 February |align=center|2 |
The Astonishing
|align=center|10 |8 February |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|22 February
|align=center|4 |22 February |align=center|1 |
Time of My Life
|align=center|6 |22 February |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|29 February
|Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung |align=center|1 |29 February |align=center|9 |
Phase
|align=center|9 |29 February |align=center|1 |
rowspan=5|7 March
|I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It |align=center|1 |7 March |align=center|1 |
Youth Revival
|align=center|3 |7 March |align=center|2 |
This Unruly Mess I've Made
|align=center|6 |7 March |align=center|6 |
Dissonants
|align=center|7 |7 March |align=center|1 |
Hills End
|align=center|8 |7 March |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|14 March
|align=center|1 |14 March |align=center|2 |
Untitled Unmastered
|align=center|3 |14 March |align=center|1 |
Limitless
|align=center|6 |14 March |align=center|1 |
The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat
|align=center|7 |14 March |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|21 March
|align=center|1 |21 March |align=center|4 |
You and I
|align=center|2 |21 March |align=center|2 |
Incarnate
|align=center|5 |21 March |align=center|1 |
Have It All
|align=center|8 |21 March |align=center|1 |
rowspan=3|28 March
|Waco |align=center|1 |28 March |align=center|2 |
This Is What the Truth Feels Like
|align=center|6 |28 March |align=center|1 |
Post Pop Depression
|align=center|7 |28 March |align=center|1 |
rowspan=3|4 April
|Zayn |align=center|1 |4 April |align=center|2 |
The Black
|align=center|4 |4 April |align=center|1 |
Beautiful Lies
|align=center|10 |4 April |align=center|1 |
rowspan=3|11 April
|align=center|1 |11 April |align=center|3 |
Metal Resistance
|align=center|7 |11 April |align=center|1 |
Everything You've Come to Expect
|align=center|9 |11 April |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|18 April
|Gore |align=center|1 |18 April |align=center|1 |
Cleopatra
|align=center|2 |18 April |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|25 April
|The Hope Six Demolition Project |align=center|7 |25 April |align=center|1 |
Together
|Marina Prior and Mark Vincent |align=center|5 |9 May |align=center|3 |
rowspan=6|2 May
|Lemonade (#3) |align=center|1 |2 May |align=center|16 |
The Very Best of Prince {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}}
|align=center|2 |2 May |align=center|5 |
Classic Carpenters
|align=center|3 |2 May |align=center|6 |
Purple Rain
|Prince and The Revolution |align=center|5 |2 May |align=center|1 |
Ultimate Prince {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}}
|align=center|6 |2 May |align=center|1 |
Seven Sonnets & a Song
|align=center|9 |2 May |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|9 May
|align=center|1 |9 May |align=center|10 |
The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser
|align=center|8 |9 May |align=center|1 |
Prayers for the Damned
|align=center|9 |9 May |align=center|1 |
Stages Live
|align=center|10 |9 May |align=center|1 |
rowspan=3|16 May
|Ripcord (#2) |align=center|1 |16 May |align=center|26 |
A Moon Shaped Pool
|align=center|2 |16 May |align=center|5 |
Anthology
|align=center|9 |16 May |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|23 May
|align=center|3 |23 May |align=center|8 |
Shift
|align=center|4 |23 May |align=center|1 |
Strange Loop
|align=center|5 |23 May |align=center|1 |
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 {{ref label|ReEntryA|S}}
|Various Artists |align=center|9 |23 May |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|30 May
|align=center|1 |30 May |align=center|2 |
I Still Do
|align=center|10 |30 May |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|6 June
|Skin |align=center|1 |6 June |align=center|6 |
All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
|align=center|2 |6 June |align=center|1 |
The Ride
|align=center|6 |6 June |align=center|1 |
7/27
|align=center|8 |6 June |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|13 June
|align=center|1 |13 June |align=center|3 |
This Crazy Life
|align=center|10 |13 June |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|20 June
|align=center|1 |20 June |align=center|1 |
Strange Little Birds
|align=center|9 |20 June |align=center|1 |
27 June
|align=center|1 |27 June |align=center|6 |
4 July
|align=center|2 |4 July |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|11 July
|align=center|1 |11 July |align=center|6 |
California
|align=center|2 |11 July |align=center|5 |
The Speed of Sound
|align=center|3 |11 July |align=center|1 |
Christine and the Queens
|align=center|8 |11 July |align=center|1 |
rowspan=3|18 July
|align=center|1 |18 July |align=center|4 |
Of Dirt and Grace: Live from the Land
|align=center|8 |18 July |align=center|2 |
Blank Face LP
|align=center|9 |18 July |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|25 July
|align=center|1 |25 July |align=center|1 |
A Version of Now
|align=center|3 |25 July |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|1 August
|Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II |align=center|1 |1 August |align=center|9 |
Periphery III: Select Difficulty
|align=center|8 |1 August |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|8 August
|align=center|2 |8 August |align=center|1 |
Opera Oblivia
|align=center|4 |8 August |align=center|1 |
Zenith
|align=center|5 |8 August |align=center|1 |
Major Key
|align=center|6 |8 August |align=center|1 |
rowspan=6|15 August
|Suicide Squad (#10) {{ref label|ReEntryA|S}} |Various Artists |align=center|1 |15 August |align=center|14 |
Civil Dusk
|align=center|2 |15 August |align=center|3 |
Glorious Heights
|align=center|4 |15 August |align=center|1 |
Unleashed
|align=center|7 |15 August |align=center|1 |
Way Down in the Jungle Room
|align=center|9 |15 August |align=center|1 |
Encore
|align=center|10 |15 August |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|22 August
|align=center|1 |22 August |align=center|2 |
Blurryface
|align=center|7 |22 August |align=center|1 |
rowspan=5|29 August
|align=center|1 |29 August |align=center|3 |
Every Night the Same Dream
|align=center|3 |29 August |align=center|1 |
Seven Mirrors
|align=center|4 |29 August |align=center|1 |
This Sporting Life
|align=center|6 |29 August |align=center|3 |
Pure & Simple
|align=center|9 |29 August |align=center|1 |
rowspan=5|5 September
|Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway |align=center|1 |5 September |align=center|5 |
Glory
|align=center|4 |5 September |align=center|1 |
Things I Carry Around
|align=center|5 |5 September |align=center|1 |
Outlier
|align=center|6 |5 September |align=center|1 |
Dig Your Roots
|align=center|7 |5 September |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|12 September
|align=center|1 |12 September |align=center|1 |
Animal
|align=center|5 |12 September |align=center|1 |
His Favourite Collection {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}}
|align=center|9 |12 September |align=center|1 |
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
|align=center|10 |12 September |align=center|1 |
rowspan=7|19 September
|align=center|1 |19 September |align=center|3 |
Internal
|align=center|2 |19 September |align=center|1 |
The Complete Trio Collection
|Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt |align=center|3 |19 September |align=center|4 |
They Don't Know
|align=center|5 |19 September |align=center|1 |
Wild World
|align=center|7 |19 September |align=center|1 |
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl
|align=center|8 |19 September |align=center|1 |
Transcendence
|align=center|10 |19 September |align=center|1 |
rowspan=5|26 September
|align=center|1 |26 September |align=center|2 |
Hard II Love
|align=center|5 |26 September |align=center|1 |
Bridget Jones's Baby {{ref label|ReEntryA|S}}
|Various Artists |align=center|7 |26 September |align=center|1 |
Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid
|align=center|9 |26 September |align=center|1 |
Divas and Demons
|Remi |align=center|10 |26 September |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|3 October
|Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea |align=center|1 |3 October |align=center|2 |
Chapter and Verse
|align=center|2 |3 October |align=center|2 |
Illuminate
|align=center|3 |3 October |align=center|2 |
Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical
|align=center|9 |3 October |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|10 October
|Westway (The Glitter & the Slums) |align=center|1 |10 October |align=center|2 |
22, A Million
|align=center|2 |10 October |align=center|1 |
Sorceress
|align=center|7 |10 October |align=center|1 |
The Altar
|align=center|8 |10 October |align=center|1 |
rowspan=7|17 October
|Various Artists |align=center|1 |17 October |align=center|5 |
Revolution Radio
|align=center|2 |17 October |align=center|2 |
In the Now
|align=center|3 |17 October |align=center|4 |
Day Breaks
|align=center|4 |17 October |align=center|2 |
The Last Hero
|align=center|6 |17 October |align=center|1 |
Oh My My
|align=center|8 |17 October |align=center|1 |
The Violent Sleep of Reason
|align=center|9 |17 October |align=center|1 |
rowspan=5|24 October
|The Secret Daughter (#7) {{ref label|ReEntryA|S}} |align=center|1 |24 October |align=center|11 |
Let There Be Light
|align=center|2 |24 October |align=center|1 |
Walls
|align=center|3 |24 October |align=center|2 |
Chemical Miracle
|align=center|8 |24 October |align=center|1 |
Warriors
|align=center|9 |24 October |align=center|1 |
rowspan=6|31 October
|align=center|2 |31 October |align=center|2 |
Nobody but Me
|align=center|2 |7 November |align=center|4 |
The Wonder of You
|align=center|3 |7 November |align=center|5 |
The Serenity of Suffering
|Korn |align=center|5 |31 October |align=center|1 |
You Want It Darker
|align=center|2 |21 November |align=center|4 |
Lifelines
|align=center|8 |31 October |align=center|1 |
rowspan=3|7 November
|align=center|4 |7 November |align=center|1 |
Two Vines
|align=center|7 |7 November |align=center|1 |
Back from the Edge
|align=center|8 |7 November |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|14 November
|align=center|1 |14 November |align=center|2 |
Brace
|align=center|3 |14 November |align=center|1 |
The Heavy Entertainment Show
|align=center|4 |14 November |align=center|4 |
Don't Look Down
|Pez |align=center|7 |14 November |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|21 November
|Illy |align=center|1 |21 November |align=center|1 |
Friends for Christmas (#6) {{ref label|ReEntryA|C}}
|John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John |align=center|1 |19 December |align=center|11* |
The Singles {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}}
|align=center|6 |21 November |align=center|1 |
57th & 9th
|align=center|9 |21 November |align=center|1 |
rowspan=4|28 November
|Hardwired... to Self-Destruct |align=center|1 |28 November |align=center|6 |
Glory Days
|align=center|2 |28 November |align=center|1 |
24K Magic
|align=center|3 |28 November |align=center|9 |
Tradition
|align=center|4 |28 November |align=center|1 |
rowspan=3|5 December
|align=center|1 |5 December |align=center|5 |
The Very Very Best of Crowded House {{ref label|ReEntryA|G}}
|align=center|5 |5 December |align=center|1 |
Reclaim Australia
|align=center|10 |5 December |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|12 December
|align=center|1 |12 December |align=center|8 |
"Awaken, My Love!"
|align=center|9 |12 December |align=center|1 |
rowspan=2|19 December
|align=center|6 |19 December |align=center|1 |
Trolls {{ref label|ReEntryA|S}}
|Various Artists |align=center|1 |9 January (2017) |align=center|19 |
Notes
:{{note label|ReEntryA|C}}It is a Christmas album
:{{note label|ReEntryA|G}}It is a greatest hits album.
:{{note label|ReEntryA|S}}It is a soundtrack of a film/TV series/etc.
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