List of number-one albums of 2015 (Australia)

The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each album and EP's weekly physical and digital sales.[2] In 2015, 31 albums claimed the top spot, including Taylor Swift's 1989, which started its peak position in 2014, and thirteen acts achieved their first number-one album or EP in Australia: Meghan Trainor, Kendrick Lamar, Lee Kernaghan, Sam Smith, Hermitude, Tame Impala, Northlane, Dr. Dre, Bullet for My Valentine, The Weeknd, Troye Sivan, Parkway Drive and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

ARIA Charts
number-one albums of 2015
Other Australian number-one charts of 2015
singles
urban singles
dance singles
club tracks
digital tracks
streaming tracks
Top Australian singles and albums of 2015
Triple J Hottest 100
top 25 singles
top 25 albums
Adele's 25 spent the longest uninterrupted time as the number-one album: the final five weeks of 2015.[1]
Doubling its number of weeks at number-one in 2014, Taylor Swift's 1989 also spent five non-consecutive weeks at number-one in 2015.[3]
Lee Kernaghan topped the chart for four weeks with Spirit of the Anzacs, commemorating the centenary of the landing at Anzac Cove, becoming one of the year's longest-running number-one albums.[4]

Chart history

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Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2015.
Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
5 January 1989 Taylor Swift [3]
12 January
19 January Title Meghan Trainor [5]
26 January 1989 Taylor Swift [3]
2 February
9 February
16 February Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists [6]
23 February
2 March
9 March
16 March Rebel Heart Madonna [7]
23 March To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar [8]
30 March Spirit of the Anzacs Lee Kernaghan [4]
6 April
13 April
20 April
27 April In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith [9]
4 May
11 May Wilder Mind Mumford & Sons [10]
18 May x Ed Sheeran [11]
25 May Dark Night Sweet Light Hermitude [12]
1 June Empires Hillsong United [13]
8 June How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence and the Machine [14]
15 June Drones Muse [15]
22 June How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence and the Machine [16]
29 June x Ed Sheeran [17]
6 July Highlights from Two Strong Hearts: Live John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John [18]
13 July
20 July
27 July Currents Tame Impala [19]
3 August Node Northlane [20]
10 August Title Meghan Trainor [21]
17 August Compton Dr. Dre [22]
24 August Venom Bullet for My Valentine [23]
31 August Immortalized Disturbed [24]
7 September Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd [25]
14 September Wild Troye Sivan [26]
21 September That's the Spirit Bring Me the Horizon [27]
28 September Honeymoon Lana Del Rey [28]
5 October Ire Parkway Drive [29]
12 October Triple J's Like a Version Volume 11 Various artists [30]
19 October Limit of Love Boy & Bear [31]
26 October Open Heaven / River Wild Hillsong Worship [32]
2 November Sounds Good Feels Good 5 Seconds of Summer [33]
9 November If I Can Dream Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [34]
16 November
23 November Purpose Justin Bieber [35]
30 November 25 Adele [1]
7 December
14 December
21 December
28 December

Number-one artists

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Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Taylor Swift 5
1 Adele 5
2 Lee Kernaghan 4
3 John Farnham 3
3 Olivia Newton-John 3
4 Sam Smith 2
4 Florence and the Machine 2
4 Ed Sheeran 2
4 Meghan Trainor 2
4 Elvis Presley 2
4 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2
5 Madonna 1
5 Kendrick Lamar 1
5 Mumford & Sons 1
5 Hermitude 1
5 Hillsong United 1
5 Muse 1
5 Tame Impala 1
5 Northlane 1
5 Dr. Dre 1
5 Bullet for My Valentine 1
5 Disturbed 1
5 The Weeknd 1
5 Troye Sivan 1
5 Bring Me the Horizon 1
5 Lana Del Rey 1
5 Parkway Drive 1
5 Boy & Bear 1
5 Hillsong Worship 1
5 5 Seconds of Summer 1
5 Justin Bieber 1

See also

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References

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