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. 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.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2015. DateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.5 January 1989 Taylor Swift 12 January19 January Title Meghan Trainor 26 January 1989 Taylor Swift 2 February9 February16 February Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists 23 February2 March9 March16 March Rebel Heart Madonna 23 March To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar 30 March Spirit of the Anzacs Lee Kernaghan 6 April13 April20 April27 April In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 4 May11 May Wilder Mind Mumford & Sons 18 May x Ed Sheeran 25 May Dark Night Sweet Light Hermitude 1 June Empires Hillsong United 8 June How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence and the Machine 15 June Drones Muse 22 June How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence and the Machine 29 June x Ed Sheeran 6 July Highlights from Two Strong Hearts: Live John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John 13 July20 July27 July Currents Tame Impala 3 August Node Northlane 10 August Title Meghan Trainor 17 August Compton Dr. Dre 24 August Venom Bullet for My Valentine 31 August Immortalized Disturbed 7 September Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd 14 September Wild Troye Sivan 21 September That's the Spirit Bring Me the Horizon 28 September Honeymoon Lana Del Rey 5 October Ire Parkway Drive 12 October Triple J's Like a Version Volume 11 Various artists 19 October Limit of Love Boy & Bear 26 October Open Heaven / River Wild Hillsong Worship 2 November Sounds Good Feels Good 5 Seconds of Summer 9 November If I Can Dream Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 16 November23 November Purpose Justin Bieber 30 November 25 Adele 7 December14 December21 December28 December
Number-one artists 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 2015 in music List of number-one singles of 2015 (Australia) List of Top 25 albums for 2015 in Australia
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