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 the weekly physical and digital sales of albums and EPs. In 2020, 39 albums claimed the top spot; Harry Styles' Fine Line returned to number one on the first chart of the year after spending one week atop the chart in December 2019. Eleven acts, Selena Gomez, Lil Uzi Vert, Dua Lipa, The Smith Street Band, The Teskey Brothers, Vika and Linda, Pop Smoke, Lime Cordiale, Juice Wrld, Joji and Adam Lambert, achieved their first number-one album.
Chart history +KeyIndicates best-performing album of 2020
+ List of number-one albumsDateAlbumArtist(s)6 January Fine Line Harry Styles 13 January20 January Rare Selena Gomez 27 January Music to Be Murdered By Eminem 3 February When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish 10 February Hurry Up and Wait Dune Rats 17 February Father of All Motherfuckers Green Day 24 February The Slow Rush Tame Impala 2 March Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 9 March16 March Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert 23 March Artists Unite for Fire Fight Various artists 30 March After Hours The Weeknd 6 April Calm 5 Seconds of Summer 13 April Everything Is A-OK Violent Soho 20 April Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 27 April Don't Waste Your Anger The Smith Street Band 4 May Human Design Birds of Tokyo 11 May Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drake 18 May25 May Live at the Forum The Teskey Brothers 1 June Notes on a Conditional Form The 1975 8 June Chromatica Lady Gaga 15 June22 June 'Akilotoa (Anthology 1994–2006) Vika and Linda 29 June Music from the Home Front Various artists 6 July13 July Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke 20 July 14 Steps to a Better You Lime Cordiale 27 July Legends Never Die Juice Wrld 3 August Folklore Taylor Swift 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 August Imploding the Mirage The Killers 7 September S&M2 Metallica and San Francisco Symphony 14 September Music from the Home Front Various artists 21 September We Are Chaos Marilyn Manson 28 September The Speed of Now Part 1 Keith Urban 5 October Nectar Joji 12 October Live Around the World Queen + Adam Lambert 19 October Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition Linkin Park 26 October T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 2 November Letter to You Bruce Springsteen 9 November The Makarrata Project Midnight Oil 16 November Disco Kylie Minogue 23 November Power Up AC/DC 30 November7 December14 December21 December Evermore Taylor Swift 28 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Taylor Swift 6 2 AC/DC 4 3 Harry Styles 2 3 BTS 2 3 Drake 2 3 Lady Gaga 2 4 Selena Gomez 1 4 Eminem 1 4 Billie Eilish 1 4 Dune Rats 1 4 Green Day 1 4 Tame Impala 1 4 Lil Uzi Vert 1 4 The Weeknd 1 4 5 Seconds of Summer 1 4 Violent Soho 1 4 Dua Lipa 1 4 The Smith Street Band 1 4 Birds of Tokyo 1 4 The Teskey Brothers 1 4 The 1975 1 4 Vika and Linda 1 4 Pop Smoke 1 4 Lime Cordiale 1 4 Juice Wrld 1 4 The Killers 1 4 Metallica 1 4 San Francisco Symphony 1 4 Marilyn Manson 1 4 Keith Urban 1 4 Joji 1 4 Queen 1 4 Adam Lambert 1 4 Linkin Park 1 4 Guy Sebastian 1 4 Bruce Springsteen 1 4 Midnight Oil 1 4 Kylie Minogue 1
See also 2020 in music List of number-one singles of 2020 (Australia) List of top 10 albums in 2020 (Australia)
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