List of number-one albums of 2015 (Australia)

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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.

Chart history

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	1989	Taylor Swift	^[3]
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	In the Lonely Hour	Sam Smith	^[9]
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	If I Can Dream	Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	^[34]
23 November	Purpose	Justin Bieber	^[35]
30 November	25	Adele	^[1]
7 December
14 December
21 December
28 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

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List of number-one albums of 2015 (Australia)

Contents

Chart history

Number-one artists

See also

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