The following lists the top 25 albums of 2014 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) end-of-year albums chart.[1]
Ed Sheeran’s album x was the most popular album in 2014 in Australia. It spawned five top-ten singles and accrued six weeks at number one through the year, only behind INXS and their release The Very Best which held the top spot for 7 non-consecutive weeks and was the highest selling album in 2014 by an Australian artist.[2]
Katy Perry's Prism was number 7 on the 2014 rankings, having already achieved the number 2 position in 2013. And Michael Bublé's Christmas appeared at number 8 on the 2014 chart, making it four successive years appearing in the top ten of the annual chart.[3]
| Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1 | |
| 3 | Frozen (soundtrack) | 1 | ||
| 4 | The Very Best | INXS | 1 | |
| 5 | Ghost Stories | Coldplay | 1 | |
| 6 | In the Lonely Hour | 2 | ||
| 7 | Prism | Katy Perry | 1 | |
| 8 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 1 | |
| 9 | Walking Under Stars | 1 | ||
| 10 | Jukebox | 2 | ||
| 11 | 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer | 1 | |
| 12 | Built on Glass | Chet Faker | 1 | |
| 13 | Rock or Bust | AC/DC | 1 | |
| 14 | Four | One Direction | 1 | |
| 15 | Pure Heroine | 1 | ||
| 16 | Sonic Highways | Foo Fighters | 1 | |
| 17 | Partners | Barbra Streisand | 1 | |
| 18 | Girl | Pharrell Williams | 1 | |
| 19 | Jimmy Barnes | 1 | ||
| 20 | AM | Arctic Monkeys | 1 | |
| 21 | Triple J's Like a Version: Volume 10 | Various artists | 1 | |
| 22 | Guardians of the Galaxy (soundtrack) | Various artists | 2 | |
| 23 | If You Wait | London Grammar | 2 | |
| 24 | Let the Ocean Take Me | The Amity Affliction | 1 | |
| 25 | The Endless River | Pink Floyd | 3 |