# List of top 10 albums for 2016 in Australia

This is a list of albums that charted in the top ten on the ARIA Album Charts, an all-genre albums chart, in 2016.

## Top-ten albums

An asterisk (*) represents that the album is in the top ten as of the week ending on 18 December 2017.

### Key

(#) - 2016 Year-end top 10 album position and rank
| Top 10 Entry date | Albums | Albums | Peak | Peak | Total weeks in the top 10 | References |
| Top 10 Entry date | Title | Artist(s) | Position | Date | Total weeks in the top 10 | References |
| Albums from 1993 |||||||
| 20 September | The Hits/The B-Sides | Prince | 4 | 2 May (2016) | 4 | |
| Albums from 2003 |||||||
| 1 December | Greatest Hits | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2 | 1 December | 17 | |
| Albums from 2011 |||||||
| 7 November | Christmas (#5) | Michael Bublé | 1 | 5 December | 45* | |
| Albums from 2014 |||||||
| 2 June | In the Lonely Hour | Sam Smith | 1 | 27 April (2015) | 52 | |
| 30 June | X | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 30 June | 104 | |
| 3 November | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1 | 3 November | 70 | |
| Albums from 2015 |||||||
| 31 August | Immortalized | Disturbed | 1 | 31 August | 7 | |
| 7 September | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd | 1 | 7 September | 12 | |
| 9 November | If I Can Dream | Elvis Presley and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1 | 9 November | 12 | |
| 23 November | Purpose (#9) | Justin Bieber | 1 | 23 November | 22 | |
| 23 November | Made in the A.M. | One Direction | 2 | 23 November | 5 | |
| 30 November | 25 (#1) | Adele | 1 | 30 November | 71 | |
| 14 December | A Head Full of Dreams | Coldplay | 2 | 14 December | 10 | |
| 28 December | Jess & Matt | Jess & Matt | 9 | 28 December | 2 | |
| Albums from 2016 |||||||
| 11 January | Molly (#4) | Various Artists | 1 | 15 February | 16 | |
| 18 January | Blackstar (#8) | David Bowie | 1 | 18 January | 7 | |
| 18 January | Nothing Has Changed | David Bowie | 3 | 18 January | 7 | |
| 18 January | Adam Brand and the Outlaws | Adam Brand and the Outlaws | 6 | 18 January | 1 | |
| 18 January | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | 6 | 25 January | 2 | |
| 25 January | Death of a Bachelor | Panic! at the Disco | 3 | 25 January | 1 | |
| 1 February | Bloom | Rüfüs | 1 | 1 February | 5 | |
| 1 February | Dystopia | Megadeth | 6 | 1 February | 1 | |
| 1 February | The Complete Greatest Hits | The Eagles | 10 | 1 February | 1 | |
| 8 February | This Is Acting | Sia | 1 | 8 February | 5 | |
| 8 February | Anti | Rihanna | 5 | 8 February | 2 | |
| 8 February | Nine Track Mind | Charlie Puth | 8 | 8 February | 2 | |
| 8 February | The Astonishing | Dream Theater | 10 | 8 February | 1 | |
| 22 February | Synthia | The Jezabels | 4 | 22 February | 1 | |
| 22 February | Time of My Life | Ronan Keating | 6 | 22 February | 1 | |
| 29 February | Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung | Hilltop Hoods | 1 | 29 February | 9 | |
| 29 February | Phase | Jack Garratt | 9 | 29 February | 1 | |
| 7 March | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | The 1975 | 1 | 7 March | 1 | |
| 7 March | Youth Revival | Hillsong Young & Free | 3 | 7 March | 2 | |
| 7 March | This Unruly Mess I've Made | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | 6 | 7 March | 6 | |
| 7 March | Dissonants | Hands Like Houses | 7 | 7 March | 1 | |
| 7 March | Hills End | DMA's | 8 | 7 March | 1 | |
| 14 March | Rising with the Sun | The Cat Empire | 1 | 14 March | 2 | |
| 14 March | Untitled Unmastered | Kendrick Lamar | 3 | 14 March | 1 | |
| 14 March | Limitless | Tonight Alive | 6 | 14 March | 1 | |
| 14 March | The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat | Urthboy | 7 | 14 March | 1 | |
| 21 March | Telluric | Matt Corby | 1 | 21 March | 4 | |
| 21 March | You and I | Jeff Buckley | 2 | 21 March | 2 | |
| 21 March | Incarnate | Killswitch Engage | 5 | 21 March | 1 | |
| 21 March | Have It All | Bethel Music | 8 | 21 March | 1 | |
| 28 March | Waco | Violent Soho | 1 | 28 March | 2 | |
| 28 March | This Is What the Truth Feels Like | Gwen Stefani | 6 | 28 March | 1 | |
| 28 March | Post Pop Depression | Iggy Pop | 7 | 28 March | 1 | |
| 4 April | Mind of Mine | Zayn | 1 | 4 April | 2 | |
| 4 April | The Black | Asking Alexandria | 4 | 4 April | 1 | |
| 4 April | Beautiful Lies | Birdy | 10 | 4 April | 1 | |
| 11 April | Lukas Graham | Lukas Graham | 1 | 11 April | 3 | |
| 11 April | Metal Resistance | Babymetal | 7 | 11 April | 1 | |
| 11 April | Everything You've Come to Expect | The Last Shadow Puppets | 9 | 11 April | 1 | |
| 18 April | Gore | Deftones | 1 | 18 April | 1 | |
| 18 April | Cleopatra | The Lumineers | 2 | 18 April | 1 | |
| 25 April | The Hope Six Demolition Project | PJ Harvey | 7 | 25 April | 1 | |
| 25 April | Together | Marina Prior and Mark Vincent | 5 | 9 May | 3 | |
| 2 May | Lemonade (#3) | Beyoncé | 1 | 2 May | 16 | |
| 2 May | The Very Best of Prince | Prince | 2 | 2 May | 5 | |
| 2 May | Classic Carpenters | Dami Im | 3 | 2 May | 6 | |
| 2 May | Purple Rain | Prince and The Revolution | 5 | 2 May | 1 | |
| 2 May | Ultimate Prince | Prince | 6 | 2 May | 1 | |
| 2 May | Seven Sonnets & a Song | Paul Kelly | 9 | 2 May | 1 | |
| 9 May | Views | Drake | 1 | 9 May | 10 | |
| 9 May | The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser | Rob Zombie | 8 | 9 May | 1 | |
| 9 May | Prayers for the Damned | Sixx:A.M. | 9 | 9 May | 1 | |
| 9 May | Stages Live | Josh Groban | 10 | 9 May | 1 | |
| 16 May | Ripcord (#2) | Keith Urban | 1 | 16 May | 26 | |
| 16 May | A Moon Shaped Pool | Radiohead | 2 | 16 May | 5 | |
| 16 May | Anthology | Kate Ceberano | 9 | 16 May | 1 | |
| 23 May | Thank You | Meghan Trainor | 3 | 23 May | 8 | |
| 23 May | Shift | The Living End | 4 | 23 May | 1 | |
| 23 May | Strange Loop | Paul Dempsey | 5 | 23 May | 1 | |
| 23 May | Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | Various Artists | 9 | 23 May | 1 | |
| 30 May | Dangerous Woman | Ariana Grande | 1 | 30 May | 2 | |
| 30 May | I Still Do | Eric Clapton | 10 | 30 May | 1 | |
| 6 June | Skin | Flume | 1 | 6 June | 6 | |
| 6 June | All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us | Architects | 2 | 6 June | 1 | |
| 6 June | The Ride | Catfish and the Bottlemen | 6 | 6 June | 1 | |
| 6 June | 7/27 | Fifth Harmony | 8 | 6 June | 1 | |
| 13 June | Soul Searchin' | Jimmy Barnes | 1 | 13 June | 3 | |
| 13 June | This Crazy Life | The Wolfe Brothers | 10 | 13 June | 1 | |
| 20 June | Thick as Thieves | The Temper Trap | 1 | 20 June | 1 | |
| 20 June | Strange Little Birds | Garbage | 9 | 20 June | 1 | |
| 27 June | The Getaway | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 | 27 June | 6 | |
| 4 July | Conscious | Broods | 2 | 4 July | 1 | |
| 11 July | Wings of the Wild | Delta Goodrem | 1 | 11 July | 6 | |
| 11 July | California | Blink-182 | 2 | 11 July | 5 | |
| 11 July | The Speed of Sound | In Stereo | 3 | 11 July | 1 | |
| 11 July | Christine and the Queens | Christine and the Queens | 8 | 11 July | 1 | |
| 18 July | Wildflower | The Avalanches | 1 | 18 July | 4 | |
| 18 July | Of Dirt and Grace: Live from the Land | Hillsong Worship | 8 | 18 July | 2 | |
| 18 July | Blank Face LP | Schoolboy Q | 9 | 18 July | 1 | |
| 25 July | Youth Authority | Good Charlotte | 1 | 25 July | 1 | |
| 25 July | A Version of Now | Peter Garrett | 3 | 25 July | 1 | |
| 1 August | Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II | Human Nature | 1 | 1 August | 9 | |
| 1 August | Periphery III: Select Difficulty | Periphery | 8 | 1 August | 1 | |
| 8 August | Let Me Be Clear | Gang of Youths | 2 | 8 August | 1 | |
| 8 August | Opera Oblivia | Hellions | 4 | 8 August | 1 | |
| 8 August | Zenith | Alfie Arcuri | 5 | 8 August | 1 | |
| 8 August | Major Key | DJ Khaled | 6 | 8 August | 1 | |
| 15 August | Suicide Squad (#10) | Various Artists | 1 | 15 August | 14 | |
| 15 August | Civil Dusk | Bernard Fanning | 2 | 15 August | 3 | |
| 15 August | Glorious Heights | Montaigne | 4 | 15 August | 1 | |
| 15 August | Unleashed | Skillet | 7 | 15 August | 1 | |
| 15 August | Way Down in the Jungle Room | Elvis Presley | 9 | 15 August | 1 | |
| 15 August | Encore | DJ Snake | 10 | 15 August | 1 | |
| 22 August | This Could Be Heartbreak | The Amity Affliction | 1 | 22 August | 2 | |
| 22 August | Blurryface | Twenty One Pilots | 7 | 22 August | 1 | |
| 29 August | Blonde | Frank Ocean | 1 | 29 August | 3 | |
| 29 August | Every Night the Same Dream | Ball Park Music | 3 | 29 August | 1 | |
| 29 August | Seven Mirrors | Drapht | 4 | 29 August | 1 | |
| 29 August | This Sporting Life | Roy and HG | 6 | 29 August | 3 | |
| 29 August | Pure & Simple | Dolly Parton | 9 | 29 August | 1 | |
| 5 September | Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway | Barbra Streisand | 1 | 5 September | 5 | |
| 5 September | Glory | Britney Spears | 4 | 5 September | 1 | |
| 5 September | Things I Carry Around | Troy Cassar-Daley | 5 | 5 September | 1 | |
| 5 September | Outlier | Twelve Foot Ninja | 6 | 5 September | 1 | |
| 5 September | Dig Your Roots | Florida Georgia Line | 7 | 5 September | 1 | |
| 12 September | Bad Vibrations | A Day to Remember | 1 | 12 September | 1 | |
| 12 September | Animal | Big Scary | 5 | 12 September | 1 | |
| 12 September | His Favourite Collection | John Williamson | 9 | 12 September | 1 | |
| 12 September | Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight | Travis Scott | 10 | 12 September | 1 | |
| 19 September | Skeleton Tree | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 1 | 19 September | 3 | |
| 19 September | Internal | Safia | 2 | 19 September | 1 | |
| 19 September | The Complete Trio Collection | Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt | 3 | 19 September | 4 | |
| 19 September | They Don't Know | Jason Aldean | 5 | 19 September | 1 | |
| 19 September | Wild World | Bastille | 7 | 19 September | 1 | |
| 19 September | The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl | The Beatles | 8 | 19 September | 1 | |
| 19 September | Transcendence | Devin Townsend Project | 10 | 19 September | 1 | |
| 26 September | Backbone | Anthony Callea | 1 | 26 September | 2 | |
| 26 September | Hard II Love | Usher | 5 | 26 September | 1 | |
| 26 September | Bridget Jones's Baby | Various Artists | 7 | 26 September | 1 | |
| 26 September | Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid | Die Antwoord | 9 | 26 September | 1 | |
| 26 September | Divas and Demons | Remi | 10 | 26 September | 1 | |
| 3 October | Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea | Passenger | 1 | 3 October | 2 | |
| 3 October | Chapter and Verse | Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 3 October | 2 | |
| 3 October | Illuminate | Shawn Mendes | 3 | 3 October | 2 | |
| 3 October | Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical | David Campbell | 9 | 3 October | 1 | |
| 10 October | Westway (The Glitter & the Slums) | Sticky Fingers | 1 | 10 October | 2 | |
| 10 October | 22, A Million | Bon Iver | 2 | 10 October | 1 | |
| 10 October | Sorceress | Opeth | 7 | 10 October | 1 | |
| 10 October | The Altar | Banks | 8 | 10 October | 1 | |
| 17 October | Triple J Like a Version 12 | Various Artists | 1 | 17 October | 5 | |
| 17 October | Revolution Radio | Green Day | 2 | 17 October | 2 | |
| 17 October | In the Now | Barry Gibb | 3 | 17 October | 4 | |
| 17 October | Day Breaks | Norah Jones | 4 | 17 October | 2 | |
| 17 October | The Last Hero | Alter Bridge | 6 | 17 October | 1 | |
| 17 October | Oh My My | OneRepublic | 8 | 17 October | 1 | |
| 17 October | The Violent Sleep of Reason | Meshuggah | 9 | 17 October | 1 | |
| 24 October | The Secret Daughter (#7) | Jessica Mauboy | 1 | 24 October | 11 | |
| 24 October | Let There Be Light | Hillsong Worship | 2 | 24 October | 1 | |
| 24 October | Walls | Kings of Leon | 3 | 24 October | 2 | |
| 24 October | Chemical Miracle | Trophy Eyes | 8 | 24 October | 1 | |
| 24 October | Warriors | Lisa Mitchell | 9 | 24 October | 1 | |
| 31 October | Joanne | Lady Gaga | 2 | 31 October | 2 | |
| 31 October | Nobody but Me | Michael Bublé | 2 | 7 November | 4 | |
| 31 October | The Wonder of You | Elvis Presley | 3 | 7 November | 5 | |
| 31 October | The Serenity of Suffering | Korn | 5 | 31 October | 1 | |
| 31 October | You Want It Darker | Leonard Cohen | 2 | 21 November | 4 | |
| 31 October | Lifelines | I Prevail | 8 | 31 October | 1 | |
| 7 November | The Stage | Avenged Sevenfold | 4 | 7 November | 1 | |
| 7 November | Two Vines | Empire of the Sun | 7 | 7 November | 1 | |
| 7 November | Back from the Edge | James Arthur | 8 | 7 November | 1 | |
| 14 November | This House Is Not for Sale | Bon Jovi | 1 | 14 November | 2 | |
| 14 November | Brace | Birds of Tokyo | 3 | 14 November | 1 | |
| 14 November | The Heavy Entertainment Show | Robbie Williams | 4 | 14 November | 4 | |
| 14 November | Don't Look Down | Pez | 7 | 14 November | 1 | |
| 21 November | Two Degrees | Illy | 1 | 21 November | 1 | |
| 21 November | Friends for Christmas (#6) | John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John | 1 | 19 December | 11* | |
| 21 November | The Singles | Phil Collins | 6 | 21 November | 1 | |
| 21 November | 57th & 9th | Sting | 9 | 21 November | 1 | |
| 28 November | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | Metallica | 1 | 28 November | 6 | |
| 28 November | Glory Days | Little Mix | 2 | 28 November | 1 | |
| 28 November | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 3 | 28 November | 9 | |
| 28 November | Tradition | Kerser | 4 | 28 November | 1 | |
| 5 December | Starboy | The Weeknd | 1 | 5 December | 5 | |
| 5 December | The Very Very Best of Crowded House | Crowded House | 5 | 5 December | 1 | |
| 5 December | Reclaim Australia | A.B. Original | 10 | 5 December | 1 | |
| 12 December | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 12 December | 8 | |
| 12 December | "Awaken, My Love!" | Childish Gambino | 9 | 12 December | 1 | |
| 19 December | 4 Your Eyez Only | J. Cole | 6 | 19 December | 1 | |
| 19 December | Trolls | Various Artists | 1 | 9 January (2017) | 19 | |