# List of number-one digital albums of 2016 (Australia)

The ARIA Digital Album 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 digital sales of albums and EPs.

## Chart history

| Date | Album | Artist(s) |
| 4 January | 25 | Adele |
| 11 January | 25 | Adele |
| 18 January | Blackstar | David Bowie |
| 25 January | 25 | Adele |
| 1 February | Bloom | Rüfüs |
| 8 February | This Is Acting | Sia |
| 15 February | Molly: Do Yourself a Favour | Various Artists |
| 22 February | Molly: Do Yourself a Favour | Various Artists |
| 29 February | Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung | Hilltop Hoods |
| 7 March | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | The 1975 |
| 14 March | Untitled Unmastered | Kendrick Lamar |
| 21 March | Telluric | Matt Corby |
| 28 March | Waco | Violent Soho |
| 4 April | Mind of Mine | Zayn |
| 11 April | Lukas Graham | Lukas Graham |
| 18 April | Cleopatra | The Lumineers |
| 25 April | Bloom | Rüfüs |
| 2 May | Lemonade | Beyoncé |
| 9 May | Views | Drake |
| 16 May | A Moon Shaped Pool | Radiohead |
| 23 May | Lemonade | Beyoncé |
| 30 May | Dangerous Woman | Ariana Grande |
| 6 June | Skin | Flume |
| 13 June | Skin | Flume |
| 20 June | Thick as Thieves | The Temper Trap |
| 27 June | The Getaway | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 4 July | Conscious | Broods |
| 11 July | California | Blink-182 |
| 18 July | Wildflower | The Avalanches |
| 25 July | Youth Authority | Good Charlotte |
| 1 August | Skin | Flume |
| 8 August | Let Me Be Clear | Gang of Youths |
| 15 August | Suicide Squad: The Album | Various Artists |
| 22 August | This Could Be Heartbreak | Amity Affliction |
| 29 August | Blonde | Frank Ocean |
| 5 September | Blonde | Frank Ocean |
| 12 September | Bad Vibrations | A Day to Remember |
| 19 September | Internal | Safia |
| 26 September | Suicide Squad: The Album | Various Artists |
| 3 October | Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea | Passenger |
| 10 October | Westway (The Glitter & the Slums) | Sticky Fingers |
| 17 October | Triple J's Like a Version Volume 12 | Various Artists |
| 24 October | Let There Be Light | Hillsong Worship |
| 31 October | Joanne | Lady Gaga |
| 7 November | Back from the Edge | James Arthur |
| 14 November | Brace | Birds of Tokyo |
| 21 November | Two Degrees | Illy |
| 28 November | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | Metallica |
| 5 December | Starboy | The Weeknd |
| 12 December | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones |
| 19 December | 4 Your Eyez Only | J. Cole |
| 26 December | Christmas | Michael Bublé |

## Number-one artists

| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | Adele | 3 |
| 1 | Flume | 3 |
| 2 | Beyoncé | 2 |
| 2 | Frank Ocean | 2 |
| 2 | Rüfüs | 2 |
| 3 | The 1975 | 1 |
| 3 | Amity Affliction | 1 |
| 3 | Ariana Grande | 1 |
| 3 | The Avalanches | 1 |
| 3 | Bink-182 | 1 |
| 3 | Broods | 1 |
| 3 | A Day to Remember | 1 |
| 3 | Birds of Tokyo | 1 |
| 3 | David Bowie | 1 |
| 3 | Drake | 1 |
| 3 | Gang of Youths | 1 |
| 3 | Good Charlotte | 1 |
| 3 | The Hillsong Worship | 1 |
| 3 | The Hilltop Hoods | 1 |
| 3 | Illy | 1 |
| 3 | J. Cole | 1 |
| 3 | James Arthur | 1 |
| 3 | Kendrick Lamar | 1 |
| 3 | Lady Gaga | 1 |
| 3 | Lukas Graham | 1 |
| 3 | The Lumineers | 1 |
| 3 | Matt Corby | 1 |
| 3 | Metallica | 1 |
| 3 | Michael Bublé | 1 |
| 3 | Passenger | 1 |
| 3 | Radiohead | 1 |
| 3 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 |
| 3 | The Rolling Stones | 1 |
| 3 | Safia | 1 |
| 3 | Sia | 1 |
| 3 | Sticky Fingers | 1 |
| 3 | The Temper Trap | 1 |
| 3 | Violent Soho | 1 |
| 3 | The Weeknd | 1 |
| 3 | Zayn | 1 |