ARIA Award for Highest-Selling Album

ARIA Award for Highest-Selling Album
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
First awarded	1987
Last awarded	2011
Website	www.ariaawards.com.au

The ARIA Music Award for Highest-Selling Album was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards. It was presented from 1987 through to 2011.

John Farnham holds the record for the most wins, at five (1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999) as well as his involvement in The Australian Cast Recording win in 1993.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.

Winner marked in a separate colour

Year	Winner(s)	Album title
1987 (1st)
	John Farnham	Whispering Jack
	Dragon	Dreams of Ordinary Men
	Tim Finn	Big Canoe
	Icehouse	Measure for Measure
	Rodney Rude	Rude Rides Again
	Spy V Spy	A.O. Mod. TV. Vers.
	Kevin Bloody Wilson	Kev's Back
1988 (2nd)	Icehouse	Man of Colours
1989 (3rd)
	John Farnham	Age of Reason
	The Comedy Company	The Comedy Company Album
	Crowded House	Temple of Low Men
	1927	...ish
	Kylie Minogue	Kylie
	Various Artists	Australia All Over Vol. 2
1990 (4th)	Johnny Diesel	Johnny Diesel and the Injectors
1991 (5th)	John Farnham	Chain Reaction
1992 (6th)
	Jimmy Barnes	Soul Deep
	Cold Chisel	Chisel
	Crowded House	Woodface
	Ratcat	Blind Love
	Noiseworks	Love Versus Money
	John Farnham	Full House
1993 (7th)
	Australian Cast Recording	Jesus Christ Superstar
	Diesel	Hepfidelity
	Rockmelons	Form 1 Planet
	Noiseworks	Greatest Hits
	Wendy Matthews	Lily
	Hoodoo Gurus	Electric Soup/Gorilla Biscuit
1994 (8th)
	John Farnham	Then Again...
	Jimmy Barnes	Flesh and Wood
	The Black Sorrows	The Chosen Ones - Greatest Hits
	Wendy Matthews	Lily
	The Seekers	The Silver Jubilee Album
1995 (9th)
	The Twelfth Man	Wired World of Sports II
	Tina Arena	Don't Ask
	The Badloves	Get On Board
	The Cruel Sea	Three Legged Dog
	Wendy Matthews	The Witness Tree
1996 (10th)
	Tina Arena	Don't Ask
	John Williamson	True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson
	Martin/Molloy	The Brown Album
	Merril Bainbridge	The Garden
	Max Sharam	A Million Year Girl
1997 (11th)
	Crowded House	Recurring Dream
	Jimmy Barnes	Barnes Hits Anthology
	John Farnham	Romeo's Heart
	Powderfinger	Double Allergic
	Savage Garden	Savage Garden
1998 (12th)
	Savage Garden	Savage Garden
	John Farnham	Anthology 1: Greatest Hits 1986–1997
	Midnight Oil	20,000 Watt R.S.L.
	The Twelfth Man	Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
	Tina Arena	In Deep
1999 (13th)
	John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow	Highlights from The Main Event
	Cold Chisel	The Last Wave of Summer
	Natalie Imbruglia	Left of the Middle
	Regurgitator	Unit
	The Living End	The Living End
2000 (14th)
	Savage Garden	Affirmation
	Bardot	Bardot
	Killing Heidi	Reflector
	Taxiride	Imaginate
	Vanessa Amorosi	The Power
2001 (15th)
	Powderfinger	Odyssey Number Five
	John Farnham	33+1⁄3
	Kylie Minogue	Light Years
	Savage Garden	Affirmation
	Slim Dusty	Looking Forward Looking Back
2002 (16th)
	Kylie Minogue	Fever
	Alex Lloyd	Watching Angels Mend
	Kasey Chambers	Barricades & Brickwalls
	Nikki Webster	Follow Your Heart
	The Twelfth Man	The Final Dig?
2003 (17th)
	Delta Goodrem	Innocent Eyes
	John Farnham	The Last Time
	Kasey Chambers	Barricades & Brickwalls
	Powderfinger	Vulture Street
	Silverchair	Diorama
2004 (18th)
	Delta Goodrem	Innocent Eyes
	Guy Sebastian	Just as I Am
	Jet	Get Born
	Pete Murray	Feeler
	Shannon Noll	That's What I'm Talking About
2005 (19th)
	Missy Higgins	The Sound of White
	Anthony Callea	Anthony Callea
	Casey Donovan	For You
	Delta Goodrem	Mistaken Identity
	Guy Sebastian	Beautiful Life
2006 (20th)
	Human Nature	Reach Out: The Motown Record
	Bernard Fanning	Teas and Sympathy
	Pete Murray	See the Sun
	Rogue Traders	Here Come the Drums
	The Veronicas	The Secret Life Of...
2007 (21st)
	Damien Leith	The Winner's Journey
	Missy Higgins	On a Clear Night
	Human Nature	Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II
	Silverchair	Young Modern
	The Twelfth Man	Boned!
2008 (22nd)
	Delta Goodrem	Delta
	David Campbell	The Swing Sessions 2
	Guy Sebastian	The Memphis Album
	The Veronicas	Hook Me Up
	Tina Arena	Songs of Love & Loss
2009 (23rd)
	AC/DC	Black Ice
	Empire of the Sun	Walking on a Dream
	Hilltop Hoods	State of the Art
	Jessica Mauboy	Been Waiting
	The Presets	Apocalypso
2010 (24th)
2010 (24th)	No award given
2011 (25th)
	Altiyan Childs	Altiyan Childs
	Angus & Julia Stone	Down the Way
	Birds of Tokyo	Birds of Tokyo
	Keith Urban	Get Closer
	Various Artists	He Will Have His Way

References

"Highest Selling Album". ARIA. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

External links

Official website

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General awards	Album of the Year Best Solo Artist Best Adult Contemporary Album Best Blues and Roots Album Best Children's Album Best Country Album Best Dance Release Best Group Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album Best Hip Hop Release Best Independent Release Best Pop Release Best Rock Album Best Soul/R&B Release Breakthrough Artist – Release Single of the Year/Song of the Year
Artisan awards	Best Cover Art Engineer of the Year Producer of the Year
Fine Arts awards	Best Classical Album Best Jazz Album Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album Best World Music Album
Public voted awards	Best Australian Live Act Best International Artist Best Video Music Teacher of the Year
Achievement awards	Icon Award Lifetime Achievement Award Outstanding Achievement Award Special Achievement Award
Retired awards	Best Indigenous Release Best Music DVD Best New Talent Best Urban Album Breakthrough Artist - Album Breakthrough Artist - Single Highest Selling Album Highest Selling Single Most Popular Australian Album Most Popular Australian Artist Most Popular Australian Single Song of the Year (Songwriter) Best Adult Alternative Album Best Comedy Release Best Female Artist Best Male Artist
Ceremonies	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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