The following lists the top 25 albums of 2014 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) end-of-year albums chart.
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.
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.
Top 25 # Title Artist Highest pos. reached 1 x Ed Sheeran 1 2 1989 Taylor Swift 1 3 Frozen (soundtrack) Various artists 1 4 The Very Best INXS 1 5 Ghost Stories Coldplay 1 6 In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 2 7 Prism Katy Perry 1 8 Christmas Michael Bublé 1 9 Walking Under Stars Hilltop Hoods 1 10 Jukebox Human Nature 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 Lorde 1 16 Sonic Highways Foo Fighters 1 17 Partners Barbra Streisand 1 18 Girl Pharrell Williams 1 19 30:30 Hindsight 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
Note: In the Lonely Hour peaked at number 2 in 2014 and peaked at number 1 in April 2015.
See also List of number-one albums of 2014 (Australia) List of Top 25 singles for 2014 in Australia
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