Ed Sheeran’s album ‘X’ was officially Australia’s most popular in 2014, with the team at ARIA confirming that the British performer’s second album finishes at No.1 on their top 100 albums chart for the year. It’s an impressive feat, but even more impressive is that his previous album ‘+’ finishes in the No.38 position, despite being released three and a half years ago.
Familiar faces dot the top ten; Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ finishes in the runners-up position, followed by the ‘Frozen’ soundtrack, the INXS best-of (sales of which exploded earlier in the year on the back of Channel 7’s mini-series) and Coldplay’s ‘Ghost Stories’.
Aussies Hilltop Hoods and Human Nature round out the top ten in positions nine and ten.
Into the second half of the countdown… and from the pop world, Jess Mauboy’s ‘Beautiful’ is at No.51, Rüfüs’ ‘Atlas’ finishes at No.58 and Dean Ray’s gold-selling self-titled debut (No.75) out-performs Guy Sebastian’s ‘Madness’ (No.78) and Marlisa’s ‘Marlisa’ (No.83).
01. Ed Sheeran – X
02. Taylor Swift – 1989
03. OST – Frozen
04. INXS – The Very Best
05. Coldplay – Ghost Stories
06. Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
07. Katy Perry – Prism
08. Michael Bublé – Christmas
09. Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars
10. Human Nature – Jukebox
11. 5 Seconds Of Summer – 5 Seconds Of Summer
12. Chet Faker – Built On Glass
13. AC/DC – Rock Or Bust
14. One Direction – Four
15. Lorde – Pure Heroine
16. Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways
17. Barbra Streisand – Partners
18. Pharrell Williams – G I R L
19. Jimmy Barnes – 30:30 Hindsight
20. Arctic Monkeys – AM
21. Various – Triple J’s Like A Version Vol.10
22. OST – Guardians Of The Galaxy : Awesome Mix Vol.1
23. London Grammar – If You Wait
24. The Amity Affliction – Let The Ocean Take Me
25. Pink Floyd – The Endless River
26. Avicii – True
27. Beyoncé – Beyoncé
28. Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone
29. Paloma Faith – A Perfect Contradiction
30. Nickelback – No Fixed Address
31. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
32. Imagine Dragons – Night Visions
33. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2
34. Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear
35. The Veronicas – The Veronicas
36. Taylor Henderson – Burnt Letters
37. Ariana Grande – My Everything
38. Ed Sheeran – +
39. Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes
40. Michael Bublé – To Be Loved
41. Sheppard – Bombs Away
42. 360 – Utopia
43. Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
44. Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away
45. Robbie Williams – Swings Both Ways
46. Rudimental – Home
47. The John Butler Trio – Flesh & Blood
48. George Ezra – Wanted On Voyage
49. You + Me – Rose Ave.
50. Hillsong – No Other Name
51. Jessica Mauboy – Beautiful
52. Missy Higgins – Oz
53. The Eagles – Selected Works : 1972-1999
54. James Blunt – Moon Landing
55. Slipknot – .5 : The Gray Chapter
56. Alt-J – This Is All Yours
57. Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox
58. Rüfüs – Atlas
59. Dan Sultan – Blackbird
60. Violent Soho – Hungry Ghost
61. Gabrielle Aplin – English Rain
62. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Cheek To Cheek
63. John Legend – Love In The Future
64. P!nk – Greatest Hits… So Far
65. The Madden Brothers – Greetings From California
66. Michael Jackson – Xscape
67. Flume – Flume
68. Jack White – Lazaretto
69. Keith Urban – Fuse
70. Jason Derulo – Tattoos
71. Passenger – Whispers
72. The Black Keys – Turn Blue
73. OneRepublic – Native
74. Calvin Harris – Motion
75. Dean Ray – Dean Ray
76. Russell Morris – Van Diemen’s Land
77. Linkin Park – The Hunting Party
78. Guy Sebastian – Madness
79. Neil Finn & Paul Kelly – Goin’ Your Way
80. Neil Diamond – Melody Road
81. Guns N Roses – Greatest Hits
82. The Script – No Sound Without Silence
83. Marlisa – Marlisa
84. INXS – Kick
85. OST – Jersey Boys
86. One Direction – Midnight Memories
87. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
88. ABBA – ABBA Gold & More : Anniversary Edition
89. Bliss N Eso – Circus In The Sky
90. Illy – Cinematic
91. The Wiggles – Hot Potatoes : The Best Of The Wiggles
92. Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream
93. Michael Jackson – The Essential Michael Jackson
94. Keith Urban – The Story So Far
95. Katy Perry – Teenage Dream : The Complete Confection
96. Taylor Swift – Red
97. MKTO – MKTO
98. Nickelback – The Best Of Nickelback Vol.1
99. Rise Against – The Black Market
100. Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits
Further details, including accreditations are available at www.ariacharts.com.au.
* Chart period : January 13, 2014 – January 05, 2015.
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