List of number-one albums of 2013 (Australia)
The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each album and EP's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2013, thirty-six albums claimed the top spot, including Michael Bublé's Christmas and Pink's The Truth About Love, both of which started their peak positions in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Sixteen acts achieved their first number-one album in Australia: Bruno Mars, Flume, Of Monsters and Men, Foals, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Birds of Tokyo, Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age, Kanye West, Harrison Craig, Karnivool, RÜFÜS, Boy & Bear, Lorde, Dami Im and Taylor Henderson.
Michael Bublé had two number-one albums during the year for To Be Loved and Christmas. Bublé's To Be Loved and Pink's The Truth About Love tied for the longest-running number-one album of 2013, both spending five weeks atop the ARIA Albums Chart. Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox and Bublé's Christmas topped the chart for three consecutive weeks. Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, Harrison Craig's More Than a Dream and Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 each spent two weeks at number one.
Chart history
Date | Album | Artist | Ref. |
7 January | The Truth About Love | Pink | |
14 January | Unorthodox Jukebox | Bruno Mars | |
21 January | Unorthodox Jukebox | Bruno Mars | |
28 January | Unorthodox Jukebox | Bruno Mars | |
4 February | Flume | Flume | |
11 February | My Head Is an Animal | Of Monsters and Men | |
18 February | Holy Fire | Foals | |
25 February | Push the Sky Away | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | |
4 March | Zion | Hillsong United | |
11 March | March Fires | Birds of Tokyo | |
18 March | What About Now | Bon Jovi | |
25 March | The 20/20 Experience | Justin Timberlake | |
1 April | The 20/20 Experience | Justin Timberlake | |
8 April | Sempiternal | Bring Me the Horizon | |
15 April | Paramore | Paramore | |
22 April | To Be Loved | Michael Bublé | |
29 April | To Be Loved | Michael Bublé | |
6 May | To Be Loved | Michael Bublé | |
13 May | To Be Loved | Michael Bublé | |
20 May | To Be Loved | Michael Bublé | |
27 May | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | |
3 June | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | |
10 June | ...Like Clockwork | Queens of the Stone Age | |
17 June | Departures | Bernard Fanning | |
24 June | Yeezus | Kanye West | |
1 July | More Than a Dream | Harrison Craig | |
8 July | Circus in the Sky | Bliss n Eso | |
15 July | More Than a Dream | Harrison Craig | |
22 July | The Truth About Love | Pink | |
29 July | Asymmetry | Karnivool | |
5 August | The Truth About Love | Pink | |
12 August | The Truth About Love | Pink | |
19 August | Atlas | RÜFÜS | |
26 August | Harlequin Dream | Boy & Bear | |
2 September | Paradise Valley | John Mayer | |
9 September | The Truth About Love | Pink | |
16 September | AM | Arctic Monkeys | |
23 September | Fuse | Keith Urban | |
30 September | Mechanical Bull | Kings of Leon | |
7 October | Pure Heroine | Lorde | |
14 October | Bangerz | Miley Cyrus | |
21 October | Lightning Bolt | Pearl Jam | |
28 October | Triple J Like a Version 9 | Various artists | |
4 November | Prism | Katy Perry | |
11 November | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Eminem | |
18 November | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Eminem | |
25 November | Dami Im | Dami Im | |
2 December | Midnight Memories | One Direction | |
9 December | Taylor Henderson | Taylor Henderson | |
16 December | Christmas | Michael Bublé | |
23 December | Christmas | Michael Bublé | |
30 December | Christmas | Michael Bublé |