List of top 10 albums for 2020 in Australia

This is a list of albums that charted in the top ten of the ARIA Album Charts, an all-genre albums chart, in 2020.

Top-ten albums

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The list is sorted chronologically by issue date with the date representing the first issue in which the album appeared in the top ten in 2020, regardless of whether an album charted in a previous year or not. Dates reached peak position are in 2020 unless otherwise noted.

An asterisk (*) represents that an album is still in the top-ten as of the issue dated 7 December 2020.

List of ARIA top-ten albums in 2020
Issue Date Album Peak Weeks in the top 10
Title Artist(s) Position Date In 2020 Overall
6 January[1] Fine Line Harry Styles 1 23 December 2019 44* 46*
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish 1 8 April 2019 35 72
Frozen II Various artists 2 9 December 2019 5 9
No.6 Collaborations Project Ed Sheeran 1 22 July 2019 9 34
JackBoys JackBoys and Travis Scott 5 6 January 1 1
Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone 1 16 September 2019 21 35
The Kids Are Coming Tones and I 3 9 September 2019 3 20
Lover Taylor Swift 1 2 September 2019 6 21
Diamonds Elton John 3 10 June 2019 16 33
Songs from the South: 1985–2019 Paul Kelly 1 25 November 2019 1 7
13 January[2] Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 7 13 January 2 3
What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs 1 18 November 2019 9 12
20 January[3] Rare Selena Gomez 1 20 January 2 2
Live in Adelaide '19 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 6 20 January 1 1
Live in Paris '19 9 20 January 1 1
Blood Moon Cold Chisel 1 16 December 2019 1 4
27 January[4] Music to Be Murdered By Eminem 1 27 January 8 8
Manic Halsey 2 27 January 3 3
Circles Mac Miller 3 27 January 1 1
3 February[5] Hotspot Pet Shop Boys 8 3 February 1 1
10 February[6] Hurry Up and Wait Dune Rats 1 10 February 1 1
The Octagon Chillinit 2 10 February 1 1
Walls Louis Tomlinson 6 10 February 1 1
17 February[7] Father of All Motherfuckers Green Day 1 17 February 1 1
Love Michael Bublé 2 19 November 2018 1 6
Birds of Prey: The Album Various artists 9 17 February 1 1
24 February[8] The Slow Rush Tame Impala 1 24 February 4 4
Changes Justin Bieber 2 24 February 7 7
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 1 7 January 2019 1 33
2 March[9] Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 1 2 March 4 4
Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them The Amity Affliction 2 2 March 1 1
The Death of Me Polaris 3 2 March 1 1
Ordinary Man Ozzy Osbourne 4 2 March 1 1
Miss Anthropocene Grimes 10 2 March 1 1
9 March[10] F8 Five Finger Death Punch 2 9 March 1 1
Race Car Blues Slowly Slowly 7 9 March 1 1
16 March[11] Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert 1 16 March 2 2
How I'm Feeling Lauv 5 16 March 1 1
23 March[12] Artists Unite For Fire Fight Various artists 1 23 March 9 9
Heartbreak Weather Niall Horan 2 23 March 2 2
Speed Of Life Adam Brand 6 23 March 1 1
Flip Phone Fantasy Ocean Grove 8 23 March 1 1
Fallow Fanny Lumsden 10 23 March 1 1
30 March[13] After Hours The Weeknd 1 30 March 13 13
Live at the Triffid The Smith Street Band 4 30 March 1 1
Velvet Adam Lambert 8 30 March 1 1
All the Hits and All New Love Songs Kenny Rogers 10 30 March 1 1
6 April[14] Calm 5 Seconds of Summer 1 6 April 5 5
Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 1 20 April 13 13
Gigaton Pearl Jam 3 6 April 2 2
High Risk Behaviour The Chats 5 6 April 1 1
ADHD Joyner Lucas 9 6 April 1 1
13 April[15] Everything Is A-OK Violent Soho 1 13 April 1 1
Roll the Dice Kerser 3 13 April 1 1
20 April[16] Human. :II: Nature. Nightwish 7 20 April 1 1
The New Toronto 3 Tory Lanez 10 20 April 1 1
27 April[17] Don't Waste Your Anger The Smith Street Band 7 27 April 1 1
Blame It on Baby DaBaby 7 27 April 1 1
4 May[18] Human Design Birds of Tokyo 1 4 May 3 3
What the Dead Men Say Trivium 7 4 May 1 1
Astroworld Travis Scott 1 13 August 2018 1 5
11 May[19] Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drake 1 11 May 3 3
18 May[20] Petals for Armor Hayley Williams 6 18 May 1 1
6 to the World HP Boyz 7 18 May 1 1
25 May[21] Live at the Forum The Teskey Brothers 1 25 May 1 1
This One's for You Luke Combs 7 12 June 2017 1 2
The Goat Polo G 10 25 May 1 1
1 June[22] Notes on a Conditional Form The 1975 1 1 June 1 1
D-2 Agust D 2 1 June 1 1
Dissimulation KSI 4 1 June 1 1
8 June[23] Chromatica Lady Gaga 1 8 June 6 6
Wild World Kip Moore 4 8 June 1 1
East Cold Chisel 2 12 June 1980 1 5
Golden Hour Kygo 8 8 June 1 1
15 June[24] Sideways to New Italy Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever 4 15 June 1 1
The Ghost Inside The Ghost Inside 5 15 June 1 1
22 June[25] 'Akilotoa (Anthology 1994-2006) Vika and Linda 1 22 June 2 2
Sunlight Spacey Jane 2 22 June 2 2
Mayhem to Madness The McClymonts 3 22 June 1 1
29 June[26] Music from the Home Front Various artists 1 29 June 7 7
Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan 2 29 June 3 3
Lonely Diamond Ocean Alley 3 29 June 2 2
Lamb of God Lamb of God 5 29 June 1 1
6 July[27] Mordechai Khruangbin 4 6 July 1 1
Women in Music Pt. III HAIM 7 6 July 1 1
13 July[28] Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke 1 13 July 17 17
Chunky Shrapnel King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard 2 13 July 1 1
Hamilton - An American Musical Cast of Hamilton 6 20 July 5 5
20 July[29] 14 Steps to a Better You Lime Cordiale 1 20 July 2 2
The Glow DMA's 2 20 July 2 2
Legends Never Die Juice Wrld 1 27 July 14 14
27 July[30] Gaslighter The Chicks 2 27 July 2 2
Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey BTS 9 27 July 1 1
3 August[31] Folklore Taylor Swift 1 3 August 15* 15*
Like Nirvana Cub Sport 2 3 August 1 1
F*ck Love The Kid Laroi 3 3 August 8* 8*
Twenty Twenty Ronan Keating 9 3 August 2 2
10 August[32] Brain Candy Hockey Dad 2 10 August 1 1
Please Leave Your Light On Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky 3 10 August 2 2
Wreck Me Travis Collins 8 10 August 1 1
Such Pretty Forks in the Road Alanis Morissette 10 10 August 1 1
17 August[33] Born Here Live Here Die Here Luke Bryan 2 17 August 1 1
Kaliyuga In Hearts Wake 3 17 August 1 1
Dreamland Glass Animals 6 17 August 1 1
24 August[34] Blonde on the Tracks Emma Swift 9 24 August 1 1
31 August[35] Imploding the Mirage The Killers 1 31 August 1 1
In a Dream Troye Sivan 3 31 August 2* 2*
Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody Various artists 6 31 August 1 1
Living in Sin Hooligan Hefs 9 31 August 1 1
Here on Earth Tim McGraw 10 31 August 1 1
7 September[36] S&M2 Metallica & San Francisco Symphony 1 7 September 1 1
Smile Katy Perry 2 7 September 4 4
Rome Josh Pyke 8 7 September 1 1
Who's Line Is It Anyway? Private Function 9 7 September 1 1
Sunset Suburbia Diesel 10 7 September 1 1
14 September[37] Odyssey Number Five Powderfinger 1 11 September 2000 3 15
Between You and Me San Cisco 3 14 September 1 1
Slim and I Slim Dusty 8 14 September 1 1
Spiralling Wil Wagner 9 14 September 1 1
21 September[38] We Are Chaos Marilyn Manson 1 21 September 1 1
Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso) Vika and Linda 2 21 September 1 1
28 September[39] The Speed of Now: Part 1 Keith Urban 1 28 September 6 6
Heaven & Hell Ava Max 7 28 September 1 1
Automatic Mildlife 8 28 September 1 1
5 October[40] Nectar Joji 1 5 October 1 1
Tickets to My Downfall Machine Gun Kelly 2 5 October 3 3
Ohms Deftones 3 5 October 1 1
A Quiet Place to Die Alpha Wolf 6 5 October 1 1
Ultra Mono Idles 7 5 October 1 1
12 October[41] Live Around the World Queen & Adam Lambert 1 12 October 3 3
The Album Blackpink 2 12 October 3 3
2020 Bon Jovi 3 12 October 1 1
Savage Mode II 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 4 12 October 1 1
CMFT Corey Taylor 8 12 October 1 1
19 October[42] Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 1 19 October 1 9
Full Circle Chillinit 3 19 October 1 1
26 October[43] T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 1 26 October 7* 7*
50 Push Ups for a Dollar Skegss 4 26 October 1 1
Rumours Fleetwood Mac 1 4 February 1977 1 46
2 November[44] Letter to You Bruce Springsteen 1 2 November 4 4
Ball Park Music Ball Park Music 2 2 November 1 1
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez Gorillaz 5 2 November 1 1
Moral Panic Nothing but Thieves 8 2 November 1 1
9 November[45] The Makarrata Project Midnight Oil 1 9 November 2 2
Positions Ariana Grande 2 9 November 5* 5*
Love Goes Sam Smith 3 9 November 2 2
The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo Mr. Bungle 6 9 November 1 1
Post Human: Survival Horror Bring Me the Horizon 7 9 November 1 1
Panic Force Triple One 8 9 November 1 1
Child in Reverse Kate Miller-Heidke 9 9 November 1 1
16 November[46] Disco Kylie Minogue 1 16 November 2 2
Confetti Little Mix 7 16 November 1 1
23 November[47] Power Up AC/DC 1 23 November 3* 3*
Only Santa Knows Delta Goodrem 5 23 November 1 1
Against All Odds Onefour 7 23 November 1 1
Push the Blues Away Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald 8 23 November 1 1
Jolly Holiday André Rieu 10 23 November 1 1
30 November[48] Be BTS 2 30 November 2* 2*
Apart Together Tim Minchin 3 30 November 1 1
The Modern Medieval Something For Kate 4 30 November 1 1
Idiot Prayer Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 5 30 November 1 1
7 December[49] Unreleased (1998–2010) Powderfinger 2 7 December 1* 1*
Plastic Hearts Miley Cyrus 3 7 December 1* 1*
Believe Andrea Bocelli 10 7 December 1* 1*

Entries by artist

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The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2020.

Entries Artist Country of origin Weeks Albums
3 BTS  KOR 7 "Map of the Soul: 7", "Map of the Soul: 7 - The Journey", "Be"
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard  AUS 3 "Live in Adelaide '19", "Live in Paris '19", "Chunky Shrapnel"
2 Taylor Swift  US 21 "Lover", "Folklore"
Luke Combs 10 "What You See Is What You Get", "This One's for You"
Powderfinger  AUS 4 "Odyssey Number Five", "Unreleased (1998–2010)"
Paul Kelly 3 "Songs from the South: 1985–2019", "Please Leave Your Light On"
Vika and Linda "'Akilotoa", "Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso)"
Travis Scott  US 2 "JackBoys", "Astroworld"
The Smith Street Band  AUS "Live at the Triffid", "Don't Waste Your Anger"
Cold Chisel "Blood Moon", "East"
Chillinit "The Octagon", "Full Circle"

See also

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