List of number-one albums of 2018 (Australia)

The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales of albums and EPs.^[1] In 2018, 25 albums have claimed the top spot, including Ed Sheeran's ÷, which spent 21 weeks at number one on the chart in 2017. Nine acts, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, J. Cole, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Sheppard, Amy Shark, Travis Scott, Twenty One Pilots and Bradley Cooper, achieved their first number-one album in Australia.

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Chart history

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2018.

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Ref.
1 January	÷	Ed Sheeran	[2]
8 January	The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various artists	[3]
15 January
22 January
29 January
5 February
12 February
19 February
26 February
5 March	Nation of Two	Vance Joy	[4]
12 March	÷	Ed Sheeran	[5]
19 March
26 March
2 April
9 April
16 April	Golden	Kylie Minogue	[6]
23 April	Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	[7]
30 April	KOD	J. Cole	[8]
7 May	Beerbongs & Bentleys	Post Malone	[9]
14 May	Reverence	Parkway Drive	[10]
21 May	Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino	Arctic Monkeys	[11]
28 May	Beerbongs & Bentleys	Post Malone	[12]
4 June	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes	[13]
11 June	Ye	Kanye West	[14]
18 June	Watching the Sky	Sheppard	[15]
25 June	Youngblood	5 Seconds of Summer	[16]
2 July	Pray for the Wicked	Panic! at the Disco	[17]
9 July	Scorpion	Drake	[18]
16 July
23 July	Love Monster	Amy Shark	[19]
30 July	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack	Various artists	[20]
6 August
13 August	Astroworld	Travis Scott	[21]
20 August	Scorpion	Drake	[22]
27 August	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	[23]
3 September	Misery	The Amity Affliction	[24]
10 September	Kamikaze	Eminem	[25]
17 September
24 September
1 October
8 October	Home	John Butler Trio	[26]
15 October	Trench	Twenty One Pilots	[27]
22 October	Nature	Paul Kelly	[28]
29 October	A Star Is Born	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper	[29]
5 November
12 November
19 November
26 November
3 December
10 December
17 December
24 December
31 December

Number-one artists

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Lady Gaga	10
1	Bradley Cooper	10
2	Ed Sheeran	6
3	Eminem	4
4	Drake	3
5	Post Malone	2
6	Vance Joy	1
6	Kylie Minogue	1
6	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	1
6	J. Cole	1
6	Parkway Drive	1
6	Arctic Monkeys	1
6	Shawn Mendes	1
6	Kanye West	1
6	Sheppard	1
6	5 Seconds of Summer	1
6	Panic! at the Disco	1
6	Amy Shark	1
6	Travis Scott	1
6	Ariana Grande	1
6	The Amity Affliction	1
6	John Butler Trio	1
6	Twenty One Pilots	1
6	Paul Kelly	1

See also

• 2018 in music
• List of number-one singles of 2018 (Australia)