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.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5]

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Michael Bublé's (left) To Be Loved tied with Pink's (right) The Truth About Love as the longest-running number-one album of the year.[1]

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

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2013.

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Ref.
7 January	The Truth About Love	Pink	[4]
14 January	Unorthodox Jukebox	Bruno Mars	[6]
21 January
28 January
4 February	Flume	Flume	[7]
11 February	My Head Is an Animal	Of Monsters and Men	[8]
18 February	Holy Fire	Foals	[9]
25 February	Push the Sky Away	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	[10]
4 March	Zion	Hillsong United	[11]
11 March	March Fires	Birds of Tokyo	[12]
18 March	What About Now	Bon Jovi	[13]
25 March	The 20/20 Experience	Justin Timberlake	[14]
1 April
8 April	Sempiternal	Bring Me the Horizon	[15]
15 April	Paramore	Paramore	[16]
22 April	To Be Loved	Michael Bublé	[1]
29 April
6 May
13 May
20 May
27 May	Random Access Memories	Daft Punk	[17]
3 June
10 June	...Like Clockwork	Queens of the Stone Age	[18]
17 June	Departures	Bernard Fanning	[19]
24 June	Yeezus	Kanye West	[20]
1 July	More Than a Dream	Harrison Craig	[21]
8 July	Circus in the Sky	Bliss n Eso	[22]
15 July	More Than a Dream	Harrison Craig	[21]
22 July	The Truth About Love	Pink	[4]
29 July	Asymmetry	Karnivool	[23]
5 August	The Truth About Love	Pink	[4]
12 August
19 August	Atlas	RÜFÜS	[24]
26 August	Harlequin Dream	Boy & Bear	[25]
2 September	Paradise Valley	John Mayer	[26]
9 September	The Truth About Love	Pink	[4]
16 September	AM	Arctic Monkeys	[27]
23 September	Fuse	Keith Urban	[28]
30 September	Mechanical Bull	Kings of Leon	[29]
7 October	Pure Heroine	Lorde	[30]
14 October	Bangerz	Miley Cyrus	[31]
21 October	Lightning Bolt	Pearl Jam	[32]
28 October	Triple J Like a Version 9	Various artists	[33]
4 November	Prism	Katy Perry	[34]
11 November	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	Eminem	[35]
18 November
25 November	Dami Im	Dami Im	[36]
2 December	Midnight Memories	One Direction	[37]
9 December	Taylor Henderson	Taylor Henderson	[38]
16 December	Christmas	Michael Bublé	[3]
23 December
30 December

Number-one artists

Position	Country	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	CAN	Michael Bublé	8
2	US	Pink	5
3	US	Bruno Mars	3
4	FRA	Daft Punk	2
4	AUS	Harrison Craig	2
4	US	Justin Timberlake	2
4	US	Eminem	2
5	AUS	Flume	1
5	ISL	Of Monsters and Men	1
5	UK	Foals	1
5	AUS	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	1
5	AUS	Hillsong United	1
5	AUS	Birds of Tokyo	1
5	US	Bon Jovi	1
5	UK	Bring Me the Horizon	1
5	US	Paramore	1
5	US	Queens of the Stone Age	1
5	AUS	Bernard Fanning	1
5	US	Kanye West	1
5	AUS	Bliss n Eso	1
5	AUS	Karnivool	1
5	AUS	RÜFÜS	1
5	AUS	Boy & Bear	1
5	US	John Mayer	1
5	UK	Arctic Monkeys	1
5	AUS	Keith Urban	1
5	US	Kings of Leon	1
5	NZ	Lorde	1
5	US	Miley Cyrus	1
5	US	Pearl Jam	1
5	US	Katy Perry	1
5	AUS	Dami Im	1
5	UK  IRL	One Direction	1
5	AUS	Taylor Henderson	1

See also

• 2013 in music
• ARIA Charts
• List of number-one singles of 2013 (Australia)
• List of Top 25 albums for 2013 in Australia

References

1. "Michael Bublé – To Be Loved". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
2. "How are the ARIA Charts prepared each week?". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 26 February 2012.
3. "Michael Bublé – Christmas". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
4. "Pink – The Truth About Love". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
5. List of artists who achieved their first number-one album in Australia:
   • Bruno Mars: "Discography Bruno Mars". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Flume: "Discography Flume". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Of Monsters and Men: "Discography Of Monsters and Men". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Foals: "Discography Foals". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: "Discography Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Birds of Tokyo: "Discography Birds of Tokyo". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Daft Punk: "Discography Daft Punk". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Queens of the Stone Age: "Discography Queens of the Stone Age". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Kanye West: "Discography Kanye West". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Harrison Craig: "Discography Harrison Craig". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Karnivool: "Discography Karnivool". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • RÜFÜS: "Discography RÜFÜS". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Boy & Bear: "Discography Boy & Bear". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Lorde: "Discography Lorde". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Dami Im: "Discography Dami Im". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
   • Taylor Henderson: "Discography Taylor Henderson". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
6. "Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
7. "Flume – Flume (Album)". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
8. "Of Monsters And Men – My Head Is an Animal". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
9. "Foals – Holy Fire". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
10. "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
11. "Hillsong United – Zion". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
12. "Birds of Tokyo – March Fires". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
13. "Bon Jovi – What About Now". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
14. "Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
15. "Bring Me the Horizon – Sempiternal". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
16. "Paramore – Paramore". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
17. "Daft Punk – Random Access Memories". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
18. "Queens of the Stone Age – ...Like Clockwork". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
19. "Bernard Fanning – Departures". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
20. "Kanye West – Yeezus". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
21. "Harrison Craig – More Than a Dream". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
22. "Bliss N Eso – Circus in the Sky". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
23. "Karnivool – Asymmetry". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
24. "RÜFÜS – Atlas". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
25. "Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
26. "John Mayer – Paradise Valley". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
27. "Arctic Monkeys – AM". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
28. "Keith Urban – Fuse". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
29. "Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
30. "Lorde – Pure Heroine". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
31. "Miley Cyrus – Bangerz". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
32. "Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
33. "Various artists – Triple J Like a Version 9". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
34. "Katy Perry – Prism". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
35. "Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
36. "Dami Im – Dami Im". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
37. "One Direction – Midnight Memories". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
38. "Taylor Henderson – Taylor Henderson". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 December 2013.