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

DateAlbumArtistRef.
7 JanuaryThe Truth About LovePink
14 JanuaryUnorthodox JukeboxBruno Mars
21 JanuaryUnorthodox JukeboxBruno Mars
28 JanuaryUnorthodox JukeboxBruno Mars
4 FebruaryFlumeFlume
11 FebruaryMy Head Is an AnimalOf Monsters and Men
18 FebruaryHoly FireFoals
25 FebruaryPush the Sky AwayNick Cave and the Bad Seeds
4 MarchZionHillsong United
11 MarchMarch FiresBirds of Tokyo
18 MarchWhat About NowBon Jovi
25 MarchThe 20/20 ExperienceJustin Timberlake
1 AprilThe 20/20 ExperienceJustin Timberlake
8 AprilSempiternalBring Me the Horizon
15 AprilParamoreParamore
22 AprilTo Be LovedMichael Bublé
29 AprilTo Be LovedMichael Bublé
6 MayTo Be LovedMichael Bublé
13 MayTo Be LovedMichael Bublé
20 MayTo Be LovedMichael Bublé
27 MayRandom Access MemoriesDaft Punk
3 JuneRandom Access MemoriesDaft Punk
10 June...Like ClockworkQueens of the Stone Age
17 JuneDeparturesBernard Fanning
24 JuneYeezusKanye West
1 JulyMore Than a DreamHarrison Craig
8 JulyCircus in the SkyBliss n Eso
15 JulyMore Than a DreamHarrison Craig
22 JulyThe Truth About LovePink
29 JulyAsymmetryKarnivool
5 AugustThe Truth About LovePink
12 AugustThe Truth About LovePink
19 AugustAtlasRÜFÜS
26 AugustHarlequin DreamBoy & Bear
2 SeptemberParadise ValleyJohn Mayer
9 SeptemberThe Truth About LovePink
16 SeptemberAMArctic Monkeys
23 SeptemberFuseKeith Urban
30 SeptemberMechanical BullKings of Leon
7 OctoberPure HeroineLorde
14 OctoberBangerzMiley Cyrus
21 OctoberLightning BoltPearl Jam
28 OctoberTriple J Like a Version 9Various artists
4 NovemberPrismKaty Perry
11 NovemberThe Marshall Mathers LP 2Eminem
18 NovemberThe Marshall Mathers LP 2Eminem
25 NovemberDami ImDami Im
2 DecemberMidnight MemoriesOne Direction
9 DecemberTaylor HendersonTaylor Henderson
16 DecemberChristmasMichael Bublé
23 DecemberChristmasMichael Bublé
30 DecemberChristmasMichael Bublé

Number-one artists