List of number-one albums of 2016 (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 the weekly physical and digital sales of albums and EPs. In 2016, 43 albums claimed the top spot, Adele's 25, and Disturbed's Immortalized already peaked at number one in 2015, and 13 acts achieved their first number-one album in Australia: The 1975, Matt Corby, Violent Soho, Zayn, Lukas Graham, Deftones, Drake, The Avalanches, Frank Ocean, A Day to Remember, Sticky Fingers, Jessica Mauboy and Illy.
spent the longest uninterrupted time at number-one with three weeks for , recorded for the miniseries in which she stars.
's 25 also topped the chart for three weeks, non-consecutively, in January.
Chart history
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. |
| 4 January | 25 | Adele | |
| 11 January | 25 | Adele | |
| 18 January | Blackstar | David Bowie | |
| 25 January | 25 | Adele | |
| 1 February | Bloom | RÜFÜS | |
| 8 February | This Is Acting | Sia | |
| 15 February | ' | Various artists | |
| 22 February | ' | Various artists | |
| 29 February | Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung | Hilltop Hoods | |
| 7 March | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It | The 1975 | |
| 14 March | Rising with the Sun | The Cat Empire | |
| 21 March | Telluric | Matt Corby | |
| 28 March | Waco | Violent Soho | |
| 4 April | Mind of Mine | Zayn | |
| 11 April | Lukas Graham | Lukas Graham | |
| 18 April | Gore | Deftones | |
| 25 April | Immortalized | Disturbed | |
| 2 May | Lemonade | Beyoncé | |
| 9 May | Views | Drake | |
| 16 May | Ripcord | Keith Urban | |
| 23 May | Ripcord | Keith Urban | |
| 30 May | Dangerous Woman | Ariana Grande | |
| 6 June | Skin | Flume | |
| 13 June | Soul Searchin | Jimmy Barnes | |
| 20 June | Thick as Thieves | The Temper Trap | |
| 27 June | The Getaway | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 4 July | The Getaway | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 11 July | Wings of the Wild | Delta Goodrem | |
| 18 July | Wildflower | The Avalanches | |
| 25 July | Youth Authority | Good Charlotte | |
| 1 August | ' | Human Nature | |
| 8 August | ' | Human Nature | |
| 15 August | Suicide Squad: The Album | Various artists | |
| 22 August | This Could Be Heartbreak | The Amity Affliction | |
| 29 August | Blonde | Frank Ocean | |
| 5 September | ' | Barbra Streisand | |
| 12 September | Bad Vibrations | A Day to Remember | |
| 19 September | Skeleton Tree | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | |
| 26 September | Backbone | Anthony Callea | |
| 3 October | Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea | Passenger | |
| 10 October | Westway | Sticky Fingers | |
| 17 October | Triple J's Like a Version Volume 12 | Various artists | |
| 24 October | ' | Jessica Mauboy | |
| 31 October | ' | Jessica Mauboy | |
| 7 November | Jessica Mauboy | ||
| 14 November | This House Is Not for Sale | Bon Jovi | |
| 21 November | Two Degrees | Illy | |
| 28 November | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | Metallica | |
| 5 December | Starboy | The Weeknd | |
| 12 December | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | |
| 19 December | Friends for Christmas | John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John | |
| 26 December | Friends for Christmas'' | John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John |