List of Top 25 albums for 2009 in Australia

The following lists the Top 25 albums of 2009 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart.[1][2]

# Title Artist Highest pos. reached weeks at No. 1
1. I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle 1 11[nb 1]
2. Funhouse Pink 1 9[nb 2]
3. The E.N.D. The Black Eyed Peas 1 3[nb 3]
4. Fearless Taylor Swift 2
5. It's Not Me, It's You Lily Allen 1 3[nb 4]
6. Crazy Love Michael Bublé 1 3[nb 5]
7. Only By the Night Kings of Leon 1 14[nb 6]
8. The Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson 1 7[nb 7]
9. The Fame Lady Gaga 3
10. I Am... Sasha Fierce Beyoncé 3
11. Twilight Soundtrack 2
12. State of the Art Hilltop Hoods 1 2[10]
13. Number Ones Michael Jackson 2
14. Cradlesong Rob Thomas 3
15. The Movie Miley Cyrus 6
16. Dark Horse Nickelback 3
17. Relapse Eminem 1 2[11]
18. Walking on a Dream Empire of the Sun 1 3[12]
19. 21st Century Breakdown Green Day 2
20. Been Waiting Jessica Mauboy 11
21. Greatest Hits Foo Fighters 1 1[13]
22. My Dream - Mio Visione Mark Vincent 2
23. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay 1 4[nb 8]
24. I'm Not Dead Pink 1 2[nb 9]
25. The Resistance Muse 1 1[16]

Peak chart positions from 2009 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 100 albums for each week during 2009.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ I Dreamed a Dream debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 in December 2009 for four weeks, and continued into January and February 2010.[3] As of week ending 14 February 2010, it is still #1.[3]
  2. ^ Funhouse debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 charts in November 2008, for a total stay of nine weeks.[4] It was still #1 for the first week of 2009 and, as from February 2010, has continuously remained in the top 20 for 67 weeks.[4]
  3. ^ The E.N.D. debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 charts in June 2009 for a week, it returned to #1 for a total of three separate weeks.[5] As of February 2010, it has continuously remained in the top 10 for 35 weeks.[5]
  4. ^ It's Not Me, It's You debuted at #1 in late February 2009 for two weeks, it returned to #1 in April.[6] As of February 2010, it has continuously remained in the Top 50 for 52 weeks.[6]
  5. ^ Crazy Love debuted at #1 in late October 2009 for three weeks.[7] As of February 2010, it has continuously remained in the Top 10 for 17 weeks.[7]
  6. ^ Only By the Night peaked at #1 in October 2008 for four weeks, it returned to #1 for six weeks from January 2009 and again for four more weeks from late March.[8] As of January 2010, it has been in the Top 50 for a total of 62 weeks.[8]
  7. ^ The Essential Michael Jackson peaked at #12 in August 2005 and re-entered the Top 50 five more times, it peaked at #1 in July 2009 for seven weeks.[9] It had been in the Top 50 for a total of 40 weeks.[9]
  8. ^ Viva La Vida debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 in June 2008 for four weeks.[14] It remained in the Top 50 for a total of 57 weeks.[14]
  9. ^ I'm Not Dead debuted at #9 on the ARIA Top 50 in April 2006, it peaked at #1 in October for one week and again in June 2007 for a second week.[15] As from January 2010, it has been in the Top 50 for a total of 163 weeks.[15]

References

  1. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2009". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2009.htm. Retrieved 26 September 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=&cat=a. Retrieved 26 September 2009. 
  3. ^ a b "Susan Boyle - I Dreamed a Dream". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Susan+Boyle&titel=I+Dreamed+A+Dream&cat=a. Retrieved 12 February 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "Pink - Funhouse". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=P!nk&titel=Funhouse&cat=a. Retrieved 12 February 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Black+Eyed+Peas&titel=The+E.N.D.&cat=a. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 
  6. ^ a b "Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lily+Allen&titel=It%27s+Not+Me%2C+It%27s+You&cat=a. Retrieved 12 February 2010. 
  7. ^ a b "Michael Bublé - Crazy Love". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Michael+Bubl%E9&titel=Crazy+Love&cat=a. Retrieved 12 February 2010. 
  8. ^ a b "Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kings+Of+Leon&titel=Only+By+The+Night&cat=a. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  9. ^ a b "Michael Jackson - The Essential". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Michael+Jackson&titel=The+Essential&cat=a. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  10. ^ "Hilltop Hoods - State of the Art". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Hilltop+Hoods&titel=State+Of+The+Art&cat=a. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  11. ^ "Eminem - Relapse". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eminem&titel=Relapse&cat=a. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  12. ^ "Pete Murray - See the Sun". Australian Charts Portal. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Pete+Murray&titel=See+The+Sun&cat=a. Retrieved 27 Semptember 2009. 
  13. ^ "Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Foo+Fighters&titel=Greatest+Hits&cat=a. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  14. ^ a b "Coldplay - Viva la vida Or Death And All His Friends". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Coldplay&titel=Viva+la+vida+Or+Death+And+All+His+Friends&cat=a. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  15. ^ a b "Bernard Fanning - Tea & Sympathy". Australian Charts Portal. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bernard+Fanning&titel=Tea+%26+Sympathy&cat=a. Retrieved 26 September 2009. 
  16. ^ "Muse - The Resistance". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Muse&titel=The+Resistance&cat=a. Retrieved 5 January 2010.