ARIA Award for Highest-Selling Album explained

ARIA Award for Highest-Selling Album
Presenter:	Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Country:	Australia
Year:	1987
Year2:	2011

The ARIA Music Award for Highest-Selling Album was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards. It was presented from 1987 through to 2011.^[1]

John Farnham holds the record for the most wins, at five (1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999) as well as his involvement in The Australian Cast Recording win in 1993.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.

Year	Winner(s)	Album title
1987
	John Farnham	Whispering Jack
	Dragon	Dreams of Ordinary Men
	Tim Finn	Big Canoe
	Icehouse	Measure for Measure
	Rodney Rude	Rude Rides Again
	Spy V Spy	A.O. Mod. TV. Vers.
	Kevin Bloody Wilson	Kev's Back
1988	Icehouse	Man of Colours
1989
	John Farnham	Age of Reason
	The Comedy Company	The Comedy Company Album
	Crowded House	Temple of Low Men
	1927	...ish
	Kylie Minogue	Kylie
	Various Artists	Australia All Over Vol. 2
1990	Johnny Diesel	Johnny Diesel and the Injectors
1991	John Farnham	Chain Reaction
1992
	Jimmy Barnes	Soul Deep
	Cold Chisel	Chisel
	Crowded House	Woodface
	Ratcat	Blind Love
	Noiseworks	Love Versus Money
	John Farnham	Full House
1993
	Australian Cast Recording	Jesus Christ Superstar
	Diesel	Hepfidelity
		Form 1 Planet
	Noiseworks	Greatest Hits
	Wendy Matthews	Lily
	Hoodoo Gurus	Electric Soup/Gorilla Biscuit
1994
	John Farnham	Then Again...
		Flesh and Wood
	The Black Sorrows	The Chosen Ones - Greatest Hits
	Wendy Matthews	Lily
		The Silver Jubilee Album
1995
	The Twelfth Man	Wired World of Sports II
		Don't Ask
		Get On Board
	The Cruel Sea	Three Legged Dog
		The Witness Tree
1996
	Tina Arena	Don't Ask
		True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson
		The Brown Album
	Merril Bainbridge	The Garden
		A Million Year Girl
1997
	Crowded House	Recurring Dream
	Jimmy Barnes	Barnes Hits Anthology
	John Farnham	Romeo's Heart
	Powderfinger	Double Allergic
	Savage Garden	Savage Garden
1998
	Savage Garden	Savage Garden
	John Farnham
	Midnight Oil	20,000 Watt R.S.L.
	The Twelfth Man	Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
	Tina Arena	In Deep
1999
	John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow	Highlights from The Main Event
	Cold Chisel	The Last Wave of Summer
	Natalie Imbruglia	Left of the Middle
	Regurgitator	Unit
	The Living End	The Living End
2000
	Savage Garden	Affirmation
	Bardot	Bardot
	Killing Heidi	Reflector
	Taxiride	Imaginate
	Vanessa Amorosi	The Power
2001
	Powderfinger	Odyssey Number Five
	John Farnham
	Kylie Minogue	Light Years
	Savage Garden	Affirmation
	Slim Dusty	Looking Forward Looking Back
2002
	Kylie Minogue	Fever
	Alex Lloyd	Watching Angels Mend
	Kasey Chambers	Barricades & Brickwalls
	Nikki Webster	Follow Your Heart
	The Twelfth Man	The Final Dig?
2003
	Delta Goodrem	Innocent Eyes
	John Farnham	The Last Time
	Kasey Chambers	Barricades & Brickwalls
	Powderfinger	Vulture Street
	Silverchair	Diorama
2004
	Delta Goodrem	Innocent Eyes
	Guy Sebastian	Just as I Am
	Jet	Get Born
	Pete Murray	Feeler
	Shannon Noll	That's What I'm Talking About
2005
	Missy Higgins	The Sound of White
	Anthony Callea	Anthony Callea
	Casey Donovan	For You
	Delta Goodrem	Mistaken Identity
	Guy Sebastian	Beautiful Life
2006
	Human Nature
	Bernard Fanning	Teas and Sympathy
	Pete Murray	See the Sun
	Rogue Traders	Here Come the Drums
	The Veronicas	The Secret Life Of...
2007
	Damien Leith	The Winner's Journey
	Missy Higgins	On a Clear Night
	Human Nature
	Silverchair	Young Modern
	The Twelfth Man	Boned!
2008
	Delta Goodrem	Delta
	David Campbell	The Swing Sessions 2
	Guy Sebastian	The Memphis Album
	The Veronicas	Hook Me Up
	Tina Arena	Songs of Love & Loss
2009
	AC/DC	Black Ice
	Empire of the Sun	Walking on a Dream
	Hilltop Hoods	State of the Art
	Jessica Mauboy	Been Waiting
	The Presets	Apocalypso
2010
	No award given
2011
	Altiyan Childs	Altiyan Childs
	Angus & Julia Stone	Down the Way
	Birds of Tokyo	Birds of Tokyo
	Keith Urban	Get Closer
	Various Artists	He Will Have His Way

Notes and References

1. Web site: Highest Selling Album. ARIA. 26 July 2020.