The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1976. These were the best charting albums in Australia for 1976. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".
| Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Best of Abba | 1 | 16 | ||
| 2. | A Night on the Town | 1 | 10 | ||
| 3. | Abba | 3 | 11 (pkd #1 in 1975 & 76) | ||
| 4. | A Night at the Opera | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5. | Beautiful Noise | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6. | Arrival | 1 | 8 (pkd #1 in 1976 & 77) | ||
| 7. | Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) | 3 | |||
| 8. | Take It Greasy | 3 | |||
| 9. | Wings At the Speed of Sound | 2 | |||
| 10. | Howzat | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11. | Desire | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12. | Let's Stick Together | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13. | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell | 4 | |||
| 14. | Fleetwood Mac | 3 | |||
| 15. | T.N.T. | 2 | |||
| 16. | Piano Man | 14 | |||
| 17. | Atlantic Crossing | 1 | 2 (pkd #1 in 1975) | ||
| 18. | Marcia Shines | 4 | |||
| 19. | Changesonebowie | 8 | |||
| 20. | Blue For You | 3 | |||
| 21. | Black and Blue | 4 | |||
| 22. | Rock 'N' Roll Music | 4 | |||
| 23. | Chicago X | 3 | |||
| 24. | Kiss Alive | 13 | |||
| 25. | Frampton Comes Alive | 8 |
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 albums for each week.