These are the top 25 albums of 2008 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. | Only by the Night | 1 | 14 | ||
| 2. | Funhouse | 1 | 9[3] | ||
| 3. | Black Ice | 1 | 1[4] | ||
| 4. | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 1 | 4[5] | ||
| 5. | Apocalypso | 1 | 1[6] | ||
| 6. | Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack | Soundtrack | 1 | 5[7] | |
| 7. | Exclusive | 5 | |||
| 8. | Death Magnetic | 1 | 1[8] | ||
| 9. | Good Girl Gone Bad | 2 | |||
| 10. | We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. | 3 | |||
| 11. | Sleep Through the Static | 1 | 6[9] | ||
| 12. | The Fame | 4 | |||
| 13. | Lessons to Be Learned | 2 | |||
| 14. | Spirit | 1 | 1[10] | ||
| 15. | Dark Horse | 3 | |||
| 16. | Oracular Spectacular | 6 | |||
| 17. | Hook Me Up | 2 | |||
| 18. | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Soundtrack | 4 | ||
| 19. | Breakout | 1 | 1[11] | ||
| 20. | Waltzing Matilda | 1 | 2[12] | ||
| 21. | Gurrumul | 3 | |||
| 22. | Unessential Listening | 4 | |||
| 23. | The Promise | 5 | |||
| 24. | Back to Black | 4 | |||
| 25. | Circus | 3 |
Peak chart positions for 2008 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 2008.[2]