List of top 25 albums for 1991 in Australia

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These are the top 25 albums of 1991 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. Rise Daryl Braithwaite 3
2. Vagabond Heart Rod Stewart 1 1[3]
3. Greatest Hits Eurythmics 1 7[4]
4. Unforgettable... with Love Natalie Cole 1 6[5]
5. Two Fires Jimmy Barnes 1 5[nb 1]
6. Mariah Carey Mariah Carey 6
7. In Concert The Three Tenors 1 2[nb 2]
8. The Immaculate Collection Madonna 1 5[nb 3]
9. Grease Motion Picture Soundtrack 1 13[nb 4]
10. Joyride Roxette 2
11. The Very Best of Elton John Elton John 1 1[nb 5]
12. Out of Time R.E.M. 4
13. Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson 1 4[nb 6]
14. Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection Billy Joel 1 1[13]
15. Twin Peaks Soundtrack 1 1[14]
16. Dreamland Black Box 1 3[nb 7]
17. Gonna Make You Sweat C & C Music Factory 7
18. Use Your Illusion II Guns N' Roses 1 3[nb 8]
19. Chain Reaction John Farnham 1 5[nb 9]
20. Home Hothouse Flowers 1 1[18]
21. Harley and Rose The Black Sorrows 3
22. Southern Sons Southern Sons 5
23. Waking Up the Neighbours Bryan Adams 1 4[19]
24. House of Hope Toni Childs 4
25. On Every Street Dire Straits 1 1[20]
26. MCMXC a.D. Enigma 2
27. Serious Hits... Live! Phil Collins 5
28. Metallica Metallica 1 1
29. Achtung Baby U2 1 1
30. Into the Light Gloria Estefan 9
31. Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael 5
32. Use Your Illusion I Guns N' Roses 2
33. Soul Deep Jimmy Barnes 1 3
34. Wicked Game Chris Isaak 8
35. Blind Love Ratcat 1 3
36. Some People's Lives Bette Midler 7
37. Mama Said Lenny Kravitz 10
38. The Commitments Soundtrack 2
39. X INXS 1 2[nb 10]
40. Woodface Crowded House 2
41. The Razors Edge AC/DC 3
42. Love Versus Money Noiseworks 1 1
43. Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack 2[nb 11]
44. Émigré Wendy Matthews 11
45. Chisel Cold Chisel 3
46. Kinky Hoodoo Gurus 4
47. Dangerous Michael Jackson 1 4[nb 12]
48. All for One The Screaming Jets 2
49. Divinyls Divinyls 5
50. Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 4

Peak chart positions from 1991 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 50 albums for each week during 1991.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Two Fires peaked at #1 in September 1990 on the ARIA chart for four weeks and was still in the Top 50 during most of 1991, it returned to #1 for one week in June.[6]
  2. ^ In Concert peaked at #1 in 1990 on the ARIA chart for two weeks and was still in the Top 50 until October 1991, it returned for one week in January 1992.[7]
  3. ^ The Immaculate Collection peaked at #1 in December 1990 on the ARIA chart for three weeks, it returned to #1 for two weeks in mid-January and was still in the Top 50 until November 1991.[8] it returned Top 50 later in 1992 and again in 1993, 1994 and 1995.[8]
  4. ^ Grease peaked at #1 in 1978 on the Kent Music Report for nine weeks.[9] It appeared on the ARIA chart from May 1991 and peaked at #1 for three weeks, it returned to #1 for one week in August 1998.[10]
  5. ^ The Very Best of Elton John first entered the ARIA charts in November 1990 and peaked at #1 in January 1991 for one week.[11] It was continuously in the Top 50 until May 1991, it returned later in 1991 and again in 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2002.[11] Its total time in the Top 50 was 51 weeks.[11]
  6. ^ Rhythm Nation 1814 first entered the ARIA charts in October 1989, it left the Top 50 in December.[12] It returned to the Top 50 in September 1990 and peaked at #1 in early 1991 for four weeks.[12] Its total time in the Top 50 was 41 weeks.[12]
  7. ^ Dreamland first entered the ARIA charts in May 1990, it left the Top 50 in July.[15] It returned to the Top 50 in February 1991 and peaked at #1 in March 1991 for three weeks.[15] Its total time in the Top 50 was 34 weeks.[15]
  8. ^ Use Your Illusion II debuted on the ARIA charts at #1 in September 1991 and remained at the top spot for three weeks.[16] It left the Top 50 in May 1992, but returned in September and remained until May 1993.[16] Its total time in the Top 50 was 62 weeks.[16]
  9. ^ Chain Reaction debuted on the ARIA charts at #1 in October 1990 and was at the top spot for a total of five weeks.[17] It remained in the Top 50 during 1991 until June for a total time of 36 weeks.[17]
  10. ^ X debuted on the ARIA charts at #1 in October 1990 and remained at the top spot for two weeks.[21] It left the Top 50 in June 1991.[21] Its total time in the Top 50 was 34 weeks.[21]
  11. ^ Phantom of the Opera first entered the ARIA charts in September 1988 and peaked at #1 in May 1989 for one week.[22] It remained in the Top 50 for a total time of 81 weeks, including 24 weeks in 1991 and 10 returning weeks.[22]
  12. ^ Dangerous peaked at #1 in December 1991 and remained in the top position until January 1992.[23] It left the Top 50 in October 1992, returning for one week in November 1992, 28 weeks in March 1993, and 6 weeks in July 2009 after Jackson's passing. This marks a total of 81 weeks in the Top 50.[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1991". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Rod Stewart – Vagabond Heart". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Eurythmics – Greatest Hits". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  5. ^ "Natalie Cole – Unforgettable". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Barnes – Two Fires". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  7. ^ "The Three Tenors – In Concert". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  8. ^ a b "Madonna – The Immaculate Collection". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  9. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  10. ^ "Soundtrack – Grease". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  11. ^ a b c "Elton John – The Very Best of Elton John". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  12. ^ a b c "Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  13. ^ "Billy Joel – Souvenir". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  14. ^ "Twin Peaks Soundtrack". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  15. ^ a b c "Black Box – Dreamland". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  16. ^ a b c "Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion II". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  17. ^ a b "John Farnham – Chain Reaction". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  18. ^ "Hothouse Flowers – Home". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  19. ^ "Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  20. ^ "Dire Straits – On Every Street". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  21. ^ a b c "INXS – X". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  22. ^ a b "Musical / Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Phantom of the Opera – Original Cast Recording". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Michael Jackson – Dangerous". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 25 August 2018.