The following lists the top 50 singles of 1988 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart. These were the first End of Year singles charts created by ARIA, it had started producing its own charts from mid-1988. ARIA had previously used the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
