The following is an independently list of the best-selling albums in Italy. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) or related publishers does not provide an official list but news and mainstream media usually have provided albums sales claims.
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It is estimated that the best-selling album of all time in Italy is La vita è adesso (1985) by Claudio Baglioni which remained for 27 consecutive weeks in first place in Superclassifica TV Sorrisi e Canzoni,[1] from 16 June 1985 to 12 January 1986 (a record that still stands today) and a total of 90 weeks (18 months) in the top ten with more than 3,800,000 copies sold.
The best-selling album in the world by an Italian is Andrea Bocelli's Romanza, with estimated 17 million copies (800,000 in Italy).[2] The best selling foreign album in Italy is estimated to be True Blue by Madonna with 1.5 million copies.[3][4]
Best-selling albums of all-time in Italy
edit1 million or more copies
editYear | Artist | Album | Sales | Notes |
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1985 | Claudio Baglioni | La vita è adesso | 4,000,000 | [5] |
1989 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Oro Incenso & Birra | 2,025,000 | [6][7] |
1998 | Mina, Adriano Celentano | Mina Celentano | 2,000,000 | [8] |
1999 | Adriano Celentano | Io non so parlar d'amore | 1,825,000 | [9][7] |
1973 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | 1,900,000 | [10] |
1981 | Claudio Baglioni | Strada facendo | 1,850,000 | [10][11][12] |
1996 | Lucio Dalla | Canzoni | 1,800,000 | [13] |
1999 | Lunapop | ...Squérez? | 1,625,000 | [14][7] |
1995 | Claudio Baglioni | Io sono qui | 1,500,000 | [10] |
1979 | Julio Iglesias | Innamorarsi Alla Mia Età | 1,500,000 | [15] |
1986 | Madonna | True Blue | 1,500,000 | [4][3] |
1972 | Claudio Baglioni | Questo piccolo grande amore | 1,500,000 | [16] |
1987 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Blue's | 1,500,000 | [17] |
1988 | Antonello Venditti | In questo mondo di ladri | 1,500,000 | [18] |
1990 | Lucio Dalla | Cambio | 1,500,000 | [19] |
1996 | Eros Ramazzotti | Dove c'è musica | 1,500,000 | [20] |
2000 | Adriano Celentano | Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno | 1,500,000 | [9] |
1991 | Antonello Venditti | Benvenuti in paradiso | 1,400,000 | [21] |
1992 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Miserere | 1,400,000 | [22] |
1993 | 883 | Nord Sud Ovest Est | 1,300,000 | [23] |
1995 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Spirito DiVino | 1,300,000 | [24] |
1986 | Eros Ramazzotti | Nuovi eroi | 1,300,000 | [25] |
1981 | Renato Zero | Artide Antartide | 1,300,000 | [26] |
2004 | Vasco Rossi | Buoni o cattivi | 1,250,000 | [27][7] |
1998 | Renato Zero | Amore Dopo Amore | 1,200,000 | [28] |
1980 | Renato Zero | Tregua | 1,200,000 | [29] |
2005 | Eros Ramazzotti | Calma apparente | 1,200,000 | [30] |
1996 | Zucchero Fornaciari | The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits | 1,100,000 | [31] |
2000 | The Beatles | 1 | 1,100,000 | [32][7] |
2003 | Eros Ramazzotti | 9 | 1,100,000 | [33] |
1997 | Ligabue | Su e giù da un palco | 1,060,000 | [34][7] |
1982 | Franco Battiato | La voce del padrone | 1,050,000 | [35][7] |
1986 | Lucio Dalla | DallAmeriCaruso | 1,030,000 | [36][7] |
1986 | Claudio Baglioni | Assolo | 1,030,000 | [37] |
1992 | Whitney Houston / Various artists | The Bodyguard | 1,025,000 | [38][7] |
1993 | Vasco Rossi | Gli spari sopra | 1,025,000 | [39][7] |
1995 | Ligabue | Buon Compleanno Elvis | 1,025,000 | [40][7] |
1977 | Amanda Lear | I Am a Photograph | 1,000,000 | [41] |
1977 | Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever | 1,000,000 | [42] |
1984 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | 1,000,000 | [43] |
1982 | Claudio Baglioni | Alé Oó | 1,000,000 | [44] |
1984 | Madonna | Like a Virgin | 1,000,000[a] | [46] |
1987 | Michael Jackson | Bad | 1,000,000 | [47] |
1988 | Lucio Dalla | Dalla/Morandi | 1,000,000 | [48] |
1990 | Eros Ramazzotti | In ogni senso | 1,000,000 | [49] |
1991 | Marco Masini | Malinconoia | 1,000,000 | [50] |
1992 | Luca Carboni | Carboni | 1,000,000 | [51] |
1993 | Eros Ramazzotti | Tutte storie | 1,000,000 | [52] |
1995 | Antonello Venditti | Prendilo tu questo frutto amaro | 1,000,000 | [53] |
1997 | Pino Daniele | Dimmi cosa succede sulla terra | 1,000,000 | [54] |
1998 | Pino Daniele | Yes I know my way | 1,000,000 | [54] |
1998 | Vasco Rossi | Canzoni per me | 1,000,000 | [55] |
1998 | Zucchero Fornaciari | BlueSugar | 1,000,000 | [56] |
1979 | Rockets | Galaxy | 1,000,000 | [57] |
See also
edit- List of certified albums in Italy (best selling albums in Italy since 2009)
- List of best-selling singles in Italy
- List of best-selling albums
- Italian estimated best-selling music artists
Notes
edit- ^ In Italy, Like a Virgin received a platinum award for the sales of 500,000 copies in 1986.[45] The following year, it received an additional platinum with the same level-requeriments (making a total of 1 million certified units) despite that for new releases, a platinum was equivalent to 200,000 copies at that time.
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Romanza'sold 17 million copies worldwide
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dall'indimenticato"Bodyguard" che in Italia vendette oltre un milione di copie.
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tra gli oggetti spariti dall' abitazione c'erano anche il disco d'oro per le 200 mila copie vendutre di plasteroid e il disco di platino per il milione di copie dellalbum galaxy