List of best-selling albums by year in Italy

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This is a list of best-selling albums by year in Italy. The Federation of the Italian Music Industry began publishing year-end lists for album sales in 2000. The charts are based on the cumulative total sales collected during the year from January to December.

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The only albums by foreign artists to top the Italian year-end chart were 1 by The Beatles in 2000, and ÷ by Ed Sheeran in 2017. Vasco Rossi achieved five annual best-selling albums in Italy with the records Stupido hotel in 2001, Tracks in 2002, Buoni o cattivi in 2004, Vivere o niente in 2011 and Sono innocente in 2014. Other multiple toppers of the year-end chart were Eros Ramazzotti, whose albums 9 and e² were the best-selling records of 2003 and 2007, respectively, and Tiziano Ferro, which achieved the first position on the annual chart in 2009 with Alla mia età and in 2012 with L'amore è una cosa semplice . More recently, Luciano Ligabue had two annual best-selling albums in Italy, with Arrivederci, mostro! and Mondovisione being the best-selling album in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and Jovanotti achieved the same result with Safari (2008) and Lorenzo 2015 CC. (2015). The only album by a female solo artist to top the Italian annual albums chart was Laura Pausini's Io canto in 2007, while Mina achieved this result in duo with Adriano Celentano for their record Le migliori in 2016.

1980-1989

YearArtistAlbumNationalityPeak position
1980 Lucio Dalla DallaItaly1 [1]
1981 Dire Straits Making Movies United Kingdom1 [2]
1982 Claudio Baglioni Alè OòItaly1 [3]
1983 Michael Jackson Thriller United States1 [4]
1984 Vasco Rossi Va bene cosìItaly1
1985 Claudio Baglioni La vita è adessoItaly1 [5]
1986 Madonna True Blue United States1
1987 Zucchero Blue's Italy1
1988 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman United States1
1989 Zucchero Oro Incenso & Birra Italy1

1990-1999

YearArtistAlbumNationalityPeak position
1990 Claudio Baglioni Oltre Italy1 [6] [7]
1991 Antonello Venditti Benvenuti in paradisoItaly1
1992 Luca Carboni CarboniItaly1
1993 883 Nord Sud Ovest EstItaly1
1994 Pink Floyd The Division Bell United Kingdom1
1995 Claudio Baglioni Io sono quiItaly1 [8]
1996 Eros Ramazzotti Dove c'è musicaItaly1
1997 Andrea Bocelli RomanzaItaly1
1998 Mina & Adriano Celentano Mina CelentanoItaly1
1999 Adriano Celentano Io non so parlar d'amoreItaly1

2000–2009

YearArtistAlbumNationalityPeak position
2000 [9] The Beatles 1 United Kingdom1 (9 weeks) [10]
2001 [11] Vasco Rossi Stupido hotel Italy1 (11 weeks) [12]
2002 [13] Vasco Rossi Tracks Italy1 (9 weeks) [A]
2003 [14] Eros Ramazzotti 9 Italy1 (14 weeks) [15]
2004 [16] Vasco Rossi Buoni o cattivi Italy1 (15 weeks) [17]
2005 [18] Biagio Antonacci Convivendo parte 2 Italy1 (3 weeks) [19]
2006 [20] Laura Pausini Io canto Italy1 (8 weeks) [B]
2007 [21] Eros Ramazzotti e² Italy1 (3 weeks) [22]
2008 [23] Jovanotti Safari Italy1 (7 weeks) [24]
2009 [25] Tiziano Ferro Alla mia età Italy1 (3 weeks) [C]

2010–2019

YearArtistAlbumNationalityPeak position
2010 [26] Luciano Ligabue Arrivederci, mostro! Italy1 (9 weeks) [27]
2011 [28] Vasco Rossi Vivere o niente Italy1 (19 weeks) [29]
2012 [30] Tiziano Ferro L'amore è una cosa semplice Italy1 (5 weeks) [D]
2013 [31] Luciano Ligabue Mondovisione Italy1 (7 weeks) [E]
2014 [32] Vasco Rossi Sono innocente Italy1 (1 week) [33]
2015 [34] Jovanotti Lorenzo 2015 CC. Italy1 (4 weeks) [35]
2016 [36] Mina & Celentano Le migliori Italy1 (5 weeks) [F]
2017 [37] Ed Sheeran ÷ United Kingdom1 (2 weeks) [38]
2018 [39] Sfera Ebbasta Rockstar Italy1 (4 weeks) [40]
2019 [41] Ultimo Colpa delle favole Italy1 (5 weeks) [42]

2020−present

YearArtistAlbumNationalityPeak position
2020 [43] Marracash Persona Italy1 (6 weeks) [G]
2021 [44] Rkomi Taxi Driver Italy1 (6 weeks) [H]
2022 [45] Lazza Sirio Italy1 (18 weeks) [46]
2023 [47] Geolier Il coraggio dei bambini Italy1 (6 weeks) [48]

Vinyl albums

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was the best-selling vinyl album in Italy for five consecutive years, between 2017 and 2021, and for a sixth year in 2023. ROCK CONCERT. (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 42, 97.) - NARA - 553890.jpg
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was the best-selling vinyl album in Italy for five consecutive years, between 2017 and 2021, and for a sixth year in 2023.
YearArtistAlbumNationality
2015 [49] David Gilmour Rattle That Lock United Kingdom
2016 [36] David Bowie Blackstar United Kingdom
2017 [37] Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon United Kingdom
2018 [39] Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom
2019 [41] Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom
2020 [50] Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom
2021 [44] Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom
2022 [45] Harry Styles Harry's House United Kingdom
2023 [47] Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom

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