List of best-selling albums in Italy

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Claudio Baglioni in 1985

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

1 million or more copies

YearArtistAlbumSalesNotes
1985 Claudio Baglioni La vita è adesso4,000,000 [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'amore1,825,000 [9] [7]
1973 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 1,900,000 [10]
1981 Claudio Baglioni Strada facendo1,850,000 [10] [11] [12]
1996 Lucio Dalla Canzoni1,800,000 [13]
1999 Lunapop ...Squérez?1,625,000 [14] [7]
1995 Claudio Baglioni Io sono qui1,500,000 [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 amore1,500,000 [16]
1987 Zucchero Fornaciari Blue's 1,500,000 [17]
1988Antonello VendittiIn questo mondo di ladri1,500,000 [18]
1990Lucio DallaCambio1,500,000 [19]
1996 Eros Ramazzotti Dove c'è musica 1,500,000 [20]
2000Adriano Celentano Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno 1,500,000 [9]
1991 Antonello Venditti Benvenuti in paradiso1,400,000 [21]
1992Zucchero Fornaciari Miserere 1,400,000 [22]
1993883Nord Sud Ovest Est1,300,000 [23]
1995Zucchero Fornaciari Spirito DiVino 1,300,000 [24]
1986 Eros Ramazzotti Nuovi eroi 1,300,000 [25]
1981 Renato Zero Artide Antartide1,300,000 [26]
2004 Vasco Rossi Buoni o cattivi 1,250,000 [27] [7]
1998 Renato Zero Amore Dopo Amore1,200,000 [28]
1980 Renato Zero Tregua1,200,000 [29]
2005Eros RamazzottiCalma apparente1,200,000 [30]
1996Zucchero FornaciariThe Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits1,100,000 [31]
2000 The Beatles 1 1,100,000 [32] [7]
2003Eros Ramazzotti91,100,000 [33]
1997 Ligabue Su e giù da un palco1,060,000 [34] [7]
1982 Franco Battiato La voce del padrone1,050,000 [35] [7]
1986Lucio DallaDallAmeriCaruso1,030,000 [36] [7]
1986 Claudio Baglioni Assolo1,030,000 [37]
1992 Whitney Houston / Various artists The Bodyguard 1,025,000 [38] [7]
1993Vasco RossiGli spari sopra1,025,000 [39] [7]
1995LigabueBuon Compleanno Elvis1,025,000 [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 Oó1,000,000 [44]
1984 Madonna Like a Virgin 1,000,000 [lower-alpha 1] [46]
1987 Michael Jackson Bad 1,000,000 [47]
1988 Lucio Dalla Dalla/Morandi1,000,000 [48]
1990 Eros Ramazzotti In ogni senso 1,000,000 [49]
1991 Marco Masini Malinconoia1,000,000 [50]
1992 Luca Carboni Carboni1,000,000 [51]
1993 Eros Ramazzotti Tutte storie 1,000,000 [52]
1995Antonello Venditti Prendilo tu questo frutto amaro 1,000,000 [53]
1997 Pino Daniele Dimmi cosa succede sulla terra1,000,000 [54]
1998Pino Daniele Yes I know my way 1,000,000 [54]
1998Vasco RossiCanzoni per me1,000,000 [55]
1998Zucchero FornaciariBlueSugar1,000,000 [56]
1979 Rockets Galaxy 1,000,000 [57]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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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