List of best-selling albums in Turkey

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The following is an independently list of best-selling albums in Turkey. This list can contain any types of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. The figures given do not take into account the resale of used albums or illegal copies (including in some external reports).

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To ensure the highest level of fact checking, sales figures are supported by reliable sources, for example: international music-related magazines such as Music & Media and Billboard , national newspapers or Turkish music organizations like Mü-Yap, an IFPI member which represents the music industry in the country. Other sales figures were provided by MESAM (from Turkish: Türkiye Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Meslek Birliği and in English: Musical Work Owners' Society of Turkey), a copyright collective music organization established in 1986. According to British ethnomusicologist Martin Stokes, the first efforts to establish official figures by MESAM took place in 1990. [1]

Various albums sold more than 1 million in Turkey; while all records with the mark of half-million and above are by Turkish artists, few albums have gone on to sell more than a million copies since the 2000s according to Yeni Akit . [2] Meanwhile, Mü-Yap have awarded many domestic artists with a Diamond certification since the award inauguration in 2003, signifying certified units of 300,000. Although many of these albums reached slightly higher actual sales according to their yearly reports.

Numerous acts have several entries, with İbrahim Tatlıses, Tarkan and Sezen Aksu having the highest claims with at least one release reaching 3 million units across the nation. Furthermore, Tarkan is one of the few artists with a release with more than a million copies sold in the country in both 20th and 21st centuries. Additionally, his album Aacayipsin (1994) sold two million domestic copies, including 450,000 units in its first 10 days, [3] Allah Allah-Hülya (1987) by İbrahim Tatlıses became one of the fastest-selling albums to reach the million mark, in a lapse of one and a half month according to Milliyet . [4]

Best-selling albums

Legend
silverStudio albums
blueExtended plays
purpleGreatest hits and compilations

More than 1 million

Ibrahim Tatlises is the best-selling artist in Turkey with 33 million copies sold of his records in the country. Ibrahim Tatlises (cropped).JPG
İbrahim Tatlıses is the best-selling artist in Turkey with 33 million copies sold of his records in the country.
Tarkan has sold more than 14 million copies of his albums in Turkey alone. Tarkan (8) (cropped).jpg
Tarkan has sold more than 14 million copies of his albums in Turkey alone.
YearArtistAlbumClaimed salesRef.
1985 İbrahim Tatlıses Mavi Mavi  [ tr ]3,200,000
3,100,000		 [6]
[5]
1997 Tarkan Ölürüm Sana 3,000,000
2,600,000		 [7] [8]
[5]
1991 Sezen Aksu Gülümse 3,000,000
2,500,000		 [9]
[6]
1990 Coşkun Sabah Beni Unutma-Aşığım Sana  [ tr ]2,800,000
2,700,000		 [6]
[5]
1984 Orhan Gencebay Dil Yarası  [ tr ]2,700,000
2,600,000		 [6]
[5]
1999 Barış Manço Mançoloji  [ tr ]2,600,000 [10]
1998 Mahsun Kırmızıgül Yıkılmadım  [ tr ]2,600,000 [5]
1994Tarkan Aacayipsin 2,000,000 [11] [12]
2003Tarkan Dudu 1,500,000 [13]
1994Mahsun Kırmızıgül12'den Vuracağım1,240,000 [14]
1987İbrahim Tatlıses Allah Allah-Hülya  [ tr ]1,000,000 [4]
2001 Hande Yener Sen Yoluna... Ben Yoluma... 1,000,000

Below 1 million (above 500,000)

YearArtistAlbumClaimed salesRef.
1989 Sezen Aksu Sezen Aksu Söylüyor  [ tr ]845,000 [1]
1989 İbrahim Tatlıses İnsanlar800,000 [1]
1989İbrahim Tatlıses İbrahim Tatlıses Klasikleri  [ tr ]724,000 [14]
1992 Tarkan Yine Sensiz 700,000
600,000		 [15]
[3]
2006 İsmail YK Bombabomba.com  [ tr ]540,000 [16]

Best-selling albums by international artists

Ricky Martin has the best-selling album by an international soloist in Turkey with Vuelve (180,000 copies). Ricky Martin 2010.jpg
Ricky Martin has the best-selling album by an international soloist in Turkey with Vuelve (180,000 copies).
Madonna has at least two albums with sales of 100,000 copies and as well, one album certified by Mu-Yap. ExpressYourselfUnderGround cropped.jpg
Madonna has at least two albums with sales of 100,000 copies and as well, one album certified by Mü-Yap.

According to Pan-European music trade magazine Music & Media , Vuelve by Ricky Martin became the best-selling album by an international soloist in Turkey, with 180,000 copies sold as of June 1998. [17] Other releases by international artists with major sales include Metallica and their self-titled album with 300,000 units, [18] while Madonna has at least two albums with over 100,000 copies sold in Turkey (including Like a Prayer). [1] [4] She also set a record for a foreign album when MDNA moved 30,000 units in just 4 days for which outsold domestic artists at that time. [19]

YearArtistAlbumClaimed salesRef.
1991 Metallica Metallica 300,000 [18]
1998 Ricky Martin Vuelve 180,000 [17]
1989 Madonna Like a Prayer 151,000 [1]
1986Madonna True Blue 100,000 [4]

Foreign albums certified by Mü-Yap

Since their certification program established in 2003, at least 8 albums by foreign artists have obtained Platinum or Gold certification from Mü-Yap, the national music certifying body founded in 2000.

Rel. yearArtistAlbumCertificationCertified salesYearRef.
2007 Dany Brillant Histoire d'un amourGold5,0002008 [20]
Pink Martini Hey Eugene! Platinum10,000
Shantel Disko Partizani  [ tr ]
Norah Jones Not Too Late
Rel. yearArtistAlbumCertificationCertified salesYearRef.
2008 Metallica Death Magnetic Gold5,0002009 [21]
Coldplay Viva la Vida
Madonna Hard Candy
2006 Amy Winehouse Back to Black

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