The following is a list of the best-selling singles in Italy. Depends on the measurement, list is divided by claimed sales and official certifications from FIMI, which online base operates since 2009.
According to a 1969 report from SEDRIM (from Società per l'Esercizio dei Diritti di Riproduzione Meccanica), then Italian mechanical rights society, Italy was a singles-market with songs accounting 85.8 percent of total record sales in the country. A "top hit" single in Italy at that time was grouped between 500,000 and 700,000 copies. [1]
Year | Artist | Title | Sales |
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1980 | Pino D'Angiò | "Ma quale idea" | 2,500,000 [2] |
1964 | Bobby Solo | "Una lacrima sul viso" | 1,700,000 [3] |
1967 | I Camaleonti | "L'ora dell'amore" | 1,500,000 [4] |
1969 | Mario Tessuto | "Lisa dagli occhi blu" | 1,500,000 [5] |
1973 | Patty Pravo | "Pazza idea" | 1,500,000 [6] |
1964 | Paul Anka | "Ogni volta" | 1,500,000 [7] |
1958 | Domenico Modugno | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (aka "Volare") | 1,000,000 [8] |
1961 | Adriano Celentano | "24.000 baci" | 1,000,000 [9] |
1968 | Adriano Celentano | "La Coppia Piu' Bella Del Mondo" | 1,000,000 [10] |
1967 | Albano Carrisi | "Nel Sole" | 1,000,000 [11] |
1967 | Fausto Leali | "A Chi" | 1,000,000 [12] |
1979 | Alan Sorrenti | "Tu sei l'unica donna per me" | 1,000,000 [13] |
1964 | Gianni Morandi | "In ginocchio da te" | 1,000,000 [11] |
1970 | Gianni Morandi | "Scende la pioggia" | 1,000,000 [11] |
1977 | Grace Jones | "La Vie en rose" | 1,000,000 [14] |
1968 | Patty Pravo | "La bambola" | 1,000,000 [15] |
1967 | Little Tony | "Cuore matto" | 1,000,000 [16] |
1977 | Umberto Tozzi | "Ti amo" | 1,000,000 [17] |
Year | Artist | Title | Sales |
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1963 | Adriano Celentano | "Stai lontana da me" | 900,000 [18] |
1968 | I Camaleonti | "Applausi" | 900,000 [19] |
1964 | Gigliola Cinquetti | "Non Ho L'Eta" | 850,000 [3] |
1965 | Franco Tozzi | "'I Tuoi Occhi Verdi" | 800,000 [20] |
1976 | Main theme song | "Sandokan" | 800,000 [21] |
1966 | The Rokes | "Piangi Con Me" | 800,000 [22] |
1965 | Nini Rosso | "Il Silenzio" | 750,000 [23] |
1966 | Adriano Celentano | "Pregheró" | 700,000 [10] |
1970 | Gianni Morandi | "Belinda" | 700,000 [24] |
1969 | Georges Moustaki | "Lo Straniero" | 700,000 [25] |
1967 | Gianni Morandi | "Un Mondo D'Amore" | 700,000 [24] |
1968 | Patty Pravo | "Gli occhi dell'amore/Sentimento" | 700,000 [26] |
1981 | Ricchi e Poveri | "Sarà perché ti amo" | 700,000 [27] |
1980 | Riccardo Fogli | "Malinconia" | 650,000 [28] |
1967 | Antoine | "Pietre" | 600,000 [29] |
1965 | Jimmy Fontana | "La Mia Serenata" | 600,000 [30] |
1969 | Nada | "Ma che freddo fa" | 600,000 [31] |
1967 | Rocky Roberts | "Stasera Mi Butto" | 600,000 [32] |
1968 | Riccardo Del Turco | "Luglio" | 511,035 [33] |
1982 | Cristina D'Avena | "Canzone dei puffi" | 500,000 [34] |
1968 | Aphrodite's Child | "Rain and Tears" | 500,000 [35] |
1966 | Adriano Celentano | "Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck" | 500,000 [36] |
1999 | Jova-Liga-Pelù | "Il mio nome è mai più" | 500,000 [37] |
1976 | Bruno Lauzi | "La Tartaruga" | 500,000 [21] |
1980 | Miguel Bose | "Olympic Games" | 500,000 [38] |
1960 | Nico Fidenco | "Un Granello Di Sabbia" | 500,000 [39] |
1980 | Pupo | "Su Di Noi" | 500,000 [40] |
Year | Artist | Title | Certifications | Certified sales |
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2023 | Lazza | "Cenere" | 8× Platinum [41] | 800,000 ‡ |
2022 | Mahmood & Blanco | "Brividi" | 8× Platinum [42] | 800,000 ‡ |
2022 | Bizarrap & Quevedo | "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" | 7× Platinum [43] | 700,000 ‡ |
2020 | Ernia | "Superclassico" | 7× Platinum [44] | 700,000 ‡ |
2022 | Rhove | "Shakerando" | 7× Platinum [45] | 700,000 ‡ |
2023 | Marco Mengoni | "Due vite" | 6× Platinum [46] | 600,000 ‡ |
2018 | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper | "Shallow" | 6× Platinum [47] | 600,000 ‡ |
2018 | Lewis Capaldi | "Someone You Loved" | 6× Platinum [48] | 600,000 ‡ |
2019 | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | 6× Platinum [49] | 600,000 ‡ |
2020 | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Pastello bianco" | 6× Platinum [50] | 600,000 ‡ |
2012 | Tom Odell | "Another Love" | 6× Platinum [51] | 600,000 ‡ |
2021 | Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta & Junior K | "Nuovo Range" | 5× Platinum [52] | 600,000 ‡ |
2022 | Rhove | "Shakerando" | 6× Platinum [53] | 600,000 ‡ |
2023 | Annalisa | "Mon amour" | 5× Platinum [54] | 500,000 ‡ |
2022 | Annalisa | "Bellissima" | 5× Platinum [54] | 500,000 ‡ |
1984 | a-ha | "Take On Me" | Gold (AFI) & 2× Platinum (FIMI) [55] [56] | 500,000 ‡ |
2023 | Ava, Anna & Capo Plaza | "Vetri neri" | 5× Platinum [57] | 500,000 ‡ |
2015 | Baby K feat. Giusy Ferreri | "Roma-Bangkok" | Diamond [58] | 500,000 ‡ |
2017 | Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" | Diamond [59] | 500,000 ‡ |
2021 | Blanco | "Finché non mi seppelliscono" | 5× Platinum [60] | 500,000 ‡ |
2022 | Dargen D'Amico | "Dove si balla" | 5× Platinum [61] | 500,000 ‡ |
2022 | Fedez, Tananai & Mara Sattei | "La Dolce Vita" | 5× Platinum [62] | 500,000 ‡ |
2020 | Gazelle | "Destri" | 5× Platinum [63] | 500,000 ‡ |
2022 | James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa | "Ferrari" | 5× Platinum [64] | 500,000 ‡ |
2017 | Luis Fonsi | "Despacito" | Diamond [65] | 500,000 ‡ |
2022 | Rkomi & Elodie | "La coda del diavolo" | 5× Platinum [66] | 500,000 ‡ |
2022 | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Giovani Wannabe" | 5× Platinum [67] | 500,000 ‡ |
2022 | Sangiovanni | "Farfalle" | 5× Platinum [68] | 500,000 ‡ |
2023 | Tananai | "Tango" | 5× Platinum [69] | 500,000 ‡ |
2020 | The Weeknd | "Save Your Tears" | 5× Platinum [70] | 500,000 ‡ |
Year | Artist | Title | Certifications | Certified sales |
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1966 | Caterina Caselli | "Nessuno mi può giudicare" | 1,000,000 [71] | Gold certification |
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Nel 1973 ottiene un clamoroso successo con il brano "Pazza idea", conquistando la prima posizione in classifica col singolo (circa un milione e mezzo di copie vendute in Italia) e con l'omonimo album, registrato con le migliori tecniche dell'epoca messe a disposizione dalla casa discografica
he then formed his own company, Clan Celentano, with an astonishing debut on the new label with the Italian version of 'Tower of Strength' that sold over 600,000, followed by 'Preghero' (Stand by Me) with over 700,000 between 1962 and 1963. ... This disc was released in July 1967 and after only five weeks on the Italian market sold 500,000 with the million by the beginning of 1968
Rain of gold for Grace Jones. Her big hit "La Vie En Rose" has sold over a million copies in Italy
E poi c'è questo "difetto": vende milioni di dischi. Esordio con "Ti Amo Ti": 8 milioni di copie, più di un milione in Italia, numeri record in Francia e Germania, Spagna e Sud America. l'anno dopo "Tu" arrivano sei milioni e mezzo di copie, con il boom del Nord Europa. Terzo colpo con Gloria: otto milioni. Tre dischi per un totale di 23 milioni di pezzi.
It sold over 750,000 in Italy and two million in Germany
700 mila copie di Sentimento vendute in meno di tre mesi
La "Vela d'oro" '82 in base a questa valutazione andra quindi a Riccardo Fogli per Malincolia (circen 650 mila copie", e ai Genesis per Abacab (oltre mezzo millione di copie)
Fra i tanti nomi presenti a Venezia particolare menzione va a Pupo che nel 1980 ha venduto con "Su di noi" presentata a Sanremo, qualcosa come oltre mezzo milione di copie e 300 mila copie dell'album "Piu di prima" uscito nell'estate.