The following is an independently list of best-selling albums in Brazil. This list can contain any types of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. The list is divided by claimed sales from diverse media reports and certified units from Pro-Música Brasil when their certification program started in 1990; and thereafter by domestic (over 1 million) and international artists (over half-million).
Historically, Brazilian market have been dominated by their local artists and music. In 1996, Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD and now Pro-Música Brasil) informed that Brazilian music represented 72% of record sales across the nation. [1] Brazil has always stayed as the largest music market in both Latin America and South America. As of 2018, was the world's 10th largest music market according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Numerous artists have multiplies entries led by Marcelo Rossi and Roberto Carlos with four albums reaching the million mark, while É o Tchan!, Só Pra Contrariar and Legião Urbana each have two. Rossi has also the highest certified diamond album, with Ágape Musical (2011) which received 4× Diamond from Pro-Música Brasil. According to Folha de S.Paulo , the million mark in the country was relatively common until 1998, when sales decreased due piracy. [2]
Numerous albums by Brazilian artists have sold more than half-million based both in certified units and actual sales. By extension, this list of domestic repertoire is only limited to those albums with one or more million copies sold.
Rel. year | Album | Artist | Certification | Certified sales | Ref. |
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1997 | Só pra Contrariar (1997) | Só Pra Contrariar | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000 | [3] |
1998 | Músicas para Louvar ao Senhor | Marcelo Rossi | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000 | [3] |
1998 | Um Sonhador | Leandro & Leonardo | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000 | [3] |
1990 | Leandro & Leonardo | Leandro & Leonardo | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000 | [3] |
1997 | Na Cabeça e na Cintura | É o Tchan! | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 | [3] |
1997 | É o Tchan do Brasil | É o Tchan! | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 | [3] |
1998 | Terra Samba ao Vivo e a Cores | Terra Samba | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 | [3] |
1999 | As Quatro Estações | Sandy & Junior | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 | [3] |
2011 | Ágape Musical | Marcelo Rossi | 4× Diamond | 1,200,000 | [3] |
1987 | Que País É Este | Legião Urbana | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
1993 | O Canto da Cidade | Daniela Mercury | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
1994 | Sexto Sentido | Xuxa | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
1994 | Roberto Carlos (1994) | Roberto Carlos | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
1995 | Roberto Carlos (1995) | Roberto Carlos | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
1995 | Mamonas Assassinas | Mamonas Assassinas | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
1999 | Um Presente Para Jesus | Marcelo Rossi | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
1999 | Acústico MTV | Legião Urbana | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
1999 | Só pra Contrariar (1999) | Só Pra Contrariar | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
2000 | Laços de Família (International) | Various | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
2000 | Amor Sem Limite | Roberto Carlos | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
2001 | Acústico MTV - Roberto Carlos | Roberto Carlos | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
2003 | Tribalistas | Tribalistas | Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
2006 | Minha Benção | Marcelo Rossi | 2× Diamond | 1,000,000 | [3] |
Rel. year | Album | Artist | Claimed sales | Ref. |
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1988 | Xou da Xuxa 3 | Xuxa | 5 million † | [4] |
Based on certified units when Pro-Música Brasil began their certification program in 1990, Serious Hits... Live! and The Bodyguard are the highest-selling international albums with 750,000 copies each, while Madonna and Backstreet Boys are the foreign acts with more albums certified with the half-million mark. Instead, diverse albums by foreign artists reached similar or significantly major sales before that. Although precise sales figure is hard to obtain, De niña a mujer by Julio Iglesias is credited by some sources as the best-selling album in Brazil by an international artist. Iglesias and Michael Jackson are the only acts with two or more albums with 1 million claimed sales across the country. According to publications like Época , True Blue by Madonna is credited as the best-selling album by an international female artist. [6] She has also multiple entries based both in claimed sales or certified units.
*Positions based on certified sales and release year.
Rel. year | Album | Artist | Certification | Certified sales | Ref. |
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1990 | Serious Hits... Live! | Phil Collins | 3× Platinum | 750,000 | [3] |
1992 | The Bodyguard | Various artists / Whitney Houston § | 3× Platinum | 750,000 | [3] |
1989 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
1990 | The Immaculate Collection | Madonna | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
1990 | In concert | The Three Tenors | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
1991 | Greatest Hits II | Queen | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
1996 | Spice | Spice Girls | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
1997 | Paint the Sky with Stars | Enya | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
1997 | Backstreet's Back | Backstreet Boys | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
1999 | Millennium | Backstreet Boys | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
1999 | Californication | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | [3] |
2008 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | 2× Diamond ‡ | 500,000 | [3] |
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Album with a certification from Pro-Música Brasil |
Most examples here are albums released before the existence of certification program started in 1990 by Pro-Música Brasil. However, some of them received retroactively certifications by the organization.
Rel. year | Album | Artist | Claimed sales |
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1981 | De niña a mujer | Julio Iglesias | 2,000,000 [7] 1,900,000 [5] |
1983 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1,500,000 [8] |
1994 | The Lion King | Various artists (Elton John, Hans Zimmer et al) | 1,200,000 [9] |
1987 | Bad | Michael Jackson | 1,000,000 [8] |
1982 | Momentos | Julio Iglesias | 1,000,000 [10] 900,000 [11] |
1986 | True Blue | Madonna | 1,000,000 [12] 818,600 [13] |
1997 | Romanza | Andrea Bocelli | 900,000 [14] |
1985 | We Are the World | USA For Africa | 850,000 [15] |
1990 | Starry Night | Julio Iglesias | 750,000 [16] |
1995 | Pies Descalzos | Shakira | 750,000 [5] [17] 500,000 [18] |
1985 | Like a Virgin | Madonna | 715,000 [13] |
1989 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | 710,000 [13] |
1997 | Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture | James Horner | 650,000 [19] |
1987 | Un hombre solo | Julio Iglesias | 600,000 [20] |
1985 | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | 500,000 [21] |
1997 | Let's Talk About Love | Celine Dion | 500,000 [19] |
1982 | Julio | Julio Iglesias | 500,000 [11] |
1991 | Romance | Luis Miguel | 500,000 [22] |
Mexican recording artist Luis Miguel has released 21 studio albums, 30 compilation albums, three extended plays (EP) two live albums, two soundtrack albums and five box set. Luis Miguel has sold over 60 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time. Luis Miguel is also the artist with the second-most number ones on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart with nine albums. At the age of 11, he released his debut studio album, Un Sol (1982), which was certified platinum and gold in Mexico. The artist would release four more studio albums under the record label EMI: Directo al Corazón (1982), Decídete (1983), También es Rock (1984), and Palabra de Honor (1984). A Portuguese-language version of Decídete and Palabra de Honor were released in Brazil as Decide Amor and Meu Sonho Perdido, respectively. Luis Miguel made his acting debut in the film as the lead role on Ya nunca más (1984) and recorded its soundtrack. In 1985, he participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 1985 with the song "Noi ragazzi di oggi"; it placed second in the Big Artist category and was later included on the Italian-language edition of Palabra de Honor. In the same year, Luis Miguel recorded the soundtrack for the film Fiebre de amor, which he co-starred with fellow Mexican singer Lucero.
Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira has released 12 studio albums, five live albums, one reissue, two compilation albums, 69 singles and 62 music videos. With 95 million certified records worldwide, she is the highest-selling Colombian artist and the best-selling female Latin artist of all time. She is the only South American artist to peak at number one on the Australian Singles Chart, the UK Singles Chart, and the US Billboard Hot 100. Her singles "Hips Don't Lie" and "Waka Waka ", have achieved sales in excess of ten million units, becoming some of the best-selling singles worldwide.
Arnaldo Antunes is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked on a solo career. He has published poetry and had his first book published in 1983. He has worked with Marisa Monte, Tribalistas, and Carlinhos Brown.
Õ Blésq Blom is the fifth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titãs.
Jesus não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas is the fourth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titãs, released on November 23, 1987. Like its predecessor Cabeça Dinossauro, it was produced by Liminha and featured electronic music experimentations and funk rock influences, besides tackling social issues in its lyrics. Its recording took place at Nas Nuvens studio in Rio de Janeiro and lasted for little more than two months.
Un Sol, also known as 1 + 1 = 2 Enamorados, is the debut studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. Released in 1982, when Miguel was eleven years old. The album peaked at number two at the California's "Hot Latin LPs".
Enrique Iglesias is the debut studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias, it was released by Fonovisa on 21 November 1995. The album was a success and topped the Latin charts. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards on 26 February 1997. The album received a Gold certification in Portugal after a weeks of sales, and has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. In the United States it was certified Platinum on 18 November 1996, becoming one of the best selling Latin albums of all times in that country. All singles of the album hit the number-one spot in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart: "Si Tú Te Vas", "Por Amarte", "No Llores Por Mí" and "Trapecista", the most for any Latin album, beating Selena and Jon Secada with four chart-toppers, each.
This is the discography of Xuxa, a presenter, actress, singer and former model from Brazil. The singer has released twenty-eight studio albums, thirteen compilations, eight Spanish-language albums, over two hundred music videos and one hundred and ten singles. Xuxa became notorious after presenting the Clube da Criança program on the extinct Rede Manchete between 1984 and 1985, and soon after embarked on her first studio albums and soundtracks: Clube da Criança and Xuxa e Seus Amigos. However, it was with the albums of the Xou da Xuxa collection, which had significant sales that she achieved success.
Feijão com Arroz is the fourth studio album by Daniela Mercury, released in 1996 in Brazil and on January 14, 1997, in North America and Europe through Sony Music.
Julio Iglesias is one of the best-selling artists worldwide, with 100 million records sold. He has recorded in 14 languages and released 80 albums, and has more than 2,600 gold and platinum records certified. He holds the Guinness World Records for the Best-selling Male Latin Artist and is recognized as the best selling international artist in Brazil with over 15 million records sold.
Pro-Música Brasil (PMB), previously Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD), is an official representative body of the record labels in the Brazilian phonographic market.
Internacional is the tenth studio album by Brazilian duo Sandy & Junior, released on June 4, 2002. The album was released in various territories, such as the United States, Europe and Latin America.
Sandy Leah Lima, known mononymously as Sandy, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Campinas, Sandy began her career in 1989, when she formed with her brother, musician Junior Lima, the vocal duo Sandy & Junior. They rose to fame in the early 1990s as child stars and reached the height of their success during teenage, as albums Era Uma Vez... Ao Vivo (1998), As Quatro Estações (1999), Quatro Estações: O Show (2000) and Sandy & Junior (2001) sold more than a million units, with the second and third being among the best-selling albums of all time in Brazil. The duo were credited with leading a wave of teen pop artists during the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the press labelling Sandy the Brazilian "Princess of Pop". The duo disbanded in 2007 and released their Acústico MTV in September that year. In addition to their success in the music industry, the sibling's name became a strong brand, with more than 300 licensed products which made R$300 million a year.
Momentos (Moments) is a 1982 album by Julio Iglesias. By 1984, the album sold over 1 million copies in Brazil. With sales of over 12 million, it is believed to be the best-selling Latin album of all-time.
Sexto Sentido is the fourteenth studio album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa. It was released on August 20, 1994, by Som Livre.
"Tímida" is a song by Brazilian singer and drag queen Pabllo Vittar with Mexican singer and actress Thalía, contained in Vittar's third studio album, 111 (2020). The track was released as the album's second single on March 19, 2020, through Sony Music Brazil.
Gisele Abramoff is a Brazilian Pop Dance singer and songwriter based in Munich.
Trata-se, enfim, de uma Shakira e Iglesias conseguiram vendagens realmente estrondosas no Brasil — a primeira com 750000 cópias do CD Pies Descalzos A(1996) e o segundo com 1,9 - milhão de cópias do disco De > Niña a Mujer
In previous performances, Iglesias sold 1.5 million copies here (De Niña a Mujer) and another million (Momentos).
afinal, o LP we are the world vendeu em apenas tres semanas no brasil um total de 850 mil copias