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.

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

Year Artist Album Nationality Peak position
1980 Lucio Dalla Dalla Italy 1[1]
1981 Dire Straits Making Movies United Kingdom 1[2]
1982 Claudio Baglioni Alè Oò Italy 1[3]
1983 Michael Jackson Thriller United States 1[4]
1984 Vasco Rossi Va bene così Italy 1
1985 Claudio Baglioni La vita è adesso Italy 1[5]
1986 Madonna True Blue United States 1
1987 Zucchero Blue's Italy 1
1988 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman United States 1
1989 Zucchero Oro Incenso & Birra Italy 1

1990-1999

Year Artist Album Nationality Peak position
1990 Claudio Baglioni Oltre Italy 1[6][7]
1991 Antonello Venditti Benvenuti in paradiso Italy 1
1992 Luca Carboni Carboni Italy 1
1993 883 Nord Sud Ovest Est Italy 1
1994 Pink Floyd The Division Bell United Kingdom 1
1995 Claudio Baglioni Io sono qui Italy 1[8]
1996 Eros Ramazzotti Dove c'è musica Italy 1
1997 Andrea Bocelli Romanza Italy 1
1998 Mina & Adriano Celentano Mina Celentano Italy 1
1999 Adriano Celentano Io non so parlar d'amore Italy 1

2000–2009

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

2010–2019

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

2020−present

Year Artist Album Nationality Peak position
2020[43] Marracash Persona Italy 1 (6 weeks)[G]
2021[44] Rkomi Taxi Driver Italy 1 (6 weeks)[H]
2022[45] Lazza Sirio Italy 1 (18 weeks)[46]
2023[47] Geolier Il coraggio dei bambini Italy 1 (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.
Year Artist Album Nationality
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 Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon United Kingdom
2019[41] Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon United Kingdom
2020[50] Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon United Kingdom
2021[44] Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon United Kingdom
2022[45] Harry Styles Harry's House United Kingdom
2023[47] Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon United Kingdom

Notes

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Lists of number-one hits in Italy
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