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.
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]
Year | Artist | Album | Sales | Notes |
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1985 | Claudio Baglioni | La vita è adesso | 4,000,000 | [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'amore | 1,825,000 | [9][7] |
1973 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | 1,900,000 | [10] |
1981 | Claudio Baglioni | Strada facendo | 1,850,000 | [10][11][12] |
1996 | Lucio Dalla | Canzoni | 1,800,000 | [13] |
1999 | Lunapop | ...Squérez? | 1,625,000 | [14][7] |
1995 | Claudio Baglioni | Io sono qui | 1,500,000 | [15] |
1979 | Julio Iglesias | Innamorarsi Alla Mia Età | 1,500,000 | [16] |
1986 | Madonna | True Blue | 1,500,000 | [4][3] |
1972 | Claudio Baglioni | Questo piccolo grande amore | 1,500,000 | [17] |
1987 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Blue's | 1,500,000 | [18] |
1988 | Antonello Venditti | In questo mondo di ladri | 1,500,000 | [19] |
1990 | Lucio Dalla | Cambio | 1,500,000 | [20] |
1996 | Eros Ramazzotti | Dove c'è musica | 1,500,000 | [21] |
2000 | Adriano Celentano | Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno | 1,500,000 | [9] |
1991 | Antonello Venditti | Benvenuti in paradiso | 1,400,000 | [22] |
1992 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Miserere | 1,400,000 | [23] |
1993 | 883 | Nord Sud Ovest Est | 1,300,000 | [24] |
1995 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Spirito DiVino | 1,300,000 | [25] |
1986 | Eros Ramazzotti | Nuovi eroi | 1,300,000 | [26] |
1981 | Renato Zero | Artide Antartide | 1,300,000 | [27] |
2004 | Vasco Rossi | Buoni o cattivi | 1,250,000 | [28][7] |
1998 | Renato Zero | Amore Dopo Amore | 1,200,000 | [29] |
1980 | Renato Zero | Tregua | 1,200,000 | [30] |
2005 | Eros Ramazzotti | Calma apparente | 1,200,000 | [31] |
1996 | Zucchero Fornaciari | The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits | 1,100,000 | [32] |
2000 | The Beatles | 1 | 1,100,000 | [33][7] |
2003 | Eros Ramazzotti | 9 | 1,100,000 | [34] |
1997 | Ligabue | Su e giù da un palco | 1,060,000 | [35][7] |
1982 | Franco Battiato | La voce del padrone | 1,050,000 | [36][7] |
1986 | Lucio Dalla | DallAmeriCaruso | 1,030,000 | [37][7] |
1992 | Whitney Houston / Various artists | The Bodyguard | 1,025,000 | [38][7] |
1993 | Vasco Rossi | Gli spari sopra | 1,025,000 | [39][7] |
1995 | Ligabue | Buon Compleanno Elvis | 1,025,000 | [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] |
1984 | Madonna | Like a Virgin | 1,000,000[a] | [45] |
1987 | Michael Jackson | Bad | 1,000,000 | [46] |
1988 | Lucio Dalla | Dalla/Morandi | 1,000,000 | [47] |
1990 | Eros Ramazzotti | In ogni senso | 1,000,000 | [48] |
1991 | Marco Masini | Malinconoia | 1,000,000 | [49] |
1992 | Luca Carboni | Carboni | 1,000,000 | [50] |
1993 | Eros Ramazzotti | Tutte storie | 1,000,000 | [51] |
1995 | Antonello Venditti | Prendilo tu questo frutto amaro | 1,000,000 | [52] |
1997 | Pino Daniele | Dimmi cosa succede sulla terra | 1,000,000 | [53] |
1998 | Pino Daniele | Yes I know my way | 1,000,000 | [53] |
1998 | Vasco Rossi | Canzoni per me | 1,000,000 | [54] |
1998 | Zucchero Fornaciari | BlueSugar | 1,000,000 | [55] |
1979 | Rockets | Galaxy | 1,000,000 | [56] |
1982 | Claudio Baglioni | Alé Oó | 1,000,000 | [57] |