Italian estimated best-selling music artists

This is the list of Italian music artist for estimated sales according most important Italian newspapers, national TV channels and music magazines of Italy. As the compilation of official data of sale of records in Italy it began to have departed only since 1995, thanks to the FIMI, some corporate body of musical survey, as for instance Hit Parade Italy have tried to put order to the preceding respects furnished by Musica e dischi, TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, Ciao 2001, and Doxa. From 1990 to 1995 any corporate body has furnished official data or estime of sale of the singers.

Reliable sources of estimated sales are most important Italian newspapers and magazines, like Il Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Il Giornale, Il Messaggero, and national radio and TV channels, like Rai, Mediaset, MTV and Radio Italia.

To date national sources attest 145 Italian music artists have surpassed five million records sold, of which five of them have sold over 100 million records and eleven have sold between 50 and 100 million copies.

Artist by estimated sales

100 and more million estimated copies

50 million to 99 million estimated copies

20 million to 49 million estimated sales

5 million to 19 million estimated sales

Other artists with indefinite over 5 million estimated records sold

Other commercially and media successful artists

Successful artists from Italian talent shows

See also

• List of best-selling music artists
• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling singles worldwide
• List of best-selling music artists in the United States
• List of best-charting music artists in the United States
• List of best-selling music artists in Finland
• Italian music awards

Notes

This list is not compiled by certified sales but by estimated sales.
Sales sources are the most reliable Italian newspapers, music magazines and national TV channels.

References