List of best-selling albums in Chile

This is a list of best-selling Chilean albums. The best-selling album in Chile is En estos días (In those days) by Illapu with sales of 175,000 copies. It was the highest selling album of Chilean artist, but the highest certified album by a Chilean singer is Mexico Lindo y Querido by María José Quintanilla with eight times platinum and sales of 160,000 copies. The artist with the most entries is Mexican singer Marco Antonio Solís with three, followed by Chilean singer Américo with two.

Until early 2000s, gold and platinum awards in Chile was 15,000 and 25,000 copies, respectively. In 2003, the sales requirements was reduced to 10,000 and 20,000 copies.

Best-selling albums of the 21st century in Chile

As of early 2014, these are the top 10 albums of the 21st century in Chile, according to physical sales.[1]

Rank Year Artist Album Sales
1 1993 Illapu En estos días 175,000[2]
2 1992 Eric Clapton Unplugged 100,000[3]
3 2003 La Oreja de Van Gogh Lo Que te Conté Mientras te Hacías la Dormida 88,000
4 2003 Marco Antonio Solís La Historia Continúa... 80,000
5 2008 Américo A Morir 63,000
6 2010 Los Vásquez Contigo pop y cebolla 60,000
7 2011 Adele 21 45,000
8 2012 One Direction Take Me Home 36,000
9 2005 Marco Antonio Solís La Historia Continúa... Parte II 35,000
10 2012 Justin Bieber Believe 33,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rammsy, Diego (16 June 2013). "Los discos más vendidos del siglo XXI en Chile". El Mercurio. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Riedermann, Claudia (10 January 2006). ""Estamos en Chile, por las cosas que nos motivan profundamente"". El Llanquihue. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Schönfelder, Judith (13 October 2015). "Eric Clapton's Unplugged – Ein akustischer Genuss für die Ewigkeit" [Eric Clapton's Unplugged – An all-time acoustic pleasure]. Nachrichten.com (in German) (Internet Consulting Group, Inc.). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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