List of best-selling albums in Italy
The best-selling album of all time in Italy is La vita è adesso (Life is now) by Claudio Baglioni which remained for 27 consecutive weeks in first place in Superclassifica "TV Smiles and Songs",[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 2,000,000 copies sold.
The best-selling Italian album in the world is Romanza by Andrea Bocelli, with 20 million copies (1,100,000 in Italy).[2]
The best selling foreign album in Italy is "True Blue" by Madonna with 1,500,000 copies followed by Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA", with about 1,400,000 copies sold.
Best-selling albums of all-time in Italy
These are the top 15 best-selling albums in Italy, according to physical sales. Italian artists are in bold.
Rank | Year | Artist | Album | Sales | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1985 | Claudio Baglioni | La vita è adesso | 2,200,000 | - |
2 | 1999 | Adriano Celentano | Io non so parlar d'amore | 2,000,000 | [3] |
3 | 1998 | Mina, Adriano Celentano | Mina Celentano | 2,000,000 | [4][5] |
4 | 1989 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Oro incenso e birra | 1,840,000 | [6][7] |
5 | 2000 | Adriano Celentano | Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno | 1,800,000 | - |
6 | 1981 | Claudio Baglioni | Strada facendo | 1,650,000 | - |
7 | 1996 | Eros Ramazzotti | Dove c'è musica | 1,650,000 | - |
8 | 1986 | Madonna | True Blue | 1,550,000 | [8] |
9 | 1995 | Claudio Baglioni | Io sono qui | 700,000 | - |
10 | 1984 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the USA | 1,400,000 | - |
11 | 1988 | Antonello Venditti | In questo mondo di ladri | 1,400,000 | [10] |
12 | 1993 | Vasco Rossi | Gli spari sopra | 1,400,000 | [11] |
13 | 1991 | Antonello Venditti | Benvenuti in Paradiso | 1,400,000 | - |
14 | 1982 | Claudio Baglioni | Alè-oò | 1,350,000 | - |
15 | 1990 | Lucio Dalla | Cambio | 1,300,000 | - |
See also
References
- ↑ http://it-charts.150m.com/numeriuno-a-1980.htm
- ↑ Crossover superstar Andrea Bocelli finds beauty in wide range of music The Columbus Dispatch, Nov 27, 2011.
- ↑ AGI 5 Gennaio 2008
- ↑ Mina Anna Mazzini | LarderiaWeb
- ↑ Bonetto, Cristian (2010). "Discovery Italy". ISBN 9781741799958.
- ↑ Un po’ di “Zucchero” su Radio Babboleo Suono - Leggi l'articolo su Babboleo
- ↑ Blues - Zucchero
- ↑ "'True Blue' di Madonna compie 25 anni". Lifestyle magazine. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ↑ "Torna la maglietta fina". La Stampa. 1996-11-21. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
- ↑ DeBaser: Antonello Venditti, In Questo Mondo Di Ladri - La recensione di aamario78
- ↑ Biografia - Vasco Rossi