List of best-selling albums in Italy
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 Italian album in the world is Romanza by Andrea Bocelli, with estimated 20 million copies (800,000 in Italy).[2]
The best selling foreign album in Italy is estimated to be True Blue by Madonna with 1.4–1.5 million copies.[3]
Best-selling albums of all-time in Italy
The singer with the most appearances on this list is Claudio Baglioni with 5 albums in first, sixth, tenth, thirteenth and fourteenth place respectively. Followed by Adriano Celentano who has 3 albums in total.
# | Year | Artist | Album | Sales | Notes |
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1 | 1985 | Claudio Baglioni | La vita è adesso | 4,500,000 | [4] |
2 | 1998 | Mina, Adriano Celentano | Mina Celentano | 2,365,000 | |
3 | 1999 | Adriano Celentano | Io non so parlar d'amore | 2,360,000 | |
4 | 1989 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Oro Incenso & Birra | 2,000,000 | [5] |
6 | 1981 | Claudio Baglioni | Strada facendo | 1,850,000 | |
7 | 2000 | Adriano Celentano | Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno | 1,820,000 | |
8 | 1999 | Lunapop | ...Squérez? | 1,600,000 | [6] |
9 | 1986 | Madonna | True Blue | 1,500,000 | |
10 | 1972 | Claudio Baglioni | Questo piccolo grande amore | 1,500,000 | |
11 | 1987 | Zucchero Fornaciari | Blue's | 1,500,000 | [7] |
12 | 1991 | Antonello Venditti | Benvenuti in paradiso | 1,400,000 | [8] |
13 | 1974 | Claudio Baglioni | E tu... | 1,400,000 | |
14 | 1978 | Claudio Baglioni | E tu come stai? | 1,300,000 | |
15 | 1988 | Antonello Venditti | In questo mondo di ladri | 1,300,000 | [8] |
16 | 1996 | Eros Ramazzotti | Dove c'è musica | 1,300,000 | |
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