List of best-selling albums in Italy

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 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 1.5 million copies.[3][4]

Best-selling albums of all-time in Italy

The singer with the most appearances on this list is Zucchero Fornaciari with 5 albums, followed by Adriano Celentano and Eros Ramazzotti with 3 albums in total.

# Year Artist Album Sales Notes
1 1985 Claudio Baglioni La vita è adesso 4,000,000 [5]
2 1989 Zucchero Fornaciari Oro Incenso & Birra 2,025,000 [6][7]
3 1999 Adriano Celentano Io non so parlar d'amore 1,825,000 [8][7]
4 1996 Lucio Dalla Canzoni 1,800,000 [9]
5 1999 Lunapop ...Squérez? 1,625,000 [10][7]
6 1986 Madonna True Blue 1,500,000 [4][3]
7 1987 Zucchero Fornaciari Blue's 1,500,000 [11]
8 2000 Adriano Celentano Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno 1,500,000 [8]
9 1996 Eros Ramazzotti Dove c'è musica 1,500,000 [12]
10 1991 Antonello Venditti Benvenuti in paradiso 1,400,000 [13]
11 1992 Zucchero Fornaciari Miserere 1,400,000 [14]
12 1988 Antonello Venditti In questo mondo di ladri 1,300,000 [13]
13 1990 Lucio Dalla Cambio 1,300,000 [15]
14 1993 883 Nord Sud Ovest Est 1,300,000 [16]
15 1995 Zucchero Fornaciari Spirito DiVino 1,300,000 [17]
16 1976 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 1,250,000 [18][7]
17 2004 Vasco Rossi Buoni o cattivi 1,250,000 [19][7]
18 1980 Renato Zero Tregua 1,200,000 [20]
19 1998 Mina, Adriano Celentano Mina Celentano 1,200,000 [8]
20 2005 Eros Ramazzotti Calma apparente 1,200,000 [21]
21 1996 Zucchero Fornaciari The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits 1,100,000 [22]
22 2003 Eros Ramazzotti 9 1,100,000 [23]
23 1984 Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. 1,000,000 [24]

See also

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