List of best-selling albums in Spain

This is a list of the best-selling albums in Spain that have been certified by the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE). PROMUSICAE is in charge of certifying records in Spain. Until October 2005, the certification levels for albums in Spain were 50,000 for Gold and 100,000 for Platinum. The current levels, however, are 20,000 for Gold and 40,000 for Platinum.

Alejandro Sanz is the artist with more entries in the list, with Más, El Alma al Aire, Viviendo Deprisa, 3 and No Es lo Mismo.

Of the 20 best selling albums in Spain, Spanish artists dominate the list with fourteen entries. Two Italian artists and one artist each from the United Kingdom, United States, Cuba and Mexico complete the list. Four acts - Alejandro Sanz, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Mecano, and David Bisbal - appear more than once in the list.

Alejandro Sanz tops the list with his fifth album Más, selling around 2.2 million copies in the country and being certified 22 times. The best-selling non-Spanish language album in Spain is Spice by Spice Girls, which sold 1 million copies.

Best-selling albums of all-time in Spain

Laura Pausini had one of the best selling album in Spain by a foreign artist with her homonymous album Laura Pausini, but she is only second to Luciano Pavarotti.

Spanish groups Mecano and La Oreja de Van Gogh (pictured) are tied as the bands with the most entries, both with two.

These are the top 20 best-selling albums in Spain, according to physical sales. Spanish artists are in bold.

Rank	Year	Artist	Album	Certification	Sales	Sources
1	1997	Alejandro Sanz	Más	22× Platinum	2,200,000	[1]
2	1994	Laura Pausini	Laura Pausini	13× Platinum	1,300,000	[2][3]
	1988	Mecano	Descanso Dominical	13× Platinum	1,300,000	[4]
	2000	Alejandro Sanz	El Alma al Aire	13× Platinum	1,300,000	[5]
	2002	David Bisbal	Corazón latino	13× Platinum	1,300,000	[6]
5	2002	Luciano Pavarotti	Tutto Pavarotti	12× Platinum	1,200,000	[7]
	2000	La Oreja de Van Gogh	El viaje de Copperpot	11× Platinum	1,200,000	[8][9]
7	1989	Julio Iglesias	Raíces	11× Platinum	1,100,000	[4]
	1999	Rosana	Lunas Rotas	11× Platinum	1,100,000	[4]
	1999	Estopa	Estopa	11× Platinum	1,100,000	[4]
11	1993	Mecano	Aidalai	10× Platinum	1,000,000	[4]
	1993	Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	10× Platinum	1,000,000	[10]
	1997	Mónica Naranjo	Palabra de Mujer	10× Platinum	1,000,000	[4]
	2004	David Bisbal	Bulería	10× Platinum	1,000,000	[6]
	1997	Spice Girls	Spice	10× Platinum	1,000,000	[8][11]
16	2001	Álex Ubago	¿Qué pides tú?	9× Platinum	900,000	[12]
	1990	Alejandro Sanz	Viviendo Deprisa	9× Platinum	900,000	[5]
18	1997	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back	8× Platinum	800,000	[4]
	1997	Luis Miguel	Romances	8× Platinum	800,000	[4]
	1995	Alejandro Sanz	3	8× Platinum	800,000	[5]
	1998	La Oreja de Van Gogh	Dile Al Sol	7× Platinum	800,000	[9][13]
22	1989	Phil Collins	...But Seriously	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]
	1990	Juan Luis Guerra	Bachata Rosa	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]
	1996	Ella baila sola	Ella baila Sola	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]
	1998	Chayanne	Atado a Tu Amor	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]
	2005	Amaral	Estrella de mar	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]
	2002	David Bustamante	Bustamante	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]
	1982	Michael Jackson	Thriller	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]
	2003	Alejandro Sanz	No Es lo Mismo	7× Platinum	700,000	[14]
	1981	Julio Iglesias	De niña a mujer	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]
	1993	El Último de la Fila	Astronomía razonable	7× Platinum	700,000	[4]

See also

• Productores de Música de España
• List of best-selling singles in Spain
• List of best-selling albums

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