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Claudio Baglioni in 1985

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 album in the world by an Italian is Andrea Bocelli's Romanza, with over 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

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1 million or more copies

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Year Artist Album Sales Notes
1985 Claudio Baglioni La vita è adesso 4,000,000 [5]
1989 Zucchero Fornaciari Oro Incenso & Birra 2,025,000 [6][7]
1998 Mina, Adriano Celentano Mina Celentano 2,000,000 [8]
1973 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 1,900,000 [9]
1981 Claudio Baglioni Strada facendo 1,850,000 [9][10][11]
1999 Adriano Celentano Io non so parlar d'amore 1,825,000 [12][7]
1996 Lucio Dalla Canzoni 1,800,000 [13]
1999 Lunapop ...Squérez? 1,625,000 [14][7]
1995 Claudio Baglioni Io sono qui 1,500,000 [9]
1979 Julio Iglesias Innamorarsi Alla Mia Età 1,500,000 [15]
1986 Madonna True Blue 1,500,000 [4][3]
1972 Claudio Baglioni Questo piccolo grande amore 1,500,000 [16]
1987 Zucchero Fornaciari Blue's 1,500,000 [17]
1988 Antonello Venditti In questo mondo di ladri 1,500,000 [18]
1990 Lucio Dalla Cambio 1,500,000 [19]
1996 Eros Ramazzotti Dove c'è musica 1,500,000 [20]
2000 Adriano Celentano Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno 1,500,000 [12]
1991 Antonello Venditti Benvenuti in paradiso 1,400,000 [21]
1992 Zucchero Fornaciari Miserere 1,400,000 [22]
1993 883 Nord Sud Ovest Est 1,300,000 [23]
1995 Zucchero Fornaciari Spirito DiVino 1,300,000 [24]
1986 Eros Ramazzotti Nuovi eroi 1,300,000 [25]
1981 Renato Zero Artide Antartide 1,300,000 [26]
2004 Vasco Rossi Buoni o cattivi 1,250,000 [27][7]
1998 Renato Zero Amore Dopo Amore 1,200,000 [28]
1980 Renato Zero Tregua 1,200,000 [29]
2005 Eros Ramazzotti Calma apparente 1,200,000 [30]
1996 Zucchero Fornaciari The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits 1,100,000 [31]
2000 The Beatles 1 1,100,000 [32][7]
2003 Eros Ramazzotti 9 1,100,000 [33]
1997 Ligabue Su e giù da un palco 1,060,000 [34][7]
1982 Franco Battiato La voce del padrone 1,050,000 [35][7]
1986 Lucio Dalla DallAmeriCaruso 1,030,000 [36][7]
1986 Claudio Baglioni Assolo 1,030,000 [37]
1992 Whitney Houston / Various artists The Bodyguard 1,025,000 [38][7]
1993 Vasco Rossi Gli spari sopra 1,025,000 [39][7]
1995 Ligabue Buon Compleanno Elvis 1,025,000 [40][7]
1977 Amanda Lear I Am a Photograph 1,000,000 [41]
1977 Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever 1,000,000 [42]
1984 Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. 1,000,000 [43]
1982 Claudio Baglioni Alé Oó 1,000,000 [44]
1984 Madonna Like a Virgin 1,000,000[a] [46]
1987 Michael Jackson Bad 1,000,000 [47]
1988 Lucio Dalla Dalla/Morandi 1,000,000 [48]
1990 Eros Ramazzotti In ogni senso 1,000,000 [49]
1991 Marco Masini Malinconoia 1,000,000 [50]
1992 Luca Carboni Carboni 1,000,000 [51]
1993 Eros Ramazzotti Tutte storie 1,000,000 [52]
1995 Antonello Venditti Prendilo tu questo frutto amaro 1,000,000 [53]
1997 Pino Daniele Dimmi cosa succede sulla terra 1,000,000 [54]
1998 Pino Daniele Yes I know my way 1,000,000 [54]
1998 Vasco Rossi Canzoni per me 1,000,000 [55]
1998 Zucchero Fornaciari BlueSugar 1,000,000 [56]
1979 Rockets Galaxy 1,000,000 [57]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In Italy, Like a Virgin received a platinum award for the sales of 500,000 copies in 1986.[45] The following year, it received an additional platinum with the same level-requeriments (making a total of 1 million certified units) despite that for new releases, a platinum was equivalent to 200,000 copies at that time.

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  57. ^ "Il rock irrompe fra i purosangue". Corriere della Sera (in Italian): 17. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2021. tra gli oggetti spariti dall' abitazione c'erano anche il disco d'oro per le 200 mila copie vendutre di plasteroid e il disco di platino per il milione di copie dellalbum galaxy
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