List of best-selling albums by country

This is a list of the best selling albums by country based on the information and certifications provided by the respective national charts.

Argentina

Year	Artist	Album	Label	Sales	Certification
1991	Luis Miguel	Romance	WEA Latina	960,000	16 × platinum
1999	Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion II (DVD)	Universal	720,000	12 × platinum
1997	Luis Miguel	Romances	WEA Latina	660,000	11 × platinum
1999	Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion I (DVD)	Universal	600,000	10 × platinum

Australia

Rank	Year	Album	Artist	Award	Sales	Source
1	1977	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	25 × Platinum	1,750,000
2	1986	Whispering Jack	John Farnham	24 × Platinum	1,680,000
3	1997	Come on Over	Shania Twain	18 × Platinum	1,260,000
4	2003	Innocent Eyes	Delta Goodrem	15 × Platinum	1,200,000
5	1985	Brothers in Arms	Dire Straits	17 × Platinum	1,190,000
	1992	Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	18 × Platinum	1,260,000

Austria

Year	Title	Artist	Certification	Shipments
1982	Thriller	Michael Jackson	8x Platinum	400,000
2002	Mensch	Herbert Grönemeyer	8x Platinum	320,000
2013	Farbenspiel	Helene Fischer	18x Platinum	270,000
1985	Geld oder Leben!	Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung	5x Platinum	250,000
1985	Grenzenlos	STS	5x Platinum	250,000

Brazil

Rank	Record	Artist	Year	Sales
1	Músicas para Louvar ao Senhor	Father Marcelo Rossi	1998	3,328,468
2	Xou da Xuxa 3	Xuxa	1988	3,216,000
3	Leandro & Leonardo (Pense em Mim)	Leandro & Leonardo	1990	3,145,814
4	Só pra Contrariar (Depois do Prazer)	Só Pra Contrariar	1997	2,984,384
5	4º Xou da Xuxa	Xuxa	1989	2,920,000

Canada

Rank	Year	Title	Artist	Certification	Units Sales
1	1982	Thriller	Michael Jackson	2x Diamond	2,455,000
2	1997	Come on Over	Shania Twain	Diamond	1,930,000
3	2011	21	Adele	Diamond	1,500,000
4	1997	Let's Talk About Love	Celine Dion	Diamond	1,490,000
5	1992	The Bodyguard Soundtrack	Whitney Houston	Diamond	1,318,000

Chile

Rank	Year	Artist	Album	Sales
1	1993	Illapu	En estos días	175,000
2	2003	María José Quintanilla	Mexico lindo y querido	160,000
3	1984	Los Prisioneros	La voz de los '80	101,000
4	1986	Los Prisioneros	Pateando piedras	100,000
4	1989	Sexual Democracia	Buscando chilenos	100,000
4	1990	Los Prisioneros	Corazones	100,000
4	1991	La Ley	Doble Opuesto	100,000
4	1995	Los Tres	MTV Unplugged	100,000
4	2010	Los Vásquez	Contigo pop y cebolla	100,000

China

Legend

pink	Physical album
purple	Digital album

Best-selling albums in China

Rank no.	Year of release	Album	Artist	Number of copies sold	Ref.
1	2020	Light	Xiao Zhan	36,236,107
2	1986	A Voice on the Ocean	Fei Xiang	20,000,000
3	2019	Young	Cai Xukun	13,602,755+
4	2016	Growing Wild	Li Yuchun	6,649,000
5	2019	Honey	Lay	3,916,114
6	2016	Xplore	Lu Han	3,663,000
7	2019	Π-volume.1	Lu Han	3,446,000
8	2015	Reloaded	Lu Han	3,359,000

Colombia

Rank	Year	Title	Artist	Sales
1	1993	Clásicos de la Provincia	Carlos Vives	1,200,000
2	1998	30 Grandes Éxitos	Diomedes Díaz	1,000,000
3	1996	Pies Descalzos	Shakira	1,000,000
4	1996	Mar Adentro	Donato y Estefano	800,000
5	1993	Título de Amor	Diomedes Díaz & Juancho Rois	600,000

Croatia

Year	Title	Artist	Sales
1991	Da mi te zaljubit' u mene	Magazin	50 000
1994	Second to none	Electro Team	55 000
1996	Anno domini	Electro Team	60 000
1996	Zovem te ja	Danijela Martinović	80 000
1997	Mjesec iznad oblaka	Petar Grašo	110 000
1998	To malo ljubavi	Danijela Martinović	100 000
1998	Da si ti ja	Magazin	120 000
1999	Ja samo pjevam	Severina	50 000
2000	Dvi,tri riči	Oliver Dragojević	50 000
2001	Ona to zna	Ivana Banfić	60 000
2001	Mirakul	Gibonni	60 000

Czech Republic

1994 to 2006

Rank	Year	Title	Artist
1	1996	Šmoulí-super-disko-šou	various
2	2001	Rebelové OST	various
3	1998	Cik-Cak	Lunetic
4	1993	Snídaně v trávě	Michal Tučný
5	1996	Pasáček hvězd	František a Jan Nedvědovi

Finland

Rank	Year	Artist	Album	Sales
1	1995	Jari Sillanpää	Jari Sillanpää	272,942
2	1996	Eppu Normaali	Repullinen hittejä	244,031
3	1988	Kirka	Surun pyyhit silmistäni	214,196
4	1985	Dingo	Kerjäläisten valtakunta	190,894
5	1992	Joel Hallikainen	Joel Hallikainen	178,654

France

Rank	Year	Artist	Album	Certification	Sales[citation needed]
1	1995	Celine Dion	D'eux	Diamond	4,235,000
2	1982	Michael Jackson	Thriller	Diamond	3,760,000
3	1994	Francis Cabrel	Samedi soir sur la Terre	Diamond	3,385,000
4	1997	Andrea Bocelli	Romanza	Diamond	2,855,000
5	1998	Musical	Notre-Dame de Paris	Diamond	2,830,000

Germany

Rank	Year	Title	Artist	Certification	Shipments
1	2002	Mensch	Herbert Grönemeyer	21 × Gold	3.15 million
2	1989	...But Seriously	Phil Collins	6 × Platinum	3 million
3	1984	4630 Bochum	Herbert Grönemeyer	11 × Gold	2.75 million
4	1992	ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	10 × Gold	2.5 million
5	1991	We Can't Dance	Genesis	5 × Platinum	2.5 million

India and Pakistan

The following list includes both Indian and Pakistani albums, due to their music industries being closely linked. The data mentioned may not be totally accurate due to lack of trusted resources*

Rank	Year	Album	Artist(s)	Sales	Source
1	2007	Aap ka Surror	Himesh	55,000,100
2	1990	Aashiqui	Nadeem–Shravan	15,000,000
	1984	Young Tarang	Nazia and Zoheb	15,000,000
	1995	Bolo Ta Ra Ra..	Daler Mehndi	15,000,000
3	1995	Billo De Ghar	Abrar-ul-Haq	14,000,000
4	1997	Dil To Pagal Hai	Uttam Singh	12,500,000
5	1996	Raja Hindustani	Nadeem–Shravan	11,000,000
6	1981	Disco Deewane	Nazia and Zoheb	10,500,000
7	1994	Hum Aapke Hain Kaun	Raamlaxman	10,000,000
8	1995	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	Jatin–Lalit	9,000,000
	1999	Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai	Rajesh Roshan	9,000,000

Indonesia

Rank	Year	Artist	Album	Sales	Sources
1	1990	Nike Ardilla	Bintang Kehidupan	6,000,000
2	1995	Nike Ardilla	Sandiwara Cinta	5,000,000
3	2004	Peterpan	Bintang Di Surga	3,200,000
4	2001	Padi	Sesuatu Yang Tetunda	2,000,000
5	2010	Indah Dewi Pertiwi	Hipnotis	2,000,000
6	2012	Noah	Seperti Seharusnya	1,900,000
7	2000	Jamrud	Ningrat	1,800,000
8	2000	Sheila on 7	Kisah Klasik Untuk Masa Depan	1,700,000
9	2000	Dewa 19	Bintang Lima	1,700,000
10	2011	Rossa	The Best of Rossa	1,500,000
11	2002	Jamrud	Sydney 090102	1,400,000
12	2004	Radja	Langkah Baru	1,300,000
13	2002	Sheila on 7	07 Des	1,300,000
14	1999	Sheila on 7	Sheila on 7	1,300,000
15	2005	Peterpan	OST Alexandria	1,300,000

Ireland

Irish Recorded Music Association's best selling albums

Rank	Year	Album	Artist
1	1998	White Ladder	David Gray
2	1992	Gold: The Greatest Hits	ABBA
3	1992	A Woman's Heart	Various
4	1998	The Best of 1980–1990	U2
5	1994	Live at the Point	Christy Moore

Irish Recorded Music Association certifications

Rank	Year	Album	Artist	Sales	Certification
1	1997	Talk on Corners	The Corrs	300,000	20× Platinum
2	2011	21	Adele	270,000	18× Platinum
3	2009	Crazy Love	Michael Bublé	225,000	15× Platinum
4	1995	Forgiven, Not Forgotten	The Corrs	195,000	13× Platinum
5	2008	The Love Album	Westlife	150,000	10× Platinum
6	1996	Spice	Spice Girls	135,000	9× Platinum
6	2008	The Fame / The Fame Monster	Lady Gaga	135,000	9× Platinum
7	1992	Unplugged	Eric Clapton	120,000	8× Platinum
7	1999	Unplugged	The Corrs	120,000	8× Platinum
7	2005	X&Y	Coldplay	120,000	8× Platinum
7	2005	Face to Face	Westlife	120,000	8× Platinum
7	2008	The Circus	Take That	120,000	8× Platinum
7	2009	I Dreamed a Dream	Susan Boyle	120,000	8× Platinum

Italy

Rank	Year	Artist	Album	Sales	Sources
1	1985	Claudio Baglioni	La vita è adesso	3,800,000	–
2	1998	Mina, Adriano Celentano	Mina Celentano	2,365,000	–
3	1999	Adriano Celentano	Io non-so parlar d'amore	2,360,000	–
4	1999	Lunapop	...Squerez?	1,870,000	–
5	1981	Claudio Baglioni	Strada facendo	1,850,000	–

Japan

Sales figure derived from data that the Oricon provided in 2007.

Rank	Year	Title	Artist	Sales
1	1999	First Love	Hikaru Utada	7,672,000
2	1998	B'z The Best "Pleasure"	B'z	5,135,922
3	1997	Review	Glay	4,875,980
4	2001	Distance	Hikaru Utada	4,469,135
5	1998	B'z The Best "Treasure"	B'z	4,438,742

Malaysia

Sales figure derived from various sources.

Rank	Year	Title	Artist	Claimed sales	Certifications
1	1996	Puji-Pujian	Raihan	1,000,000 – 1,500,000	> 66 × Platinum
2	1994	USA	Ella	500,000 – 900,000	> 33 × Platinum
3	1994	Bisa Berbisa	U.K's	500,000 – 900,000	> 33 × Platinum
4	1996	Dang Dang Dut	Amelina, Iwan & Sheeda	500,000 – 900,000	> 33 × Platinum
5	1997	Siti Nurhaliza	Siti Nurhaliza	500,000 – 900,000	> 33 × Platinum
6	1996	Kau Kunci Cintaku (Dalam Hatimu)	Ramlah Ram	500,000 – 800,000	> 33 × Platinum
7	1992	30110	Ella	500,000 – 800,000	> 33 × Platinum
8	1997	Brutal	XPDC	500,000 – 800,000	> 33 × Platinum
9	1993	The Goodbye Kiss	Jacky Cheung	500,000 – 800,000	> 33 × Platinum
10	1995	Kesan Terbukti	Kumpulan Slam	400,000 – 800,000	> 26 × Platinum
11	1997	Cindai	Siti Nurhaliza	400,000 – 800,000	> 26 × Platinum
12	1998	Adiwarna	Siti Nurhaliza	400,000 – 800,000	> 26 × Platinum
13	1995	Tajam Menikam	U.K's	300,000 – 600,000	> 20 × Platinum
14	1999	The Best of Awie	Awie	300,000 – 600,000	> 20 × Platinum
15	1996	Kembali Merindu	Kumpulan Slam	300,000 – 600,000	> 20 × Platinum
16	1996	Terbaik Slam	Kumpulan Slam	300,000 – 600,000	> 20 × Platinum
17	2009	Thank You Allah	Maher Zain	300,000 – 500,000	> 20 × Platinum
18	1989	Fenomena	Search	300,000 – 500,000	> 20 × Platinum
19	1999	E.M.A.S	Siti Nurhaliza	250,000 – 400,000	> 16 × Platinum
20	1990	Karisma	Search	250,000 – 400,000	> 16 × Platinum

Mexico

Nine of the ten best-selling albums of all time in Mexico are from national artists.

Rank	Year	Title	Artist	Sales
1	1984	Las mañanitas	Pedro Infante	20,000,000
2	1984	Recuerdos, Vol. II	Juan Gabriel	8,000,000
3	1982	20 Triunfadoras	José José	7,500,000
4	1991	Romance	Luis Miguel	7,250,000
5	1986	Hoy platiqué con mi gallo	Vicente Fernandez	7,000,000

New Zealand

Rank	Album	Artist	Released	Number of times certified platinum
1	The Best of ABBA	ABBA	1975	24
	Brothers in Arms	Dire Straits	1985	24
3	Come on Over	Shania Twain	1997	21
4	Legend	Bob Marley and the Wailers	1984	20
5	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	1977	17

Philippines

The Philippine Association of the Record Industry or PARI is the organization responsible for awarding record certifications in the Philippines since 1999. Here are the top 10 of the 40 best-selling albums in the country.

Legend

pink	Released before PARI began awarding certifications
purple	Released after PARI began awarding certifications

Rank	Album	Artist	Release Year	Sales	Certification	Ref.
1	Christmas in Our Hearts	Jose Mari Chan	1990	800,000	Diamond
2	Constant Change	Jose Mari Chan	1989	800,000	Diamond
3	Westlife	Westlife	2000	500,000
4	R2K	Regine Velasquez	1999	480,000
5	Cutterpillow	Eraserheads	1995	400,000
6	Jaya	Jaya	1996	360,000
8	Nina Live!	Nina	2005	300,000	Diamond
7	Popstar: A Dream Come True	Sarah Geronimo	2003	296,800
9	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	Bruno Mars	2010	300,000
10	Coast to Coast	Westlife	2000	280,000

Portugal

Romania

South Korea

Rank	Artist	Title	Year	Sales	Sources
1	BTS	Map of the Soul: 7	2020	4,563,809
2		Map of the Soul: Persona	2019	4,129,458
3		Be	2020	3,686,175
4	NCT Dream	Hot Sauce (Full & RG)	2021	3,318,895
5	BTS	Love Yourself: Answer	2018	2,988,477
6	NCT	Resonance (Full & RG)	2020	2,949,221
7	Kim Gun-mo	Wrongful Encounter	1995	2,860,000
8	Lee Moon-sae	When Love Passes By	1987	2,850,000
9	BTS	Butter	2021	2,644,270
10		Love Yourself: Tear	2018	2,615,592

Serbia

• The following statistic doesn't show actual sales figures, but the circulation of the albums released since June 2006

Rank	Year	Artist	Album	Circulation	Record label
1	2007	Seka Aleksić	"Kraljica"	300,000	Grand Production
	2008	Lepa Brena	"Uđi slobodno..."
2		Jelena Karleuša	"JK Revolution"	280,000	City Records

Spain

Rank	Year	Artist	Album	Certification	Sales	Sources
1	1997	Alejandro Sanz	Más	22 × Platinum	2,200,000
2	1994	Laura Pausini	Laura Pausini	11× Platinum	1,300,000
3	1988	Mecano	Descanso Dominical	13 × Platinum	1,300,000
	2000	Alejandro Sanz	El Alma al Aire	13 × Platinum	1,300,000
	2002	David Bisbal	Corazón latino	13 × Platinum	1,300,000
6	2002	Luciano Pavarotti	Tutto Pavarotti	12 × Platinum	1,200,000
	2000	La Oreja de Van Gogh	El viaje de Copperpot	11 × Platinum	1,200,000

Switzerland

Year	Title	Artist	Certification	Shipments
1992	Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	10× Platinum	500,000
1985	Brothers in Arms	Dire Straits	6× Platinum+Platinum	350,000
1997	Romanza	Andrea Bocelli	7× Platinum	350,000
1982	Thriller	Michael Jackson	6× Platinum	300,000
1997	Let's Talk About Love	Celine Dion	6× Platinum	300,000
1981	Greatest Hits	Queen	5× Platinum	250,000
1987	Dirty Dancing	Various Artists	5× Platinum	250,000
1989	...But Seriously	Phil Collins	5× Platinum	250,000
1991	Greatest Hits II	Queen	5× Platinum	250,000
1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson	5× Platinum	250,000
1992	The Bodyguard	Whitney Houston / Various Artists	5× Platinum	250,000
1998	Uf u dervo	Gölä & Band	5× Platinum	250,000

Taiwan

Rank	Year	Title	Artist	Sales
1	1993	The Goodbye Kiss	Jacky Cheung	1,360,000
2	1997	Bad Boy	A-mei	1,250,000
3	1995	True Love Compilation	Jacky Cheung	1,220,000
4	1992	The Words After Drunk	Jody Chiang	1,160,000
5	1997	Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture	James Horner	1,100,000
6	1996	Sisters	A-mei	1,080,000
7	1996	How Could I Forget You?	Jacky Cheung	1,050,000
8	1998	Love Like Pacific Ocean	Richie Jen	1,020,000
9	1989	Talk to You, Listen to You	Sarah Chen	970,000
10	1993	The New Butterfly Dream	Huang An	940,000

Thailand

Year	Title	Artist	Label	Sales
1984	Made in Thailand	Carabao (band)	GMM Grammy	5,000,000+
1990	Boomerang	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	2,000,000+
1990	Ninja	Christina Aguilar	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
1991	Prik-Kee-Nu	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	3,500,000+
1991	Jor-Ae-Bor	Jetrin Wattanasin	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
1992	Kwam-Lab-Sood-Korb-Fah	Mai Charoenpura	GMM Grammy	2,000,000+
1993	MEGADANCE 2	Jessica Jay	ONPA	1,000,000+
1994	Red Beat	Christina Aguilar	GMM Grammy	3,500,000+
1994	Thor-Thong	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
1994	Mr.Mos – Mai-Rak-Mai-Dai-Leaw	Patiparn Pataweekarn	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
1995	Amita Tata Young	Tata Young	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
1995	Feather & Flowers	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
1996	6.2.12	Christina Aguilar Jetrin Wattanasin Patiparn Pataweekarn Tata Young Myria Benedetti UHT	GMM Grammy	2,000,000+
1997	Siren Love	Ruangsak Loychusak	RS Public Company Limited	1,000,000+
1998	Thongchai Service	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
1998	Entertainment	Loso	GMM Grammy	2,000,000+
1999	DUNK	Phunkorn Boonyachinda	RS Public Company Limited	1,500,000+
1999	Tu-Pleng Saman Prajam Barn	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
2001	Smile Club	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	2,200,000+
2002	Chood-Rab-Kak	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	8,000,000+
2003	Soundshake	Clash (Thai band)	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
2004	Bird-Sek	Thongchai McIntyre Seksan Sukpimai	GMM Grammy	2,000,000+
2005	Volume 1	Thongchai McIntyre	GMM Grammy	1,000,000+
2006	Crashing	Clash (Thai band)	GMM Grammy	500,000+
2007	Save My Life	Bodyslam (band)	GMM Grammy	400,000+
2010	KRAAM	Bodyslam (band)	GMM Grammy	440,000+

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Turkey

United Kingdom

Key

Released before UK music recording certifications were introduced in April 1973

Best-selling albums in the UK

Position	Album	Artist	Record label	Released	Chart peak	Copies sold	Number of times certified Platinum
1	Greatest Hits	Queen	Parlophone	October 1981	1	6,600,000 (Aug 2020)	22×
2	Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	Polydor	September 1992	1	5,700,000 (Aug 2020)	19×
3	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	Parlophone	June 1967	1	5,400,000 (Aug 2020)	18×
4	21	Adele	XL	January 2011	1	5,180,000 (Feb 2020)	16×
5	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	Creation	October 1995	1	4,940,000 (Oct 2018)	15×

United States

Rank	Artist	Album	Shipments (sales)	Certification
1	Eagles	Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)	38,000,000	38 × Platinum
2	Michael Jackson	Thriller	34,000,000	34 × Platinum
3	Eagles	Hotel California	26,000,000	26 × Platinum
4	AC/DC	Back in Black	25,000,000	25 × Platinum
5	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	23,000,000	23 × Platinum
6	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	20,000,000	20 × Platinum
7	Garth Brooks	No Fences	18,000,000	18 × Platinum
8	Guns 'N Roses	Appetite for Destruction	18,000,000	18 × Platinum

See also

• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling albums of the 2000s (century)