List of best-selling albums in Europe
Since 1996, the IFPI have awarded Platinum Europe Awards for albums that have sold at least one million copies in Europe.[1] Only albums released on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible for the award.[1] This is a list of the best-selling albums in Europe, having been certified Platinum five times or more.
List of best-selling albums in Europe of the IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
10× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love[3] | Epic | 10,000,000 | 10× Platinum |
2011 | Adele | 21 | XL
|
10,000,000 | 10× Platinum |
9× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Celine Dion | Falling into You[3] | Epic | 9,000,000 | 9× Platinum |
2000 | The Beatles | 1
|
Capitol | 9,000,000 | 9× Platinum |
8× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | Bon Jovi | Cross Road | Mercury | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
1995 | Celine Dion | D'eux[3] | Epic | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
1996 | Spice Girls | Spice | Virgin | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
2006 | Amy Winehouse | Back to Black | Island | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
7× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | Maverick
|
7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1997 | Shania Twain | Come On Over
|
Mercury Nashville | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1998 | Madonna | Ray of Light | Warner
|
7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1998 | U2 | The Best of 1980–1990 | Island | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
2002 | Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | Blue Note | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
6× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | Andrea Bocelli | Romanza | Island/Universal | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1997 | The Corrs | Talk on Corners | Atlantic | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1996 | Fugees | The Score
|
Ruffhouse/Columbia | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2000 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | Aftermath
|
6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1998 | George Michael | Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael | Sony
|
6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2004 | James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | Atlantic | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1995 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Epic | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1995 | Oasis | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Creation | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2004 | Robbie Williams | Greatest Hits | EMI/Chrysalis | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2001 | Robbie Williams | Swing When You're Winning | EMI/Chrysalis | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1999 | Santana | Supernatural | Arista | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
5× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | Spice Girls | Spiceworld | Virgin | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1999 | Celine Dion | All the Way... A Decade of Song[3] | Epic | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1997 | Backstreet Boys | Backstreet's Back | Jive | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
2000 | Barry White | The Ultimate Collection | Universal
|
5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1995 | Bruce Springsteen | Greatest Hits | Columbia | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
2002 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head | Capitol/Parlophone | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
2005 | Coldplay | X&Y | Capitol/Parlophone | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
2003 | Dido | Life for Rent | Arista | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1999 | Dido | No Angel
|
Arista | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1995 | Elton John | Love Songs | Rocked | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
2002 | Eminem | The Eminem Show | Aftermath/Shady
|
5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1997 | Eros Ramazzotti | Eros | BMG | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1996 | George Michael | Older | Virgin | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
2000 | Madonna | Music | Warner
|
5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1997 | James Horner | Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture | Sony
|
5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1995 | Queen | Made in Heaven | Parlophone/EMI
|
5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
1998 | Phil Collins | Hits | Atlantic | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
2002 | Robbie Williams | Escapology | EMI/Chrysalis | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
2005 | Robbie Williams | Intensive Care | EMI/Chrysalis | 5,000,000 | 5× Platinum |
By claimed sales
Previously, IFPI, Music & Media awarded album sales in the Pan-European sphera like The Bodyguard soundtrack which earned 7× platinum, equivalent to 7 million copies. They also reported sales amount in the case of several album's artists in their regular articles.
*Positions based on claimed sales and release year.
Year | Artist | Album | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 18,000,000 | [4] |
1992 | Various artists/Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard | 7,000,000 | [5] |
1987 | Michael Jackson | Bad | 6,700,000 | [6] |
1993 | Mariah Carey | Music Box | 6,000,000 | [7] |
1992 | ABBA | ABBA Gold | 5,600,000 | [8] |
1986 | Madonna | True Blue | 5,500,000 | [9] |
1988 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | 5,000,000 | [10] |
1989 | Madonna | Like a Prayer | 5,000,000 | [11] |
1991 | Michael Jackson | Dangerous | 5,000,000 | [12] |
1993 | Sheryl Crow | Tuesday Night Music Club | 5,000,000 | [13] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Platinum Europe Awards - Terms and Conditions" (PDF). IFPI. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Celine Dion's highest IFPI Platinum Europe Awards:
- For All the Way... A Decade of Song: "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2004". IFPI. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- For D'eux and Falling into You: "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards: Best-selling albums in Europe over the past decade (1998-2007)" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- For Let's Talk About Love: "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards: 1999 Awards". IFPI. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "Michael Jackson … continued". Ebony. September 1987. p. 146. Retrieved December 18, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "EUROPEAN TOP 100 ALBUMS Week 9/94" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 9. February 26, 1994. p. 13. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
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- ^ "European Chart" (PDF). Music & Media. February 3, 1990. p. 18. Retrieved December 18, 2021 – via World Radio History.
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- Music and Media. 17 June 1995: 25. Retrieved 14 March 2021.)
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