List of best-selling albums in the Philippines

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This is a list of best-selling albums in the Philippines. This list can contain any types of albums, including studio albums or extended plays, live albums, greatest hits or compilations, various artists, and soundtracks, both from domestic and international artists. The Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) is the organization responsible for awarding record certifications in the Philippines. PARI is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Album certifications include both physical and digital sales.

Prior to 1990, Music certifications were only awarded by Record Labels to their artists through their own guidelines until PARI took the obligation and changed the criteria for album certifications over the years using the guidelines of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). At that time, PARI's early policy for albums released in the country can only be certified Platinum if it were sold at least 40,000 copies, eventually it would be certified with a Diamond record upon reaching ten times copies amounting to 400,000 units. This rule was granted until 2006 when PARI changed it down to 30,000 units.[1] It was not until October 2007 that thresholds for albums were distinguished between the local and international repertoire. In local release, PARI made it into 30,000 copies for Platinum certification, same that of the previous rule, but parted away from the international release, and decreased it into 20,000 copies.[2] In February 2008, PARI decided to change the guidelines again. This time, they made 25,000 copies for local albums and 15,000 for international albums.[3] This latter did not take effect until December 2009 when PARI decreased to 20,000 copies while still remained 15,000 copies for international-released albums, same from the previous one for Platinum-certified album.[4]

Currently, domestic repertoire shares the same thresholds along with the international repertoire, same that of the 1999—2006/2007 rule. For the album to be considered as one of the best-selling albums, new criteria was implemented that the figure must be published by a reliable or acceptable source and that the album must have sold at least 150,000 units for both domestic and international albums to receive Diamond record certification in the country and this was implemented in March 2012 and onwards.[5] This is why only partial sales figures for international albums such as Fearless, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, All Saints, and The Fame have been included on this list. Mandy Moore's self-titled second album had sold 200,000 copies in the Philippines, making it the second best-selling album in the Philippines by a female foreign singer behind Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. [6]

As of 2025, Jose Mari Chan's Constant Change (1989) and as of 2009 Christmas in Our Hearts (1990) still remain as the best-selling albums in the country with the estimated sales of more than 800,000 copies each. Regine Velasquez is considered as the best-selling artist of all time in the Philippines with 7 million certified albums locally and 1.5 million certified albums in Asia.[7][8][9] Other artists such as Eraserheads and Rivermaya have three albums on the list, while Gary Valenciano, Sarah Geronimo, Jaya, Jolina Magdangal, MYMP, Smokey Mountain and Westlife each have two.

Best-selling albums

Regine Velasquez has sold more than 8.5 million certified albums regionally making her the Philippines' best-selling artist of all time.[7]
Sarah Geronimo holds the record for best-selling debut album of all time in the Philippines with Popstar: A Dream Come True, which also holds the record as the longest-running number-one album.
Nina holds the record for best-selling live album with Nina Live!, which received a Diamond certification.
Irish boy band Westlife are the only one of the international acts who had two consecutive released albums featured on the entry.
The 2004 greatest hits album of Eraserheads, The Eraserheads Anthology is the best-selling compilation album in the Philippines to date.
The late Francis Magalona is the only OPM hip-hop/rapper artist who has a best-selling album in these entries.
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Best-selling albums in the Philippines
Album Artist Release Year Sales Certification Ref.
Christmas in Our Hearts Jose Mari Chan 1990 802,000 Diamond[10] [11]
Constant Change[A] Jose Mari Chan 1989 801,000 Diamond[10] [12]
Westlife Westlife 1999 500,000 [13][14]
R2K Regine Velasquez 1999 500,000 Diamond [15][7]
Cutterpillow Eraserheads 1995 400,000 [16]
Jaya Jaya 1996 360,000 [17]
Popstar: A Dream Come True Sarah Geronimo 2003 310,000 10× Platinum [18]
On Memory Lane Jolina Magdangal 2000 240,000 6× Platinum[10] [19][20]
Nina Live! Nina 2005 300,000 Diamond[10] [21]
Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 2010 300,000 2× Diamond[10] [22]
Coast to Coast Westlife 2000 280,000 [13][14]
Jolina Jolina Magdangal 1999 280,000 7× Platinum[10] [20][23]
Forevermore Side A 1995 265,000 [24]
Paraiso Smokey Mountain 1991 260,000 [25]
Isn't It Romantic? Sharon Cuneta 2006 250,000 Diamond [25]
Smokey Mountain Smokey Mountain 1989 245,000 [24]
Covers, Vol. 1 Regine Velasquez 2004 240,000 [26]
On Memory Lane Jolina Magdangal 2000 240,000 6× Platinum[10] [27][20]
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 1995 240,000 [28]
Paint My Love Michael Learns to Rock 1996 240,000 [29]
Titanic James Horner 1997 230,000 [30]
Halik Aegis 1998 226,000 4× Platinum[10] [24]
Ten Years Together APO Hiking Society 1980 224,000 [24]
Just Can't Help Feelin' Jessa Zaragoza 1997 223,000 [31]
Pagdating ng Panahon Aiza Seguerra 2001 220,000 5× Platinum[10] [31]
Habang May Buhay Donna Cruz 1995 210,000 [24]
Freeman Francis Magalona 1995 219,000 [31]
Rivermaya Rivermaya 1994 217,000 [31]
Atomic Bomb Rivermaya 1997 216,000 [31]
Kitchie Nadal Kitchie Nadal 2004 215,000 2× Platinum[10] [10]
Circus Eraserheads 1994 214,000 [32]
Trip Rivermaya 1996 214,000 [32]
Versions / Beyond Acoustic[B] MYMP 2005 211,000 [32]
Eraserheads Anthology Eraserheads 2004 209,000 [32]
A Wonderful Christmas Christian Bautista 2010 200,000 Diamond[10] [33][34]
Mandy Moore Mandy Moore 2001 200,000 [6]
Regine Live: Songbird Sings the Classics Regine Velasquez 2000 200,000 Platinum[10] [35][26]
...Baby One More Time (album) Britney Spears 1999 200,000 4× Platinum[36] [36]
In The Raw Jaya 1997 200,000 [17]
Postcards from Heaven Lighthouse Family 1997 200,000 [30]
Chapter I: A New Beginning The Moffatts 1998 200,000 [30]
Spice Spice Girls 1996 200,000 [37]
Nina Nina 2006 188,000 2× Platinum[10] [C]
Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw Regine Velasquez 2000 180,000 2× Platinum[10] [26][38]
Revive Gary Valenciano 2000 180,000 6× Platinum[39] [40]
Heaven Nina 2002 162,000 2× Platinum[10] [D]
Forever Martin Nievera 1998 160,000 4× Platinum [41]
Zsa Zsa Zsa Zsa Padilla 1998 160,000 4× Platinum [42]
Retro Regine Velasquez 1996 160,000 [35]
One Heart Sarah Geronimo 2011 150,000 6x Platinum [43] [44]
Araw Oras Tagpuan Sponge Cola 2011 150,000 Diamond[10] [45][46]
Julie Anne San Jose Julie Anne San Jose 2012 150,000 Diamond[10] [47]
Wish I May Alden Richards 2015 150,000 Diamond[10] [48]
All Saints All Saints 1997 140,000 [30]
Fearless Taylor Swift 2008 140,000 [49]
Nandito Ako Thalía 1997 120,000 [50]
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Notes

  1. [A]
    Although Constant Change was released on May 25, 1989, the album had received its certification by PARI on November 10, 1990.
  2. [B]
    Two albums of MYMP, Versions and Beyond Acoustics were combined together for certification since they were both released consecutively on a same year.
  3. [C]
    Nina (standard and reissued versions) has sold over 60,000 physical copies as of 2007 and has accumulated 159,790,082 streaming count (127,832 album-equivalent units) on Spotify as of September 13, 2025. This excludes figures from Apple Music, YouTube and other streaming channels.
  4. [D]
    Heaven has sold over 80,000 copies as of 2003 and has accumulated 102,449,004 streaming count (81,959 album-equivalent units) on Spotify as of September 13, 2025. This excludes figures from Apple Music, YouTube and other streaming channels.

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