List of best-selling singles in Italy
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The following is a list of the best-selling singles in Italy. Depends on the measurement, list is divided by claimed sales and official certifications from FIMI, which online base operates since 2009.
According to a 1969 report from SEDRIM (from Società per l'Esercizio dei Diritti di Riproduzione Meccanica), then Italian mechanical rights society, Italy was a singles-market with songs accounting 85.8 percent of total record sales in the country. A "top hit" single in Italy at that time was grouped between 500,000 and 700,000 copies.[1]
Over 1 million copies
| Year | Artist | Title | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Pino D'Angiò | "Ma quale idea" | 2,500,000[2] |
| 1964 | Bobby Solo | "Una lacrima sul viso" | 1,700,000[3] |
| 1967 | I Camaleonti | "L'ora dell'amore" | 1,500,000[4] |
| 1969 | Mario Tessuto | "Lisa dagli occhi blu" | 1,500,000[5] |
| 1973 | Patty Pravo | "Pazza idea" | 1,500,000[6] |
| 1964 | Paul Anka | "Ogni volta" | 1,500,000[7] |
| 1958 | Domenico Modugno | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (aka "Volare") | 1,000,000[8] |
| 1961 | Adriano Celentano | "24.000 baci" | 1,000,000[9] |
| 1968 | Adriano Celentano | "La Coppia Piu' Bella Del Mondo" | 1,000,000[10] |
| 1967 | Albano Carrisi | "Nel Sole" | 1,000,000[11] |
| 1967 | Fausto Leali | "A Chi" | 1,000,000[12] |
| 1979 | Alan Sorrenti | "Tu sei l'unica donna per me" | 1,000,000[13] |
| 1964 | Gianni Morandi | "In ginocchio da te" | 1,000,000[11] |
| 1970 | Gianni Morandi | "Scende la pioggia" | 1,000,000[11] |
| 1977 | Grace Jones | "La Vie en rose" | 1,000,000[14] |
| 1968 | Patty Pravo | "La bambola" | 1,000,000[15] |
| 1967 | Little Tony | "Cuore matto" | 1,000,000[16] |
| 1977 | Umberto Tozzi | "Ti amo" | 1,000,000[17] |
0.5–0-9 million copies
| Year | Artist | Title | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Adriano Celentano | "Stai lontana da me" | 900,000[18] |
| 1968 | I Camaleonti | "Applausi" | 900,000[19] |
| 1964 | Gigliola Cinquetti | "Non Ho L'Eta" | 850,000[3] |
| 1965 | Franco Tozzi | "'I Tuoi Occhi Verdi" | 800,000[20] |
| 1976 | Main theme song | "Sandokan" | 800,000[21] |
| 1966 | The Rokes | "Piangi Con Me" | 800,000[22] |
| 1965 | Nini Rosso | "Il Silenzio" | 750,000[23] |
| 1966 | Adriano Celentano | "Pregheró" | 700,000[10] |
| 1970 | Gianni Morandi | "Belinda" | 700,000[24] |
| 1969 | Georges Moustaki | "Lo Straniero" | 700,000[25] |
| 1967 | Gianni Morandi | "Un Mondo D'Amore" | 700,000[24] |
| 1968 | Patty Pravo | "Gli occhi dell'amore/Sentimento" | 700,000[26] |
| 1981 | Ricchi e Poveri | "Sarà perché ti amo" | 700,000[27] |
| 1980 | Riccardo Fogli | "Malinconia" | 650,000[28] |
| 1967 | Antoine | "Pietre" | 600,000[29] |
| 1965 | Jimmy Fontana | "La Mia Serenata" | 600,000[30] |
| 1969 | Nada | "Ma che freddo fa" | 600,000[31] |
| 1967 | Rocky Roberts | "Stasera Mi Butto" | 600,000[32] |
| 1968 | Riccardo Del Turco | "Luglio" | 511,035[33] |
| 1982 | Cristina D'Avena | "Canzone dei puffi" | 500,000[34] |
| 1968 | Aphrodite's Child | "Rain and Tears" | 500,000[35] |
| 1966 | Adriano Celentano | "Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck" | 500,000[36] |
| 1999 | Jova-Liga-Pelù | "Il mio nome è mai più" | 500,000[37] |
| 1976 | Bruno Lauzi | "La Tartaruga" | 500,000[21] |
| 1980 | Miguel Bose | "Olympic Games" | 500,000[38] |
| 1960 | Nico Fidenco | "Un Granello Di Sabbia" | 500,000[39] |
| 1980 | Pupo | "Su Di Noi" | 500,000[40] |
