List of best-selling albums in Argentina

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The following list include some of the best-selling albums in Argentina with at least 300,000 copies sold or certified by CAPIF, Argentina's record industry association.[a] Argentina has always remained as one of the largest music markets in Latin America, being ranked at number 34 worldwide in 2008.[3] Albums are listed in order of certification or reported sales (highest to lowest), and order of release date (earliest to most recent). This list contains any type of album, including studio, greatest hits, compilation, various artists, soundtrack, DVDs and remix.

Luis Miguel arguably has the best-selling record in Argentina (with his 1991 album Romance),[1][2] and is the artist with most certified Diamond albums in CAPIF's history (4)

According to one publication in 2000, some of most popular artists, notably rock groups reached half-million copies of some of their releases beginning in 1982 and throughout the decade of the 1990s.[4] In the album era, rock nacional was a popular style in the country, and Fito Páez's El amor después del amor (1992) remains both the best-selling rock album and by a native artist in the Argentina with over 1 million copies.[5] Luis Miguel has the best-selling album in Argentina's history[1][2] with Romance (1991) at over 1.3 million copies sold as of 1999.

Luis Miguel has also the most certified albums with Diamond status in CAPIF's history, with four, followed by Julio Iglesias and Soledad Pastorutti with two each. Michael Jackson, the Beatles and Queen have the only English records certified with Diamond, while the Beatles, Madonna, and Guns N' Roses are the only English acts to appear twice in the list.

Historical accreditation levels

Albums

More information Period, Gold certification ...
Period Gold
certification		 Platinum
certification		 Diamond
certification
January 1980–December 31, 2000[6] 30,000 60,000 500,000
January 1, 2001 – June 30, 2016[6] 20,000 40,000 250,000
July 1, 2016–present[7] 10,000 20,000 135,000
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DVDs

More information Period, Gold certification ...
Period Gold
certification		 Platinum
certification		 Diamond
certification
Until 2011[8] 4,000 8,000
N/A
2011–June 30, 2016[9] 7,500 15,000 75,000
July 1, 2016–present[7] 5,000 10,000 50,000
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List

More information Artist, Album ...
Artist Album Released Sales Certification[10][11][12]
Luis Miguel Romance 1991 1,354,795[2] Diamond
Fito Páez El amor después del amor 1992 1,100,000[13] Diamond
Leonardo Favio Fuiste mía un verano 1968 1,000,000[14] N/a
Mercedes Sosa Mercedes Sosa en Argentina 1982 1,000,000[b] N/a
Luis Miguel Segundo Romance 1994 813,082[17] Diamond
Luis Miguel Romances 1997 781,000[18] Diamond
Luis Miguel Aries 1993 693,162[17] Diamond
Julio Iglesias El amor 1975 678,285[17] Diamond
Julio Iglesias Emociones 1978 636,294[17] Diamond
Soledad Pastorutti Poncho al viento 1996 620,510[17] Diamond
Michael Jackson Thriller 1982 576,779[17] Diamond
Julio Sosa Álbum de Oro 1962 551,890[17] Diamond
the Beatles Abbey Road 1969 506,916[17] Diamond
Queen Greatest Hits 1981 506,916[17] Diamond
Miguel Mateos "Zas" Rockas Vivas 1985 500,000[19] N/a
Soda Stereo Canción Animal 1990 500,000[20] N/a
Roxette Joyride 1991 500,000[21] N/a
Luis Miguel Nada es Igual 1996 500,000[22][23] 7× Platinum
Soledad Pastorutti La Sole 1997 500,000 Diamond[24]
Andrea Bocelli Romanza 1997 500,000[25] 6× Platinum[c]
Chayanne Atado a Tu Amor 1998 500,000[26] 5× Platinum
Queen Greatest Hits II 1991 495,000 8× Platinum
Roberto Carlos Los Más Grandes Éxitos Vol. II 1984 480,000 8× Platinum
Julio Iglesias Un hombre solo 1987 480,000 8× Platinum[27]
Xuxa Xuxa 2 1991 435,000[21] N/a
Diego Torres Tratar de Estar Mejor 1994 430,000[28] 6× Platinum
María Martha Serra Lima Esencia romántica 1981 420,000 7× Platinum
Julio Iglesias Momentos 1982 420,000 7× Platinum[27]
Juan Luis Guerra Bachata Rosa 1990 420,000[29] N/a
Maná MTV Unplugged 1999 420,000 7× Platinum
Sui Generis Vida 1973 400,000[30] N/a
Julio Iglesias A México 1975 400,000[31] N/a
Xuxa Xuxa (Shusha) 1989 400,000[21] N/a
Attaque 77 El Cielo Puede Esperar 1990 400,000[32] 4× Platinum
Shakira Dónde Están los Ladrones? 1998 365,000[33] 4× Platinum
Madonna The Immaculate Collection 1990 360,000 6× Platinum[34]
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II 1991 360,000 6× Platinum
Ace of Base The Sign 1993 360,000[35] N/a
Julio Iglesias La Carretera 1995 360,000 6× Platinum[27]
Ricky Martin A Medio Vivir 1995 360,000 6× Platinum
José Luis Perales 15 Grandes Éxitos 1995 360,000 6× Platinum
Los Nocheros Nocheros 1999 360,000 6× Platinum[36]
Julio Iglesias Hey! 1980 350,000[37] N/a
Madonna True Blue 1986 350,000[38] 4× Platinum
Ricardo Arjona Historias 1994 350,000[39] 4× Platinum
Enrique Iglesias Cosas del Amor 1999 350,000[40] N/a
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Vasos Vacíos 1994 310,000[35] N/a
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 300,000 5× Platinum[d]
Luis Miguel 20 Años 1990 300,000 5× Platinum
Phil Collins Serious Hits... Live! 1990 300,000 5× Platinum
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I 1991 300,000 5× Platinum
Metallica Metallica 1991 300,000 5× Platinum
Ricardo Montaner En el último lugar del mundo 1991 300,000[41] 4× Platinum
Eros Ramazzotti Todo Historias 1993 300,000[42] Platinum
Fito Páez Circo Beat 1994 300,000 5× Platinum
Shakira Pies Descalzos 1995 300,000[43] 2× Platinum
Rosana Arbelo Lunas Rotas 1996 300,000 5× Platinum
Alejandro Sanz Mas 1997 300,000 5× Platinum
Backstreet Boys Backstreet's Back 1997 300,000 5× Platinum
Luis Miguel Amarte es un Placer 1999 300,000 5× Platinum
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Best-selling albums by year

More information Year, Album ...
According to CAPIF
Year Album Artist Sales
1991 Xuxa 2 Xuxa 350,000[44]
1992 Romance Luis Miguel 411,502[45][46]
1994 Segundo Romance Luis Miguel 689,847[47]
1996 Nada Es Igual[48] Luis Miguel N/a
1997 Romances Luis Miguel 670,000[49]
1998 Cosas del Amor[50] Enrique Iglesias N/a
2001 Señal de Amor[51] Los Nocheros N/a
2002 Noche[52] Bandana N/a
2003 No Es lo Mismo[53] Alejandro Sanz N/a
2004 La Argentinidad al Palo[54] Bersuit Vergarabat N/a
2005 Floricienta[55] Floricienta y su banda N/a
2006 High School Musical[56] Various N/a
2007 Patito Feo[57] Various N/a
2008 La Vida es una Fiesta[58] Various N/a
2009 Cantora, un Viaje Íntimo[59] Mercedes Sosa N/a
2010 En Total Plenitud[60] Marco Antonio Solís N/a
2011 Música + Alma + Sexo[61] Ricky Martin N/a
2012 21[62] Adele N/a
2013 Hoy somos más[63] Violetta N/a
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Highest certified video and DVD albums

More information Artist, DVD ...
Artist DVD Released Certification[11][12]
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II 1991 12× Platinum
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I 1999 10× Platinum
Bob Marley & The Wailers Leyenda 1992 8× Platinum
La Renga Despedazado por Mil Partes 1996 8× Platinum
Aerosmith Big Ones 1994 6× Platinum
Bersuit De la Cabeza 2002 6× Platinum
Phil Collins Serious Hits 2003 6× Platinum
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Albums released after 2001 with Diamond status, such as Los Nocheros' Nocheros (2001) are not included in the list unless sales reported by media indicates the record sold 300,000 or more copies. Certifications indicated by media outside of CAPIF's database, are marked with bold.
  2. [b]
    Estimated sales according to author and journalist Facundo Arroyo, before its producer sold album's copyright to Polygram, and did not register post-sales in Argentina. According to Arroyo, various musicologists agreed the album sold very well throughout the next ten years after its publication.[15] Américas by Organization of American States in 1996, described the album sold "several hundred thousand copies, an extraordinary success in a country of around 30 million inhabitants".[16]
  3. [c]
    Combined for its Spanish and Italian versions
  4. [d]
    Combined for its Original (1967) and Reissue (1987)

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