List of best-selling albums in Spain
Alejandro Sanz is the artist with more entries in the list, with Más , El Alma al Aire , Viviendo Deprisa , 3 and No Es lo Mismo .
This is a list of the best-selling albums in Spain that have been certified by the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE). PROMUSICAE is in charge of certifying records in Spain. Until October 2005, the certification levels for albums in Spain were 50,000 for Gold and 100,000 for Platinum. The current levels, however, are 20,000 for Gold and 40,000 for Platinum.
Of the 20 best selling albums in Spain, Spanish artists dominate the list with fourteen entries. Two Italian artists and one artist each from the United Kingdom, United States, Cuba and Mexico complete the list. Four acts - Alejandro Sanz , La Oreja de Van Gogh , Mecano , and David Bisbal - appear more than once in the list.
Alejandro Sanz tops the list with his fifth album Más , selling around 2.2 million copies in the country and being certified 22 times. The best-selling non-Spanish language album in Spain is Spice by Spice Girls , which sold 1 million copies.
Best-selling albums of all-time in Spain
Laura Pausini had one of the best selling album in Spain by a foreign artist with her homonymous album Laura Pausini .
Spanish groups Mecano and La Oreja de Van Gogh (pictured ) are tied as the bands with the most entries, both with two.
The following are the top best-selling albums in Spain based in certifications from PROMUSICAE . Spanish artists are in bold .
Year
Artist
Album
Certification
Sales
Sources
1997
Alejandro Sanz
Más
22× Platinum
2,200,000
[ 1]
2000
Alejandro Sanz
El Alma al Aire
13× Platinum
1,300,000
[ 2]
2002
David Bisbal
Corazón latino
13× Platinum
1,300,000
[ 3]
1994
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini
11× Platinum
1,300,000
[ 4] [ 5]
1990
The Three Tenors
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert [ a]
14× Platinum[ 7]
1,200,000
[ 8]
2001
Operacion Triunfo
Album
12× Platinum
1,200,000
[ 9]
1988
Mecano
Descanso Dominical
11× Platinum
1,200,000
[ 9]
2000
La Oreja de Van Gogh
El viaje de Copperpot
11× Platinum
1,200,000
[ 10] [ 11]
1989
Julio Iglesias
Raíces
11× Platinum
1,100,000
[ 9]
1996
Rosana
Lunas Rotas
11× Platinum
1,100,000
[ 9]
1999
Estopa
Estopa
11× Platinum
1,100,000
[ 9]
1993
Mecano
Aidalai
10× Platinum
1,000,000
[ 9]
1993
Gloria Estefan
Mi Tierra
10× Platinum
1,000,000
[ 12]
1997
Mónica Naranjo
Palabra de Mujer
10× Platinum
1,000,000
[ 9]
2004
David Bisbal
Bulería
10× Platinum
1,000,000
[ 3]
1997
Spice Girls
Spice
10× Platinum
1,000,000
[ 10] [ 13]
1997
Luis Miguel
Romances
9× Platinum
1,000,000
[ 14] [ 15]
1990
Juan Luis Guerra
Bachata Rosa
7× Platinum
1,000,000
[ 9] [ 16]
1980
Julio Iglesias
Hey
5× Platinum
1,000,000
[ 9] [ 17]
2001
Álex Ubago
¿Qué pides tú?
9× Platinum
900,000
[ 18]
1990
Alejandro Sanz
Viviendo Deprisa
9× Platinum
900,000
[ 2]
2003
Alejandro Sanz
No Es lo Mismo
8× Platinum
800,000
[ 19]
1997
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet's Back
8× Platinum
800,000
[ 9]
1995
Alejandro Sanz
3
8× Platinum
800,000
[ 2]
1989
Phil Collins
...But Seriously
7× Platinum
750,000
[ 9] [ 20]
1999
Luis Miguel
Amarte Es Un Placer
7× Platinum
700,000
[ 21]
1998
La Oreja de Van Gogh
Dile Al Sol
7× Platinum
700,000
[ 11] [ 22]
1996
Ella baila sola
Ella baila Sola
7× Platinum
700,000
[ 9]
1998
Chayanne
Atado a Tu Amor
7× Platinum
700,000
[ 9]
2002
Amaral
Estrella de mar
7× Platinum
700,000
[ 9]
2002
David Bustamante
Bustamante
7× Platinum
700,000
[ 9]
1993
El Último de la Fila
Astronomía razonable
7× Platinum
700,000
[ 9]
2002
Operacion Triunfo
Canta Disney
7× Platinum
700,000
[ 9]
Notes
^ Year-end sales according to El País . Platinum for a classical album before 1999, was equivalent to 25,000 units.[ 6]
See also
References
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