List of best-selling singles in Italy

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]

List of best-selling singles by claimed sales

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]

Between 500,000 to 999,000 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]

Highest certified singles in Italy (since 2009)

as of 2024
Year Artist Title Certifications Certified sales
2023 Lazza "Cenere" 8× Platinum[41] 800,000‡
2022 Mahmood & Blanco "Brividi" 8× Platinum[42] 800,000‡
2022 Bizarrap & Quevedo "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" 7× Platinum[43] 700,000‡
2020 Ernia "Superclassico" 7× Platinum[44] 700,000‡
2022 Rhove "Shakerando" 7× Platinum[45] 700,000‡
2023 Marco Mengoni "Due vite" 6× Platinum[46] 600,000‡
2018 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper "Shallow" 6× Platinum[47] 600,000‡
2018 Lewis Capaldi "Someone You Loved" 6× Platinum[48] 600,000‡
2019 The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" 6× Platinum[49] 600,000‡
2020 Pinguini Tattici Nucleari "Pastello bianco" 6× Platinum[50] 600,000‡
2012 Tom Odell "Another Love" 6× Platinum[51] 600,000‡
2021 Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta & Junior K "Nuovo Range" 5× Platinum[52] 600,000‡
2022 Rhove "Shakerando" 6× Platinum[53] 600,000‡
2023 Annalisa "Mon amour" 5× Platinum[54] 500,000‡
2022 Annalisa "Bellissima" 5× Platinum[54] 500,000‡
1984 a-ha "Take On Me" Gold (AFI) & 2× Platinum (FIMI)[55][56] 500,000‡
2023 Ava, Anna & Capo Plaza "Vetri neri" 5× Platinum[57] 500,000‡
2015 Baby K feat. Giusy Ferreri "Roma-Bangkok" Diamond[58] 500,000‡
2017 Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" Diamond[59] 500,000‡
2021 Blanco "Finché non mi seppelliscono" 5× Platinum[60] 500,000‡
2024 Coldplay "Viva la Vida" 5× Platinum[61] 500,000‡
2022 Dargen D'Amico "Dove si balla" 5× Platinum[62] 500,000‡
2022 Fedez, Tananai & Mara Sattei "La Dolce Vita" 5× Platinum[63] 500,000‡
2020 Gazelle "Destri" 5× Platinum[64] 500,000‡
2022 James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa "Ferrari" 5× Platinum[65] 500,000‡
2017 Luis Fonsi "Despacito" Diamond[66] 500,000‡
2022 Rkomi & Elodie "La coda del diavolo" 5× Platinum[67] 500,000‡
2022 Pinguini Tattici Nucleari "Giovani Wannabe" 5× Platinum[68] 500,000‡
2022 Sangiovanni "Farfalle" 5× Platinum[69] 500,000‡
2023 Tananai "Tango" 5× Platinum[70] 500,000‡
2020 The Weeknd "Save Your Tears" 5× Platinum[71] 500,000‡

Pre-FIMI certification

Year Artist Title Certifications Certified sales
1966 Caterina Caselli "Nessuno mi può giudicare" 1,000,000[72] Gold certification

See also

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