List of best-selling albums in Argentina
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the best-selling albums in Argentina based on CAPIF
certification. Albums are listed in order of certification (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
, DVD
s and remix
.
Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers
The Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers is an Argentine organization member of the IFPI, which represents the music industry in the country. It is a nonprofit organization integrated by multinational and independent record labels....
certification. Albums are listed in order of certification (highest to lowest), and order of release date (earliest to most recent). This list contains any type of album, including studio
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
, compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, various artists, soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
, DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s and remix
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
.
Certification levels (Timeline)
Certification | Before January 1, 2001 | Since January 1, 2001 |
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Gold | 30,000 | 20,000 |
Platinum | 60,000 | 40,000 |
10 - 16 x platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Certification |
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1991 | Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"... |
Romance | WEA Latina | 16× platinum |
1999 | Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album... |
Use Your Illusion II (DVD) Use Your Illusion II (video) Use Your Illusion II is a live VHS/DVD by Guns N' Roses. Filmed live at the Tokyo Dome, Japan on February 22, 1992 during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion tour, this recording features the second half of the concert, the first half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion I... |
Universal Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations... |
12× platinum |
1997 | Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"... |
Romances Romances Romances is the fifteenth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, released on August 12, 1997, by Warner Music Latina. It is the third album of the Romance series, in which Miguel covers Latin songs from 1940 to 1978... |
WEA Latina | 11× platinum |
1999 | Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album... |
Use Your Illusion I (DVD) Use Your Illusion I (video) Use Your Illusion I is a live VHS/DVD by Guns N' Roses. Filmed live at the Tokyo Dome, Japan on February 22, 1992 during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion tour, this recording features the first half of the concert, the second half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion II... |
Universal | 10× platinum |
8 x platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Certification |
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1984 | Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos (singer) Roberto Carlos Braga is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and composer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year career, also known as King of Latin Music.... |
Los Más Grandes Éxitos Vol. II | Sony Music | 8× platinum |
1992 | Bob Marley & The Wailers Bob Marley & The Wailers Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett... |
Leyenda (DVD) | Universal | 8× platinum |
1993 | Mercedes Sosa Mercedes Sosa Haydée Mercedes Sosa, known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and some countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both... |
30 Años | Universal | 8× platinum |
1996 | La Renga La Renga La Renga are a hard rock and Heavy Metal band from Argentina, formed in 1988.They have a moderate success with the albums A Dónde Me Lleva La Vida and Bailando en una pata, between 1993 and 1995, but it was the release of Despedazado por Mil Partes, in 1996, that made them nationally famous.With... |
Despedazado por Mil Partes (DVD) Despedazado por Mil Partes Despedazado por Mil Partes is a 1996 studio album by La Renga.This record has many of the most famous songs of the band, such as "La Balada del Diablo y La Muerte", "El Final Es En Donde Partí", "Lo Frágil de La Locura", "Veneno" and "Hablando de La Libertad", which closes their concerts.The front... |
Universal | 8× platinum |
7 x platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Certification |
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1981 | María Martha Serra Lima Maria Martha Serra Lima -Life and work:Born in Buenos Aires to a family of auto dealership proprietors, Serra Lima was first signed on to a record label in 1977, and became famous across Latin America and in Spain during the 1970s and 1980s... |
Esencia Romántica | Sony Music | 7× platinum |
1996 | Luis Miguel | Nada Es Igual Nada Es Igual (Luis Miguel album) Nada Es Igual is an album performed and produced by Luis Miguel. It was released on August 20, 1996. The album received a Best Latin Pop Performance nomination on the 1997 Grammy Awards... |
Warner | 7× platinum |
1997 | Soledad | La Sole | Sony Music | 7× platinum |
1999 | Maná Maná Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, five Premios Juventud awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards and 13 Premios Lo... |
Maná MTV Unplugged Maná MTV Unplugged Maná MTV Unplugged is a complete live album that was recorded in Miami, FL for MTV by Latin American Mexican rock band Maná. Maná's MTV Unplugged performance was a live show which was performed in an acoustic sound. The live performance was recorded on March 10, 1999 and released in CD and DVD on... |
Warner | 7× platinum |
6 x platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Certification |
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1991 | Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album... |
Appetite for Destruction Appetite for Destruction Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in July 1987 on Geffen Records. It was well-received by critics and topped the American Billboard 200 chart... |
Universal | 6× platinum |
1991 | Roxette Roxette Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!... |
Joyride | EMI | 6× platinum |
1994 | Diego Torres Diego Torres Diego Antonio Caccia Torres , is an Argentine Grammy Award-nominated pop singer and composer.-Biography:Diego Torres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Argentine singer Lolita Torres... |
Tratar de Estar Mejor | Sony Music | 6× platinum |
1994 | Aerosmith Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many... |
Big Ones (DVD) Big Ones Big Ones is one of the many compilation albums by the American rock band Aerosmith, released on November 1, 1994 by Geffen Records... |
Universal | 6× platinum |
1995 | José Luis Perales José Luis Perales José Luis Perales is a Spanish singer-songwriter and composer who is very popular in Spain and Latin America. He has performed some of his extensive work at Carnegie Hall, New York.-Biography:... |
15 Grandes Éxitos | EMI | 6× platinum |
1995 | Ricky Martin Ricky Martin Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide... |
A Medio Vivir | Sony Music | 6× platinum |
1997 | Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident.... |
Romanza Romanza -Commercial performance:First in Europe, then charts around the world, the album amassed a multitude of platinum and multi-platinum awards, outselling even Bocelli's 1995 album, Bocelli, with worldwide sales in excess of 20 million copies to date.... (Italian and Spanish versions combined) |
Universal | 6× platinum |
1999 | Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album... |
Use Your Illusion II Use Your Illusion II Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, and as a result the two albums are sometimes considered a double album... |
Universal | 6× platinum |
1999 | Los Nocheros | Nocheros | EMI | 6× platinum |
2002 | Bersuit | De la Cabeza (DVD) De la Cabeza De la Cabeza is the sixth album by the Argentine Rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 2002. Is the only Live album of the band, recorded at the Obras Sanitarias Stadium in Buenos Aires, and at the Haedo's ShowCenter. Features the best tracks of the band until that time... |
Universal | 6× platinum |
2003 | Phil Collins Phil Collins Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.... |
Serious Hits (Double DVD) Serious Hits… Live! Serious Hits... Live! is the name of Phil Collins' 1990 live album with a CD as well as the DVD video recording of that concert. The songs on the CD version are taken from various concerts during the Serious Hits! tour, though it sounds as if the CD was recorded over one entire... |
Warner | 6× platinum |
5 x platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Certification |
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1991 | Metallica Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ... |
Metallica Metallica (album) Metallica is the self-titled fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. Mainly produced by Bob Rock, it was released on August 12, 1991 through Elektra Records to critical acclaim... |
Universal | 5× platinum |
1993 | Luis Miguel | 20 Años 20 Años 20 Años is an album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel released in 1990. The album was produced by Juan Carlos Calderón, who had worked on the two previous albums by Luis Miguel, and was a massive success across Latin-America, Spain, and with Hispanic listeners in the United States... |
Warner | 5× platinum |
1994 | Fito Páez | Circo Beat | Warner | 5× platinum |
1996 | Rosana | Lunas Rotas | Universal | 5× platinum |
1997 | Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist... |
Más Más (album) Más is the fourth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz.- Track listing :- Re-Release :Más is the re-release of the album Más containing a CD and DVD... |
Warner | 5× platinum |
1997 | Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys... |
Backstreet's Back Backstreet's Back Backstreet's Back is an album by the Backstreet Boys released internationally in 1997, but not in the United States. It was a follow-up to their successful self-titled international debut. Some songs from this album, and the prior release were compiled into a second self-titled album whose release... |
EMI | 5× platinum |
1998 | U2 U2 U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music... |
The Best of 1980–1990 | Universal | 5× platinum |
1998 | Shakira Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s... |
Dónde Están Los Ladrones? | Sony BMG | 5× platinum |
1998 | Chayanne Chayanne Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:... |
Atado a Tu Amor Atado a Tu Amor Atado a Tu Amor is the ninth album by Puerto Rican singer Chayanne released on September 28, 1998 . It received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.-Album history:... |
Sony Music | 5× platinum |
1999 | Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album... |
Use Your Illusion I Use Your Illusion I Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other being Use Your Illusion II. The two are thus sometimes considered a double album. In fact, in the original vinyl... |
Universal | 5× platinum |
1999 | Luis Miguel | Amarte Es Un Placer Amarte Es Un Placer - Tour :Amarte Es Un Placer Tour was performed between September 1999 and May 2000. It was the highest grossing tour ever made by a Latin artist... |
Warner | 5× platinum |
2001 | Juan d'Arienzo Juan D'Arienzo Juan d'Arienzo was an Argentine tango musician, also known as "El Rey del Compás" . Departing from other orchestras of the golden age, D'Arienzo returned to the 2x4 feel that characterized music of the old guard, but he used more modern arrangements and instrumentation... |
Juan d'Arienzo - RCA Victor | Sony Music | 5× platinum |
2001 | Diego Torres | Un Mundo Diferente Un Mundo Diferente - External links :*... |
Sony Music | 5× platinum |
2002 | Bersuit | De la Cabeza | Universal | 5× platinum |
2003 | Phil Collins Phil Collins Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.... |
Serious Hits… Live! Serious Hits… Live! Serious Hits... Live! is the name of Phil Collins' 1990 live album with a CD as well as the DVD video recording of that concert. The songs on the CD version are taken from various concerts during the Serious Hits! tour, though it sounds as if the CD was recorded over one entire... |
Warner | 5× platinum |
2005 | Ricardo Arjona Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer... |
Adentro Adentro Adentro is the tenth studio album by singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, released on December 6, 2005. It was named best Latin Pop Album for 2007 at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.-Track listing:#Para Bien o Para Mal#De Vez En Mes... |
Sony Music | 5× platinum |
2007 | Serrat Joan Manuel Serrat Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Catalan Spanish singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages... y Sabina Joaquín Sabina Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina , known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums... |
Dos Pájaros de Un Tiro | Sony Music | 5× platinum |
2009 | Mercedes Sosa | Cantora, Un Viaje Íntimo | Sony Music | 5× platinum |
See also
- List of best-selling albums worldwide
- Lists of best-selling albums by country
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of best-selling singles