The following is an independently-determined list of best-selling albums in Chile. Some of these figures are reported by national newspapers such as El Mercurio and La Tercera, forwarded by entities that includes Feria del Disco and Musimundo (then Chile's largest retailers) or music associations like Asociación de Productores Fonográficos de Chile (APF or IFPI Chile), Chile's record-industry trade group that compiled sales from five multionational labels that make up APF (Sony, BMG, EMI, Warner and Polygram Chile).
Chilean music market rose steadily in the mid-1990s, with sales of more than 7.5 million records in 1996. Record sales peaked in 1997, when 9 million units were sold. Since then, the music market have seen a decrease in their tallies figures. Despite this, time to time the country have been included as one of the biggest 50th music markets during multiple reports by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Billboard found that the consumption of music by Chileans have been focused in international artists (Latino and non-Latinos artists), and that their local music represented only 20% share in 1996. Qué Pasa explained that international artists have been the priority by record labels, and at the sum of the year, yearly national best-selling albums have had an average of only 12% from their domestic acts according to La Segunda in a report from 2010.
Luis Miguel's Romance is believed to be the best-selling album in Chile, with tracked sales of 500,000 units. In addition, Luis Miguel is the artist with the most entries, with at least 9 albums, followed by Los Prisioneros (3) and Maná (3), as well. Five of those Miguel's albums attained sales of over 200,000 copies sold – the most by any other act with those figures.
However, the best-selling record of Chilean music history is "El Rock del Mundial" by The Ramblers, with estimated sales of 600,000 units.
Keys
| ‡ | Indicates a Chilean artist |
All-time best-selling albums
| Rel. year | Artist | Album | Claimed sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Luis Miguel | Romance | 500,000 | |
| 1997 | Romances | 433,000 | ||
| 1994 | Segundo Romance | 325,000 | ||
| 1990 | Juan Luis Guerra | Bachata Rosa | 300,000 | |
| 1995 | Luis Miguel | El Concierto | 250,000 | |
| 1990 | Xuxa | Xuxa | ||
| 1995 | Estúpido Cupido | Estúpido Cupido | 225,000 | |
| 1991 | Ana Gabriel | Mi México | 200,000 | |
| 1992 | Maná | ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños? | ||
| 1993 | Luis Miguel | Aries | ||
| 1990 | Los Prisioneros | Corazones | 180,000 | |
| 1990 | Juan Gabriel | Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes | 175,000 | |
| 1993 | Illapu | En estos días | 175,000 | |
| 1996 | Juan Gabriel | Bienvenido a Chile | 175,000 | |
| 1993 | Eros Ramazzotti | Tutte Storie | 160,000 | |
| 2003 | María José Quintanilla | México Lindo y Querido | 160,000 | |
| 1996 | Luis Miguel | Nada Es Igual... | 150,000 | |
| 1993 | Phil Collins | Both Sides | ||
| 1996 | Sucupira | Sucupira | 150,000 | |
| 1999 | Joe Vasconcellos | Vivo | ||
| 2003 | 31 Minutos | 31 Minutos | 140,000 | |
| 2003 | Christell | Christell | 126,000 | |
| 1994 | Ricardo Arjona | Historias | 125,000 | |
| 1995 | Los Tres | MTV Unplugged | 125,000 | |
| 1996 | Ella baila sola | Ella baila sola (album) | 120,000 | |
| 1997 | Andrea Bocelli | Romanza | ||
| 1998 | Ella Baila Sola | E.B.S. | ||
| 1988 | Luis Miguel | Busca una Mujer | ||
| 1990 | 20 Años | 117,000 | ||
| 1995 | Maná | Cuando los Ángeles Lloran | ||
| 1984 | Los Prisioneros | La voz de los '80 | 100,000 | |
| 1986 | Pateando piedras | |||
| 1988 | Myriam Hernández | Myriam Hernández | ||
| 1989 | Sexual Democracia | Buscando chilenos | ||
| 1991 | La Ley | Doble Opuesto | ||
| 1992 | Whitney Houston / various artists | The Bodyguard | 100,000 | |
| 1991 | Michael Jackson | Dangerous | ||
| 1997 | Alejandro Sanz | Más | ||
| 1998 | Shakira | ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? | ||
| 1999 | Luis Miguel | Amarte Es un Placer | ||
| 2003 | Axé Bahia | Tudo bem | ||
| 2006 | La Oreja de Van Gogh | Guapa | ||
| 2010 | Los Vásquez | Contigo pop y cebolla | 100,000 |
Best-selling albums by year
| Year | Album | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Xuxa | Xuxa | 100,000 | |
| 1999 | Valses | Andre Rieu | 92,000 | |
| 2001 | Chocolate | Chocalate | N/a | |
| 2004 | Vuelo | Kudai | 60,000 | |
| 2005 | 42,000 | |||
| 2008 | Cómplices | Luis Miguel | 21,400 | |
| 2010 | A morir | Américo | N/a | |
| 2011 | Contigo pop y cebolla | Los Vásquez | 20,000 |
Best-selling international artists in Chile
In 1999, Luis Miguel was awarded with 3 special Diamond Award ("Disco de Diamante" from Spanish) recognizing "exceptional sales" of 1,750,000 units across the nation during his career. This award was later presented to Ricardo Arjona in 2006, when his total record sales reached the one million mark in the country. In comparison, Américo became the first Chilean artist to receive this recognition (2010) but lacked of support from IFPI Chile. While his record label, Feria Music (a label that shared 30% of the national sales value) awarded him as their best-selling artist, Karina Ruiz from IFPI Chile said that award from Feria Music isn't an official award from the industry. The next artist with sales reported close to the one million mark, is Juan Gabriel whom reached the sum of 700,000 in 1999, and 950,000 units as of 2010. Luis Miguel remains the best-selling artist in Chile, with sales of over 2.5 million units as of 2012, a sum that could be easily 3 million copies according to La Tercera because his first records don't have scanned sales report.
| Artist | Sales (as of date) | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Miguel | 2,500,000 (as of 2012) | |
| Ricardo Arjona | 1,000,000 (as of 2006) | |
| Juan Gabriel | 950,000 (as of 2010) | |
| Shakira | 500,000 (Physical sales) | |
| Ana Gabriel | 400,000 (as of 1994) | |
| Madonna | 400,000 (as of 2012) | |
| Nana Mouskouri | 300,000 (as of 1994) | |
| Xuxa | 250,000 (as of 1991) | |
| U2 | 250,000 (as of 1994) | |
| Chayanne | 250,000 (as of 2012) | |
| Metallica | 200,000 (as of 1994) | |
| Laura Pausini | 200,000 (as of 2009) | |
| Sting | 150,000 (as of 1994) | |
| RBD | 120,000 (as of 2008) |
See also
- Music of Chile
- List of best-selling albums
- List of best-selling singles by country§Chile
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