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.
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 |
| 1964 | Bobby Solo | "Una lacrima sul viso" | 1,700,000 |
| 1967 | I Camaleonti | "L'ora dell'amore" | 1,500,000 |
| 1969 | Mario Tessuto | "Lisa dagli occhi blu" | 1,500,000 |
| 1973 | Patty Pravo | "Pazza idea" | 1,500,000 |
| 1964 | Paul Anka | "Ogni volta" | 1,500,000 |
| 1958 | Domenico Modugno | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (aka "Volare") | 1,000,000 |
| 1961 | Adriano Celentano | "24.000 baci" | 1,000,000 |
| 1968 | Adriano Celentano | "La Coppia Piu' Bella Del Mondo" | 1,000,000 |
| 1967 | Albano Carrisi | "Nel Sole" | 1,000,000 |
| 1967 | Fausto Leali | "A Chi" | 1,000,000 |
| 1979 | Alan Sorrenti | "Tu sei l'unica donna per me" | 1,000,000 |
| 1964 | Gianni Morandi | "In ginocchio da te" | 1,000,000 |
| 1970 | Gianni Morandi | "Scende la pioggia" | 1,000,000 |
| 1977 | Grace Jones | "La Vie en rose" | 1,000,000 |
| 1968 | Patty Pravo | "La bambola" | 1,000,000 |
| 1967 | Little Tony | "Cuore matto" | 1,000,000 |
| 1977 | Umberto Tozzi | "Ti amo" | 1,000,000 |
0.5–0-9 million copies
| Year | Artist | Title | Sales |
| 1963 | Adriano Celentano | "Stai lontana da me" | 900,000 |
| 1968 | I Camaleonti | "Applausi" | 900,000 |
| 1964 | Gigliola Cinquetti | "Non Ho L'Eta" | 850,000 |
| 1965 | Franco Tozzi | "'I Tuoi Occhi Verdi" | 800,000 |
| 1976 | Main theme song | "Sandokan" | 800,000 |
| 1966 | The Rokes | "Piangi Con Me" | 800,000 |
| 1965 | Nini Rosso | "Il Silenzio" | 750,000 |
| 1966 | Adriano Celentano | "Pregheró" | 700,000 |
| 1970 | Gianni Morandi | "Belinda" | 700,000 |
| 1969 | Georges Moustaki | "Lo Straniero" | 700,000 |
| 1967 | Gianni Morandi | "Un Mondo D'Amore" | 700,000 |
| 1968 | Patty Pravo | "Gli occhi dell'amore/Sentimento" | 700,000 |
| 1981 | Ricchi e Poveri | "Sarà perché ti amo" | 700,000 |
| 1980 | Riccardo Fogli | "Malinconia" | 650,000 |
| 1967 | Antoine | "Pietre" | 600,000 |
| 1965 | Jimmy Fontana | "La Mia Serenata" | 600,000 |
| 1969 | Nada | "Ma che freddo fa" | 600,000 |
| 1967 | Rocky Roberts | "Stasera Mi Butto" | 600,000 |
| 1968 | Riccardo Del Turco | "Luglio" | 511,035 |
| 1982 | Cristina D'Avena | "Canzone dei puffi" | 500,000 |
| 1968 | Aphrodite's Child | "Rain and Tears" | 500,000 |
| 1966 | Adriano Celentano | "Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck" | 500,000 |
| 1999 | Jova-Liga-Pelù | "Il mio nome è mai più" | 500,000 |
| 1976 | Bruno Lauzi | "La Tartaruga" | 500,000 |
| 1980 | Miguel Bose | "Olympic Games" | 500,000 |
| 1960 | Nico Fidenco | "Un Granello Di Sabbia" | 500,000 |
| 1980 | Pupo | "Su Di Noi" | 500,000 |
Highest certified singles in Italy (since 2009)
as of 2024 | Year | Artist | Title | Certifications | Certified sales |
| 2023 | Lazza | "Cenere" | 9× Platinum | 900,000‡ |
| 2020 | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Pastello bianco" | 8× Platinum | 800,000‡ |
| 2022 | Mahmood & Blanco | "Brividi" | 8× Platinum | 800,000‡ |
| 2022 | Bizarrap & Quevedo | "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" | 8× Platinum | 800,000‡ |
| 2020 | Ernia | "Superclassico" | 7× Platinum | 700,000‡ |
| 2022 | Dargen D'Amico | "Dove si balla" | 7× Platinum | 700,000‡ |
| 2022 | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Giovani Wannabe" | 7× Platinum | 700,000‡ |
| 2022 | Rhove | "Shakerando" | 7× Platinum | 700,000‡ |
| 2020 | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Ridere" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2023 | The Kolors | "Italodisco" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2023 | Annalisa | "Mon amour" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2023 | Marco Mengoni | "Due vite" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2018 | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper | "Shallow" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2018 | Lewis Capaldi | "Someone You Loved" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2019 | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2012 | Tom Odell | "Another Love" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2021 | Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta & Junior K | "Nuovo Range" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2022 | Sangiovanni | "Farfalle" | 6× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| 2022 | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Ricordi" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2022 | Annalisa | "Bellissima" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2024 | Mahmood | "Tuta gold" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 1984 | a-ha | "Take On Me" | Gold (AFI) & 2× Platinum (FIMI) | 500,000‡ |
| 2023 | Ava, Anna & Capo Plaza | "Vetri neri" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2015 | Baby K feat. Giusy Ferreri | "Roma-Bangkok" | Diamond | 500,000‡ |
| 2017 | Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" | Diamond | 500,000‡ |
| 2021 | Blanco | "Finché non mi seppelliscono" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2024 | Coldplay | "Viva la Vida" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2022 | Fedez, Tananai & Mara Sattei | "La Dolce Vita" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2020 | Gazelle | "Destri" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2022 | James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa | "Ferrari" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2017 | Luis Fonsi | "Despacito" | Diamond | 500,000‡ |
| 2022 | Rkomi & Elodie | "La coda del diavolo" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2023 | Tananai | "Tango" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2020 | The Weeknd | "Save Your Tears" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
| 2020 | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Scrivile scemo" | 5× Platinum | 500,000‡ |
Pre-FIMI certification
| Year | Artist | Title | Certifications | Certified sales |
| 1966 | Caterina Caselli | "Nessuno mi può giudicare" | 1,000,000 | Gold certification |
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