List Of Best-Selling Albums In Brazil
The following is an independently list of best-selling albums in Brazil.
This list can contain any types of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. The list is divided by claimed sales from diverse media reports and certified units from Pro-Música Brasil when their certification program started in 1990; and thereafter by domestic (over 1 million) and international artists (over half-million).
Historically, Brazilian market have been dominated by their local artists and music. In 1996, Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD and now Pro-Música Brasil) informed that Brazilian music represented 72% of record sales across the nation. Brazil has always stayed as the largest music market in both Latin America and South America. As of 2018, was the world's 10th largest music market according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Numerous artists have multiplies entries led by Marcelo Rossi and Roberto Carlos with four albums reaching the million mark, while É o Tchan!, Só Pra Contrariar and Legião Urbana each have two. Rossi has also the highest certified diamond album, with Ágape Musical (2011) which received 4× Diamond from Pro-Música Brasil. According to Folha de S.Paulo, the million mark in the country was relatively common until 1998, when sales decreased due piracy.
Best-selling albums (domestic artists)
Numerous albums by Brazilian artists have sold more than half-million based both in certified units and actual sales. By extension, this list of domestic repertoire is only limited to those albums with one or more million copies sold.
By certified units (since 1990)
| Rel. year | Album | Artist | Certification | Certified sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Só pra Contrariar (1997) | Só Pra Contrariar | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000 | |
| 1998 | Músicas para Louvar ao Senhor | Marcelo Rossi | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000 | |
| 1998 | Um Sonhador | Leandro & Leonardo | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000 | |
| 1990 | Leandro & Leonardo | Leandro & Leonardo | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000 | |
| 1997 | Na Cabeça e na Cintura | É o Tchan! | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 | |
| 1997 | É o Tchan do Brasil | É o Tchan! | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 | |
| 1998 | Terra Samba ao Vivo e a Cores | Terra Samba | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 | |
| 1999 | As Quatro Estações | Sandy & Junior | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 | |
| 2011 | Ágape Musical | Marcelo Rossi | 4× Diamond | 1,200,000 | |
| 1987 | Que País É Este | Legião Urbana | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 1993 | O Canto da Cidade | Daniela Mercury | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 1994 | Sexto Sentido | Xuxa | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 1994 | Roberto Carlos (1994) | Roberto Carlos | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 1995 | Roberto Carlos (1995) | Roberto Carlos | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 1995 | Mamonas Assassinas | Mamonas Assassinas | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 1999 | Um Presente Para Jesus | Marcelo Rossi | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 1999 | Acústico MTV | Legião Urbana | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 1999 | Só pra Contrariar (1999) | Só Pra Contrariar | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 2000 | Laços de Família (International) | Various | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 2000 | Amor Sem Limite | Roberto Carlos | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 2001 | Acústico MTV - Roberto Carlos | Roberto Carlos | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 2003 | Tribalistas | Tribalistas | Diamond | 1,000,000 | |
| 2006 | Minha Benção | Marcelo Rossi | 2× Diamond | 1,000,000 |
Claimed sales only
| Rel. year | Album | Artist | Claimed sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Xou da Xuxa 3 | Xuxa | 5 million† |
Best-selling albums by international artists
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Based on certified units when Pro-Música Brasil began their certification program in 1990, Serious Hits... Live! and The Bodyguard are the highest-selling international albums with 750,000 copies each, while Madonna and Backstreet Boys are the foreign acts with more albums certified with the half-million mark. Instead, diverse albums by foreign artists reached similar or significantly major sales before that. Although precise sales figure is hard to obtain, De niña a mujer by Julio Iglesias is credited by some sources as the best-selling album in Brazil by an international artist. Iglesias and Michael Jackson are the only acts with two or more albums with 1 million claimed sales across the country. According to publications like Época, True Blue by Madonna is credited as the best-selling album by an international female artist. She has also multiple entries based both in claimed sales or certified units.
By certified units (since 1990)
*Positions based on certified sales and release year.
| Rel. year | Album | Artist | Certification | Certified sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Serious Hits... Live! | Phil Collins | 3× Platinum | 750,000 | |
| 1992 | The Bodyguard | Various artists / Whitney Houston§ | 3× Platinum | 750,000 | |
| 1989 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 1990 | The Immaculate Collection | Madonna | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 1990 | In concert | The Three Tenors | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 1991 | Greatest Hits II | Queen | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 1996 | Spice | Spice Girls | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 1997 | Paint the Sky with Stars | Enya | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 1997 | Backstreet's Back | Backstreet Boys | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 1999 | Millennium | Backstreet Boys | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 1999 | Californication | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2× Platinum | 500,000 | |
| 2008 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | 2× Diamond‡ | 500,000 |
By claimed sales
| Color | |
|---|---|
| Album with a certification from Pro-Música Brasil | |
Most examples here are albums released before the existence of certification program started in 1990 by Pro-Música Brasil. However, some of them received retroactively certifications by the organization.
| Rel. year | Album | Artist | Claimed sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | De niña a mujer | Julio Iglesias | 2,000,000 1,900,000 |
| 1983 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1,500,000 |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Various artists (Elton John, Hans Zimmer et al) | 1,200,000 |
| 1987 | Bad | Michael Jackson | 1,000,000 |
| 1982 | Momentos | Julio Iglesias | 1,000,000 900,000 |
| 1986 | True Blue | Madonna | 1,000,000 818,600 |
| 1997 | Romanza | Andrea Bocelli | 900,000 |
| 1985 | We Are the World | USA For Africa | 850,000 |
| 1990 | Starry Night | Julio Iglesias | 750,000 |
| 1995 | Pies Descalzos | Shakira | 750,000 500,000 |
| 1985 | Like a Virgin | Madonna | 715,000 |
| 1989 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | 710,000 |
| 1997 | Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture | James Horner | 650,000 |
| 1987 | Un hombre solo | Julio Iglesias | 600,000 |
| 1985 | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | 500,000 |
| 1997 | Let's Talk About Love | Celine Dion | 500,000 |
| 1982 | Julio | Julio Iglesias | 500,000 |
| 1991 | Romance | Luis Miguel | 500,000 |
See also
Notes
- ^§ The album is not credited to Whitney Houston but to "TSO O Guarda-Costas" (various artists) at Pro-Música Brasil's database.
- ‡Certification include on-demand audio and video streams and track sale equivalent
- †According to figures provided by the Association of Brazilian Record Producers in 1988, the album sold 2,639,000 copies within that year.
References
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