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List of best-selling albums in Chile

Luis Miguel is both the best-selling artist in Chile and has the most entries, with 9 albums of sales over 100,000 units

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[1]) 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).[2]

Chilean music market rose steadily in the mid-1990s, with sales of more than 7.5 million records in 1996.[3] Record sales peaked in 1997, when 9 million units were sold.[4] Since then, the music market have seen a decrease in their tallies figures.[4] 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.[5] Qué Pasa explained that international artists have been the priority by record labels,[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

Keys

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Indicates a Chilean artist

All-time best-selling albums

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Over 100,000 units
Rel. year Artist Album Claimed sales Ref.
1991 Luis Miguel Romance 500,000 [9]
1997 Romances 433,000 [10]
1994 Segundo Romance 325,000 [11]
1990 Juan Luis Guerra Bachata Rosa 300,000 [12]
1995 Luis Miguel El Concierto 250,000 [13]
1990 Xuxa Xuxa [14]
1995 Estúpido Cupido Estúpido Cupido 225,000 [15]
1991 Ana Gabriel Mi México 200,000 [15]
1992 Maná ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños? [16]
1993 Luis Miguel Aries [17]
1990 Los Prisioneros Corazones 180,000 [18][19]
1990 Juan Gabriel Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes 175,000 [20]
1993 Illapu En estos días [es] 175,000 [21]
1996 Juan Gabriel Bienvenido a Chile 175,000 [20]
1993 Eros Ramazzotti Tutte Storie 160,000 [22]
2003 María José Quintanilla México Lindo y Querido 160,000 [23]
1996 Luis Miguel Nada Es Igual... 150,000 [17]
1993 Phil Collins Both Sides [24]
1996 Sucupira Sucupira 150,000 [25]
1999 Joe Vasconcellos Vivo [26]
2003 31 Minutos 31 Minutos 140,000 [23]
2003 Christell Christell 126,000 [27]
1994 Ricardo Arjona Historias 125,000 [15]
1995 Los Tres MTV Unplugged 125,000 [25]
1996 Ella baila sola Ella baila sola (album) [es] 120,000 [28]
1997 Andrea Bocelli Romanza [29]
1998 Ella Baila Sola E.B.S. [28]
1988 Luis Miguel Busca una Mujer [30]
1990 20 Años 117,000 [30]
1995 Maná Cuando los Ángeles Lloran [16]
1984 Los Prisioneros La voz de los '80 100,000 [31]
1986 Pateando piedras [32]
1988 Myriam Hernández Myriam Hernández [33]
1989 Sexual Democracia Buscando chilenos [es] [34]
1991 La Ley Doble Opuesto [35]
1992 Whitney Houston / various artists The Bodyguard 100,000 [22]
1991 Michael Jackson Dangerous [22]
1997 Alejandro Sanz Más [36]
1998 Shakira ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? [37]
1999 Luis Miguel Amarte Es un Placer [13]
2003 Axé Bahia Tudo bem [38]
2006 La Oreja de Van Gogh Guapa [39]
2010 Los Vásquez Contigo pop y cebolla [es] 100,000 [40]

Best-selling albums by year

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Year Album Artist Sales Ref.
1990 Xuxa Xuxa 100,000 [41][42]
1999 Valses Andre Rieu 92,000 [4]
2001 Chocolate Chocalate [43]
2004 Vuelo Kudai 60,000 [44]
2005 42,000 [45]
2008 Cómplices Luis Miguel 21,400 [27]
2010 A morir Américo [7]
2011 Contigo pop y cebolla Los Vásquez 20,000 [46]

Best-selling international artists in Chile

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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.[13][47] 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.[47] The next artist with sales reported close to the one million mark, is Juan Gabriel whom reached the sum of 700,000 in 1999,[48] and 950,000 units as of 2010.[49] Luis Miguel remains the best-selling artist in Chile, with sales of over 2.5 million units as of 2012,[50] a sum that could be easily 3 million copies according to La Tercera because his first records don't have scanned sales report.[49]

Over 100,000 in sales
Artist Sales (as of date) Image
Luis Miguel 2,500,000 (as of 2012)[50]
Ricardo Arjona 1,000,000 (as of 2006)[47]
Juan Gabriel 950,000 (as of 2010)[49]
Shakira 500,000

(Physical sales) [51]

Ana Gabriel 400,000 (as of 1994)[52]
Madonna 400,000 (as of 2012)[50]
Nana Mouskouri 300,000 (as of 1994)[22]
Xuxa 250,000 (as of 1991)[53]
U2 250,000 (as of 1994)[22]
Chayanne 250,000 (as of 2012)[50]
Metallica 200,000 (as of 1994)[22]
Laura Pausini 200,000 (as of 2009)[54][55]
Sting 150,000 (as of 1994)[22]
RBD 120,000 (as of 2008)[56]

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