List of best-selling albums in Europe
Since 1996, the IFPI have awarded Platinum Europe Awards for albums that have sold at least one million copies in Europe.[1] Only albums released on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible for the award.[1] This is a list of the best-selling albums in Europe, having been certified Platinum five times or more.
10× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
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1997 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love[3] | Epic | 10,000,000 | 10× Platinum |
2011 | Adele | 21 | Columbia/XL | 10,000,000 | 10× Platinum |
9× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
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1996 | Celine Dion | Falling into You[3] | Epic | 9,000,000 | 9× Platinum |
2000 | The Beatles | 1 | Capitol | 9,000,000 | 9× Platinum |
8× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
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1995 | Celine Dion | D'eux[3] | Epic | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
2006 | Amy Winehouse | Back to Black | Island | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
1994 | Bon Jovi | Cross Road | Mercury | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
1996 | Spice Girls | Spice | Virgin | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
7× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
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1995 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | Maverick | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1998 | Madonna | Ray of Light | Maverick/Warner | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
2002 | Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | Blue Note | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1997 | Shania Twain | Come On Over | Mercury Nashville | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1998 | U2 | The Best of 1980–1990 | Island | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
6× Platinum
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
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1997 | Andrea Bocelli | Romanza | Island/Universal | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1997 | The Corrs | Talk on Corners | Atlantic | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1996 | Fugees | The Score | Ruffhouse/Columbia | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2000 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | Aftermath | 6,000,000 | 6x Platinum |
1998 | George Michael | Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael | Sony | 6,000,000 | 6x Platinum |
2004 | James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | Atlantic | 6,000,000 | 6x Platinum |
1995 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Epic | 6,000,000 | 6x Platinum |
1995 | Oasis | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Creation | 6,000,000 | 6x Platinum |
2004 | Robbie Williams | Greatest Hits | EMI/Chrysalis | 6,000,000 | 6x Platinum |
2001 | Robbie Williams | Swing When You're Winning | EMI/Chrysalis | 6,000,000 | 6x Platinum |
1999 | Santana | Supernatural | Arista | 6,000,000 | 6x Platinum |
5× Platinum
References
- "Platinum Europe Awards - Terms and Conditions" (PDF). IFPI. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
- Celine Dion's highest IFPI Platinum Europe Awards:
- For All the Way... A Decade of Song: "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2004". IFPI. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- For D'eux and Falling into You: "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards: Best-selling albums in Europe over the past decade (1998-2007)" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- For Let's Talk About Love: "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards: 1999 Awards". IFPI. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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