List of best-selling albums in Chile
This is a list of best-selling Chilean albums. The best-selling album in Chile is En estos días (In those days) by Illapu with sales of 175,000 copies. It was the highest selling album of Chilean artist, but the highest certified album by a Chilean singer is Mexico Lindo y Querido by María José Quintanilla with eight times platinum and sales of 160,000 copies. The artists with the most entries are the Mexican singer Marco Antonio Solís, the American singer Michael Jackson, and the Chilean band Los Prisioneros with three. Contigo pop y cebolla by Chilean group Los Vásquez is the best selling album released in the 21st century in physical format.
Until the early 2000s, Gold and Platinum awards in Chile were awarded for 15,000 and 25,000 copies sold, respectively. In 2003, the sales requirements were lowered to 10,000 and 20,000 copies. They were lowered further to 7,500 and 15,000 and finally to 5,000 and 10,000 in 2009.[1][2]
Best-selling albums in Chile
Best-selling albums of the 21st century in Chile
Rank | Year | Artist | Album | Sales[14] |
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1 | 2003 | 31 Minutos | 31 minutos | 285,000[3] |
2 | 2008 | Laura Pausini | Primavera in anticipo | 264,000[23] |
3 | 2003 | María José Quintanilla | Mexico lindo y querido | 160,000[6] |
4 | 2010 | Los Vásquez | Contigo pop y cebolla | 100,000[11] |
5 | 2003 | La Oreja de Van Gogh | Lo Que te Conté Mientras te Hacías la Dormida | 88,000 |
6 | 2003 | Marco Antonio Solís | La Historia Continúa... | 80,000 |
7 | 2008 | Américo | A Morir | 63,000 |
8 | 2000 | Chayanne | Simplemente | 60,000[19] |
9 | 2014 | Los Vásquez | De sur a norte | 50,000[11] |
10 | 2011 | Adele | 21 | 45,000 |
11 | 2012 | One Direction | Take Me Home | 36,000 |
12 | 2005 | Marco Antonio Solís | La Historia Continúa... Parte II | 35,000 |
13 | 2012 | Justin Bieber | Believe | 33,000 |
13 | 2004 | Marco Antonio Solís | Razón de Sobra | 33,000 |
15 | 2009 | Américo | En vivo | 29,000 |
See also
References
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(13:04) El primer disco de 31 minutos vendió 285,000 copias, fue el último disco que vendió cientos y miles de copias en Chile.
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