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
Rank Year Artist Album8 Sales
1 2003 31 Minutos 31 minutos 285,000[3]
2 2008 Laura Pausini Primavera in anticipo 264,000[4]
3 1993 Illapu En estos días 175,000[5]
4 2003 María José Quintanilla Mexico lindo y querido 160,000[6]
5 1993 Eros Ramazzotti Tutte Storie 160,000[7]
6 1992 Whitney Houston The Bodyguard (soundtrack) 100,000[7]
6 1984 Los Prisioneros La voz de los '80 101,000[8]
7 1986 Los Prisioneros Pateando piedras 100,000[9]
7 1989 Sexual Democracia Buscando chilenos 100,000[1][10]
7 1990 Los Prisioneros Corazones 100,000[1]
7 1991 La Ley Doble opuesto 100,000[10]
7 1995 Los Tres MTV Unplugged 100,000[10]
7 2010 Los Vásquez Contigo pop y cebolla 100,000[11]
7 1992 Maná ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños? 100,000[7]
7 1991 Michael Jackson Dangerous 100,000[7]
8 1999 A-Teens The ABBA Generation 95,000[12]
9 2000 Andre Rieu Valses 92,000[13]
10 1999 Joe Vasconcellos Vivo 90,000[12]
10 1986 Soda Stereo Signos 90,000
11 2003 La Oreja de Van Gogh Lo Que te Conté Mientras te Hacías la Dormida 88,000[14]
12 1999 Luis Miguel Amarte Es un Placer (album) 83,462[13]
13 1999 Chayanne Atado a Tu Amor 80,000[15]
13 2003 Marco Antonio Solís La Historia Continúa... 80,000[14]
14 1995 La Ley Invisible 75,000[16]
14 1990 Soda Stereo Nada Personal 75,000
14 1987 Michael Jackson Bad 75,000
15 1999 Vengaboys The Party Album (Vengaboys album) 73,911[13]
16 1997 Thalía Amor a la Mexicana 70,000[17][18]
17 1995 Los Tres La Espada & la Pared 66,000
18 1999 Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time 65,000
19 2008 Américo A Morir 63,000[14]
19 1993 Los Tres Se Remata el Siglo 63,000
20 2000 Chayanne Simplemente 60,000[19]
20 1993 Ricky Martin Me Amaras 60,000[20]
20 1998 Shakira ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? 60,000[21]
20 1993 Ace of Base The Sign 60,000[7]
21 1999 Backstreet Boys Millennium 57,665[13]
22 1997 El Símbolo No Pares 57,638[13]
23 1995 Michael Jackson HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 50,000
23 1996 Spice Girls Spice 50,000 [22]
23 2014 Los Vásquez De sur a norte 50,000[11]
24 1999 Maná MTV Unplugged (Maná album) 49,067[13]
25 2011 Adele 21 45,000[14]
26 1992 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 40,000[12]
26 1993 Los Mier Pura Sangre 40,000[7]
26 1998 Raúl Di Blasio El Piano De América 40,000[7]

Best-selling albums of the 21st century in Chile
Rank Year Artist Album Sales[14]
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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