# List of best-selling albums by year in Italy

This is a list of best-selling albums by year in Italy. The Federation of the Italian Music Industry began publishing year-end lists for album sales in 2000. The charts are based on the cumulative total sales collected during the year from January to December.
The only albums by foreign artists to top the Italian year-end chart were 1 by The Beatles in 2000, and ÷ by Ed Sheeran in 2017. Vasco Rossi achieved five annual best-selling albums in Italy with the records Stupido hotel in 2001, Tracks in 2002, Buoni o cattivi in 2004, Vivere o niente in 2011 and Sono innocente in 2014. Other multiple toppers of the year-end chart were Eros Ramazzotti, whose albums 9 and e² were the best-selling records of 2003 and 2007, respectively, and Tiziano Ferro, which achieved the first position on the annual chart in 2009 with Alla mia età and in 2012 with L'amore è una cosa semplice. More recently, Luciano Ligabue had two annual best-selling albums in Italy, with Arrivederci, mostro! and Mondovisione being the best-selling album in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and Jovanotti achieved the same result with Safari (2008) and Lorenzo 2015 CC. (2015). The only album by a female solo artist to top the Italian annual albums chart was Laura Pausini's Io canto in 2007, while Mina achieved this result in duo with Adriano Celentano for their record Le migliori in 2016.

## 1950-1959

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality | Peak position |
| 1959 | Domenico Modugno | Domenico Modugno | Italy | 1 |

## 1960-1969

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality | Peak position |
| 1960 | Fred Buscaglione | 16 successi di Fred Buscaglione | Italy | 1 |
| 1961 | Frank Sinatra | The Best Of Frank Sinatra | United States | 1 |
| 1962 | Nico Fidenco | Nico Fidenco | Italy | 1 |
| 1963 | Rita Pavone | Rita Pavone | Italy | 1 |
| 1964 | Mina | Mina | Italy | 1 |
| 1965 | Mina | Studio Uno | Italy | 1 |
| 1966 | The Beatles | Rubber Soul | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 1967 | Gianni Morandi | Gianni Tre | Italy | 2 |
| 1968 | Fabrizio De André | Volume 1 | Italy | 1 |
| 1969 | Fabrizio De André | Tutti morimmo a stento | Italy | 3 |

## 1970-1979

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality | Peak position |
| 1970 | Mina | ...bugiardo più che mai... più incosciente che mai... | Italy | 1 |
| 1971 | Mina | Del mio meglio | Italy | 1 |
| 1972 | Lucio Battisti | Umanamente uomo: il sogno | Italy | 1 |
| 1973 | Lucio Battisti | Il mio canto libero | Italy | 1 |
| 1974 | Soundtrack | Jesus Christ Superstar | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 1975 | Francesco De Gregori | Rimmel | Italy | 1 |
| 1976 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 1977 | Edoardo Bennato | Burattino senza fili | Italy | 1 |
| 1978 | Soundtrack | Saturday Night Fever | United States | 1 |
| 1979 | Lucio Dalla | Lucio Dalla | Italy | 2 |

## 1980-1989

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality | Peak position |
| 1980 | Lucio Dalla | Dalla | Italy | 1 |
| 1981 | Dire Straits | Making Movies | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 1982 | Claudio Baglioni | Alè Oò | Italy | 1 |
| 1983 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | United States | 1 |
| 1984 | Vasco Rossi | Va bene, va bene così | Italy | 1 |
| 1985 | Claudio Baglioni | La vita è adesso | Italy | 1 |
| 1986 | Madonna | True Blue | United States | 1 |
| 1987 | Zucchero | Blue's | Italy | 1 |
| 1988 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | United States | 1 |
| 1989 | Zucchero | Oro Incenso & Birra | Italy | 1 |

## 1990-1999

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality | Peak position |
| 1990 | Claudio Baglioni | Oltre | Italy | 1 |
| 1991 | Antonello Venditti | Benvenuti in paradiso | Italy | 1 |
| 1992 | Luca Carboni | Carboni | Italy | 1 |
| 1993 | 883 | Nord Sud Ovest Est | Italy | 1 |
| 1994 | Pink Floyd | The Division Bell | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 1995 | Claudio Baglioni | Io sono qui | Italy | 1 |
| 1996 | Eros Ramazzotti | Dove c'è musica | Italy | 1 |
| 1997 | Andrea Bocelli | Romanza | Italy | 1 |
| 1998 | Mina and Adriano Celentano | Mina Celentano | Italy | 1 |
| 1999 | Adriano Celentano | Io non so parlar d'amore | Italy | 1 |

## 2000–2009

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality | Peak position |
| 2000 | The Beatles | 1 | United Kingdom | 1 (9 weeks) |
| 2001 | Vasco Rossi | Stupido hotel | Italy | 1 (11 weeks) |
| 2002 | Vasco Rossi | Tracks | Italy | 1 (9 weeks) |
| 2003 | Eros Ramazzotti | 9 | Italy | 1 (14 weeks) |
| 2004 | Vasco Rossi | Buoni o cattivi | Italy | 1 (15 weeks) |
| 2005 | Biagio Antonacci | Convivendo parte 2 | Italy | 1 (3 weeks) |
| 2006 | Laura Pausini | Io canto | Italy | 1 (8 weeks) |
| 2007 | Eros Ramazzotti | e² | Italy | 1 (3 weeks) |
| 2008 | Jovanotti | Safari | Italy | 1 (7 weeks) |
| 2009 | Tiziano Ferro | Alla mia età | Italy | 1 (3 weeks) |

## 2010–2019

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality | Peak position |
| 2010 | Luciano Ligabue | Arrivederci, mostro! | Italy | 1 (9 weeks) |
| 2011 | Vasco Rossi | Vivere o niente | Italy | 1 (19 weeks) |
| 2012 | Tiziano Ferro | L'amore è una cosa semplice | Italy | 1 (5 weeks) |
| 2013 | Luciano Ligabue | Mondovisione | Italy | 1 (7 weeks) |
| 2014 | Vasco Rossi | Sono innocente | Italy | 1 (1 week) |
| 2015 | Jovanotti | Lorenzo 2015 CC. | Italy | 1 (4 weeks) |
| 2016 | Mina and Celentano | Le migliori | Italy | 1 (5 weeks) |
| 2017 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ | United Kingdom | 1 (2 weeks) |
| 2018 | Sfera Ebbasta | Rockstar | Italy | 1 (4 weeks) |
| 2019 | Ultimo | Colpa delle favole | Italy | 1 (5 weeks) |

## 2020−present

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality | Peak position |
| 2020 | Marracash | Persona | Italy | 1 (6 weeks) |
| 2021 | Rkomi | Taxi Driver | Italy | 1 (6 weeks) |
| 2022 | Lazza | Sirio | Italy | 1 (18 weeks) |
| 2023 | Geolier | Il coraggio dei bambini | Italy | 1 (6 weeks) |

## Vinyl albums

| Year | Artist | Album | Nationality |
| 2015 | David Gilmour | Rattle That Lock | United Kingdom |
| 2016 | David Bowie | Blackstar | United Kingdom |
| 2017 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | United Kingdom |
| 2018 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | United Kingdom |
| 2022 | Harry Styles | Harry's House | United Kingdom |
| 2023 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | United Kingdom |