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List of best-selling albums in Mexico

Mexico is the second-largest Spanish-speaking music market in the world, slightly behind Spain, based on retail value.[1][2] Although long plagued by piracy,[3] the domestic market has strengthened in recent years due to strong growth from digital and streaming services, which account for 66% of the overall value, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.[4] The following list covers the top-selling albums released in the country based on figures compiled by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, better known as AMPROFON by its initials in Spanish, from 1999 onwards.[5]

Best-selling albums by AMPROFON (1999 to present) edit

  • (Top albums based on certifications awarded since January 1, 1999).
Year Album Artist Sales Certification
1982 Thriller Michael Jackson 2,600,000 2× Diamond+2× Platinum+Gold[6]
2021 KG0516 Karol G 2,240,000 3× Diamond+Platinum[7]
1992 ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños? Maná 2,000,000 2× Diamond[8]
1997 Histórico: Banda El Recodo En Vivo Banda El Recodo 1,450,000 3× Platinum+7× Gold[8]
2008 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay 1,240,000 Gold and 2× Diamond+4× Platinum (Pre-loaded album)[8]
1997 Sueños Líquidos Maná 1,200,000 Diamond+2× Gold[8]
2005 Intensive Care Robbie Williams 1,150,000 Platinum+Gold and 2× Diamond (Pre-loaded album)[8]
1998 Tengo Una Ilusión Banda El Recodo 1,000,000 2× Platinum+5× Gold[8]
1999 Trozos de Mi Alma Marco Antonio Solís 1,000,000 Diamond[9]
2006 MTV Unplugged Ricky Martin 950,000 2× Platinum and Diamond+2× Platinum+Gold (Pre-loaded album)[8]
1999 MTV Unplugged (Maná album) Maná 900,000 6× Platinum[8]
2019 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish 840,000 2× Diamond+4× Platinum[8]
2022 Un Verano Sin Ti Bad Bunny 840,000 Diamond+Platinum[8]
2004 México en la Piel Luis Miguel 800,000 3× Platinum+Diamond[10]
2005 La Voz de un Ángel Yuridia 800,000 3× Platinum+Diamond[8]
1997 Más Alejandro Sanz 750,000 3× Platinum[11]
1999 Amarte Es un Placer Luis Miguel 750,000[a] 5× Platinum[10]
1993 Mi tierra Gloria Estefan 750,000[b] 3× Platinum[14]
2015 Los Dúo Juan Gabriel 720,000 2× Diamond+2× Platinum[15]
2019 Ocean Karol G 720,000 2× Diamond+2× Platinum[8]
1998 Cómo te recuerdo Los Temerarios 700,000 2× Platinum+2× Gold[16]
1995 Cuando los Ángeles Lloran Maná 700,000 2× Platinum+2× Gold[8]
2011 MTV Unplugged/Música de fondo Zoe 690,000 2× Diamond+Platinum+Gold[8]
2017 Don't Smile at Me Billie Eilish 690,000 2× Diamond+Platinum+Gold[8]
1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 675,000 4× Platinum+Gold[7]
2021 Sour Olivia Rodrigo 630,000 4x Platinum+Gold[8]
2009 Primera Fila Thalía 660,000 2× Diamond+Platinum[17]
2000 Paulina Paulina Rubio 600,000 4× Platinum[18]
2000 CD 00 OV7 600,000 4× Platinum[19]
2001 Mis Romances Luis Miguel 600,000 4× Platinum[10]
1991 Dangerous Michael Jackson 600,000 2× Platinum+Gold[6]
1992 A Ti Madrecita Los Tigres del Norte 600,000 2× Platinum+Gold[20]
1999 Contigo Intocable 600,000 4× Platinum[8]
2004 Rebelde RBD 550,000 Diamond+Gold[21]
2007 Para Siempre Vicente Fernández 550,000 Diamond+Gold[22]
2020 Sie7e + Danna Paola 540,000 Diamond+4× Platinum[8]
2012 Cómo te voy a olvidar Los Ángeles Azules 540,000 4× Platinum+Diamond[23]
2000 Vivo Luis Miguel 525,000 3× Platinum+Gold[10]
2002 Revolución de Amor Maná 525,000 3× Platinum+Gold[8]
1998 Dónde Están los Ladrones? Shakira 500,000 2× Platinum[8]
1998 Celebrando 25 Años de Juan Gabriel: En Concierto en el Palacio de Bellas Artes Juan Gabriel 500,000 2× Platinum[8]
1995 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 500,000 2× Platinum[8]

By claimed sales edit

 
Luis Miguel (pictured) has numerous album with claimed sales of over one million, before AMPROFON started their certifying program in 1999

The following is a list of albums that came out before the advent of AMPROFON online certifications program started in 1999 and which recorded higher sales of over 800,000 copies. Some media reported the certifications and sales by AMPROFON before that, for example, the 1994 annual year-end inform published by Notimex and reprinted by La Opinión.[24] Additions are cross-referenced with national publications and other media international outlets.

List edit

*Positions based on claimed sales and release year.

The best-selling album in Mexico vary by some report estimations but lacks of reliability. This include Las Mañanitas by Pedro Infante, which Mexico City-based newspaper El Universal reported sales of 20 million copies,[25] Juan Gabriel's Recuerdos II with 8 million claimed sales,[26] or Emmanuel's Íntimamente and José José' Secretos with claimed sales of 5 million each.[27][28] Luis Miguel has numerous entries and broke all-time Mexican records of the fastest-selling albums as well.

Albums with over one million of claimed copies
Year Artist Album Sales Ref.
1991 Luis Miguel Romance 2,600,000 [29]
1980 Emmanuel Íntimamente 2,500,000 [30]
1994 Luis Miguel Segundo Romance 2,000,000 [31]
1983 José José Secretos 2,000,000 [32]
1997 Luis Miguel Romances 1,675,000 [33]
1988 Luis Miguel Busca una Mujer 1,400,000 [34]
1984 José José Reflexiones 1,300,000 [35]
Pedro Infante Las Mañanitas 1,000,000 [36]
1982 Luis Miguel Un sol 1,000,000 [37][38]
1982 Emmanuel Tú y Yo 1,000,000 [39]
1986 Los Bukis Me Volvi a Acordar de Ti 1,000,000 [40]
1987 Luis Miguel Soy Como Quiero Ser 1,000,000 [41]
1989 Daniela Romo Quiero Amanecer con Alguien 1,000,000 [42]
1989 Los Bukis Y Para Siempre 1,000,000 [43]
1990 Juan Luis Guerra Bachata Rosa 1,000,000 [44][45]
1990 Luis Miguel 20 Años 1,000,000 [46][41]
1993 Luis Miguel Aries 1,000,000 [47]
1993 Los Bukis Inalcanzable 1,000,000 [48]
1994 Mónica Naranjo Mónica Naranjo 1,000,000 [49]
800,000-900,000 copies
Year Artist Album Sales Ref.
1982 Luis Miguel Directo al corazón 900,000 [38]
1996 Grupo Límite Partiéndome El Alma 890,000 [50]
1977 Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever 800,000 [51]
1990 Madonna The Immaculate Collection 800,000 [52]
1995 Shakira Pies Descalzos 800,000 [53]

Best-selling albums by year edit

Year Album Artist Sales Ref.
1992 Romance Luis Miguel 1,623,000 [54]
1994 Segundo Romance Luis Miguel 2,000,000 [31]
1997 Romances Luis Miguel 1,100,000 [55]
2004 México en la Piel Luis Miguel 500,000 [56]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The album sold 800,000 copies as of 2015.[12]
  2. ^ Actual sales of the album stand at between 800,000 and 1 million according to Billboard and The Guardian, respectively.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "RIAJ: Yearbook 2006, IFPI 2004 Report (Page 23)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "RIAJ Yearbook 2017: IFPI Global Music Report 2017 (Page 5)". Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Illegal Downloads, Piracy Accepted in Mexican Music Market". Fox News. Associated Press. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Global Music Report 2017" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Certificaciones". AMPROFON. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Certificaciones Encontradas: Michael Jackson". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "In AMPROFON website, type KAROL G on ARTISTA and KG0516 in TRABAJO". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Certificaciones Amprofon" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Marco Antonio Solís". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d "Certificaciones Encontradas: Luis Miguel". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Alejandro Sanz". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Luismi, 45 años de luz y sombra". El Universal (in Spanish). April 18, 2015. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via ProQuest.
  13. ^ Estimated sales of Mi Tierra:
  14. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Gloria Estefan". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Juan Gabriel". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Los Temerarios". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Thalía". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Paulina Rubio". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: OV7". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Los Tigres del Norte". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: RBD". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Vicente Fernández". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Certificaciones Encontradas: Los Ángeles Azules". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  24. ^ "No fue el mejor año, pero varios artistas mexicanos tuvieron éxitos en 1994". La Opinión (in Spanish). December 26, 1994. p. 3D. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  25. ^ "Tiene Pedro Infante el disco más vendido de la historia de México". El Universal. April 12, 2007. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  26. ^ Sepciu, Victoria (September 19, 2019). "Domingo 18 de septiembre" (in Spanish). Radio Romania International. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  27. ^ "Emmanuel reivindica el amor como el motor de la vida y de su música" (in Spanish). EFE. July 11, 2019. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  28. ^ "Las cifras más importantes de la exitosa carrera de José José" (in Spanish). CNN en Español. September 30, 2019. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  29. ^ "La música romántica nunca pasará de moda: Luis Demetrio". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). March 26, 1994. Archived from the original on March 12, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022. Se han vendido más de 2,600.000 mil copias, lo que no ha sucedido con su actual álbum titulado Aries.
  30. ^ Fernandez, Enrique (2 June 1984). "New Worldwide Pact For Emmanuel" (PDF). Billboard. p. 53. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2022. The singer's 1981 album, "Intimamente," sold more than two and a half million copies in Mexico alone.
  31. ^ a b "No fue el mejor año, pero varios artistas mexicanos tuvieron éxitos en 1994". La Opinión (in Spanish). December 26, 1994. p. 3D. Retrieved February 18, 2024. Luis Miguel, quién a pesar de las inumerables críticas en seis meses vendió, sólo en México, más de dos millones de copias de su disco de boleros Segundo Romance
  32. ^ "Vamos a echarnos el chal". El Siglo de Torreón. 6 October 1986. p. 41. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022. Pocas veces se ha logrado en México una venta de discos como la que se ha logrado. "El príncipe de la canción" con el álbum "Secretos" que ha vendido más de dos millones de copias.
  33. ^ "Mexico shows signs of revival". Music Business International. August 1, 1998. p. 45. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022 – via ProQuest.
  34. ^ García, Juan Carlos (July 17, 2005). "Supera EU a Mexico en venta de musica latina". El Norte (in Spanish). ProQuest 311720300. Archived from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via ProQuest.
  35. ^ "Farándula". La Opinión (in Spanish). December 1, 1985. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2024. Los ejecutivos de la disquera RCA-Ariola, le entregaron un trofeo de Doble-Platino por las 1,300,000 copias vendidas de su anterior elepé, "Reflexiones".
  36. ^ "Hispano Americano: semanario de la vida y la verdad" (in Spanish). Tiempo SAdeCV. 1970. p. 67. Retrieved December 27, 2022. Pedro Infante —aseveró es el cantante que más discos ha hecho vender en México . Solamente de Las mañanitas se han vendido 1.000,000 de copias
  37. ^ Oiga, Números 464-475. Empresa Editora Eusko-Andina. 1990. p. 74. Su primer disco 1 + 1 = 2 enamorados había vendido más de un millón de copias en México y el estribillo pegajoso de la canción sonaba en todas las radios limeñas
  38. ^ a b "Luís Miguel esteve no show comunicação". A Tribuna (in Brazilian Portuguese): 24. April 24, 1983. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2021. (...) A success in his country, Luis Miguel is thirteen years old and has recorded two LPs. The first one sold a million copies; the second is already around 900,000 copies. (...)
  39. ^ "Mexican Industry's Future Tied To Political Climate" (PDF). Billboard. 24 July 1982. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022. In spite of the difficult period the Mexican industry is living, RCA has managed to pull big sales with young balladeer Emmanuel. His latest LP has reached one million units in Mexico alone.
  40. ^ "Recibierón doble disco de platino". El Informador. 7 December 1990. p. 14-E.
  41. ^ a b "Hit Parade". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). February 4, 1991. p. 32. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  42. ^ Risetti, Ricardo (1996). De corazón a corazón: memorias del bolero en la Argentina (in Spanish). p. 47. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  43. ^ "Luis Miguel y Alejandra Guzmán fueron los más destacados de 1990 en la música popular mexicana". La Opinión (in Spanish). December 24, 1990. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  44. ^ Pujols, Daniela (December 12, 2020). "Los 30 años de "Bachata Rosa" de Juan Luis Guerra". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  45. ^ Cabral, Euri (2008). Juan Luis Guerra y 4-40: merengue y bachata a ritmo de poesía y compromiso (in Spanish). Editora Búho. p. 189. ISBN 978-9945408171. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Google Books.
  46. ^ Arias, Vilo (1 January 1991). "Lo mejor de 1990 en la música en México". El Informador (in Spanish). p. 12-C. Exactamente cuatro meses. Con solo esta canción en difusión, de su elepé 'Luis Miguel 20 Años', alcanzó a rebasar el millón de copias vendidas en México.
  47. ^ "Hit Parade". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). March 9, 1994. p. 43. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  48. ^ "No fue el mejor año, pero varios artistas mexicanos tuvieron éxitos en 1994". La Opinión (in Spanish). December 26, 1994. p. 3D. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  49. ^ "Mónica Naranjo lanza nueva discografia". El Siglo de Torreón. September 19, 1999. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  50. ^ Lannert, John (May 30, 1998). "Latin America's Music Market Rises". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 22. p. 84. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  51. ^ "Mexico". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 44. November 3, 1979. p. LA-46. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  52. ^ Garcia, Juan Carlos (November 17, 2001). "Lanza Madonna nuevos hits". Reforma (in Spanish). p. 4. ProQuest 310755398. Archived from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022 – via ProQuest. Tras vender mas de 800 mil copias de su primera compilacion de hits en Mexico, The Immaculate Collection, la cual salio en 1990, Madonna estrena desde esta semana GHV2, su nueva seleccion de temas mas exitosos de la ultima decada.
  53. ^ Staff, Semana (31 Aug 2006). "Diosa coronada". Semana (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 May 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  54. ^ "Luis Miguel y su Romance". Expansión. No. 607–608. Expansión, S. de R.L. de C.V. 1993. p. 29. Retrieved 4 July 2023. Romance, el álbum de Luis Miguel lanzado en noviembre de 1991, alcanzó las mayores ventas del año, con 1,623,000 piezas (incluye 400,000 discos compactos).
  55. ^ Lannert, John (30 May 1998). "Latin America's Music Market Rises". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 22. p. 84. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  56. ^ "Luis Miguel: Líder en ventas". Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 December 2004. Archived from the original on 22 December 2005. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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