Metodo: laddove è presente una stima Chartmasters è stata utilizzata quella, in alternativa sono stime basate sulle classifiche year-end disponibili (FIMI, Musica&Dischi, Hitparadeitalia) o su altre informazioni disponibili.
Sono esclusi greatest hits e live album.
2000s
2 Michael Bublé It's Time 2005 575000
3 Madonna Music 2000 550000
4 U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 2004 500000
5 Green Day American Life 2004 475000
6 Madonna Confessions On A Dancefloor 2005 475000
7 Amy Winehouse Back to black 2006 470000
8 Michael Bublé Michael Bublé 2003 460000
9 Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way 2002 410000
10 Anastacia Freak Of Nature 2001 400000
11 Anastacia Not That Kind 2000 390000
12 Whitney Houston Whitney: The Greatest Hits 2000 375000
13 Norah Jones Come Away With Me 2002 375000
14 Enya A Day Without Rain 2000 360000
15 Robbie Williams Escapology 2002 360000
16 Coldplay A Rush of Blood To The Head 2002 360000
17 Sade Lovers Rock 2000 345000
18 Mark Knopfler Sailing To Philadelphia 2000 340000
19 Anastacia Anastacia 2004 340000
20 Robbie Williams Intensive Care 2005 340000
21 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friend 2008 330000
22 Eminem The Eminem Show 2002 325000
23 Dido Life For Rent 2003 320000
24 Simply Red Home 2003 320000
25 Evanescence Fallen 2003 315000
26 Linkin Park Hybryd Theory 2000 305000
27 Shakira Laundry Service 2001 300000
28 Coldplay X & Y 2005 300000
29 Depeche Mode Exiter 2001 290000
30 Coldplay Parachutes 2000 280000
31 Lady Gaga The Fame / The Fame Monster 2008 280000
32 Michael Bublé Call Me Irresponsible 2007 275000
33 Lenny Kravitz Lenny 2001 270000
34 Céline Dion A New Day Has Come 2002 270000
35 Linkin Park Meteora 2003 270000
36 Norah Jones Feels Like Home 2004 270000
37 Eric Clapton & B.B. King Riding with the King 2000 268000
38 Nelly Furtado Loose 2006 265000
39 Eminem The Marshall Mothers LP 2000 260000
40 R.E.M. Reveal 2001 260000
41 Santana Shaman 2002 260000
42 Miguel Bosè Papito 2007 260000
43 Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium 2006 255000
44 Bon Jovi Crush 2000 250000
45 Morcheeba Fragments Of Freedom 2000 250000
46 The Corrs The Corrs 2000 250000
47 Manu Chao Proxima estacion... Esperanza 2001 245000
48 Avril Lavigne Let Go 2002 240000
49 U2 No Line On The Horizon 2009 240000
50 Linkin Park Minutes To Midnight 2007 235000
1990s
2 Céline Dion Let’s Talk About Love 1997 1150000
3 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication 1999 890000
4 Michael Jackson Dangerous 1991 885000
5 Santana Supernatural 1999 830000
6 Dire Straits On Every Streets 1991 775000
7 Aqua Aquarium 1997 770000
8 U2 Achtung Baby 1991 725000
9 Alanis Morissette Jagged little pill 1995 725000
10 Queen Made In Heaven 1995 725000
11 Pink Floyd The Division Bell 1994 700000
12 Nirvana Nevermind 1991 685000
13 Queen Innuendo 1991 670000
14 R.E.M. Out Of Time 1991 660000
15 Madonna Ray Of Light 1998 650000
16 Spice Girls Spice 1996 620000
17 Backstreet Boys Backstreet’s Back 1997 575000
18 Sting Soul Cages 1991 560000
19 Mariah Carey Music Box 1993 555000
20 Spice Girls Spiceworld 1997 540000
21 Queen Live at Wembley '86 1992 530000
22 Ry Cooder Buena Vista Social Club OST 1997 520000
23 Depeche Mode Violator 1990 518000
24 Moby Play 1999 510000
25 R.E.M. Automatic For The People 1992 490000
26 Green Day Dookie 1994 475000
27 Metallica Metallica 1991 450000
28 Annie Lennox Diva 1992 450000
29 Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? 1995 450000
30 George Michael Older 1996 450000
31 The Cranberries No Need to Argue 1994 445000
32 Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti The Three Tenors in Concert 1990 440000
33 Simply Red Stars 1991 440000
34 Michael Jackson HIStory: Past, Present & Future 1995 435000
35 Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II 1991 430000
36 Take That Nobody Else 1995 425000
37 U2 Pop 1997 425000
38 Mariah Carey Merry Christmas 1994 410000
39 Sting Ten summoner's tales 1993 400000
40 Gipsy Kings Greatest Hits 1994 400000
41 James Horner Titanic OST 1997 400000
42 Blink-182 Enema Of The State 1999 400000
43 Simple Minds Real Life 1991 390000
44 Elton John The One 1992 380000
45 U2 Zooropa 1993 380000
46 The Verve Urban Hymns 1997 380000
47 Oasis Be Here Now 1997 380000
48 Nirvana In Utero 1993 375000
49 Cher Believe 1998 375000
50 Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I 1991 370000
1980s
2 Michael Jackson Bad 1987 1400000
3 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 1988 1090000
4 Madonna True Blue 1986 1050000
5 Phil Collins …But seriously 1989 950000
6 U2 The Joshua Tree 1987 800000
7 Madonna Like a Prayer 1989 725000
8 Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. 1984 700000
9 Sting ...Nothing like the sun 1987 675000
10 Dire Straits Making Movies 1980 670000
11 Dire Straits Money For Nothing 1988 650000
12 Sting The dream of the blue turtles 1985 640000
13 AC/DC Back in Black 1980 600000
14 Whitney Houston Whitney 1987 600000
15 Madonna Like a Virgin 1984 575000
16 Duran Duran Arena 1985 550000
17 Sade Diamond Life 1984 540000
18 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms 1985 530000
19 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction 1987 525000
20 U2 Rattle And Hum 1988 500000
21 The Police Zenyatta mondatta 1980 495000
22 USA For Africa We are the world 1985 480000
23 The Police Synchronicity 1983 470000
24 Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby 1987 470000
25 Simply Red A New Flame 1989 470000
26 Bob Marley Uprising 1980 450000
27 Simply Red Men and women 1987 450000
28 Tina Turner Foreign Affair 1989 450000
29 Tracy Chapman Crossroads 1989 450000
30 Spandau Ballet Through the barricades 1986 440000
31 Dire Straits Love over Gold 1982 425000
32 Genesis Abacab 1981 413000
33 Depeche Mode Music For The Masses 1987 410000
34 Barbra Streisand Guilty 1980 400000
35 Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast 1982 400000
36 Wham! Make It Big 1985 400000
37 Rick Astley Whenever You Need Somebody 1987 400000
38 Kaoma Worldbeat 1989 400000
39 Simple Minds Street Fighting Years 1989 400000
40 Spandau Ballet Parade 1985 390000
41 Tina Turner Private Dancer 1984 385000
42 Phil Collins Face Value 1981 375000
43 Julio Iglesias Momenti 1982 375000
44 Pink Floyd The FInal Cut 1983 375000
45 Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason 1987 375000
46 Europe The Final Countdown 1987 370000
47 Sade Promise 1985 365000
48 Queen The Miracle 1989 360000
49 Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky 1982 350000
50 Simple Minds Once Upon a Time 1985 350000
1 Michael Jackson Thriller 1982 1410000
2 Pink Floyd The Wall 1979 1450000
3 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975 950000
4 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV 1971 630000
5 Genesis Selling England by the pound 1974 593000
6 Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever 1978 550000
7 Supertramp Breakfast in America 1979 520000
8 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother 1970 500000
9 Julio Iglesias Sono un pirata sono un signore 1978 500000
10 Donna Summer I remember yesterday 1977 470000
11 Genesis Nursey Cryme 1971 463000
12 The Eagles Hotel California 1976 450000
13 Dire Straits Dire Straits 1978 445000
14 Michael Jackson Off The Wall 1979 420000
15 Barry White Can't get enough 1974 410000
16 The Police Regatta de blanc 1979 410000
17 Donna Summer Four Seasons of Love 1976 400000
18 Neil Young Harvest 1972 395000
19 Donna Summer A love trilogy 1976 390000
20 Julio Iglesias Innamorarsi alla mia età 1979 380000
21 Barry White Just another way to say I love you 1975 350000
22 Bob Dylan Desire 1976 350000
23 Roberta Kelly Zodiac lady 1977 350000
24 Electric Light Orchestra Discovery 1979 350000
25 The Doors Morrison Hotel 1970 345000
26 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III 1970 340000
27 Donna Summer Once upon a time 1977 330000
28 Dire Straits Communiqué 1979 330000
29 Queen A Night at The Opera 1975 325000
30 Pink Floyd Animals 1977 325000
31 Bob Marley Exodus 1977 325000
32 Leroy Gomez & Santa Esmeralda Santa Esmeralda 1977 320000
33 The Police Outlandos D'Amour 1978 315000
34 Charles Aznavour ...e fu subito Aznavour 1970 300000
35 Pink Floyd Meddle 1971 300000
36 Bob Marley Survival 1979 300000
37 The Doors L.A. Woman 1971 290000
38 Led Zeppelin Houses of the holy 1973 290000
39 Genesis The lamb lies down on Broadway 1974 290000
40 David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 1973 285000
41 Deep Purple In Rock 1970 275000
42 Bruce Springsteen Born To Run 1975 275000
43 Bob Marley Kaya 1978 275000
44 AC/DC Highway to Hell 1979 275000
45 Deep Purple Machine Head 1972 270000
46 Inti Illimani Hacia la libertad 1976 270000
47 Queen A Day At The Races 1976 270000
48 Boney M. Love for sale 1977 270000
49 The Beatles Let It Be 1970 260000
50 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Déjà Vu 1970 260000
