Since 1996, the IFPI have awarded Platinum Europe Awards for albums that have sold at least one million copies in Europe.[1] Only albums released on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible for the award.[1] This is a list of the best-selling albums in Europe, having been certified Platinum five times or more.
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
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1997 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love[3] | Epic | 10,000,000 | 10× Platinum |
2011 | Adele | 21 | Columbia/XL | 10,000,000 | 10× Platinum |
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Celine Dion | Falling into You[3] | Epic | 9,000,000 | 9× Platinum |
2000 | The Beatles | 1 | Capitol | 9,000,000 | 9× Platinum |
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | Bon Jovi | Cross Road | Mercury | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
1995 | Celine Dion | D'eux[3] | Epic | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
1996 | Spice Girls | Spice | Virgin | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
2006 | Amy Winehouse | Back to Black | Island | 8,000,000 | 8× Platinum |
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
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1995 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | Maverick | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1997 | Shania Twain | Come On Over | Mercury Nashville | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1998 | Madonna | Ray of Light | Maverick/Warner | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
1998 | U2 | The Best of 1980–1990 | Island | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
2002 | Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | Blue Note | 7,000,000 | 7× Platinum |
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Sales | Certification[2][1] |
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1997 | Andrea Bocelli | Romanza | Island/Universal | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1997 | The Corrs | Talk on Corners | Atlantic | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1996 | Fugees | The Score | Ruffhouse/Columbia | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2000 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | Aftermath | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1998 | George Michael | Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael | Sony | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2004 | James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | Atlantic | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1995 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Epic | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1995 | Oasis | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Creation | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2004 | Robbie Williams | Greatest Hits | EMI/Chrysalis | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
2001 | Robbie Williams | Swing When You're Winning | EMI/Chrysalis | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
1999 | Santana | Supernatural | Arista | 6,000,000 | 6× Platinum |
Previously, IFPI, Music & Media awarded album sales in the Pan-European sphera like The Bodyguard soundtrack which earned 7× platinum, equivalent to 7 million copies. They also reported sales amount in the case of several album's artists in their regular articles.
*Positions based on claimed sales and release year.
Year | Artist | Album | Sales | Ref. |
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1982 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 18,000,000 | [4] |
1992 | Various artists/Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard | 7,000,000 | [5] |
1987 | Michael Jackson | Bad | 6,700,000 | [6] |
1993 | Mariah Carey | Music Box | 6,000,000 | [7] |
1992 | ABBA | ABBA Gold | 5,600,000 | [8] |
1986 | Madonna | True Blue | 5,500,000 | [9] |
1988 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | 5,000,000 | [10] |
1989 | Madonna | Like a Prayer | 5,000,000 | [11] |
1991 | Michael Jackson | Dangerous | 5,000,000 | [12] |
1993 | Sheryl Crow | Tuesday Night Music Club | 5,000,000 | [13] |
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