This is the chart of Italian music artists listed by estimated sales according to the most important Italian newspapers, national television channels and music magazines. As the compilation of official data of sale of records in Italy it began to have departed only since 1995, thanks to the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana, some corporate body of musical survey, as for instance Hit Parade Italy have tried to put order to the preceding respects furnished by Musica e dischi, TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, Ciao 2001, and Doxa. From 1990 to 1995 any corporate body has furnished official data or estime of sale of the singers.
Reliable sources of estimated sales are most important Italian newspapers and magazines, like Il Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Il Giornale, Il Messaggero, and national radio and TV channels, like Rai, Mediaset, MTV, and Radio Italia TV.
To date, national sources attest 145 Italian music artists have surpassed five million records sold, twelve of which have sold between 50 and 100 million copies and seven of which have sold over 100 million records.
Artist | Region of origin | Period active | Genre | Estimated sales |
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Mina | Lombardy | 1958–present | Europop, rhythm and blues, jazz, soul, swing, Canzone napoletana, Latin music, opera lirica | 150 million[1][2][3] |
Adriano Celentano | Lombardy | 1957–present | Musica leggera, rock and roll, musica d'autore | 150 million[4][5] |
Dalida | Egypt | 1955–1987 | Musica leggera, musica d'autore | 140 million[6] 120 million[7] |
Patty Pravo | Veneto | 1966–present | Pop, beat, chanson | 110 million[8][9][10] |
Luciano Pavarotti | Emilia-Romagna | 1960–2006 | Opera, Musica leggera, Pop | 100 million[11] |
Giorgio Moroder | South Tyrol | 1958-1993, 2012–present | Italo disco, Euro disco, Musica leggera, Disco, Synth-pop, Electronic, Rock, New wave | 100 million |
Toto Cutugno | Tuscany – Liguria | 1966–2023 | Musica leggera, pop, musica d'autore | 100 million[12] |
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Artist | Record label (as of 2023) |
Albums (+ EP + Demo) |
Singles | Sales certified
(as of 2023)[74] |
Festival di Sanremo Nominations (as of 2023 edition) |
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Achille Lauro | Sony Music/No Face Agency | 5 (+ 1 EP) | 26 | 1.950.000+ | 2 Art. |
Alessandra Amoroso | Sony Music/Columbia Records | 6 (+ 1 EP) | 37 | 2.905.000+ | - |
Anna Tatangelo | Sony Music/Believe Music Italia | 8 | 43 | 1.000.000+ | 8 Art. |
Annalisa | Warner Music Italy | 6 | 30 | 4.350.000+ | 4 Art. |
Ariete | Bomba Dischi/Universal | 1(+ 3 EP) | 18 | 950.000+ | 1 Art. |
Arisa | Warner Music Italy | 6 (+ 1 EP) | 26 | 650.000+ | 3 Art. |
Baby K | Sony Music | 3 (+ 3 EP) | 17 | 1.575.000+ | - |
Benji & Fede | Warner Music Italy | 2 | 11 | 1.195.000+ | - |
Blanco | Universal | 1 | 8 | 4.775.000+ | 1 Art. |
Boomdabash | Macro Beats | 5 | 15 | 2.045.000+ | 1 Art. |
Calcutta | Bomba Dischi | 4 | 13 | 1.205.000+ | - |
Carl Brave | Universal | 3 (+ 1 EP) | 13 | 2.705.000+ | - |
Carmen Consoli | Universal | 8 | 35 | 2.050.000+ | 1 Art. |
Cesare Cremonini | Warner Music Italy | 6 + 1 with Lùnapop (+ 1 EP) | 34 + 6 with Lùnapop | 3.820.000+ | - |
Coez | Carosello Records | 5 (+ 2 EP) | 24 | 3.450.000+ | - |
Diodato | Carosello Records | 4 | 18 | 330.000+ | 1 Art. |
Dolcenera | Sony Music | 6 (+ 2 EP) | 25 | 400.000+ | 3 Art. |
Elettra Lamborghini | Universal/Island Records | 1 (+ 1 EP) | 12 | 1.205.000+ | 1 Art. |
Elodie | Universal/Island Records | 4 | 13 | 2.405.000+ | 3 Art. |
Emis Killa | Carosello Records | 4 (+ 1 EP) | 29 | 1.815.000+ | - |
Emma | Universal | 6 (+ 1 EP) | 36 | 1.675.000+ | 3 Art. |
Ermal Meta | Mescal | 4 | 17 | 410.000+ | 3 Art. |
Ernia | Universal | 3 (+ 1 EP) | 14 | 2.325.000+ | - |
Fabri Fibra | Universal | 9 (+ 2 EP) | 40 | 3.155.000+ | - |
Fabrizio Moro | Sony Music | 9 | 27 | 445.000+ | 7 Art. |
Fedez | Sony Music | 7 (+ 2 EP) | 43 | 5.440.000+ | 1 Art. |
Francesca Michielin | Sony Music | 4 (+ 2 EP) | 21 | 1.290.000+ | 2 Art. |
Francesco Gabbani | BMG Rights Management | 5 | 17 | 725.000+ | 2 Art. |
Fred De Palma | Warner Music Italy | 6 | 18 | 1.775.000+ | - |
Gazzelle | Maciste Dischi | 2(+ 1 EP) | 16 | 1.945.000+ | - |
Gemitaiz | Tanta Roba Records | 5(+ 1 EP) | 26 | 3.195.000+ | - |
Ghali | Tanta Roba Records | 2(+ 1 EP) | 16 | 2.855.000+ | - |
Giusy Ferreri | Sony Music | 5(+ 1 EP) | 29 | 2.600.000+ | 3 Art. |
Gué Pequeno | Universal/Def Jam Recordings | 6 + 7 with Club Dogo (+ 1 EP) | 45 + 22 with Club Dogo | 5.870.000+ | - |
Irama | Warner Music Italy | 3 (+ 1 EP) | 14 | 3.085.000+ | 4 Art. |
Lazza | 333 Mob/Universal Music Group | 2(+ 3 EP) | 50 | 5.585.000+ | 1 Art. |
Levante | INRI/Warner Music Italy | 4 | 22 | 505.000+ | 2 Art. |
Lorenzo Fragola | Sony Music/Newtopia | 3 (+ 1 EP) | 14 | 710.000+ | 1 Art. |
Luchè | Universal Music Group | 4 | 40 | 1.980.000+ | - |
Madame | Sugar Music | 1 | 17 | 2.600.000+ | 1 Art. |
Madman | Maciste Dischi | 5(+ 2 EP) | 16 | 1.555.000+ | - |
Mahmood | Universal Music Group | 2 | 17 | 2.070.000+ | 2 Art. |
Malika Ayane | Sugar Music | 5 | 21 | 725.000+ | 5 Art. |
Måneskin | Sony Music | 4 (+ 2 EP) | 13 | 3.145.000+ | 1 Art. |
Marco Mengoni | Sony Music | 10 (+ 6 EP) | 30 | 4.395.000+ | 2 Art. |
Marracash | Roccia Music | 8 | 44 | 6.490.000+ | - |
Max Gazzè | EMI Records/Universal | 10 | 25 | 630.000+ | 5 Art. |
Modà | Believe Music | 6 (+ 1 EP) | 33 | 1.785.000+ | 3 Art. |
Mr. Rain | Warner Music Italy | 2 | 15 | 900.000+ | 1 Art. |
Neffa | Sony Music | 8 (+ 1 EP) | 32 | 535.000+ | 2 Art. |
Negramaro | Sugar Music | 7 | 35 | 3.130.000+ | 1 Art. |
Negrita | Universal | 10 (+ 2 EP) | 35 | 750.000+ | 2 Art. |
Nina Zilli | Universal | 4 (+ 1 EP) | 12 | 250.000+ | 4 Art. |
Nitro | Machete Empire Records/Sony Music | 3 | 12 | 970.000+ | - |
Noemi | Sony Music | 5 (+ 1 EP) | 22 | 1.140.000+ | 7 Art. |
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | Sony Music | 4 (+ 2 EP) | 12 | 3.725.000+ | 1 Art. |
Psicologi | Bomba Dischi/Universal | 3 (+ 2 EP) | 20 | 825.000+ | - |
Francesco Renga | Sony Music | 8 | 35 | 660.000+ | 7 Art. |
Rkomi | Universal | 3 (+ 2 EP) | 20 | 4.170.000+ | 1 Art. |
Rocco Hunt | Sony Music/Honiro Label | 4(+ 2 EP) | 25 | 1.950.000+ | 1Art. |
Salmo | Sony Music/Machete Empire Records | 6 | 20 | 5.015.000+ | - |
Sangiovanni | Sugar/Fascino | 1(+ 1 EP) | 12 | 2.010.000+ | 1 Art. |
Shade | Warner Music Italy | 3 | 16 | 845.000+ | - |
Sick Luke | Carosello/Universal | 2 (+ 5 EP) | 4 | 860.000+ | - |
Anna Tatangelo | Sony Music | 7 | 35 | 710.000+ | 1 Art. |
Takagi & Ketra | Sony Music | - | 6 | 1.740.000+[75] | - |
Tedua | Universal | 2 (+ 1 EP) | 15 | 2.840.000+ | - |
Tha Supreme | Epic Records | 1 | 15 | 3.670.000+ | - |
Thegiornalisti | Carosello Records | 5 (+ 1 EP) | 16 | 1.375.000+ | 1 Art. |
Tiromancino | Virgin Records/Sony Music Italy | 11 | 42 | 785.000+ | 2 Art. |
Tommaso Paradiso | Universal | 5 with Thegiornalisti | 9 + 16 with Thegiornalisti | 2.260.000+ | 1 Art. |
Ultimo | Honiro Label | 5 | 17 | 3.830.000+ | 2 Art. |
Artist | Talent show | Record label (as of 2020) |
Albums (+ EP + Demo) |
Singles | Sales certified
(as of 2023)[74] |
Festival di Sanremo Nominations (as of 2023 edition) | ||||
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Marco Mengoni | X Factor | Sony Music | 10 (+ 6 EP) | 33 | 5.095.000+ | 3 Art. | ||||
Annalisa | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Warner Music Italy | 7 | 35 | 4.250.000+ | 4 Art. | ||||
Irama | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Warner Music Italy | 3 (+ 1 EP) | 16 | 4.000.000+ | 4 Art. | ||||
Måneskin | X Factor | Sony Music | 4 (+ 2 EP) | 14 | 3.700.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Elodie | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Universal/Island Records | 4 | 17 | 3.130.000+ | 3 Art. | ||||
Alessandra Amoroso | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music/Columbia Records | 8 (+ 1 EP) | 40 | 3.055.000+ | — | ||||
Giusy Ferreri | X Factor | Sony Music | 5 (+ 1 EP) | 29 | 2.600.000+ | 3 Art. | ||||
Sangiovanni | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sugar/Fascino | 1(+ 1 EP) | 12 | 2.560.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Emma | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Universal | 6 (+ 1 EP) | 37 | 2.375.000+ | 3 Art. | ||||
Mahmood | X Factor | Universal | 2 | 18 | 1.970.000+ | 2 Art. | ||||
Mara Sattei | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Arista Records/Sony Music | 1 (+ 1 EP) | 13 | 1.635.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Francesca Michielin | X Factor | Sony Music | 4 (+ 2 EP) | 22 | 1.290.000+ | 2 Art. | ||||
Noemi | X Factor | Sony Music | 5 (+ 1 EP) | 25 | 1.190.000+ | 7 Art. | ||||
The Kolors | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Universal/Tempi Duri Records | 3 | 13 | 1.095.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Lorenzo Fragola | X Factor | Sony Music/Newtopia | 3 (+ 1 EP) | 15 | 710.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Riki | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music | 2 (+ 1 EP) | 20 | 425.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Aka 7even | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music/Fascino | (1 EP) | 8 | 550.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Michele Bravi | X Factor | Universal | 2(+ 2 EP) | 11 | 400.000+ | 2 Art. | ||||
Gaia | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music | 2 (+ 1 EP) | 5 | 515.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Federica Carta | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Universal | 3 | 10 | 360.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Deddy | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Warner Music Group/Fascino | 1 | 5 | 315.000+ | — | ||||
Valerio Scanu | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Naty love you srl | 7 (+ 2 EP) | 19 | 315.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Chiara Galiazzo | X Factor | Sony Music | 4 (+ 1 EP) | 18 | 310.000+ | 2 Art. | ||||
Marco Carta | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Warner Music Italy/Atlantic Records | 6 (+ 1 EP) | 18 | 275.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Briga | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music | 4 (+ 1 EP) | 11 | 250.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Moreno | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Universal/Tempi Duri Records | 3 | 11 | 205.000+ | — | ||||
Dear Jack | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Baraonda | 4 | 15 | 170.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Enrico Nigiotti | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music | 4 | 10 | 150.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Tancredi | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Warner Music Group/Fascino | 1(1 EP) | 6 | 140.000+ | |||||
Pierdavide Carone | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music | 3 | 8 | 135.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Giordana Angi | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Virgin Records | 1 | 5 | 120.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
LDA | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Fascino/ Sony Music | 1 | 6 | 170.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Deborah Iurato | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Columbia Records | 2 (+ 1 EP) | 13 | 90.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Loredana Errore | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music | 2 (+ 1 EP) | 11 | 85.000+ | — | ||||
Luigi Strangis | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Fascino/21co | 1 | 5 | 75.000+ | — | ||||
Sergio Sylvestre | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sony Music | 2 (+ 1 EP) | 7 | 75.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Blind | X Factor | RCA Records | 1 | 3 | 70.000+ | — | ||||
Emma Muscat | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Atlantic Records/Warner Music Group | 1 (+ 1 EP) | 6 | 70.000+ | — | ||||
Luca Napolitano | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Warner Music Italy | 2 (+ 2 EP) | 6 | 60.000+ | — | ||||
Alex W | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Fascino/21co | 1 | 4 | 75.000+ | — | ||||
Bastard Sons of Dioniso | X Factor | Musica indipendente | 4 (+ 1 EP) | 7 | 35.000+ | — | ||||
Chiara Grispo | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Baraonda Records/Mind the Floor | 1 | 3 | 35.000+ | |||||
Matteo Becucci | X Factor | Sony Music | 3 (+ 1 EP) | 7 | 35.000+ | — | ||||
Nyv | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Sugar | 1 | 2 | 35.000+ | |||||
Albe | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Fascino | / | 5 | 35.000+ | — | ||||
Madh | X Factor | Sony Music/Newtopia | 0 (+ 2 EP) | 1 | 30.000+ | — | ||||
Virginio | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Universal | 2 (+ 1 EP) | 7 | 30.000+ | 1 NP | ||||
Alberto Urso | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Universal | 1 | 8 | 25.000+ | 1 Art. | ||||
Greta | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Carosello | 1 (+ 1 EP + 1 Demo) | 5 | 25.000+ | — | ||||
Antonio Maggio | X Factor | Universal | 1 | 3 | 15.000+ | 1 NP | ||||
Antonino | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Non ho l'età | 3 (+ 1 EP) | 10 | 15.000+ | — | ||||
Antonella Lo Coco | X Factor | Sony Music | 1(+ 2 EP) | 4 | 15.000+ | — | ||||
I Moderni | X Factor | Sony Music | 1(+ 1 EP) | 3 | 15.000+ | — | ||||
Daniele Vit | X Factor and The Voice of Italy | Musica indipendente | 5 (+ 5 EP) | 4 | — | 1 NP | ||||
Tony Maiello | X Factor | Rosso al tramonto | 1 (+ 1 EP) | 8 | — | 1 NP | ||||
Manuela Zanier | X Factor | Warner Music Italy | 1 | 8 | — | 1 NP | ||||
Serena Abrami | X Factor | EMI | 1 | 3 | — | 1 NP | ||||
Veronica De Simone | The Voice of Italy | Universal | — | — | — | 1 NP | ||||
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This list is not compiled by certified sales but by estimated sales.
Sales sources are the most reliable Italian newspapers, music magazines and national TV channels.