List of best-selling albums in Colombia
Grupo Niche
This is a list of some of the best-selling albums in Colombia. Colombia is one of the largest music markets in Latin America . The majority of the albums are from local artists; various artists such as Carlos Vives , Diomedes Díaz , Juancho Rois , Margarita Rosa de Francisco , Juanes and Shakira appear more than once in the list. A few bunch of international artists, including Michael Jackson , Backstreet Boys , Eros Ramazzotti , Gloria Estefan and Julio Iglesias also appeared on the list.
List of best-selling albums
Carlos Vives has at least five albums with claimed sales of over 100,000 units
Juanes has at least five albums with claimed sales of over 100,000 units
Diomedes Díaz has at least four albums with claimed sales of over 100,000 units
Shakira has at least four albums with claimed sales of over 100,000 units
Michael Jackson , is the only foreign artist with two albums
Color
Indicates a non-Colombian artist
Over 500,000
Year
Title
Artist(s)
Claimed sales
1990
Cielo de Tambores
Grupo Niche
1,600,000[ 1]
1993
Clásicos de la Provincia
Carlos Vives
1,400,000[ 2]
1998
30 Grandes Éxitos
Diomedes Díaz
1,000,000[ 3]
1995
Sentimientos
Charlie Zaa
1,000,000[ 4]
1996
Pies Descalzos
Shakira
1,000,000[ 5]
1995
La Tierra del Olvido
Carlos Vives
880,000[ 6]
1997
Backstreet's Back
Backstreet Boys
800,000[ 7]
1993
Título de Amor
Diomedes Díaz & Juancho Rois
600,000[ 3]
2021
KG0516
Karol G
600,000[ 8] ‡
Over 100,000
Year
Title
Artist(s)
Claimed sales
2014
De Ida y Vuelta
Chabuco [es ]
450,000[ 9]
1994
26 de Mayo
Diomedes Díaz & Juancho Rois
450,000[ 3]
1995
El Dorado
Aterciopelados
400,000[ 10]
1997
Tengo Fe
Carlos Vives
360,000[ 11]
1994
El santo cachón
Los Embajadores Vallenatos [es ]
350,000[ 12]
1995
Un Canto Celestial
Diomedes Díaz
341,317[ 12]
1994
Café, Con Aroma de Mujer
Margarita Rosa de Francisco
340,000[ 13]
1980
De caché
Binomio de Oro de América
300,000[ 14]
1983
Muy Nuestro
Otto Serge [es ] & Rafael Ricardo
300,000[ 15]
1996
Collar de Perlas
Marbelle
300,000[ 16]
1982
Thriller
Michael Jackson
300,000[ 17]
2009
Clásicos de la Provincia II
Carlos Vives
300,000[ 18]
2010
Sale el Sol
Shakira
300,000[ 19]
1975
Corazon Corazon
Julio Iglesias
250,000[ 20]
1995
Abriendo Puertas
Gloria Estefan
250,000[ 21]
2012
MTV Unplugged
Juanes
250,000[ 22]
2014
Loco de Amor
Juanes
250,000[ 22] 240,000[ 23]
2004
Mi Sangre
Juanes
200,000[ 24]
2014
Tigo Music Sessions (DVD)
Juanes
200,000[ 25]
2014
Shakira
Shakira
200,000[ 26]
1993
Tutte storie (Todo historias )
Eros Ramazzotti
150,000[ 27]
1993
Tiempo perfecto
Felipe Peláez [es ]
160,000[ 28]
1996
Mar Adentro
Donato y Estefano
150,000[ 29]
2007
La Vida... Es Un Ratico
Juanes
150,000[ 30]
1994
Café Con Aroma de Mujer, Vol. 2
Margarita Rosa de Francisco
120,000[ 2]
1995
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
Michael Jackson
120,000[ 31]
2013
Corazón Profundo
Carlos Vives
120,000[ 32]
2005
Pasión de Gavilanes
Various
100,000[ 33]
2005
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
Shakira
100,000[ 34]
1994
Pa' Que Chupen
Karamelo
100,000[ 35]
2011
No Me Compares Con Nadie
Silvestre Dangond
100,000[ 36] [ 37]
2011
Ilusión
Fonseca
100,000[ 38] [ 39]
2013
La Familia
J Balvin
100,000[ 40]
2015
PB.DB The Mixtape
Maluma
100,000[ 41]
Best-selling artists in Colombia
According to some media publications, Diomedes Díaz sold about 20 million copies in Colombia.[ 42] [ 43] Mexican singer, Vicente Fernandez is believed to have sold 5 million.[ 44] Although figures lack of reliability.
See also
Notes
References
^ "Cielo de tambores: 32 años del disco más exitoso del Grupo Niche" (in Spanish). Shock . December 22, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ a b "Quien es Quien" . Semana (in Spanish). January 15, 1995. Retrieved January 15, 2023 .
^ a b c "¿Cuáles son los discos más vendidos de Diomedes Díaz?" (in Spanish). La Vallenata. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2014 .
^ "Charlie Zaa" . El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Retrieved December 10, 2021 .
^ "Shakira celebra 25 años del lanzamiento de su icónico álbum 'Pies descalzos' " . El País . October 6, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ "Cifras y Números" . Cromos (in Spanish). No. 4183– 4186. 1998. p. 65. Retrieved August 9, 2023 . Carlos Vives Clásicos de la provincia : 1.200.000 copias vendidas en Colombia. 3.000.000 copias vendidas en Argentina, Chile, España, EE.UU. y México. Y ! Tierra del olvido 880.000 copias vendidas en Colombia
^ "Backstreet Boys. El Grupo Juvenil Número 1 del Mundo" . El Tiempo (in Spanish). October 10, 1998. Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ "Karol G recibe certificado de diamante por 'KG0516' " [Karol G receives diamond certificate for 'KG0516'] (in Spanish). Estación 40 . November 30, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ "Doble disco de diamante para Chabuco y su 'bulería vallenata" . El Tiempo (in Spanish). April 24, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2015 .
^ Ortegón Munevar, Camilo Andrés (June 20, 2019). "Breve historia del rock en Colombia desde los años 60 hasta la actualidad (parte2)" . Estudios Artísticos (in Spanish). 5 (7). Francisco José de Caldas District University : 258– 277. doi :10.14483/25009311.14993 . S2CID 241869360 . Retrieved December 10, 2021 .
^ "¡Arrasador!" . La Nación (in Spanish). August 30, 1997. Retrieved January 14, 2023 . Disco de platino en Colombia son 60.000 unidades, pero, en el primer día de ventas, Carlos salió con séxtuple disco de platino
^ a b "Sono-Vives" . Semana (in Spanish). September 3, 1995. Retrieved January 15, 2023 .
^ "Cifras y números" . Cromos (in Spanish). 1998. p. 65. Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ Romo Mendoza, Nilson (May 30, 2017). "De las letras de los juglares a las grandes ventas en vinilo" . El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ "¿Qué será lo que quiere el Negro?" . Semana (in Spanish). November 3, 1984. Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ "Las 10 Canciones de Fin de Siglo" (in Spanish). En Colombia. 2000. Retrieved June 30, 2015 .
^ "Jackson, De Vuelta Al Futuro" . El Tiempo . June 10, 1995. Retrieved January 8, 2022 .
^ "En Breve: Vives To release Deluxe Edition of 'Clasicos' " . Billboard . April 3, 2010. p. 12. Retrieved August 9, 2023 .
^ Garcés, Yoselin (October 18, 2023). "Shakira estrena 'Monotonía' el mismo día que su álbum 'Sale el Sol' doce años después" (in Spanish). Publimetro . Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ "Exporter" (PDF) . Billboard . August 6, 1977. p. LA-64. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via World Radio History.
^ "Latin Notas" . Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 27 January 1996. p. 35 –. ISSN 0006-2510 .
^ a b Arango Holguín, Claudia (14 March 2014). "JJuanes recibió 12 discos de platino por su álbum Loco de amor" . El Colombiano . Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
^ " "El proceso de paz con las Farc es históricamente necesario": Juanes" (in Spanish). RCN Radio . March 15, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ "Más conciertos para el Mi Sangre Tour de Juanes" (in Spanish). La Higuera. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
^ "Juanes recibe doble disco de diamante" . El Tiempo . September 19, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014 .
^ "Shakira becomes the most popular person ever on Facebook" . The Telegraph . 10 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017 .
^ "Attenti a quei tre, su e giu per l'Italia" . La Stampa . 7 June 1994. Retrieved 19 July 2022 .
^ Martínez Polo, Liliana (27 July 2015). "Así se gestó el álbum de duetos de Felipe Peláez" . El Tiempo . Retrieved 14 January 2023 .
^ García M., Victor Manuel (April 30, 1996). "Un éxito para dos" . El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ "Bogotá recibe a Juanes" . El Espectador (in Spanish). December 9, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ "Michael Jackson, Rey De Reyes" . El Tiempo . June 17, 1996. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
^ "Carlos Vives, número 1 en Billbard" . El Nuevo Siglo (in Spanish). May 2, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ "Localia recupera 'Pasión de Gavilanes' " (in Spanish). Europa Press . Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ Notimex (June 11, 2005). " 'Tortura' Shakira a fans" . El Siglo de Durango (in Spanish). Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
^ "Notas musicales en cifras" . El Tiempo . March 10, 1995. Retrieved January 14, 2022 .
^ "Silvestre y su 'gringa' " . El Tiempo . December 18, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2023 .
^ "Dangond lidera los cantantes de vallenato que más ganan" . La República . June 13, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2023 .
^ Baldera, Emelyn (June 19, 2012). " 'El merengue está en su mejor momento' " . Listín Diario . Retrieved January 14, 2022 .
^ " "El Concierto de Fonseca, Un concierto que hace muchos años, no se ve en Cúcuta" Diego Yañez Gerente del Centro Comercial Ventura Plaza" . Area Cucuta. November 28, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2022 .
^ Arango Holguín, Claudia (December 23, 2014). "J Balvin consigue quíntuple disco de platino en Colombia" . El Colombiano (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2022 .
^ "Maluma rompe récord en ventas con su disco 'PBDB Mixtape' " (in Spanish). Kien y Ke FM. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ " "Vengo en son de paz": Diomedes" . El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2005. Retrieved February 17, 2023 .
^ "Diomedes Díaz: las cifras y ventas del "cacique de la Junta" " (in Spanish). Tropicana FM. May 26, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2023 .
^ "Vicente Fernández llegó a ser el artista internacional más exitoso en Colombia" (in Spanish). Radio Nacional de Colombia . December 12, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2023 .
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