List of best-selling albums in Belgium
Albums in Belgium are certified since 1995 by Belgian Entertainment Association. From 1995 to May 2007, gold/platinum levels for domestic albums were 15,000/30,000 while for international album 25,000/50,000.[1] Since May 2007 to today gold/platinum domestic levels are 10,000/20,000 while international gold/platinum levels are 15,000/30,000. Ever since July 2017 gold level is 10,000 and platinum 20,000.[2]
Best-selling albums of all-time in Belgium
Year | Artist | Album | Sales | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Helmut Lotti | Helmut Lotti goes Classic | 600,000 | [3] |
1996 | Helmut Lotti | Helmut Lotti goes Classic II | 500,000 | [4][5] |
1995 | Nirvana | Nevermind | 400,000 | [6] |
1992 | ABBA | ABBA Gold | 350,000 | [7] |
1995 | Andrea Bocelli | Bocelli | 350,000 | [8] |
1996 | Helmut Lotti | Helmut Lotti goes Classic III | 350,000 | [4] |
1995 | Celine Dion | D'eux | 300,000 | [9] |
1995 | Clouseau | Oker | 300,000 | [9] |
1983 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 300,000 | [10] |
1997 | U2 | The Best of 1980–1990 | 300,000 | [11] |
1989 | Clouseau | Hoezo | 271,000 | [10] |
2000 | Beatles | 1 | 250,000 | [11] |
2001 | Marco Borsato | Onderweg | 250,000 | [11] |
1995 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | 250,000 | [9] |
1980 | Barbra Streisand | Guilty | 250,000 | [12] |
2015 | Adele | 25 | 240,000 | [13] |
2013 | Stromae | Racine carrée | 240,000 | [14] |
1977 | Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever | 200,000 | [15] |
1984 | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Legend | 200,000 | [16] |
1993 | Bryan Adams | So Far So Good | 200,000 | [9] |
1995 | Celine Dion | Falling into You | 200,000 | [4] |
1997 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love | 200,000 | [17] |
1996 | Clouseau | Adrenaline | 200,000 | [4] |
1985 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | 200,000 | [6] |
1998 | Helmut Lotti | Helmut Lotti goes Classic Final Edition | 200,000 | [18] |
1973 | Neil Diamond | Jonathan Livingstone Seagull | 200,000 | [19] |
1992 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard | 200,000 | [20] |
1994 | Francis Cabrel | Samedi soir sur la Terre | 200,000 | [16] |
2011 | Adele | 21 | 180,000 | [21] |
2015 | K3 | 10.000 luchtballonnen | 160,000 | [13] |
1993 | Axelle Red | Sans plus attendre | 150,000 | [20] |
2006 | Amy Winehouse | Back to Black | 150,000 | [16] |
1997 | Buena Vista Social Club | Buena Vista Social Club | 150,000 | [16] |
1999 | Britney Spears | ...Baby One More Time | 150,000 | [22] |
2000 | Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did It Again | 150,000 | [22] |
1999 | Celine Dion | All the Way... A Decade of Song | 150,000 | [23] |
2003 | Dido | Life for Rent | 150,000 | [11] |
1999 | Dido | No Angel | 150,000 | [24] |
1990 | Elton John | The Very Best of Elton John | 150,000 | [20] |
2004 | James Blunt | Back to Bedlam | 150,000 | [16] |
1997 | James Horner | Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture | 150,000 | [17] |
2000 | K3 | Alle kleuren | 150,000 | [25] |
2000 | Helmut Lotti | Latino Classics | 150,000 | [22] |
1999 | Helmut Lotti | Out of Africa | 150,000 | [22] |
2000 | Madonna | Music | 150,000 | [16] |
2007 | Mika | Life in Cartoon Motion | 150,000 | [16] |
1997 | Shania Twain | Come On Over | 150,000 | [11] |
1997 | Spice Girls | Spice | 150,000 | [4] |
2021 | Angèle | Brol | 140,000 | [6] |
2001 | K3 | Tele-Romeo | 120,000 | [25] |
1995 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 100,000 | [26] |
1992 | Andrea Bocelli | Il Mare Calmo della Sera | 100,000 | [27] |
1997 | Andrea Bocelli | Romanza | 100,000 | [18] |
1999 | Backstreet Boys | Millennium | 100,000 | [18] |
2002 | Celine Dion | A New Day Has Come | 100,000 | [23] |
1993 | Celine Dion | The Colour of My Love | 100,000 | [9] |
1997 | Clouseau | 87*97 | 100,000 | [4] |
2000 | Coldplay | Parachutes | 100,000 | [28] |
2002 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head | 100,000 | [29] |
2005 | Coldplay | X&Y | 100,000 | [30] |
2000 | Craig David | Born to Do It | 100,000 | [25] |
2000 | Enya | A Day Without Rain | 100,000 | [11] |
2000 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | 100,000 | [22] |
1997 | Enya | Paint the Sky with Stars | 100,000 | [11] |
1997 | Eros Ramazzotti | Eros | 100,000 | [17] |
1991 | Enya | Shepherd Moons | 100,000 | [11] |
1987 | Francis Cabrel | 77-87 | 100,000 | [4] |
1998 | George Michael | Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael | 100,000 | [17] |
1977 | Jacques Brel | Brel | 100,000 | [31] |
2006 | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveSounds | 100,000 | [11] |
2000 | Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory | 100,000 | [16] |
1993 | Mariah Carey | Music Box | 100,000 | [20] |
1999 | Moby | Play | 100,000 | [25] |
1995 | Norah Jones | Come Away With Me | 100,000 | [26] |
1997 | Radiohead | OK Computer | 100,000 | [11] |
2003 | R.E.M. | In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 | 100,000 | [11] |
1999 | Santana | Supernatural | 100,000 | [22] |
1991 | Tina Turner | Simply the Best | 100,000 | [9] |
1999 | Texas | The Greatest Hits | 100,000 | [25] |
1994 | The Cranberries | No Need to Argue | 100,000 | [20] |
2002 | U2 | The Best of 1990–2000 | 100,000 | [11] |
2000 | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 100,000 | [25] |
1992 | Vangelis | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | 100,000 | [20] |
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