The following is a list of some of the best-selling albums in Colombia, one of the largest music markets in Latin America. To appear in the list, albums must have to sell over 100,000 units.
According to insiders cited by Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, a record became a hit passing the 100,000 units and a best-seller over the 200,000 mark. Colombian's album sales peaked in the 1990s but has since decreased due factors such as piracy since 2000. Carlos Vives' Clásicos de la Provincia (1993) became the first million-seller album in country's history, according to the same publication.
National music dominate the list, leading by Diomedes Díaz and followed by artists such as Carlos Vives, Juanes, Shakira, Juancho Rois, Silvestre Dangond and Margarita Rosa de Francisco all of them appearing more than once. Some international acts such as Michael Jackson, Backstreet Boys, Eros Ramazzotti, Gloria Estefan and Julio Iglesias also appeared on the list, with Jackson and Iglesias appearing twice.
List of best-selling albums
Color Indicates a foreign artist
Year Title Artist(s) Claimed sales 1990 Cielo de Tambores Grupo Niche 1,600,000 1993 Clásicos de la Provincia Carlos Vives 1,500,000Claimed sales: 1998 Mi biografía Diomedes Díaz 1,200,000 1990 30 Grandes Éxitos Diomedes Díaz 1,000,000 1995 Sentimientos Charlie Zaa 1,000,000 1996 Pies Descalzos Shakira 1,000,000 1995 La Tierra del Olvido Carlos Vives 880,000 1997 Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys 800,000 1993 Título de Amor Diomedes Díaz & Juancho Rois 600,000 2014 De Ida y Vuelta Felipe Peláez 450,000 1994 26 de Mayo Diomedes Díaz & Juancho Rois 450,000 1995 El Dorado Aterciopelados 400,000 1997 Tengo Fe Carlos Vives 360,000 1994 El santo cachón Los Embajadores Vallenatos 350,000 1995 Un Canto Celestial Diomedes Díaz 341,317 1994 Café, Con Aroma de Mujer Margarita Rosa de Francisco 340,000 1980 De caché Binomio de Oro de América 300,000 1983 Muy Nuestro Otto Serge & Rafael Ricardo 300,000 1996 Collar de Perlas Marbelle 300,000 1982 Todo es para ti Diomedes Díaz 300,000 1982 Thriller Michael Jackson 300,000 2009 Clásicos de la Provincia II Carlos Vives 300,000 2010 Sale el Sol Shakira 300,000 1975 Corazon Corazon (A México) Julio Iglesias 250,000 1995 Abriendo Puertas Gloria Estefan 250,000 1998 Volver a Vivir Diomedes Díaz 250,000 2012 MTV Unplugged Juanes 250,000 2014 Loco de Amor Juanes 250,000240,000 2004 Mi Sangre Juanes 200,000 2014 Tigo Music Sessions (DVD) Juanes 200,000 2014 Shakira Shakira 200,000 2017 Gente Valiente Silvestre Dangond 200,000 1994 Tratar de Estar Mejor Diego Torres 170,000 1993 Tiempo perfecto Felipe Peláez 160,000 1993 Tutte storie (Todo historias) Eros Ramazzotti 150,0001996 Mar Adentro Donato y Estefano 150,000 2007 La Vida... Es Un Ratico Juanes 150,000 1994 Café Con Aroma de Mujer, Vol. 2 Margarita Rosa de Francisco 120,000 1994 Segundo Romance Luis Miguel 120,000 1995 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Michael Jackson 120,000 2013 Corazón Profundo Carlos Vives 120,000 2005 Pasión de Gavilanes Various 100,000 2005 Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 Shakira 100,000 1994 Pa' Que Chupen Karamelo 100,000 2011 No Me Compares Con Nadie Silvestre Dangond 100,000 2011 1 Julio Iglesias 100,000 2011 Ilusión Fonseca 100,000 2013 La Familia J Balvin 100,000 2015 PB.DB The Mixtape Maluma 100,000
Best-selling artists in Colombia Although reports lack of verified audit, some media publications have estimated Colombian sales for Diomedes Díaz from 8 million to as high as 20 million, while Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez have been attributed with 5 million copies.
See also ASINCOL List of best-selling albums by country List of best-selling singles by country§Colombia
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