This is a list of best-selling albums by year in Italy. The Federation of the Italian Music Industry began publishing year-end lists for album sales in 2000. The charts are based on the cumulative total sales collected during the year from January to December.
The only albums by foreign artists to top the Italian year-end chart were 1 by The Beatles in 2000, and ÷ by Ed Sheeran in 2017. Vasco Rossi achieved five annual best-selling albums in Italy with the records Stupido hotel in 2001, Tracks in 2002, Buoni o cattivi in 2004, Vivere o niente in 2011 and Sono innocente in 2014. Other multiple toppers of the year-end chart were Eros Ramazzotti, whose albums 9 and e² were the best-selling records of 2003 and 2007, respectively, and Tiziano Ferro, which achieved the first position on the annual chart in 2009 with Alla mia età and in 2012 with L'amore è una cosa semplice. More recently, Luciano Ligabue had two annual best-selling albums in Italy, with Arrivederci, mostro! and Mondovisione being the best-selling album in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and Jovanotti achieved the same result with Safari (2008) and Lorenzo 2015 CC. (2015). The only album by a female solo artist to top the Italian annual albums chart was Laura Pausini's Io canto in 2007, while Mina achieved this result in duo with Adriano Celentano for their record Le migliori in 2016.
2000–2009
YearArtistAlbumNationalityPeak position2000The Beatles1United Kingdom1 (9 weeks)2001Vasco RossiStupido hotelItaly1 (11 weeks)2002Vasco RossiTracksItaly1 (9 weeks)2003Eros Ramazzotti9Italy1 (14 weeks)2004Vasco RossiBuoni o cattiviItaly1 (15 weeks)2005Biagio AntonacciConvivendo parte 2Italy1 (3 weeks)2006Laura PausiniIo cantoItaly1 (8 weeks)2007Eros Ramazzottie²Italy1 (3 weeks)2008JovanottiSafariItaly1 (7 weeks)2009Tiziano FerroAlla mia etàItaly1 (3 weeks)
2010–2019 YearArtistAlbumNationalityPeak position2010Luciano LigabueArrivederci, mostro!Italy1 (9 weeks)2011Vasco RossiVivere o nienteItaly1 (19 weeks)2012Tiziano FerroL'amore è una cosa sempliceItaly1 (5 weeks)2013Luciano LigabueMondovisioneItaly1 (7 weeks)2014Vasco RossiSono innocenteItaly1 (1 week)2015JovanottiLorenzo 2015 CC.Italy1 (4 weeks)2016Mina and CelentanoLe miglioriItaly1 (5 weeks)2017Ed Sheeran÷United Kingdom1 (2 weeks)2018Sfera EbbastaRockstarItaly1 (4 weeks)2019UltimoColpa delle favoleItaly1 (5 weeks)
2020−present YearArtistAlbumNationalityPeak position2020MarracashPersonaItaly1 (6 weeks)2021RkomiTaxi DriverItaly1 (6 weeks)2022LazzaSirioItaly1 (18 weeks)2023GeolierIl coraggio dei bambiniItaly1 (6 weeks)2024Tony EffeIconItaly1 (5 weeks)2025OllyTutta vitaItaly1 (14 weeks)
Vinyl albums
YearArtistAlbumNationality2015David GilmourRattle That LockUnited Kingdom2016David BowieBlackstarUnited Kingdom2017Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom2018Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom2019Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom2020Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom2021Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom2022Harry StylesHarry's HouseUnited Kingdom2023Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the MoonUnited Kingdom
Notes A Vasco Rossi's Tracks spent five weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2002 and four additional weeks at number one in 2003. B Laura Pausini's Io canto spent six weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2006 and two additional weeks at number one in 2007. C Tiziano Ferro's Alla mia età spent two weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2009, but it also reached number one in its debut week in 2008. D Tiziano Ferro's L'amore è una cosa semplice spent three weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2012, but it also reached number one for two weeks in 2011. E Luciano Ligabue's Mondovisione spent five weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2013 and two additional weeks at number one in 2014. F Mina & Celentano's Le migliori spent three weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2016 and two additional weeks at number one in 2017. G Persona by Marracash spent four weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2020, but it also reached number one for two weeks in 2019. H Taxi Driver by Rkomi spent four weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2021, but it also reached number one for two weeks in 2022. I Tutta vita and its re-issue Tutta vita (sempre) by Olly spent twelve weeks atop the Italian Albums Chart in 2025, but the album also reached number one for one week in 2024 and, as of 6 January 2026, it spent an additional week atop the chart in 2026.
References
External links Official website of the Federation of the Italian Music Industry