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The following is an independently list of best-selling albums in Brazil. This list can contain any types of album, including
studio album
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s,
extended play
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greatest hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
,
compilations, various artists,
soundtracks
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and
remixes
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. The list is divided by claimed sales from diverse sources media and certified units from
Pro-Música Brasil
Pro-Música Brasil (PMB), previously Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD) (English: Brazilian Association of Record Producers), is an official representative body of the record labels in the Brazilian phonographic market.
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when their certification program started in 1990; and thereafter by domestic (over 1 million) and international artists (over half-million).
Historically, Brazilian market have been dominated by their local artists and
music
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. In 1996, Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD and now Pro-Música Brasil) informed that Brazilian music represented 72% of
record sales
Record sales or music sales are activities related to selling music recordings (albums, singles, or music videos) through physical record shops or digital music store. Record sales reached the peak in 1999, when 600 million people spent an averag ...
across the nation.
Brazil has always stayed as the
largest music market in both Latin America and South America. As of 2018, was the world's 10th largest music market according to the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Numerous artists have multiplies entries led by
Marcelo Rossi
Marcelo Rossi (born 20 May 1967) is a Brazilian Catholic priest widely known and popular in the country for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful. He is also a writer and a singer, and uses music intensely in his Masses, has recor ...
and
Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his car ...
with four albums reaching the million mark, while
É o Tchan!
É o Tchan! is a pagode band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil that started in 1992.
History
Originally called Gera Samba, they debuted with their hit single ''Segura o Tchan''. Their first album, called ''É o Tchan'' (1995), sold triple platinu ...
,
Só Pra Contrariar
Só Pra Contrariar (translates to Just (only) to be contrary) is a Brazilian musical group formed in 1989. Their 1997 album ''Só Pra Contrariar'' is one of the best selling albums in Brazil, selling more than three million copies. The band is k ...
and
Legião Urbana
Legião Urbana (Portuguese for Urban Legion) was a Brazilian rock band formed in 1982 in Brasília, Distrito Federal. The band primarily consisted of Renato Russo (vocals, bass and keyboards), Dado Villa-Lobos (guitar) and Marcelo Bonfá (d ...
each have two. Rossi also has the highest certified diamond album, with ''Ágape Musical'' (2011) which received 4× Diamond from Pro-Música Brasil. According to ''
Folha de S.Paulo
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'', the million mark in the country was relatively common until 1998, when sales decreased due
piracy
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.
Best-selling albums (domestic artists)
Numerous albums by Brazilian artists have sold more than half-million based both in certified units and actual sales. By extension, this list of domestic repertoire is only limited to those albums with one or more million copies sold.
By certified units (since 1990)
Best-selling albums by international artists
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Based on certified units when
Pro-Música Brasil
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began their certification program in 1990, ''
Serious Hits... Live!'' and ''
The Bodyguard'' are the highest-selling international albums with 750,000 copies each, while
Madonna and
Backstreet Boys
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are the foreign acts with more albums certified with the half-million mark. Instead, diverse albums by foreign artists reached similar or significantly major sales before that. Although precise sales figure is hard to obtain, ''
De niña a mujer
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'' by
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record ...
is credited by some sources as the best-selling album in Brazil by an international artist. Iglesias and
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
are the only acts with two or more albums with 1 million claimed sales across the country. According to publications like ''
Época'', ''
True Blue'' by Madonna is credited as the best-selling album by an international female artist.
She has also multiple entries based both in claimed sales or certified units.
By certified units (since 1990)
''*Positions based on certified sales and release year.''
By claimed sales
Most examples here are albums released before the existence of certification program started in 1990 by Pro-Música Brasil. However, some of them received retroactively certifications by the organization.
Best-selling artists in and from Brazil
International acts
A list of the best-selling acts in Brazil with
record sales
Record sales or music sales are activities related to selling music recordings (albums, singles, or music videos) through physical record shops or digital music store. Record sales reached the peak in 1999, when 600 million people spent an averag ...
up to 1.5 million copies and limited to the Top 10.
''*Updated as of December 13, 2021''
Best-selling Brazilian artists
A list of the best-selling Brazilian artists, with over 40 million on claimed sales and limited to the Top 10.
See also
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References
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Brazil
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Brazilian music
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