Mexico is the second-largest Spanish-speaking music market in the world, slightly behind Spain, based on retail value.[1][2] Although long plagued by piracy,[3] the domestic market has strengthened in recent years due to strong growth from digital and streaming services, which account for 66% of the overall value, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.[4] The following list covers the top-selling albums released in the country based on figures compiled by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, better known as AMPROFON by its initials in Spanish, from 1999 onwards.[5]
Year | Album | Artist | Sales | Certification |
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1982 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 2,600,000 | 2× Diamond+2× Platinum+Gold[6] |
2021 | KG0516 | Karol G | 2,240,000 | 3× Diamond+Platinum[7] |
1992 | ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños? | Maná | 2,000,000 | 2× Diamond[8] |
1997 | Histórico: Banda El Recodo En Vivo | Banda El Recodo | 1,450,000 | 3× Platinum+7× Gold[8] |
2008 | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay | 1,240,000 | Gold and 2× Diamond+4× Platinum (Pre-loaded album)[8] |
1997 | Sueños Líquidos | Maná | 1,200,000 | Diamond+2× Gold[8] |
2005 | Intensive Care | Robbie Williams | 1,150,000 | Platinum+Gold and 2× Diamond (Pre-loaded album)[8] |
1998 | Tengo Una Ilusión | Banda El Recodo | 1,000,000 | 2× Platinum+5× Gold[8] |
1999 | Trozos de Mi Alma | Marco Antonio Solís | 1,000,000 | Diamond[9] |
2006 | MTV Unplugged | Ricky Martin | 950,000 | 2× Platinum and Diamond+2× Platinum+Gold (Pre-loaded album)[8] |
1999 | MTV Unplugged (Maná album) | Maná | 900,000 | 6× Platinum[8] |
2019 | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | Billie Eilish | 840,000 | 2× Diamond+4× Platinum[8] |
2022 | Un Verano Sin Ti | Bad Bunny | 840,000 | Diamond+Platinum[8] |
2004 | México en la Piel | Luis Miguel | 800,000 | 3× Platinum+Diamond[10] |
2005 | La Voz de un Ángel | Yuridia | 800,000 | 3× Platinum+Diamond[8] |
1997 | Más | Alejandro Sanz | 750,000 | 3× Platinum[11] |
1999 | Amarte Es un Placer | Luis Miguel | 750,000[a] | 5× Platinum[10] |
1993 | Mi tierra | Gloria Estefan | 750,000[b] | 3× Platinum[14] |
2015 | Los Dúo | Juan Gabriel | 720,000 | 2× Diamond+2× Platinum[15] |
2019 | Ocean | Karol G | 720,000 | 2× Diamond+2× Platinum[8] |
1998 | Cómo te recuerdo | Los Temerarios | 700,000 | 2× Platinum+2× Gold[16] |
1995 | Cuando los Ángeles Lloran | Maná | 700,000 | 2× Platinum+2× Gold[8] |
2011 | MTV Unplugged/Música de fondo | Zoe | 690,000 | 2× Diamond+Platinum+Gold[8] |
2017 | Don't Smile at Me | Billie Eilish | 690,000 | 2× Diamond+Platinum+Gold[8] |
1999 | Millennium | Backstreet Boys | 675,000 | 4× Platinum+Gold[7] |
2021 | Sour | Olivia Rodrigo | 630,000 | 4x Platinum+Gold[8] |
2009 | Primera Fila | Thalía | 660,000 | 2× Diamond+Platinum[17] |
2000 | Paulina | Paulina Rubio | 600,000 | 4× Platinum[18] |
2000 | CD 00 | OV7 | 600,000 | 4× Platinum[19] |
2001 | Mis Romances | Luis Miguel | 600,000 | 4× Platinum[10] |
1991 | Dangerous | Michael Jackson | 600,000 | 2× Platinum+Gold[6] |
1992 | A Ti Madrecita | Los Tigres del Norte | 600,000 | 2× Platinum+Gold[20] |
1999 | Contigo | Intocable | 600,000 | 4× Platinum[8] |
2004 | Rebelde | RBD | 550,000 | Diamond+Gold[21] |
2007 | Para Siempre | Vicente Fernández | 550,000 | Diamond+Gold[22] |
2020 | Sie7e + | Danna Paola | 540,000 | Diamond+4× Platinum[8] |
2012 | Cómo te voy a olvidar | Los Ángeles Azules | 540,000 | 4× Platinum+Diamond[23] |
2000 | Vivo | Luis Miguel | 525,000 | 3× Platinum+Gold[10] |
2002 | Revolución de Amor | Maná | 525,000 | 3× Platinum+Gold[8] |
1998 | Dónde Están los Ladrones? | Shakira | 500,000 | 2× Platinum[8] |
1998 | Celebrando 25 Años de Juan Gabriel: En Concierto en el Palacio de Bellas Artes | Juan Gabriel | 500,000 | 2× Platinum[8] |
1995 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | 500,000 | 2× Platinum[8] |
The following is a list of albums that came out before the advent of AMPROFON online certifications program started in 1999 and which recorded higher sales of over 800,000 copies. Some media reported the certifications and sales by AMPROFON before that, for example, the 1994 annual year-end inform published by Notimex and reprinted by La Opinión.[24] Additions are cross-referenced with national publications and other media international outlets.
*Positions based on claimed sales and release year.
The best-selling album in Mexico vary by some report estimations but lacks of reliability. This include Las Mañanitas by Pedro Infante, which Mexico City-based newspaper El Universal reported sales of 20 million copies,[25] Juan Gabriel's Recuerdos II with 8 million claimed sales,[26] or Emmanuel's Íntimamente and José José' Secretos with claimed sales of 5 million each.[27][28] Luis Miguel has numerous entries and broke all-time Mexican records of the fastest-selling albums as well.
Year | Artist | Album | Sales | Ref. |
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1991 | Luis Miguel | Romance | 2,600,000 | [29] |
1980 | Emmanuel | Íntimamente | 2,500,000 | [30] |
1994 | Luis Miguel | Segundo Romance | 2,000,000 | [31] |
1983 | José José | Secretos | 2,000,000 | [32] |
1997 | Luis Miguel | Romances | 1,675,000 | [33] |
1988 | Luis Miguel | Busca una Mujer | 1,400,000 | [34] |
1984 | José José | Reflexiones | 1,300,000 | [35] |
Pedro Infante | Las Mañanitas | 1,000,000 | [36] | |
1982 | Luis Miguel | Un sol | 1,000,000 | [37][38] |
1982 | Emmanuel | Tú y Yo | 1,000,000 | [39] |
1986 | Los Bukis | Me Volvi a Acordar de Ti | 1,000,000 | [40] |
1987 | Luis Miguel | Soy Como Quiero Ser | 1,000,000 | [41] |
1989 | Daniela Romo | Quiero Amanecer con Alguien | 1,000,000 | [42] |
1989 | Los Bukis | Y Para Siempre | 1,000,000 | [43] |
1990 | Juan Luis Guerra | Bachata Rosa | 1,000,000 | [44][45] |
1990 | Luis Miguel | 20 Años | 1,000,000 | [46][41] |
1993 | Luis Miguel | Aries | 1,000,000 | [47] |
1993 | Los Bukis | Inalcanzable | 1,000,000 | [48] |
1994 | Mónica Naranjo | Mónica Naranjo | 1,000,000 | [49] |
Year | Artist | Album | Sales | Ref. |
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1982 | Luis Miguel | Directo al corazón | 900,000 | [38] |
1996 | Grupo Límite | Partiéndome El Alma | 890,000 | [50] |
1977 | Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever | 800,000 | [51] |
1990 | Madonna | The Immaculate Collection | 800,000 | [52] |
1995 | Shakira | Pies Descalzos | 800,000 | [53] |
Year | Album | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
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1992 | Romance | Luis Miguel | 1,623,000 | [54] |
1994 | Segundo Romance | Luis Miguel | 2,000,000 | [31] |
1997 | Romances | Luis Miguel | 1,100,000 | [55] |
2004 | México en la Piel | Luis Miguel | 500,000 | [56] |
A vast seller across the Hispanic world - one million copies in Spain alone, the same in Mexico, just under in the US - and outside, it is unique as an Afro-Cuban hit record in the UK. And Mi Tierra is still selling, in effect a classic at two years old
Se han vendido más de 2,600.000 mil copias, lo que no ha sucedido con su actual álbum titulado Aries.
The singer's 1981 album, "Intimamente," sold more than two and a half million copies in Mexico alone.
Luis Miguel, quién a pesar de las inumerables críticas en seis meses vendió, sólo en México, más de dos millones de copias de su disco de boleros Segundo Romance
Pocas veces se ha logrado en México una venta de discos como la que se ha logrado. "El príncipe de la canción" con el álbum "Secretos" que ha vendido más de dos millones de copias.
Los ejecutivos de la disquera RCA-Ariola, le entregaron un trofeo de Doble-Platino por las 1,300,000 copias vendidas de su anterior elepé, "Reflexiones".
Pedro Infante —aseveró es el cantante que más discos ha hecho vender en México . Solamente de Las mañanitas se han vendido 1.000,000 de copias
Su primer disco 1 + 1 = 2 enamorados había vendido más de un millón de copias en México y el estribillo pegajoso de la canción sonaba en todas las radios limeñas
(...) A success in his country, Luis Miguel is thirteen years old and has recorded two LPs. The first one sold a million copies; the second is already around 900,000 copies. (...)
In spite of the difficult period the Mexican industry is living, RCA has managed to pull big sales with young balladeer Emmanuel. His latest LP has reached one million units in Mexico alone.
Exactamente cuatro meses. Con solo esta canción en difusión, de su elepé 'Luis Miguel 20 Años', alcanzó a rebasar el millón de copias vendidas en México.
Tras vender mas de 800 mil copias de su primera compilacion de hits en Mexico, The Immaculate Collection, la cual salio en 1990, Madonna estrena desde esta semana GHV2, su nueva seleccion de temas mas exitosos de la ultima decada.
Romance, el álbum de Luis Miguel lanzado en noviembre de 1991, alcanzó las mayores ventas del año, con 1,623,000 piezas (incluye 400,000 discos compactos).