BILLY IDOL albums and sales

Updated: October 16, 2021

BILLY IDOL sold over 10.6 million albums. The best-selling album by BILLY IDOL is REBEL YELL, which sold over 2.82 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, BILLY IDOL is the 441st best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of BILLY IDOL have sold over 7,500 units.

BILLY IDOL albums ranked by sales

Click on any album to see detailed sales, certification history, sources and chart runs.

Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	REBEL YELL BILLY IDOL 1983	1983	2,825,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 36 293 1,612
2	VITAL IDOL BILLY IDOL 1985	1985	2,057,500	Rank in 1985 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 39 432 2,467
3	WHIPLASH SMILE BILLY IDOL 1986	1986	1,690,000	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 51 521 3,113
4	CHARMED LIFE BILLY IDOL 1990	1990	1,445,000	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 84 1,176 3,502
5	GREATEST HITS BILLY IDOL 2001	2001	1,258,526	Rank in 2001 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 143 910 3,884
6	IDOL SONGS - 11 OF THE BEST BILLY IDOL 1988	1988	735,735	Rank in 1988 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 169 1,329 7,761
7	BILLY IDOL BILLY IDOL 1982	1982	615,000	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 116 1,465 8,501
8	CYBERPUNK BILLY IDOL 1993	1993	N/A	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,264 14,772 72,783
9	DON'T STOP BILLY IDOL 1984	1984	N/A	Rank in 1984 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 607 7,823 73,414

BILLY IDOL videos ranked by sales

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№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		VH1 STORYTELLERS BILLY IDOL 2002	2002	7,500	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 208 2,376 4,233

BILLY IDOL sales by country

BILLY IDOL album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by BILLY IDOL are the United States (6.5 million), Canada (1.4 million) and Germany (1.1 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Australia	105,000	2
2	Austria	25,000	1
3	Canada	1,400,000	5
4	Finland	93,526	3
5	France	200,000	2
6	Germany	1,100,000	5
7	New Zealand	67,500	5
8	Norway	55,735	2
9	Sweden	50,000	1
10	Switzerland	50,000	1
11	United Kingdom	980,000	6
12	United States	6,500,000	6

BILLY IDOL video sales by country