DIRE STRAITS albums and sales

DIRE STRAITS sold over 53.2 million albums. The best-selling album by DIRE STRAITS is BROTHERS IN ARMS, which sold over 19.6 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, DIRE STRAITS is the 48th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of DIRE STRAITS have sold over 237,500 units, led by SULTANS OF SWING - THE VERY BEST OF DIRE STRAITS with over 158,000 units sold.

DIRE STRAITS albums ranked by sales

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№		Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		BROTHERS IN ARMS DIRE STRAITS 1985	1985	19,627,351	Rank in 1985 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 1 9 37
2		ON EVERY STREET DIRE STRAITS 1991	1991	5,325,700	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 28 227 644
3		MAKING MOVIES DIRE STRAITS 1980	1980	5,135,000	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 14 132 685
4		MONEY FOR NOTHING DIRE STRAITS 1988	1988	4,890,945	Rank in 1988 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 16 142 744
5		SULTANS OF SWING - THE VERY BEST OF DIRE STRAITS 1998	1998	4,480,000	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 31 283 831
6		DIRE STRAITS DIRE STRAITS 1978	1978	4,314,000	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 15 98 885
7		LOVE OVER GOLD DIRE STRAITS 1982	1982	2,845,402	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 24 292 1,608
8		COMMUNIQUE DIRE STRAITS 1979	1979	2,700,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 26 189 1,671
9		PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS DIRE STRAITS & MARK KNOPFLER 2005	2005	1,865,000	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 64 635 2,916
10		ALCHEMY DIRE STRAITS 1984	1984	1,195,000	Rank in 1984 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 66 750 4,211
11		ON THE NIGHT DIRE STRAITS 1993	1993	696,290	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 235 2,504 7,964
12		TWISTING BY THE POOL DIRE STRAITS 1983	1983	100,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 301 4,366 31,764
13		LIVE AT THE BBC DIRE STRAITS 1995	1995	50,000	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,177 11,240 42,347

DIRE STRAITS videos ranked by sales

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№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		SULTANS OF SWING - THE VERY BEST OF DIRE STRAITS DIRE STRAITS 1999	1999	158,000	Rank in 1999 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 21 111 495
2		ALCHEMY LIVE DIRE STRAITS 2010	2010	51,500	Rank in 2010 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 53 383 1,730
3		ON THE NIGHT DIRE STRAITS 2003	2003	28,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 224 1,374 2,739
4		STRATOSPHERIC SOUNDS DIRE STRAITS 2011	2011	N/A	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 137 1,646 5,272

DIRE STRAITS sales by country

DIRE STRAITS album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by DIRE STRAITS are the United States (15.2 million), the United Kingdom (10.6 million) and France (5.2 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	90,000	2
2	Australia	2,150,000	7
3	Austria	300,000	4
4	Belgium	300,000	3
5	Canada	2,615,000	9
6	Denmark	220,000	4
7	Finland	471,803	7
8	France	5,200,000	10
9	Germany	3,950,000	10
10	Grecce	15,000	1
11	Hong Kong	80,000	3
12	Hungary	15,000	1
13	Ireland	45,000	2
14	Italy	475,000	8
15	Japan	174,830	7
16	Malaysia	50,000	1
17	Netherlands	1,000,000	9
18	New Zealand	1,057,500	10
19	Norway	590,206	5
20	Poland	30,000	2
21	Portugal	215,000	7
22	Russia	154,000	2
23	South Africa	100,000	1
24	Spain	1,580,000	11
25	Sweden	360,000	4
26	Switzerland	1,075,000	8
27	United Kingdom	10,600,000	11
28	United States	15,250,000	8
29	USSR	170,980	1
30	Yugoslavia	21,970	1

DIRE STRAITS video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by DIRE STRAITS are Australia (165,000), Brazil (90,000) and the United Kingdom (50,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	16,000	2
2	Australia	165,000	2
3	Brazil	90,000	2
4	France	7,500	1
5	New Zealand	5,000	1
6	Portugal	4,000	1
7	United Kingdom	50,000	2

DIRE STRAITS chart history

Highest chart position and total weeks on album charts by country.