The list of best selling albums in Czechoslovakia is based on Supraphon (music label) and IFPI ČNS certifications. Additional sources: Supraphon site, Arakain official site, Kabát official site, Katapult official site, Lucie official site, Olympic official site, Peter Nagy official site, Tublatanka official site.
The best selling album in Czechoslovakia is Karel Gott’s Vánoce Na Zlaté Praze with 700,000 copies sold.
This list includes albums released before 1992. For albums from 1992 see Best-selling albums in the Czech Republic and Best-selling albums in Slovakia.
List of best-selling albums in Czechoslovakia
№ | Artist | Album | Certification* / source | Sales | Year release |
1 | KAREL GOTT | VÁNOCE NA ZLATÉ PRAZE | Supraphon | 700,000 | 1969 |
2 | PETER NAGY | MNE SA NESCHOVÁŠ | Peter Nagy official site | 620,000 | 1985 |
3 | ELÁN | DETEKTÍVKA | 600,000 | 1986 | |
4 | PETER NAGY | CHRÁŇ SVOJE BLÁZNOVSTVÁ | Peter Nagy official site | 580,000 | 1984 |
5 | MARTA KUBIŠOVÁ | SONGY A BALADY | 1x Platinum | 450,000 | 1969 |
6 | TUBLATANKA | ŽERAVÉ ZNAMENIE OSUDU | Tublatanka official site | 250,000 | 1988 |
7 | OLYMPIC | LABORATOŘ | Olympic official site | 250,000 | 1984 |
8 | OLYMPIC | OLYMPIC V LUCERNĚ | Olympic official site | 250,000 | 1983 |
9 | OLYMPIC | ROCK AND ROLL | Olympic official site | 250,000 | 1983 |
10 | KATAPULT | 2006 | Supraphon | 250,000 | 1980 |
11 | GOLDEN KIDS | GOLDEN KIDS | 1x Gold | 250,000 | 1970 |
12 | IVETA BARTOŠOVÁ | I. B. | 1x Gold | 200,000 | 1987 |
13 | KAREL GOTT | TO VÁM BYL DOBRÝ ROK | Supraphon | 200,000 | 1985 |
14 | MICHAL TUČNÝ | POSLEDNÍ KOVBOJ | 2x Platinum | 200,000 | 1981 |
15 | MICHAL DAVID | NENAPOVÍDEJ | Supraphon | 200,000 | 1980 |
16 | MARIKA GOMBITOVÁ | DIEVČA DO DAŽĎA | 200,000 | 1979 | |
17 | OLYMPIC | ULICE | Olympic official site | 170,000 | 1981 |
18 | KREYSON | ANDĚL NA ÚTĚKU | 1x Gold | 150,000 | 1990 |
19 | WALDEMAR MATUŠKA | WALDEMAR | Supraphon | 150,000 | 1983 |
20 | KATAPULT | KATAPULT | Supraphon | 150,000 | 1979 |
21 | LUCIE | IN THE SKY | 140,000 | 1991 | |
22 | COLLEGIUM MUSICUM | KONVERGENCIE | 140,000 | 1971 | |
23 | SPIRITUÁL KVINTET | ŠLAPEJ DÁL | 1x Platinum | 127,000 | 1985 |
24 | ARAKAIN | THRASH THE TRASH | Arakain official site | 120,000 | 1990 |
25 | JAROMIR NOHAVICA | DARMODĚJ | 105,000 | 1988 | |
26 | WALDEMAR MATUŠKA | SUVENÝR | Supraphon | 100,908 | 1980 |
27 | LADISLAV KŘÍŽEK | ZLATEJ CHLAPEC | 1x Platinum | 100,000 | 1991 |
28 | RANGERS | 21X RANGERS | 1x Platinum | 100,000 | 1991 |
29 | LUCIE | LUCIE | Lucie official site | 100,000 | 1990 |
30 | VĚRA MARTINOVÁ | DÁL JEN VEJDI | 1x Platinum | 100,000 | 1989 |
31 | PETER NAGY | ALE | Peter Nagy official site | 100,000 | 1987 |
32 | TURBO | HRÁČ | 1x Platinum | 100,000 | 1987 |
33 | PETRA JANŮ | S LÁSKOU | 1x Platinum | 100,000 | 1986 |
34 | TUBLATANKA | TUBLATANKA | Tublatanka official site | 100,000 | 1985 |
35 | TURBO | TO BUDE, PÁNOVÉ, JÍZDA | 1x Platinum | 100,000 | 1985 |
36 | ELÁN | ELÁN 3 | 100,000 | 1983 | |
37 | ELÁN | NIE SME ZLÍ | 100,000 | 1982 | |
38 | ELÁN | ÔSMY SVETADIEL | 100,000 | 1981 | |
39 | KABÁT | MÁ JI MOTOROVOU | Kabát official site | 69,000 | 1991 |
40 | KATAPULT | ROCK DE LUXE | Katapult official site | 60,000 | 1986 |
41 | JIŘÍ GROSSMANN | SVÉ BANJO ODHAZUJI V DÁL | 1x Platinum | 50,000 | 1991 |
42 | KATAPULT | HIT ALBUM 1 | 1x Platinum | 50,000 | 1991 |
43 | WALDEMAR MATUŠKA | CO NEODNESL ČAS | 1x Platinum | 50,000 | 1991 |
44 | METALINDA | METALINDA | 50,000 | 1989 | |
45 | CITRON | RADEGAST | 1x Gold | 50,000 | 1988 |
46 | DALIBOR JANDA | 10 PRSTŮ PRO ŽIVOT | 1x Gold | 50,000 | 1988 |
47 | DALIBOR JANDA | KDE JSI | 1x Gold | 50,000 | 1987 |
48 | DALIBOR JANDA | HURIKÁN | 1x Gold | 50,000 | 1986 |
49 | IVETA BARTOŠOVÁ & PETR SEPÉŠI | KNOFLÍKY LÁSKY | 1x Gold | 50,000 | 1985 |
50 | MARIKA GOMBITOVÁ | MINCE NA DNE FONTÁN | 1x Gold | 50,000 | 1983 |
51 | MICHAL DAVID | NON STOP | 1x Gold | 50,000 | 1983 |
52 | BUDVARKA | PADESÁTINY | 1x Platinum | 30,000 | 1991 |
53 | ČESKÁ FILHARMONIE, SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS & PRAŽSKÝ FILHARMONICKÝ SBOR | JANÁČEK: GLAGOLSKÁ MŠE | 1x Platinum | 30,000 | 1987 |
54 | ŽENTOUR | ZENTOUR 005 | 1x Gold | 25,000 | 1991 |
55 | SPIRITUÁL KVINTET | ZA SVOU PRAVDOU STÁT | 1x Gold | 25,000 | 1990 |
56 | ŽENTOUR | ZENTOUR 003 | 1x Gold | 25,000 | 1990 |
57 | JOŽKA ČERNÝ | NA HORÁCH NA DOLÁCH | 1x Gold | 25,000 | 1989 |
58 | SPIRITUÁL KVINTET | ŠIBENIČKY | 1x Gold | 25,000 | 1988 |
59 | KAREL GOTT | MUZIKA | 1x Gold | 25,000 | 1985 |
*- Supraphon label certified an album gold album for 50,000 copies sold and a platinum for 100,000. For albums released before 1992 and certified by IFPI ČNS after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia: gold – 25,000 and platinum – 50,000.