The list of best-selling albums in Germany based on Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI ) certifications. BVMI began certifying albums in 1975. In Germany, unlike in other countries, the awards are given in the following order:
According to BVMI, the best-selling album in Germany is soundtrack Dirty Dancing with sales of 3,250,000 copies. Herbert Grönemeier’s Mensch , which sold 3,150,000 copies and became 21x gold is the best selling album by domestic artist in Germany. The first albums to be awarded for a million copies sold were the soundtrack Saturday Night Fever and Boney M’s Nightflight To Venus in 1978.
On June 1, 2014, BVMI launched the new Diamond Album award for 750,000 copies sold. Only recordings released after January 1, 2013 can receive the Diamond Album. Certifications for albums released in Germany depend upon their release date.
Release date Gold Platinum
Before 24.08.1999 250,000 500,000 25.08.1999 – 31.12.2002 150,000 300,000 Since 1.01.2003 100,000 200,000
soundtrack Dirty Dancing is the best-selling album in Germany
№ Artist Album Certification Sales Year release
1 SOUNDTRACK DIRTY DANCING 13x Gold 3,250,000 1987 2 HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER MENSCH 21x Gold 3,150,000 2002 3 PHIL COLLINS BUT SERIOUSLY 6x Platinum 3,000,000 1989 4 HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER 4630 BOCHUM 11x Gold 2,750,000 1984 5 ABBA GOLD – GREATEST HITS 5x Platinum 2,500,000 1992 6 GENESIS WE CAN`T DANCE 5x Platinum 2,500,000 1991 7 HELENE FISCHER FARBENSPIEL 12x Platinum 2,400,000 2013 8 ANDREA BERG BEST OF 8x Platinum 2,400,000 2001 9 THE KELLY FAMILY OVER THE HUMP 9x Gold 2,250,000 1994 10 QUEEN GREATEST HITS II 9x Gold 2,250,000 1991 11 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN 9x Gold 2,250,000 1988 12 HELENE FISCHER BEST OF HELENE FISCHER 10x Platinum 2,000,000 2010 13 WOLFGANG PETRY ALLES 4x Platinum 2,000,000 1996 14 ANDREA BOCELLI BOCELLI 4x Platinum 2,000,000 1995 15 PUR ABENTEUERLAND 4x Platinum 2,000,000 1995 16 MICHAEL JACKSON DANGEROUS 4x Platinum 2,000,000 1991 17 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD 4x Platinum 2,000,000 1987 18 PINK FLOYD THE WALL 4x Platinum 2,000,000 1979 19 THE BEATLES 1962 – 1966 4x Platinum 2,000,000 1973 20 UNHEILIG GROßE FREIHEIT 9x Platinum 1,800,000 2010 21 MARIUS MÜLLER-WESTERNHAGEN AFFENTHEATER 7x Gold 1,750,000 1994 22 ROXETTE JOYRIDE 7x Gold 1,750,000 1991 23 HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER Ö 7x Gold 1,750,000 1988 24 PHIL COLLINS FACE VALUE 7x Gold 1,750,000 1981 25 QUEEN GREATEST HITS I 7x Gold 1,750,000 1981 26 THE BEATLES 1 11x Gold 1,650,000 2000 27 ADELE 21 8x Platinum 1,600,000 2011 28 ROBBIE WILLIAMS SWING WHEN YOU`RE WINNING 5x Platinum 1,500,000 2001 29 CELINE DION LET`S TALK ABOUT LOVE 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1997 30 EROS RAMAZZOTTI EROS 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1997 31 MICHAEL JACKSON HISTORY: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE BOOK I 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1995 32 QUEEN MADE IN HEAVEN 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1995 33 ACE OF BASE HAPPY NATION/THE SIGN 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1993 34 PHIL COLLINS BOTH SIDES 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1993 35 PUR SEILTÄNZERTRAUM 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1993 36 WHITNEY HOUSTON THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK) 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1992 37 MARIUS MÜLLER-WESTERNHAGEN WESTERNHAGEN – LIVE 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1990 38 MATTHIAS REIM REIM 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1990 39 PHIL COLLINS SERIOUS HITS … LIVE! 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1990 40 ROLF ZUCKOWSKI WINTERKINDER 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1987 41 JENNIFER RUSH MOVIN` 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1985 42 PHIL COLLINS NO JACKET REQUIRED 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1985 43 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1982 44 BEE GEES SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (SOUNDTRACK) 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1977 45 THE BEATLES 1967 – 1970 3x Platinum 1,500,000 1973 46 VARIOUS ARTISTS WALT DISNEY – DIE EISKÖNIGIN – VÖLLIG UNVERFROREN (DAS ORIGINAL-HÖRSPIEL ZUM FILM) 13x Gold 1,300,000 2013 47 SANTIANO BIS ANS ENDE DER WELT 13x Gold 1,300,000 2012 48 PETER FOX STADTAFFE 13x Gold 1,300,000 2008 49 MARIUS MÜLLER-WESTERNHAGEN RADIO MARIA 5x Gold 1,250,000 1998 50 MODERN TALKING BACK FOR GOOD 5x Gold 1,250,000 1998 51 METALLICA RELOAD 5x Gold 1,250,000 1997 52 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC 5x Gold 1,250,000 1997 53 CELINE DION FALLING INTO YOU 5x Gold 1,250,000 1996 54 ERIC CLAPTON UNPLUGGED 5x Gold 1,250,000 1992 55 R.E.M. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE 5x Gold 1,250,000 1992 56 VANGELIS 1492 – CONQUEST OF PARADISE (SOUNDTRACK) 5x Gold 1,250,000 1992 57 EURYTHMICS GREATEST HITS 5x Gold 1,250,000 1991 58 GUNS N` ROSES USE YOUR ILLUSION II 5x Gold 1,250,000 1991 59 R.E.M. OUT OF TIME 5x Gold 1,250,000 1991 60 SIMPLY RED STARS 5x Gold 1,250,000 1991 61 TINA TURNER PRIVATE DANCER 5x Gold 1,250,000 1984 62 ANDREA JÜRGENS WEIHNACHTEN MIT ANDREA JÜRGENS 5x Gold 1,250,000 1979 63 SOUNDTRACK GREASE 5x Gold 1,250,000 1978 64 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 5x Gold 1,250,000 1977 65 ADELE 25 6x Platinum 1,200,000 2015 66 HELENE FISCHER WEIHNACHTEN 6x Platinum 1,200,000 2015 67 SANTIANO MIT DEN GEZEITEN 6x Platinum 1,200,000 2013 68 ICH + ICH VOM SELBEN STERN 6x Platinum 1,200,000 2007 69 AMY WINEHOUSE BACK TO BLACK 6x Platinum 1,200,000 2006 70 ROBBIE WILLIAMS ESCAPOLOGY 4x Platinum 1,200,000 2002 71 UDO LINDENBERG MTV UNPLUGGED – LIVE AUS DEM HOTEL ATLANTIK 11x Gold 1,100,000 2011 72 ROSENSTOLZ DAS GROSSE LEBEN 11x Gold 1,100,000 2006 73 ROBBIE WILLIAMS INTENSIVE CARE 11x Gold 1,100,000 2005 74 DEUTSCHLAND SUCHT DEN SUPERSTAR UNITED 11x Gold 1,100,000 2003 75 NO ANGELS ELLE`MENTS 7x Gold 1,050,000 2001 76 MARIUS MÜLLER-WESTERNHAGEN SO WEIT… – BEST OF 7x Gold 1,050,000 2000 77 CELINE DION ALL THE WAY…A DECADE OF SONG 7x Gold 1,050,000 1999 78 VARIOUS ARTISTS WALT DISNEY – DAS DSCHUNGELBUCH (DAS ORIGINALHÖRSPIEL ZUM FILM) 7x Gold 1,050,000 1997 79 HELENE FISCHER HELENE FISCHER 5x Platinum 1,000,000 2017 80 SARAH CONNOR MUTTERSPRACHE 5x Platinum 1,000,000 2015 81 ANDREA BERG ABENTEUER 5x Platinum 1,000,000 2011 82 ANDREA BERG SCHWERELOS 5x Platinum 1,000,000 2010 83 AC/DC BLACK ICE 5x Platinum 1,000,000 2008 84 AMY MACDONALD THIS IS THE LIFE 5x Platinum 1,000,000 2007 85 PAUL POTTS ONE CHANCE 5x Platinum 1,000,000 2007 86 NELLY FURTADO LOOSE 5x Platinum 1,000,000 2006 87 SANTANA SUPERNATURAL 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1999 88 CHER BELIEVE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1998 89 PUR MÄCHTIG VIEL THEATER 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1998 90 XAVIER NAIDOO NICHT VON DIESER WELT 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1998 91 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET`S BACK 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1997 92 TIC TAC TOE KLAPPE DIE 2TE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1997 93 WOLFGANG PETRY NIE GENUG 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1997 94 DIE TOTEN HOSEN OPIUM FÜRS VOLK 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1996 95 THE KELLY FAMILY ALMOST HEAVEN 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1996 96 TIC TAC TOE TIC TAC TOE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1996 97 ALANIS MORISSETTE JAGGED LITTLE PILL 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1995 98 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN GREATEST HITS 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1995 99 THE SMURFS (DIE SCHLÜMPFE – DEUTSCH) TEKKNO IST COOL – VOL. 1 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1995 100 BON JOVI CROSS ROAD 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1994 101 ROLF ZUCKOWSKI IM KINDERGARTEN 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1994 102 SOUNDTRACK THE LION KING 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1994 103 BRYAN ADAMS SO FAR SO GOOD 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1993 104 DIE TOTEN HOSEN REICH & SEXY 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1993 105 MARIAH CAREY MUSIC BOX 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1993 106 MEAT LOAF BAT OUT OF HELL II: BACK INTO HELL 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1993 107 ROLF ZUCKOWSKI DEZEMBERTRÄUME 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1993 108 MARIUS MÜLLER-WESTERNHAGEN JA, JA 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1992 109 PUR LIVE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1992 110 BIBI UND TINA BIBI UND TINA – DAS FOHLEN (FOLGE 1) 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1991 111 DIE PRINZEN DAS LEBEN IST GRAUSAM 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1991 112 GUNS N` ROSES USE YOUR ILLUSION I 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1991 113 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1991 114 AC/DC THE RAZOR`S EDGE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1990 115 BEE GEES THE VERY BEST OF THE BEE GEES 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1990 116 ELTON JOHN THE VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1990 117 ENIGMA MCMXC A.D. 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1990 118 HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER LUXUS 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1990 119 SCORPIONS CRAZY WORLD 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1990 120 WILDECKER HERZBUBEN HERZILEIN 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1990 121 MARIUS MÜLLER-WESTERNHAGEN HALLELUJA 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1989 122 ROD STEWART THE BEST OF ROD STEWART (1989) 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1989 123 TINA TURNER FOREIGN AFFAIR 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1989 124 TRACY CHAPMAN CROSSROADS 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1989 125 ORIGINAL NAABTAL DUO PATRONA BAVARIAE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1988 126 ROXETTE LOOK SHARP! 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1988 127 TANITA TIKARAM ANCIENT HEART 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1988 128 FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1987 129 JENNIFER RUSH HEART OVER MIND 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1987 130 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1987 131 CHRIS DE BURGH INTO THE LIGHT 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1986 132 HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER SPRÜNGE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1986 133 MADONNA TRUE BLUE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1986 134 TINA TURNER BREAK EVERY RULE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1986 135 BAP VUN DRINNE NOH DRUSSE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1985 136 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN IN THE U.S.A. 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1984 137 JENNIFER RUSH JENNIFER RUSH 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1984 138 ROGER WHITTAKER EIN GLÜCK, DAß ES DICH GIBT 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1984 139 ROGER WHITTAKER WEIHNACHTEN MIT ROGER WHITTAKER 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1983 140 PETER HOFMANN ROCK CLASSICS 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1982 141 PHIL COLLINS HELLO, I MUST BE GOING 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1982 142 BAP FÜR USSZESCHNIGGE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1981 143 ABBA SUPER TROUPER 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1980 144 AC/DC BACK IN BLACK 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1980 145 PETER MAFFAY REVANCHE 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1980 146 THE BLUES BROTHERS BLUES BROTHERS (SOUNDTRACK) 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1980 147 RICHARD CLAYDERMAN REVERIES / TRÄUMEREIEN 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1979 148 VARIOUS ARTISTS DAS DSCHUNGELBUCH FOLGE 1 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1979 149 BONEY M NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1978 150 MARIUS MÜLLER-WESTERNHAGEN MIT PFEFFERMINZ BIN ICH DEIN PRINZ 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1978 151 ABBA ARRIVAL 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1976 152 CAT STEVENS GREATEST HITS 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1975 153 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 2x Platinum 1,000,000 1973
Date Artist Album Certification Sales
1978 Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever 5x Gold 1,250,000 1978 Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever 3x Platin 1,500,000 1990 Soundtrack Dirty Dancing 4x Platin 2,000,000 1990 Phil Collins But Seriously 5x Platin 2,500,000 1994 Phil Collins But Seriously 6x Platin 3,000,000 2005 Herbert Grönemeyer Mensch 21x Gold 3,150,000 2021 Soundtrack Dirty Dancing 13x Gold 3,250,000
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