The list of best-selling albums in Mexico based on AMPROFON (Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas) certifications. This list includes all albums certified since 1999 regardless of release date. The criteria for awarding gold, platinum and diamond albums have changed several times (see table below).
Accourdind to AMPROFON, the best-selling album in Mexico is ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños? by Maná with a sales of 2,000,000 copies. Until December 1, 2020, Michael Jackson’s Thriller had the highest certification: 1x Diamond + 2x Platinum + 1x Gold for the original album and 1x Platinum + 1x Gold for the 2008 reissue. Thriller is also the biggest selling foreign album in the country.
Certification levels for albums in Mexico
Unlike other countries, in Mexico the album is certified in the following order:
1x Gold → 1x Platinum → 1x Gold + 1x Platinum → 2x Platinum → 2x Platinum + 1x Gold → 3x Platinum → 3x Platinum + 1x Gold → 4x Platinum → 4x Platinum + 1x Gold → 1x Diamond → 1x Diamond +1x Gold → 1x Diamond + 1x Platinum → 1x Diamond + 1xPlatinum + 1x Gold → …
| Release date | Gold | Platinum | Diamond |
| Before 31.12.1998 | 100,000 | 250,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 1.01.1999 – 31.12.1999 | 75,000 | 150,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 1.01.2000 – 30.06.2003 | 75,000 | 150.000 | 500,000 |
| 1.07.2003 – 31.12.2007 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| 1.01.2008 – 30.06.2009 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 400,000 |
| Since 1.07.2009 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 300,000 |
List of best-selling albums in Mexico
| № | Artist | Album | Sales | Sales | Year release |
| 1 | MANA | DONDE JUGARAN LOS NIÑOS | 2x Diamond | 2,000,000 | 1992 |
| 2 | MICHAEL JACKSON | THRILLER | 1x Diamond + 2x Platinum + 1x Gold & 1x Platinum + 1x Gold | 1,720,000 | 1982 |
| 3 | BANDA EL RECODO DE CRUZ LIZARRAGA | BANDA EL RECODO HISTÓRICO… EN VIVO | 3x Platinum + 7x Gold | 1,450,000 | 1997 |
| 4 | MANA | SUEÑOS LIQUIDOS | 1x Diamond + 2x Gold | 1,200,000 | 1997 |
| 5 | COLDPLAY | VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS | 2x Diamond + 4x Platinum | 1,120,000 | 2008 |
| 6 | ROBBIE WILLIAMS | INTENSIVE CARE | 2x Diamond | 1,000,000 | 2005 |
| 7 | MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS | TROZOS DE MI ALMA | 1x Diamond | 1,000,000 | 1999 |
| 8 | BANDA EL RECODO DE CRUZ LIZARRAGA | TENGO UNA ILUSIÓN | 2x Platinum + 5x Gold | 1,000,000 | 1998 |
| 9 | MANA | MTV UNPLUGGED | 6x Platinum | 900,000 | 1994 |
| 10 | YURIDIA | LA VOZ DE UN ANGEL | 1x Diamond + 3x Platinum | 800,000 | 2005 |
| 11 | LUIS MIGUEL | MEXICO EN LA PIEL | 1x Diamond + 3x Platinum | 800,000 | 2004 |
| 12 | RICKY MARTIN | MTV UNPLUGGED | 1x Diamond + 2x Platinum + 1x Gold | 750,000 | 2006 |
| 13 | LUIS MIGUEL | AMARTE ES UN PLACER | 5x Platinum | 750,000 | 1999 |
| 14 | ALEJANDRO SANZ | MÁS | 3x Platinum | 750,000 | 1997 |
| 15 | GLORIA ESTEFAN | MI TIERRA | 3x Platinum | 750,000 | 1993 |
| 16 | JUAN GABRIEL | LOS DUO | 2x Diamond + 2x Platinum | 720,000 | 2015 |
| 17 | LOS TEMERARIOS | COMO TE RECUERDO | 2x Platinum + 2x Gold | 700,000 | 1998 |
| 18 | MANA | CUANDO LOS ANGELES LLORAN | 2x Platinum + 2x Gold | 700,000 | 1995 |
| 19 | ZOÉ | MÚSICA DE FONDO MTV UNPLUGGED | 2x Diamond + 1x Platinum + 1x Gold | 690,000 | 2011 |
| 20 | BACKSTREET BOYS | MILLENNIUM | 4x Platinum + 1x Gold | 675000 | 1999 |
| 21 | THALIA | PRIMERA FILA | 2x Diamond + 1x Platinum | 660,000 | 2009 |
| 22 | JUAN GABRIEL | MIS 40 EN BELLAS ARTES | 2x Diamond | 600,000 | 2014 |
| 23 | LOS ÁNGELES AZULES | CÓMO TE VOY A OLVIDAR | 2x Diamond | 600,000 | 2013 |
| 24 | LUIS MIGUEL | MIS ROMANCES | 4x Platinum | 600,000 | 2001 |
| 25 | OV7 | CD00 | 4x Platinum | 600,000 | 2000 |
| 26 | PAULINA RUBIO | PAULINA | 4x Platinum | 600,000 | 2000 |
| 27 | INTOCABLE | CONTIGO | 4x Platinum | 600,000 | 1999 |
| 28 | EL SÍMBOLO | NO PARES | 2x Platinum + 1x Gold | 600,000 | 1997 |
| 29 | CAIFANES | EL NERVIO DEL VOLCÁN | 2x Platinum + 1x Gold | 600,000 | 1994 |
| 30 | MICHAEL JACKSON | DANGEROUS | 2x Platinum + 1x Gold | 600,000 | 1991 |
| 31 | LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE | A TI MADRECITA | 2x Platinum + 1x Gold | 600,000 | 1985 |
| 32 | VICENTE FERNANDEZ | PARA SIEMPRE | 1x Diamond + 1x Gold | 550,000 | 2007 |
| 33 | RBD | REBELS | 1x Diamond + 1x Gold | 550,000 | 2004 |
| 34 | LUIS MIGUEL | VIVO | 3x Platinum + 1x Gold | 525,000 | 2000 |
| 35 | JUAN GABRIEL | CELEBRANDO 25 AÑOS DE JUAN GABRIEL EN EL PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES | 2x Platinum | 500,000 | 1998 |
| 36 | SHAKIRA | DONDE ESTAN LOS LADRONES ? | 2x Platinum | 500,000 | 1998 |
| 37 | CAIFANES | EL SILENCIO | 2x Platinum | 500,000 | 1992 |
| 38 | ENRIQUE IGLESIAS | SEX AND LOVE | 1x Diamond + 3x Platinum | 480,000 | 2014 |
| 39 | ADELE | 21 | 1x Diamond + 3x Platinum | 480,000 | 2011 |
| 40 | CAMILA | DEJARTE DE AMAR | 1x Diamond + 3x Platinum | 480,000 | 2010 |
| 41 | LUIS MIGUEL | NAVIDADES LUIS MIGUEL | 4x Platinum + 1x Gold | 450,000 | 2006 |
| 42 | ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ | MI VERDAD | 3x Platinum | 450,000 | 1999 |
| 43 | WHITNEY HOUSTON | THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK) | Billboard | 450,000 | 1992 |
| 44 | KAROL G | OCEAN | 1x Diamond + 2x Platinum | 420,000 | 2019 |
| 45 | JUSTIN BIEBER | PURPOSE | 1x Diamond + 2x Platinum | 420,000 | 2015 |
| 46 | JULIETA VENEGAS | JULIETA VENEGAS MTV UNPLUGGED | 1x Diamond | 400,000 | 2008 |
| 47 | LUIS MIGUEL | COMPLICES | 1x Diamond | 400,000 | 2008 |
| 48 | VICENTE FERNANDEZ | PRIMERA FILA | 1x Diamond | 400,000 | 2008 |
| 49 | MIGUEL BOSE | PAPITO | 4x Platinum | 400,000 | 2007 |
| 50 | RBD | EMPEZAR DESDE CERO | 4x Platinum | 400,000 | 2007 |
| 51 | VALENTIN ELIZALDE | VENCEDOR | 4x Platinum | 400,000 | 2006 |
| 52 | ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ | MÉXICO MADRID EN DIRECTO SIN ESCALAS | 4x Platinum | 400,000 | 2005 |
| 53 | LUIS MIGUEL | 33 | 4x Platinum | 400,000 | 2003 |
| 54 | SIN BANDERA | DE VIAJE | 4x Platinum | 400,000 | 2003 |