List of the best-selling IFPI-certified music albums in Austria
The list of the best-selling music albums certified by IFPI in Austria is an overview of all music albums that have received gold and platinum awards from IFPI Austria for over 150,000 copies sold. The most successful award-winning work comes from the American musician Michael Jackson , whose sixth studio album Thriller was awarded 8 times platinum for 400,000 units. The most successful works by local artists are money or life! ( First general uncertainty ) and Limitless ( STS ), each with 250,000 units. Since the introduction of audio recording awards by IFPI Austria in 1986, 32 albums have received awards for more than 150,000 units.
Limits to the award of phonograms
Albums sorted according to certified record sales
- Rank: shows the order of the music albums. This is determined by the amount of "certified sales".
- Release year: the year in which the music album was first released.
- Year award: the year in which a gold and platinum award was last made.
- Title: shows the title of the music album.
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Type: indicates what type of music album it is:
- Cover album (Co.)
- Compilation (Ko.)
- Concept album (Ka.)
- Soundtrack (Sun.)
- Studio album (St.)
- Artist: indicates which artists are involved in the music album.
- Award: reflects the highest award of the gold and platinum awards awarded.
- Certified sales: indicates the limit of the "Awards" given.
# | Year release |
Year exc. |
title | Art | Interpreter | Award | Certified sales |
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1 | 1982 | 2008 | thriller | St. |
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8 × platinum | 400,000 |
2 | 2002 | 2004 | human | St. |
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8 × platinum | 320,000 |
3 | 2013 | 2016 | play of colors | St. |
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18 × platinum | 270,000 |
4th | 1985 | 1990 | Money or life! | St. |
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5 × platinum | 250,000 |
1985 | 2013 | Limitless | St. |
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5 × platinum | ||
6th | 2001 | 2013 | Best of | Ko. |
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6 × platinum | 210,000 |
7th | 2006 | 2013 | Back to Black | St. |
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7 × platinum | 200,000 |
1991 | 2000 | Greatest hits | Ko. |
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4 × platinum | ||
1985 | 1994 | Brothers in Arms | St. |
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4 × platinum | ||
1990 | 1994 | Neppomuk's revenge | St. |
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4 × platinum | ||
1991 | 1997 | Dangerous | St. |
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4 × platinum | ||
1991 | 1997 | Greatest Hits II | Ko. |
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4 × platinum | ||
1992 | 1994 | Aufgeigen stått down | St. |
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4 × platinum | ||
1992 | 2002 | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | So. |
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4 × platinum | ||
15th | 2001 | 2002 | Swing When You're Winning | Co. |
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4 × platinum | 160,000 |
2002 | 2004 | Escapology | St. |
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4 × platinum | ||
2010 | 2015 | Heartwork | St. |
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4 × platinum | ||
2011 | 2014 | Folk rock'n'rollers | St. |
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4 × platinum | ||
19th | 1973 | 1997 | 1962-1966 | Ko. |
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3 × platinum | 150,000 |
1973 | 1997 | 1967-1970 | Ko. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1989 | 1994 | Foreign Affair | St. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1990 | 1992 | Fire in the eternal ice | St. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1990 | 1995 | The Very Best of Elton John | Ko. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1991 | 1995 | Joyride | St. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1991 | 1994 | ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits | Ko. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1993 | 1995 | That's why I love you | St. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1994 | 1996 | Cross Road | Ko. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1995 | 1997 | Tekkno is Cool - Vol. 1 | Ka. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1996 | 1998 | Backstreet Boys | St. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1996 | 1997 | Dove c'è musica | St. |
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3 × platinum | ||
1999 | 2001 | L'amour toujours | St. |
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3 × platinum | ||
2000 | 2001 | 1 | Ko. |
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3 × platinum |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gold & Platinum . IFPI Austria. Retrieved October 1, 2019.