List of the best-selling IFPI-certified music albums in Austria

Michael Jackson (1984)

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

Award	until December 31, 2000	until December 31, 2002	until December 31, 2006	until December 31, 2012	since January 1, 2013
gold	25,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	7,500
platinum	50,000	40,000	30,000	20,000	15,000
2 × platinum	100,000	80,000	60,000	40,000	30,000
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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.
• 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
1	1982	2008	thriller	St.	Michael Jackson	8 × platinum	400,000
2	2002	2004	human	St.	Herbert Grönemeyer	8 × platinum	320,000
3	2013	2016	play of colors	St.	Helene Fischer	18 × platinum	270,000
4th	1985	1990	Money or life!	St.	first general uncertainty	5 × platinum	250,000
	1985	2013	Limitless	St.	STS	5 × platinum
6th	2001	2013	Best of	Ko.	Andrea Berg	6 × platinum	210,000
7th	2006	2013	Back to Black	St.	Amy Winehouse	7 × platinum	200,000
	1991	2000	Greatest hits	Ko.	Queen	4 × platinum
	1985	1994	Brothers in Arms	St.	Dire Straits	4 × platinum
	1990	1994	Neppomuk's revenge	St.	first general uncertainty	4 × platinum
	1991	1997	Dangerous	St.	Michael Jackson	4 × platinum
	1991	1997	Greatest Hits II	Ko.	Queen	4 × platinum
	1992	1994	Aufgeigen stått down	St.	Hubert von Goisern	4 × platinum
	1992	2002	The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album	So.	Whitney Houston / Various Artists	4 × platinum
15th	2001	2002	Swing When You're Winning	Co.	Robbie Williams	4 × platinum	160,000
	2002	2004	Escapology	St.	Robbie Williams	4 × platinum
	2010	2015	Heartwork	St.	Andreas Gabalier	4 × platinum
	2011	2014	Folk rock'n'rollers	St.	Andreas Gabalier	4 × platinum
19th	1973	1997	1962-1966	Ko.	The Beatles	3 × platinum	150,000
	1973	1997	1967-1970	Ko.	The Beatles	3 × platinum
	1989	1994	Foreign Affair	St.	Tina Turner	3 × platinum
	1990	1992	Fire in the eternal ice	St.	Kastelruther sparrows	3 × platinum
	1990	1995	The Very Best of Elton John	Ko.	Elton John	3 × platinum
	1991	1995	Joyride	St.	Roxette	3 × platinum
	1991	1994	ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits	Ko.	ABBA	3 × platinum
	1993	1995	That's why I love you	St.	Brunner & Brunner	3 × platinum
	1994	1996	Cross Road	Ko.	Bon Jovi	3 × platinum
	1995	1997	Tekkno is Cool - Vol. 1	Ka.	The Smurfs	3 × platinum
	1996	1998	Backstreet Boys	St.	Backstreet Boys	3 × platinum
	1996	1997	Dove c'è musica	St.	Eros Ramazzotti	3 × platinum
	1999	2001	L'amour toujours	St.	Gigi D'Agostino	3 × platinum
	2000	2001	1	Ko.	The Beatles	3 × platinum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold & Platinum . IFPI Austria. Retrieved October 1, 2019.