List of best-selling singles in Italy

The following is a list of the best-selling singles in Italy. Depends on the measurement, list is divided by claimed sales and official certifications from FIMI, which online base operates since 2009.

According to a 1969 report from SEDRIM (from Società per l'Esercizio dei Diritti di Riproduzione Meccanica), then Italian mechanical rights society, Italy was a singles-market with songs accounting 85.8 percent of total record sales in the country. A "top hit" single in Italy at that time was grouped between 500,000 and 700,000 copies.^[1]

List of best-selling singles by claimed sales

Over 1 million copies

Year	Artist	Title	Sales
1980	Pino D'Angiò	"Ma quale idea"	2,500,000[2]
1964	Bobby Solo	"Una lacrima sul viso"	1,700,000[3]
1967	I Camaleonti	"L'ora dell'amore"	1,500,000[4]
1969	Mario Tessuto	"Lisa dagli occhi blu"	1,500,000[5]
1973	Patty Pravo	"Pazza idea"	1,500,000[6]
1964	Paul Anka	"Ogni volta"	1,500,000[7]
1958	Domenico Modugno	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (aka "Volare")	1,000,000[8]
1961	Adriano Celentano	"24.000 baci"	1,000,000[9]
1968	Adriano Celentano	"La Coppia Piu' Bella Del Mondo"	1,000,000[10]
1967	Albano Carrisi	"Nel Sole"	1,000,000[11]
1967	Fausto Leali	"A Chi"	1,000,000[12]
1979	Alan Sorrenti	"Tu sei l'unica donna per me"	1,000,000[13]
1964	Gianni Morandi	"In ginocchio da te"	1,000,000[11]
1970	Gianni Morandi	"Scende la pioggia"	1,000,000[11]
1977	Grace Jones	"La Vie en rose"	1,000,000[14]
1968	Patty Pravo	"La bambola"	1,000,000[15]
1967	Little Tony	"Cuore matto"	1,000,000[16]
1977	Umberto Tozzi	"Ti amo"	1,000,000[17]

Between 500,000 to 999,000 copies

Year	Artist	Title	Sales
1963	Adriano Celentano	"Stai lontana da me"	900,000[18]
1968	I Camaleonti	"Applausi"	900,000[19]
1964	Gigliola Cinquetti	"Non Ho L'Eta"	850,000[3]
1965	Franco Tozzi	"'I Tuoi Occhi Verdi"	800,000[20]
1976	Main theme song	"Sandokan"	800,000[21]
1966	The Rokes	"Piangi Con Me"	800,000[22]
1965	Nini Rosso	"Il Silenzio"	750,000[23]
1966	Adriano Celentano	"Pregheró"	700,000[10]
1970	Gianni Morandi	"Belinda"	700,000[24]
1969	Georges Moustaki	"Lo Straniero"	700,000[25]
1967	Gianni Morandi	"Un Mondo D'Amore"	700,000[24]
1968	Patty Pravo	"Gli occhi dell'amore/Sentimento"	700,000[26]
1981	Ricchi e Poveri	"Sarà perché ti amo"	700,000[27]
1980	Riccardo Fogli	"Malinconia"	650,000[28]
1967	Antoine	"Pietre"	600,000[29]
1965	Jimmy Fontana	"La Mia Serenata"	600,000[30]
1969	Nada	"Ma che freddo fa"	600,000[31]
1967	Rocky Roberts	"Stasera Mi Butto"	600,000[32]
1968	Riccardo Del Turco	"Luglio"	511,035[33]
1982	Cristina D'Avena	"Canzone dei puffi"	500,000[34]
1968	Aphrodite's Child	"Rain and Tears"	500,000[35]
1966	Adriano Celentano	"Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck"	500,000[36]
1999	Jova-Liga-Pelù	"Il mio nome è mai più"	500,000[37]
1976	Bruno Lauzi	"La Tartaruga"	500,000[21]
1980	Miguel Bose	"Olympic Games"	500,000[38]
1960	Nico Fidenco	"Un Granello Di Sabbia"	500,000[39]
1980	Pupo	"Su Di Noi"	500,000[40]

Highest certified singles in Italy (since 2009)

as of 2024

Year	Artist	Title	Certifications	Certified sales
2023	Lazza	"Cenere"	8× Platinum[41]	800,000‡
2022	Mahmood & Blanco	"Brividi"	8× Platinum[42]	800,000‡
2022	Bizarrap & Quevedo	"Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52"	7× Platinum[43]	700,000‡
2020	Ernia	"Superclassico"	7× Platinum[44]	700,000‡
2022	Rhove	"Shakerando"	7× Platinum[45]	700,000‡
2023	Marco Mengoni	"Due vite"	6× Platinum[46]	600,000‡
2018	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	"Shallow"	6× Platinum[47]	600,000‡
2018	Lewis Capaldi	"Someone You Loved"	6× Platinum[48]	600,000‡
2019	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	6× Platinum[49]	600,000‡
2020	Pinguini Tattici Nucleari	"Pastello bianco"	6× Platinum[50]	600,000‡
2012	Tom Odell	"Another Love"	6× Platinum[51]	600,000‡
2021	Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta & Junior K	"Nuovo Range"	5× Platinum[52]	600,000‡
2022	Rhove	"Shakerando"	6× Platinum[53]	600,000‡
2023	Annalisa	"Mon amour"	5× Platinum[54]	500,000‡
2022	Annalisa	"Bellissima"	5× Platinum[54]	500,000‡
1984	a-ha	"Take On Me"	Gold (AFI) & 2× Platinum (FIMI)[55][56]	500,000‡
2023	Ava, Anna & Capo Plaza	"Vetri neri"	5× Platinum[57]	500,000‡
2015	Baby K feat. Giusy Ferreri	"Roma-Bangkok"	Diamond[58]	500,000‡
2017	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You"	Diamond[59]	500,000‡
2021	Blanco	"Finché non mi seppelliscono"	5× Platinum[60]	500,000‡
2022	Dargen D'Amico	"Dove si balla"	5× Platinum[61]	500,000‡
2022	Fedez, Tananai & Mara Sattei	"La Dolce Vita"	5× Platinum[62]	500,000‡
2020	Gazelle	"Destri"	5× Platinum[63]	500,000‡
2022	James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa	"Ferrari"	5× Platinum[64]	500,000‡
2017	Luis Fonsi	"Despacito"	Diamond[65]	500,000‡
2022	Rkomi & Elodie	"La coda del diavolo"	5× Platinum[66]	500,000‡
2022	Pinguini Tattici Nucleari	"Giovani Wannabe"	5× Platinum[67]	500,000‡
2022	Sangiovanni	"Farfalle"	5× Platinum[68]	500,000‡
2023	Tananai	"Tango"	5× Platinum[69]	500,000‡
2020	The Weeknd	"Save Your Tears"	5× Platinum[70]	500,000‡

Pre-FIMI certification

Year	Artist	Title	Certifications	Certified sales
1966	Caterina Caselli	"Nessuno mi può giudicare"	1,000,000[71]	Gold certification

See also

• List of best-selling singles
• List of best-selling singles by country
• List of best-selling albums in Italy
• Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI)
• Music of Italy
• List of estimated best-selling Italian music artists

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