The following is a list of best-selling albums by country. Depends on the measurement, record sales of albums are taken by estimations or certifications.

Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available published data from a number of territories, unlike the United Kingdom and the United States with recognized national measurement firms and certifying bodies such as Official Charts Company/British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and Nielsen SoundScan/Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) respectively. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list, so no rankings are given in certain cases.

• Additional information: A best-selling album could have sales between 4,000 to 10,000 copies, according to some reports in the 1990s to early 2010s.^[56][57]

• Additional information: According to a 2003 report from The Society, gospel music in Ghana constituted the largest commercial genre by that time; and 5,000 copies sold of a record were technically a "hit" in the country.^[76] A 2005 article of Daily Graphic, puts the highest amount that a musician can peak to be 50,000 copies.^[77]

Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. (February 2024)

• All sales figures are based on certifications as detailed in Ελληνικἠ Δισκογραφἰα 1950 - 2023, Πἐτρος Δραγουμἀνος (Greek Discography 1950-2023 by Petros Dragoumanos) except as otherwise noted.

• IFPI Greece counts each disc within a double album as a single unit for the purposes of gold and platinum awards, treating double albums as two separate units for certification calculations. To accurately report sales figures per album unit, this chart adjusts certifications for double albums to total units sold by dividing the certification amount by the number of discs (2) in the LP.

• Total streams per album are used as tiebreaker for albums with same certification levels

• Additional information: Legitimate album sales higher estimates are considered to be between 5,000 and even a "maximum" of 10,000 of a record.^[119][120]

The following list includes both Indian and Pakistani albums, due to their music industries being closely linked. The data mentioned may not be totally accurate due to lack of trusted resources.

This section includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (July 2019)

Sales figure derived from various sources.^{[192][193][194][195][196][197][198]}

Up to 2006, George Telek's albums distributed by CHM sold about 15,000 copies each.^[215] The band Painim Wok, which had Telek as a member, became one of the best-selling bands in Papua New Guinea (or the best-selling band) with over 100,000 copies of their albums in 5 years alone up to 1993.^[216]

• Additional information: Between 1999 and 2001 "several rappers" sold over 100,000 copies of their albums.^[297] Dudubaya sold 25,000 copies with Papo na Papo (2004) in its first-week.^[298]

^† Billboard source gives numbers and the names of the artists, those numbers are specific to lps that can be seen on discogs for identification purposes

• Additional information: According to Media, Democracy and Development (1997), "a very big hit may be in the region of 50 000 copies".^[356]

• List of best-selling albums
  • List of best-selling albums of the 21st century
  • List of best-selling remix albums
  • List of best-selling albums by women
  • List of best-selling Latin albums

• ^‡Certification include on-demand audio and video streams and track sale equivalent