Top Artists in Sales
I BEATLES
Top Italian Singers
- Fabrizio De André
- Francesco Guccini
- Roberto Vecchioni
- Lucio Battisti
- Giuseppe De Gregori
- Franco Battiato
- Giorgio Gaber
- Lucio Dalla
Sales Figures
- Adriano Celentano is the richest singer in Italy.
- Vasco Rossi has sold nearly 40 million albums.
- Vasco Rossi has 32 Platinum discs and 2 Gold discs.
- Andrea Bocelli has sold over 70 million records worldwide.
Price of Awards
- A Platinum disc in Italy has no direct monetary value, as it is symbolic.
- The cost of a Gold record is over 35,000 copies, while a Platinum record exceeds 70,000 copies.
- Double Platinum exceeds 140,000 copies, Triple Platinum exceeds 210,000, Quadruple exceeds 280,000, and a Diamond record exceeds 700,000 copies.