List of best-selling albums by year in Italy

The Federation of the Italian Music Industry began publishing year-end lists for album sales in 2000.

The only albums by foreign artists to top the Italian year-end chart were 1 by The Beatles in 2000, and ÷ by Ed Sheeran in 2017.

Vasco Rossi achieved five annual best-selling albums in Italy with the records Stupido hotel in 2001, Tracks in 2002, Buoni o cattivi in 2004, Vivere o niente in 2011 and Sono innocente in 2014.

Other multiple toppers of the year-end chart were Eros Ramazzotti, whose albums 9 and e² were the best-selling records of 2003 and 2007, respectively, and Tiziano Ferro, which achieved the first position on the annual chart in 2009 with Alla mia età and in 2012 with L'amore è una cosa semplice.

More recently, Luciano Ligabue had two annual best-selling albums in Italy, with Arrivederci, mostro!

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was the best-selling vinyl album in Italy for five consecutive years, between 2017 and 2021, and for a sixth year in 2023.