Albums certified platinum or more by ARIA. Only includes certifications since 1990.
Based on certifications awarded by Pro-Música Brasil. Certifications have only been awarded since 1990, so there is no sales information before this date. Some of the certification thresholds have changed over time.
Certifications according to Music Canada.
Albums certified platinum or more for more than one million sales in Europe, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
Note: the IFPI Europe Platinum Award was only created in 1996, therefore there are few albums on this list from before that date. No awards are publicly available after 2014.
Certifications according to SNEP. Some of the certification thresholds have changed over time.
Certifications according to the BVMI.
Sales according to Oricon and Platinum certifications according to the RIAJ. The ten biggest-selling girl group albums in Japan:
Certifications according to the NVPI.
Sales of albums released after 2010 are according to the Circle Album Chart published monthly and yearly with detailed album sales by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA). Sales of albums released before 2010 are based on data collected by Music Industry Association of Korea (from 1999 to 2007) or claimed sales based on reliable sources. The 15 biggest-selling girl group albums in South Korea:
Certifications according to the IFPI.
Albums certified triple platinum (900,000 units) or more by the BPI. ' (1977) sold 1 million units and achieved double platinum status for sales worth more than $4 million, but was certified Platinum with the previous thresholds, based on monetary revenue: Platinum (ã1,000,000), Gold (ã300,000 from 1977 until 1979) and Silver (ã150,000 from 1977 until 1979).
Albums certified triple platinum or more by the RIAA. The sales figures shown for the quadruple and triple platinum albums are sales recorded by Nielsen SoundScan plus known sales from BMG's Music Club. These do not represent the total sales of the album in the US as they exclude unknown sales figures from Columbia House and other music clubs.