The following is a list of albums that came out before the advent of AMPROFON online certifications program started in 1999 and which recorded higher sales of over 800,000 copies. Some media reported the certifications and sales by AMPROFON before that, for example, the 1994 annual year-end inform published by
Notimex and reprinted by
La Opinión. Additions are cross-referenced with national publications and other media international outlets.
List *Positions based on claimed sales and release year. The best-selling album in Mexico vary by some report estimations but lacks of reliability. This include
Las Mañanitas by
Pedro Infante, which Mexico City-based newspaper
El Universal reported sales of 20 million copies,
Juan Gabriel's
Recuerdos II with 8 million claimed sales, or
Emmanuel's
Íntimamente and
José José'
Secretos with claimed sales of 5 million each. Luis Miguel has numerous entries. == Best-selling albums by year ==