RAINBOW albums and sales

Updated: November 18, 2022

RAINBOW sold over 1.69 million albums. The best-selling album by RAINBOW is RAINBOW RISING, which sold over 294,360 copies. According to the BSA Ranking, RAINBOW is the 2,150th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of RAINBOW have sold over 32,500 units, led by MEMORIES IN ROCK - LIVE IN GERMANY with over 25,000 units sold.

RAINBOW albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	RAINBOW RISING RAINBOW 1976	1976	294,360	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 196 1,869 16,846
2	АНСАМБЛЬ RAINBOW RAINBOW 1988	1988	231,060	Rank in 1988 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 388 3,038 18,587
3	DIFFICULT TO CURE RAINBOW 1981	1981	195,690	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 263 3,305 20,895
4	STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES RAINBOW 1982	1982	158,490	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 288 3,372 21,570
5	DOWN TO EARTH RAINBOW 1979	1979	129,010	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 302 2,093 22,617
6	THE BEST OF RAINBOW RAINBOW 1981	1981	109,460	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 298 3,583 23,605
7	LONG LIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL RAINBOW 1978	1978	100,700	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 298 2,155 23,964
8	STRANGER IN US ALL RAINBOW 1995	1995	100,000	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 858 8,158 29,904
9	ON STAGE RAINBOW 1977	1977	99,810	Rank in 1977 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 344 2,699 32,938
10	Richie Blackmore's Rainbow RAINBOW 1975	1975	76,890	Rank in 1975 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 278 2,739 34,318
11	BENT OUT OF SHAPE RAINBOW 1983	1983	63,630	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 400 4,965 35,579
12	THE VERY BEST OF RAINBOW RAINBOW 1997	1997	60,893	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,163 9,784 35,693
13	CATCH THE RAINBOW - THE ANTHOLOGY RAINBOW 2003	2003	60,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,283 11,140 37,625
14	FINYL VINYL RAINBOW 1986	1986	16,890	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 652 7,009 54,856

RAINBOW videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	MEMORIES IN ROCK - LIVE IN GERMANY RAINBOW 2016	2016	25,000	Rank in 2016 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 71 634 2,795
2	LIVE IN MUNICH 1977 RAINBOW 2006	2006	7,500	Rank in 2006 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 258 2,311 4,168
3	MONSTERS OF ROCK: LIVE AT DONINGTON 1980 RAINBOW 2016	2016	N/A	Rank in 2016 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 147 1,266 4,892
4	BLACK MASQUERADE RAINBOW 2013	2013	N/A	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 162 1,512 5,138

RAINBOW sales by country

RAINBOW album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by RAINBOW are the United Kingdom (820,000), Japan (495,823) and USSR (231,060).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Finland	50,000	2
2	France	100,000	1
3	Japan	495,823	12
4	United Kingdom	820,000	10
5	USSR	231,060	1

RAINBOW video sales by country