VAN HALEN albums and sales

Updated: October 16, 2021

VAN HALEN sold over 62.5 million albums. The best-selling album by VAN HALEN is 1984, which sold over 11.6 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, VAN HALEN is the 34th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of VAN HALEN have sold over 322,500 units, led by LIVE WITHOUT A NET with over 207,500 units sold.

VAN HALEN albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	1984 VAN HALEN 1984	1984	11,669,305	Rank in 1984 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 6 30 147
2	VAN HALEN VAN HALEN 1978	1978	11,158,000	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 3 23 161
3	5150 VAN HALEN 1986	1986	6,896,397	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 10 77 396
4	VAN HALEN II VAN HALEN 1979	1979	5,369,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 9 67 631
5	BEST OF, VOLUME I VAN HALEN 1996	1996	4,202,125	Rank in 1996 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 26 319 927
6	OU812 VAN HALEN 1988	1988	4,133,370	Rank in 1988 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 19 183 956
7	DIVER DOWN VAN HALEN 1982	1982	4,122,420	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 16 185 959
8	BALANCE VAN HALEN 1995	1995	3,749,690	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 36 366 1,070
9	WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST VAN HALEN 1980	1980	3,370,000	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 23 220 1,212
10	FOR UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE VAN HALEN 1991	1991	3,260,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 40 434 1,268
11	FAIR WARNING VAN HALEN 1981	1981	2,108,000	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 28 398 2,292
12	RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW - LIVE VAN HALEN 1993	1993	1,125,000	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 120 1,424 4,497
13	VAN HALEN III VAN HALEN 1998	1998	700,000	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 297 2,485 7,909
14	THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS VAN HALEN 2004	2004	668,902	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 206 1,905 8,110
15	A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH VAN HALEN 2012	2012	40,000	Rank in 2012 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 746 7,236 45,087

VAN HALEN videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	LIVE WITHOUT A NET VAN HALEN 1986	1986	207,500	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 4 23 343
2	VIDEO HITS VOLUME I VAN HALEN 1996	1996	65,000	Rank in 1996 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 23 308 1,507
3	LIVE: RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW VAN HALEN 1993	1993	50,000	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 30 428 2,233
4	JUMP VAN HALEN 2006	2006	N/A	Rank in 2006 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 371 2,899 5,761

VAN HALEN sales by country

VAN HALEN album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by VAN HALEN are the United States (55 million), Canada (2.57 million) and Japan (2.03 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	30,000	1
2	Australia	210,000	2
3	Brazil	200,000	2
4	Canada	2,571,000	12
5	Finland	47,320	2
6	France	400,000	4
7	Germany	1,250,000	4
8	Japan	2,038,889	14
9	Netherlands	200,000	3
10	New Zealand	30,000	3
11	Portugal	15,000	1
12	United Kingdom	580,000	7
13	United States	55,000,000	14

VAN HALEN video sales by country