WHITESNAKE albums and sales

Updated: October 16, 2021

WHITESNAKE sold over 15 million albums. The best-selling album by WHITESNAKE is WHITESNAKE, which sold over 9.21 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, WHITESNAKE is the 306th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of WHITESNAKE have sold over 200,000 units, led by TRILOGY with over 100,000 units sold.

WHITESNAKE albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	WHITESNAKE WHITESNAKE 1987	1987	9,210,800	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 8 46 233
2	SLIDE IT IN WHITESNAKE 1984	1984	2,080,680	Rank in 1984 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 42 426 2,415
3	GREATEST HITS WHITESNAKE 1994	1994	1,221,755	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 140 1,271 3,974
4	SLIP OF THE TONGUE WHITESNAKE 1989	1989	1,200,000	Rank in 1989 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 103 727 4,168
5	20TH CENTURY MASTERS: THE BEST OF WHITESNAKE WHITESNAKE 2000	2000	500,000	Rank in 2000 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 406 3,073 11,283
6	LIVE...IN THE HEART OF THE CITY WHITESNAKE 1980	1980	312,887	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 213 2,556 15,532
7	COME AN' GET IT WHITESNAKE 1981	1981	114,718	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 292 3,553 23,367
8	RESTLESS HEART WHITESNAKE 1997	1997	103,340	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 781 6,805 23,856
9	READY AN' WILLING WHITESNAKE 1980	1980	101,094	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 293 3,619 23,941
10	BEST OF WHITESNAKE 2003	2003	100,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,024 8,212 27,624
11	SAINTS 'N' SINNERS WHITESNAKE 1982	1982	71,123	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 439 4,913 34,758
12	STARKERS IN TOKYO WHITESNAKE 1997	1997	32,790	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,517 12,517 47,873
13	LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH WHITESNAKE 1980	1980	7,400	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 634 7,314 60,149
14	THE BEST WHITESNAKE 1981	1981	3,290	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 663 7,366 61,959
15	LOVE HUNTER WHITESNAKE 1979	1979	976	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 596 4,026 64,494
16	TROUBLE WHITESNAKE 1978	1978	898	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 553 4,030 64,619

WHITESNAKE videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	TRILOGY WHITESNAKE 1987	1987	100,000	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 12 72 1,250
2	LIVE - IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT WHITESNAKE 2006	2006	50,000	Rank in 2006 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 99 936 1,886
3	FOURPLAY WHITESNAKE 1985	1985	50,000	Rank in 1985 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 24 180 2,395
4	THE PURPLE TOUR WHITESNAKE 2018	2018	N/A	Rank in 2018 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 137 1,111 4,737
5	LIVE AT DONINGTON 1990 WHITESNAKE 2011	2011	N/A	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 205 1,714 5,340

WHITESNAKE sales by country

WHITESNAKE album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by WHITESNAKE are the United States (12.5 million), the United Kingdom (1.16 million) and Canada (500,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Canada	500,000	1
2	Finland	21,755	1
3	Germany	250,000	1
4	Japan	474,996	14
5	New Zealand	30,000	1
6	Sweden	100,000	2
7	Switzerland	25,000	1
8	United Kingdom	1,160,000	8
9	United States	12,500,000	5

WHITESNAKE video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by WHITESNAKE are the United States (200,000), Germany (25,000) and the United Kingdom (25,000).