YES albums and sales

Updated: October 16, 2021

YES sold over 16.8 million albums. The best-selling album by YES is 90125, which sold over 4.12 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, YES is the 264th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of YES have sold over 20,000 units, led by 9012 LIVE with over 10,000 units sold.

YES albums ranked by sales

Click on any album to see detailed sales, certification history, sources and chart runs.

Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	90125 YES 1983	1983	4,128,370	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 21 184 958
2	FRAGILE YES 1971	1971	2,300,000	Rank in 1971 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 17 216 1,979
3	CLOSE TO THE EDGE YES 1972	1972	1,475,687	Rank in 1972 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 22 370 3,455
4	YESSONGS YES 1973	1973	1,327,480	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 34 391 3,717
5	TORMATO YES 1978	1978	1,115,380	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 70 479 4,537
6	CLASSIC YES YES 1981	1981	1,060,000	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 79 904 5,103
7	THE YES ALBUM YES 1970	1970	1,060,000	Rank in 1970 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 43 569 5,118
8	BIG GENERATOR YES 1987	1987	1,022,910	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 136 978 5,511
9	GOING FOR THE ONE YES 1977	1977	726,380	Rank in 1977 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 114 834 7,787
10	TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS YES 1973	1973	672,680	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 72 867 8,087
11	RELAYER YES 1974	1974	620,080	Rank in 1974 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 58 897 8,444
12	UNION YES 1991	1991	564,250	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 203 2,810 9,170
13	HIGHLIGHTS: THE VERY BEST OF YES YES 1993	1993	500,000	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 379 3,681 11,947
14	THE ULTIMATE YES COLLECTION - 35TH ANNIVERSARY YES 2003	2003	100,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,031 8,219 27,631
15	DRAMA YES 1980	1980	65,940	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 425 4,950 35,470
16	YESSHOW YES 1980	1980	60,000	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 468 5,308 39,089
17	TALK YES 1994	1994	44,350	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,201 11,982 44,357
18	THE LADDER YES 1999	1999	10,980	Rank in 1999 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,688 13,745 57,357
19	KEYS TO ASCENSION YES 1996	1996	9,850	Rank in 1996 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,519 13,906 59,029
20	YESTERDAYS YES 1975	1975	7,420	Rank in 1975 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 407 3,922 60,144
21	YES YEARS YES 1991	1991	6,660	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,049 14,002 60,323
22	OPEN YOUR EYES YES 1997	1997	3,450	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,712 14,082 61,864
23	9012 LIVE - THE SOLOS YES 1985	1985	2,090	Rank in 1985 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 669 7,385 62,906
24	THE WORD IS LIVE YES 2005	2005	888	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 2,059 19,153 64,635

YES videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		9012 LIVE YES 2006	2006	10,000	Rank in 2006 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 231 2,006 3,771
2		SYMPHONIC LIVE YES 2002	2002	10,000	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 196 2,114 3,879

YES sales by country

YES album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by YES are the United States (13.5 million), the United Kingdom (1.34 million) and Germany (750,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	30,000	1
2	Austria	25,000	1
3	Canada	350,000	3
4	France	300,000	3
5	Germany	750,000	2
6	Japan	539,845	18
7	Netherlands	50,000	1
8	United Kingdom	1,340,000	11
9	United States	13,500,000	13

YES video sales by country