FRANK ZAPPA albums and sales

FRANK ZAPPA sold over 1.51 million albums. The best-selling album by FRANK ZAPPA is APOSTROPHE, which sold over 500,000 copies. According to the BSA Ranking, FRANK ZAPPA is the 2,323rd best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of FRANK ZAPPA have sold over 107,500 units, led by DOES HUMOR BELONG IN MUSIC with over 50,000 units sold.

FRANK ZAPPA albums ranked by sales

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№		Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		APOSTROPHE FRANK ZAPPA 1974	1974	500,000	Rank in 1974 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 122 1,443 12,961
2		OVER-NIGHT SENSATION FRANK ZAPPA 1973	1973	500,000	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 120 1,495 13,013
3		SHEIK YERBOUTI FRANK ZAPPA 1979	1979	300,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 236 1,820 16,755
4		THE BEST OF FRANK ZAPPA FRANK ZAPPA 2004	2004	100,000	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 820 7,619 27,031
5		ZOOT ALLURES FRANK ZAPPA 1976	1976	60,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 344 2,894 39,209
6		JOE'S GARAGE FRANK ZAPPA 1979	1979	50,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 460 3,190 43,709
7		THE MAN FROM UTOPIA FRANK ZAPPA 1983	1983	5,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 644 7,345 61,101
8		SHIP ARRIVING TOO LATE FRANK ZAPPA 1982	1982	N/A	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 703 8,038 73,629

FRANK ZAPPA videos ranked by sales

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№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		DOES HUMOR BELONG IN MUSIC FRANK ZAPPA 2004	2004	50,000	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 122 1,011 1,961
2		BABY SNAKES FRANK ZAPPA 2003	2003	50,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 169 1,068 2,018
3		APOSTROPHE (') / OVER-NITE SENSATION FRANK ZAPPA & CLASSIC ALBUMS SERIES 2007	2007	7,500	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 245 2,302 4,159
4		ZAPPA FRANK ZAPPA 2021	2021	N/A	Rank in 2021 Rank in 2020s Overall rank 20 87 4,586
5		ROXY - THE MOVIE FRANK ZAPPA 2015	2015	N/A	Rank in 2015 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 93 1,316 4,942

FRANK ZAPPA sales by country

FRANK ZAPPA album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by FRANK ZAPPA are the United States (1 million), Germany (250,000) and Canada (100,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Canada	100,000	2
2	Germany	250,000	1
3	Russia	5,000	1
4	United Kingdom	60,000	1
5	United States	1,000,000	2

FRANK ZAPPA video sales by country

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Australia	7,500	1
2	United States	100,000	2