GENESIS albums and sales

GENESIS sold over 39.4 million albums. The best-selling album by GENESIS is WE CAN'T DANCE, which sold over 9.8 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, GENESIS is the 81st best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of GENESIS have sold over 424,000 units, led by WHEN IN ROME 2007 with over 133,000 units sold.

GENESIS albums ranked by sales

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№		Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		WE CAN'T DANCE GENESIS 1991	1991	9,804,588	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 12 88 201
2		INVISIBLE TOUCH GENESIS 1986	1986	8,248,703	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 7 53 291
3		GENESIS GENESIS 1983	1983	5,672,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 16 113 577
4		LIVE - THE WAY WE WALK VOL. 1 : THE SHORTS GENESIS 1992	1992	2,596,240	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 59 588 1,722
5		ABACAB GENESIS 1981	1981	2,456,000	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 22 326 1,835
6		TURN IT ON AGAIN - THE HITS GENESIS 1999	1999	1,622,350	Rank in 1999 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 121 1,085 3,186
7		AND THEN THERE WERE THREE GENESIS 1978	1978	1,566,000	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 47 356 3,301
8		DUKE GENESIS 1980	1980	1,415,000	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 48 620 3,547
9		SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND GENESIS 1973	1973	840,000	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 63 807 7,242
10		A TRICK OF THE TAIL GENESIS 1976	1976	800,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 97 810 7,488
11		WIND & WUTHERING GENESIS 1976	1976	765,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 99 821 7,584
12		THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY GENESIS 1974	1974	750,000	Rank in 1974 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 53 831 7,731
13		THREE SIDES LIVE GENESIS 1982	1982	600,000	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 123 1,546 8,903
14		CALLING ALL STATIONS GENESIS 1997	1997	525,000	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 334 2,984 9,876
15		SECONDS OUT GENESIS 1977	1977	450,000	Rank in 1977 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 207 1,735 13,979
16		PLATINUM COLLECTION GENESIS 2004	2004	400,000	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 359 3,237 14,256
17		LIVE - THE WAY WE WALK VOL. 2 : THE LONGS GENESIS 1993	1993	336,280	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 421 4,394 15,244
18		FOXTROT GENESIS 1972	1972	215,000	Rank in 1972 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 165 1,972 18,829
19		LIVE OVER EUROPE 2007 GENESIS 2007	2007	160,000	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 411 5,357 21,459
20		NURSERY CRYME GENESIS 1970	1970	160,000	Rank in 1970 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 134 2,052 21,553
21		R-KIVE GENESIS 2014	2014	60,000	Rank in 2014 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 506 5,638 36,297
22		TURN IT ON AGAIN - BEST OF '81 - '83 GENESIS 1992	1992	N/A	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,137 14,830 72,841

GENESIS videos ranked by sales

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№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		WHEN IN ROME 2007 GENESIS 2008	2008	133,000	Rank in 2008 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 19 282 595
2		THE VIDEO SHOW GENESIS 2004	2004	93,000	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 70 600 1,285
3		A HISTORY GENESIS 1991	1991	55,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 24 329 1,705
4		THE MAMA TOUR GENESIS 1987	1987	50,000	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 20 149 2,364
5		VISIBLE TOUCH GENESIS 1987	1987	50,000	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 21 150 2,365
6		LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM GENESIS 2003	2003	43,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 202 1,216 2,457

GENESIS sales by country

GENESIS album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by GENESIS are the United States (21.5 million), the United Kingdom (6.38 million) and Germany (5.75 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	30,000	1
2	Australia	70,000	1
3	Austria	50,000	1
4	Canada	800,000	7
5	Denmark	15,000	1
6	France	3,100,000	17
7	Germany	5,750,000	11
8	Hong Kong	10,000	1
9	Italy	25,000	1
10	Japan	276,900	8
11	Netherlands	290,000	5
12	New Zealand	75,000	5
13	Norway	195,261	3
14	Poland	50,000	1
15	Portugal	75,000	5
16	Spain	250,000	3
17	Sweden	100,000	1
18	Switzerland	400,000	5
19	United Kingdom	6,380,000	21
20	United States	21,500,000	13

GENESIS video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by GENESIS are Germany (175,000), the United States (150,000) and the United Kingdom (75,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	24,000	3
2	Canada	5,000	1
3	France	30,000	3
4	Germany	175,000	3
5	Italy	15,000	1
6	United Kingdom	75,000	2
7	United States	150,000	3