Dire Straits Albums Ranked By Sales

DIRE STRAITS sold over 78,103,337 albums, including 15,682,000 in the United States and 10,150,000 in the United Kingdom. The best-selling album by DIRE STRAITS is BROTHERS IN ARMS, which sold over 30,000,000 copies.

1

BROTHERS IN ARMS (1985)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 30,000,000

Rank in 1985 : 1

Rank in 1980's : 6

Overall rank : 31

 2

DIRE STRAITS (1978)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 15,000,000

Rank in 1978 : 4

Rank in 1970's : 25

Overall rank : 133

3

COMMUNIQUE (1979)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 7,000,000

Rank in 1979 : 7

Rank in 1970's : 60

Overall rank : 453

4

ON EVERY STREET (1991)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 5,341,700

Rank in 1991 : 28

Rank in 1990's : 253

Overall rank : 686

5

MAKIN` MOVIES (1980)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 5,135,000

Rank in 1980 : 15

Rank in 1980's : 148

Overall rank : 724

 6

MONEY FOR NOTHING (1988)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 4,890,945

Rank in 1988 : 18

Rank in 1980's : 162

Overall rank : 796

7

SULTANS OF SWING - THE VERY BEST OF (1998)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 4,480,000

Rank in 1998 : 36

Rank in 1990's : 312

Overall rank : 872

8

LOVE OVER GOLD (1982)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 2,845,402

Rank in 1982 : 26

Rank in 1980's : 312

Overall rank : 1615

9

PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS (2005)

DIRE STRAITS & MARK KNOPFLER

Sales: 1,365,000

Rank in 2005 : 87

Rank in 2000's : 826

Overall rank : 3470

 10

ALCHEMY (1984)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 1,195,000

Rank in 1984 : 66

Rank in 1980's : 757

Overall rank : 4006

11

ON THE NIGHT (1993)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 696,290

Rank in 1993 : 223

Rank in 1990's : 2495

Overall rank : 7517

12

TWISTING BY THE POOL (1983)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 100,000

Rank in 1983 : 299

Rank in 1980's : 4348

Overall rank : 30150

13

LIVE AT THE BBC (1995)

DIRE STRAITS

Sales: 54,000

Rank in 1995 : 1128

Rank in 1990's : 10547

Overall rank : 37813