TOTAL RECORD SALES (According to EMI)
More than 100 million copies

TOTAL ALBUM SALES (According to EMI)
More than 75 million copies

TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM SALES (According to chartmasters.org)
Depeche Mode surpassed 101.2m equivalent album sales.

STUDIO ALBUMS
Year Album Copies Source
1981 Speak And Spell
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   Wikipedia 2011-01
1982 A Broken Frame ~ 2.600.000   Wikipedia 2011-01  Wikipedia screenshot
1983 Construction Time Again ~ 2.800.000   Wikipedia 2011-01  Wikipedia screenshot
1984 Some Great Reward ~ 4.100.000   Wikipedia 2011-01
1986 Black Celebration ~ 4.400.000   Wikipedia 2011-01
1987 Music For The Masses ~ 5.700.000   Wikipedia 2011-01
1990 Violator ~ 15.000.000   Wikipedia 2011-01
1993 Songs Of Faith And Devotion ~ 7.325.000   Wikipedia 2011-01, Wikipedia 2021-01 4.000.000
1997 ULTRA ~ 4.650.000   Wikipedia 2011-01, Wikipedia 2001-05 4.000.000
2001 Exciter ~ 3.400.000   Wikipedia 2011-01, Wikipedia 2021-01 3.000.000
2005 Playing The Angel ~ 4.850.000   Wikipedia 2011-01, Wikipedia 2011-03 1.600.000
2009 Sounds Of The Universe ~ 3.250.000   Wikipedia 2011-01
2013 Delta Machine ~ 1.100.000   Mediatraffic Albums Countdown 2013 in December 2013
2017 Spirit ~ 705.000   Wikipedia until Sept 2017, Wikipedia 2019-08 800.000

(All figures is taken from wikipedia 2011-01 except DELTA MACHINE taken from Mediatraffic Albums Countdown 2013 in December 2013)


Year Album Copies Source
1981 Speak And Spell
3.132.500
   chartmasters.org 2025-10
1982 A Broken Frame 2.612.500   chartmasters.org 2025-09
1983 Construction Time Again 2.915.000   chartmasters.org 2025-09
1984 Some Great Reward 3.895.000   chartmasters.org 2025-09
1986 Black Celebration 4.410.000   chartmasters.org 2025-10
1987 Music For The Masses 5.592.500   chartmasters.org 2025-10
1990 Violator 10.425.000   chartmasters.org 2025-10
1993 Songs Of Faith And Devotion 4.642.500   chartmasters.org 2025-10
1997 ULTRA 3.657.500   chartmasters.org 2025-08
2001 Exciter 2.820.000   chartmasters.org 2025-09
2005 Playing The Angel 2.577.500   chartmasters.org 2025-09
2009 Sounds Of The Universe 1.622.500   chartmasters.org 2025-06
2013 Delta Machine 1.322.500   chartmasters.org 2025-09
2017 Spirit 830.000   chartmasters.org 2025-08
2023 Memento Mori 550.000   chartmasters.org 2025-10

Year Album Copies Source
1989 101
4.470.000
   chartmasters.org 2025-10
1985 The Singles 81>85 4.055.000   chartmasters.org 2025-02
1998 The Singles 86>98 3.710.000   chartmasters.org 2025-02
2006 The Best Of (Volume 1) 3.357.500   chartmasters.org 2025-10
1985 Catching Up With Depeche Mode 2.447.500   chartmasters.org 2025-03
1984 People Are People 1.667.500   chartmasters.org 2025-02
2004 Remixes 81····04 1.517.500   chartmasters.org 2025-02
1993 Songs Of Faith And Devotion Live 922.500   chartmasters.org 2025-02
2014 Live In Berlin (A Film By Anton Corbijn) 417.500   chartmasters.org 2025-02
2011 Remixes 2. 81-11 325.000   chartmasters.org 2025-10
CHAT GPT 2025-07-25
Top-selling studio album: Violator (~15 M)
Next: Songs of Faith and Devotion (~7 M)
 Then: Music for the Masses (~5 M)

Other studio records: no global sales figures available in public datasets