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The Recording Industry Association of
America's Top-Selling Albums of All Time*
29 Million
- Eagles: Their Greatest Hits, 1971–1975, Eagles
(Asylum)
27 Million
- Thriller, Michael Jackson (Epic)
23 Million
- Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
- The Wall, Pink Floyd (Columbia)
22 Million
- Back in Black, AC/DC (Epic)
21 Million
- Greatest Hits, Volumes I & II, Billy Joel (Columbia)
- Double Live, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
20 Million
- Come On Over, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
19 Million
- The Beatles, The Beatles (Capitol)
- Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)
17 Million
- The Bodyguard (soundtrack), Whitney Houston (Arista)
- Boston, Boston (Epic)
- No Fences, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
16 Million
- Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin (Swan Song)
- The Beatles: 1967–1970, The Beatles (Capitol)
- Greatest Hits, Elton John (Island/Mercury)
- Hotel California, Eagles (Elektra)
- Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (Atlantic)
- Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick)
15 Million
- Appetite for Destruction, Guns 'N Roses (Geffen)
- Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (Capitol)
- Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack), Bee Gees
(Polydor/Atlas)
- Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
- The Beatles: 1962–1966, The Beatles (Capitol)
- Supernatural, Santana (Arista)
14 Million
- Metallica, Metallica (Elektra)
- Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel
(Columbia)
- …Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (Jive)
- Greatest Hits, Journey (Capitol)
- Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf (Epic)
- Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
- Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
13 Million
- Purple Rain (soundtrack), Prince and the Revolution (Warner
Bros.)
- Greatest Hits: 1974–1978, Steve Miller Band
(Capitol)
- Millennium, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live:
1975–1985 (box set), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
(Columbia)
- Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (Arista)
12 Million
- Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
- Abbey Road, The Beatles (Capitol)
- No Jacket Required, Phil Collins (Atlantic)
- The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
- Ten, Pearl Jam (Epic)
- Forrest Gump (soundtrack) (Epic)
- Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
- Yourself or Someone Like You, Matchbox Twenty (Atlantic)
- Hot Rocks, The Rolling Stones (abkco)
- II, Boyz II Men (Motown)
- Kenny Rogers's Greatest Hits, Kenny Rogers (Capitol
Nashville)
- Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi (Mercury)
- Hysteria, Def Leppard (Mercury)
- Breathless, Kenny G (Arista)
- Pieces of You, Jewel (Atlantic)
11 Million
- Up!, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
- Human Clay, Creed (Wind-Up Records)
- CrazySexyCool, TLC (LaFace)
- Dirty Dancing (soundtrack) (RCA)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
(Capitol)
- James Taylor's Greatest Hits, James Taylor (Warner
Bros.)
- Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. II, Eagles (Elektra)
- Falling into You, Celine Dion (Epic)
- No Strings Attached, 'N Sync (Jive)
- Devil Without a Cause, Kid Rock (Lava)
- Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
- Titanic (soundtrack) (Sony Classical)
- Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith (Columbia)
- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast (So So Def)
10 Million
- 'N Sync, 'N Sync (RCA)
- Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista)
- Let's Talk About Love, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
- Greatest Hits, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (MCA)
- The Stranger, Billy Joel (Columbia)
- The Immaculate Collection, Madonna (Warner Bros.)
- Fly, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
- Eliminator, ZZ Top (Warner Bros.)
- Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.)
- Van Halen, Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
- Faith, George Michael (Columbia)
- Music Box, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
- Like a Virgin, Madonna (Sire)
- Unplugged, Eric Clapton (Reprise)
- Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie (Motown)
- Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, Hammer (Capitol)
- Tapestry, Carole King (Ode)
- The Lion King (Soundtrack) (Walt Disney)
- The Joshua Tree, U2 (Island)
- Nevermind, Nirvana (DGC)
- Legend, Bob Marley & the Wailers (Island)
- Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (Trauma/Interscope)
- 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
- Dookie, Green Day (Reprise)
- The Hits, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
- Daydream, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
- Come Away With Me, Norah Jones (Blue Note)
- Pyromania, Def Leppard (Mercury)
- Greatest Hits, Patsy Cline (MCA)
- Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park (Warner Bros.)
- Oops!…I Did it Again, Britney Spears (Jive)
- Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Motown)
- 1, The Beatles (Capitol)
- Best of the Doors, the Doors (Elektra)
- Sevens, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
*Through 1/3/2008.
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