The Best Selling Albums of All Time

The Best Selling Albums of All Timetm
Top 40 Positions / As of: March 22, 2020
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Based on Record Industry Association of America statistics as reported
in Entertainment Weekly and Billboard

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The Best Selling Albums of All Time (United States Sales)
Singles of all time
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Top singles of 1981

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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certifies as gold albums that have sold at least 500,000 album units.
Platinum RIAA certification occurs for shipment of 1 million units, with multiplatinum certification for multiples of 1 million. For boxed sets and double albums with a running time that exceeds 100 minutes, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs (or its tape or vinyl equivalent). Multiple-disc sets are indicated by a slash and the number of CDs in the set after the multiplatinum level. I've started adding to the chart the number of minutes on double albums so you can tell whether the sale counted as one or more.

All of the albums on this chart are certified at a diamond level for sales of 10 million or more.

This
year
Last
year
Multi-platinum
status
length
Artist: Album
Label | Year

Peak
Position

1
2
38
Eagles: Their Greatest Hits
Asylum | 1976

2

1
1
33
Michael Jackson: Thriller
Epic | December 1982

1

3
3
23/2
81:24
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Columbia | 1979

1

4
4
23
42:25
Led Zeppelin: Untitled (IV)
Atlantic | 1971

2

5
5
23/2
108:50
Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume I & II
Columbia | 1985

6

6
6
22
AC/DC: Back in Black
Atlantic | 1980

4

7
7
21/2
100:47
Garth Brooks: Double Live
Capitol Nashville | 1998

1

8
8
20
60:26
Shania Twain:Come on Over
Mercury Nashville | 1997

2

9
9
20
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Reprise | 1977

1

10
10
19/2
93:00
The Beatles: The Beatles [White Album]
Apple | 1968

1

11
11
18
Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction
Geffen | 1987

1

12
12
17
74:33
Whitney Houston &Various Artists: The Bodyguard
Arista | 1992

1

13
13
17
Boston: Boston
Epic | 1976

3

14
14
17
Garth Brooks: No Fences
Capitol | 1990

3

15
15
17/2
The Beatles: 1967-70
Apple | 1973

1

16
16
16
Alanis Morissette : Jagged Little Pill
Maverick | 1995

1

17
17
16
Hootie & the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View
Atlantic | 1995

2

18
18
16
Eagles: Hotel California
Asylum | 1976

1

19
19
16
47:40
Elton John: Greatest Hits
MCA | 1974

1

20
31
16

Metallica: Metallica
Elektra| 1991

1

21
20
16/2
82:00
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
Swan Song | 1975

1

22
21
15
Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A.
Columbia | 1984

1

23
22
15
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Harvest | 1973

1

24
23
15
The Bee Gees & Various Artists: Saturday Night Fever
RSO| 1977

1

25
24
15
Santana: Supernatural
Arista | 1999
[Grammy Winner: Album of 1999]

1

26
25
15/2
The Beatles: 1962-66
Apple | 1973

3

27
26
14
Garth Brooks: Ropin' the Wind
Capitol | 1991

1

28
27
14
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell
Cleve. Int. | 1977

14

29
28
14

Backstreet Boys: Backstreet Boys
Jive| 1997

4

30
29
14

Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time
Jive| 1999

4

31
30
14
43:25
Simon & Garfunkel: Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
Columbia | 1972

5

32
32
13
Prince &the Revolution: Purple Rain
Warner Bros. | 1984

1

33
33
13
Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston
Arista | 1985

1

34
34
13
Backstreet Boys: Millenium
Jive | 1999

1

35
35
13
47:37
Steve Miller Band: Greatest Hits 1974-78
Atlantic| 1978

18

36
36
13
47:37
Pearl Jam: Ten
Epic| 1991

2

37
37
13/3
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live/1975-85
Columbia | 1986

1

38
38
12
Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet
Mercury | 1986

1

39
39
12
Boyz II Men: II
Motown | 1994

1

40
40
12
Kenny Rogers: Greatest Hits
Liberty | 1980

1

41
41
12
Kenny G: Breathless
Arista | 1992

2

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