List of best-selling albums

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This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of all time. The criteria are that the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies worldwide. In this list the highest sales figure reported for an album is added to the list. This list can contain any types of albums, including studio albums, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes.

All albums included on this list have their available claimed figure(s) supported by at least 20% in certified copies. The percentage amount of certified sales needed increases the newer the album is, so albums released before 1975 are only expected to have their claimed figures supported by at least 20% in certified copies. However, newer albums, such as 21 and Come Away with Me, are expected to have their claimed figures supported by at least 70% in certified copies. Certified copies are sourced from available online databases of local music industry associations.

This is the reason why albums such as The Sound of Music, Spirits Having Flown, Janet, Believe, The Colour of My Love, and Back to Black, have not been included on this list.

As a result of the methodology that the American certification-awarding body, the RIAA, uses, each disc in a multi-disc set is counted as one unit toward certification, leading to many double albums on the list—such as Pink Floyd's The Wall and the Beatles's The Beatles—being certified with a number double the number of copies sold there. Such albums have the certifications for the number of copies, not discs, shipped indicated.

Conversely, the American certification level for double albums that fit onto one compact disc such as the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack reflect the actual number of copies sold.

The figures given do not take into account the resale of used albums.

Michael Jackson's Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, and it is estimated to have sold between 51 to 65 million copies worldwide.[1][2][3] Although sales estimates for Thriller have been as high as 110 million copies, these sales figures are unreliable.[4] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, while The Beatles, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.

Contents

Legend

Colors
Studio Albums
Greatest Hits & Compilations
Soundtracks

Groupings are based on different sales benchmarks, the highest being for claims of at least 40 million copies, and the lowest being for claims of 20–29 million copies. Albums are listed in order of number of copies sold and thereafter by the artist's first name.

40 million copies or more

  • Markets' order within the table is based on the number of compact discs sold in each market, largest market at the top and smallest at the bottom.[5]
Artist Album Released Genre Total certified copies
(from available markets)		 Claimed sales
Michael Jackson Thriller 1982 Pop, rock, R&B 7001423340000000000 51-65 million[1][2][3]
AC/DC Back in Black 1980 Hard rock, heavy metal 7001259000000000000 50 million[24][25]
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 1973 Progressive rock 7001227100000000000 50 million[28][29]
Whitney Houston / Various artists The Bodyguard 1992 R&B, soul, pop 7001273460000000000 45 million[34][35]
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell 1977 Hard rock, progressive rock 7001205350000000000 43 million[36][37]
Eagles Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) 1976 Country rock, folk rock 7001321800000000000 42 million[38][39]
Bee Gees / Various artists Saturday Night Fever 1977 Disco 7001181000000000000 40 million[40][41]
Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977 Soft rock 7001269300000000000 40 million[44][45]
Shania Twain Come On Over 1997 Country, pop 7001297790000000000 40 million[49][50]

30–39 million copies

Artist Album Released Genre Total certified copies
(from available markets)		 Claimed sales
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Hard rock / Heavy metal 7001290200000000000 37 million[51]
Michael Jackson Bad 1987 Pop, funk, rock 7001172360000000000 30-35 million[52][53][54]
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 1995 Alternative rock 7001247559000000000 33 million[55]
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 Rock 7001130700000000000 32 million[56]
Celine Dion Falling into You 1996 Pop / Soft rock 7001202319000000000 32 million[58]
Eagles Hotel California 1976 Country rock / Hard rock 7001214810000000000 32 million[59]
Mariah Carey Music Box 1993 Pop / R&B 7001203000000000000 32 million[61]
Various artists Dirty Dancing 1987 Pop, rock, R&B 7001178775000000000 32 million[62]
The Beatles 1 2000 Rock 7001216020000000000 31 million[65]
Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love 1997 Pop / Soft rock 7001192520000000000 31 million[67]
The Beatles Abbey Road 1969 Rock 7001143850000000000 30 million[68]
Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time 1999 Pop 7001196580000000000 30 million[70]
Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. 1984 Rock 7001195580000000000 30 million[71]
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms 1985 Rock 7001174160000000000 30 million[72]
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 1987 Heavy metal / hard rock 7001212350000000000 30 million[73]
Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 1968 Psychedelic rock 7000473000000000000 30 million[74]
James Horner Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture 1997 Soundtrack 7001182384999999999 30 million[76]
Madonna The Immaculate Collection 1990 Pop / Dance 7001195670000000000 30 million[79]
Metallica Metallica 1991 Heavy metal, thrash metal 7001199239999999999 30 million[80]
Michael Jackson Dangerous 1991 Rock / Funk / Pop 7001166520000000000 30 million[84]
Nirvana Nevermind 1991 Grunge, alternative rock 7001155970000000000 30 million[85]
Pink Floyd The Wall 1979 Progressive rock 7001181300000000000 30 million[86]
Santana Supernatural 1999 Rock 7001203400000000000 30 million[87]

20–29 million copies

Artist Album Released Genre Sales (millions) Source
ABBA ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 1992 Pop 28 [88]
Backstreet Boys Backstreet's Back / Backstreet Boys 1997 Pop 28 [89]
Backstreet Boys Millennium 1999 Pop 28 [90]
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 1986 Hard rock 28 [91]
Spice Girls Spice 1996 Pop 28 [92]
Various artists Grease 1978 Soundtrack 28 [93]
Adele 21 2011 Pop, soul 26 [94]
Norah Jones Come Away with Me 2002 Jazz 26 [95]
Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers 1984 Reggae 25 [96]
Carole King Tapestry 1971 Pop 25 [97]
George Michael Faith 1987 Pop, soul 25 [98]
Journey Greatest Hits 1988 Rock 25 [99]
Madonna True Blue 1986 Pop 25 [100]
Mariah Carey Daydream 1995 Pop, R&B 25 [101]
Queen Greatest Hits 1981 Rock 25 [102]
Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water 1970 Folk rock 25 [103]
U2 The Joshua Tree 1987 Rock 25 [104]
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 1985 Pop, R&B 25 [105]
Whitney Houston Whitney 1987 Pop, R&B 25 [106]
Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again 2000 Pop 24 [107]
Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits 1980 Country 24 [108]
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 2000 Nu metal, rap metal, alternative rock 24 [109]
Ace of Base Happy Nation/The Sign 1993 Pop 23 [110]
TLC CrazySexyCool 1994 R&B, hip hop 23 [111]
Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1995 Britpop, rock 22 [112]
Bon Jovi Cross Road 1994 Hard rock 21 [113]
Madonna Like a Virgin 1984 Pop, dance 21 [114]
Barbra Streisand Guilty 1980 Pop 20 [115]
Blondie Parallel Lines 1978 Rock 20 [116]
Boston Boston 1976 Hard rock 20 [117]
Def Leppard Hysteria 1987 Hard rock 20 [118]
Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2000 Rap, hip-hop 20 [119]
Eric Clapton Unplugged 1992 Acoustic blues, folk rock 20 [120]
Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down 1983 Pop, R&B, soul 20 [121]
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell 1993 Hard Rock 20 [122]
Michael Jackson HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 1995 Pop, rock, R&B 20 [123]
Michael Jackson Off the Wall 1979 Soul, disco, R&B 20 [124]
Phil Collins No Jacket Required 1985 Pop, Rock 20 [125]
Prince & The Revolution Purple Rain 1984 Pop, rock, R&B 20 [126]
Shania Twain The Woman in Me 1995 Country, pop 20 [127]
Supertramp Breakfast in America 1979 Progressive rock, art rock 20 [128]
Tina Turner Private Dancer 1984 Rock 20 [129]
Usher Confessions 2004 R&B 20 [130]

Timeline of the highest selling albums

Timeline of the highest-selling album record
Year record set Artist Album Record setting sales
(Total sales)		 Ref
1956 Harry Belafonte Calypso 1,000,000 [131]
1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady 2,000,000
(5,000,000)		 [132][133]
1968 Various Artists The Sound of Music 8,000,000 [134]
1973 Carole King Tapestry 10,000,000+ [135]
1975/1976 Various Artists The Sound of Music 10,000,000+
15,000,000SM-T		 [136][137]
1976 Carole King Tapestry 13,500,000SM-T
(25,000,000)		 [138]
1979 Various Artists Saturday Night Fever 25,000,000/27,000,000
(40,000,000)		 [139][140]
1984 Michael Jackson Thriller 35,000,000
(51,000,000/65,000,000)		 [141]


  • SM-TThe exact year in which Tapestry regained the title of "best-selling album of all-time", if it ever regained it at all, is unclear. The album's 1976 sales claim is therefore only listed to be inclusive, as it is plausible that Tapestry have overtaken The Sound of Music in sales during this time period.

See also

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