Monday, January 14, 2008

Best Selling Albums of All Time

Best Selling Albums of All Time - The 10,000,000 Sales club!
92 albums have sold over 10,000,000 copies.

The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975 sold over 28,000,000 copies and ranks as the best selling album ever.

Van Halen's 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) sold just over 10,000,000 copies and is the 92nd most popular record ever.


Below is everything in between:


The 28 Million Copy Club

* Eagles: Their Greatest Hits , 1971–1975, Eagles (Elektra)


The 26 Million Copy Club

* Thriller, Michael Jackson (Epic)


The 23 Million Copy Club

* The Wall, Pink Floyd (Columbia)


The 22 Million Copy Club

* Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin (Swan Song)


The 21 Million Copy Club

* Greatest Hits, Volumes I & II , Billy Joel (Columbia)


The 19 Million Copy Club

* Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)
* Back in Black, AC/DC (Elektra)
* The Beatles, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Come On Over, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)


The 17 Million Copy Club

* Boston, Boston (Epic)
* The Bodyguard (soundtrack) , Whitney Houston (Arista)


The 16 Million Copy Club

* Cracked Rear View , Hootie & the Blowfish (Atlantic)
* Greatest Hits, Elton John (Island/Mercury)
* Jagged Little Pill , Alanis Morissette (Maverick)
* The Beatles: 1967–1970 , The Beatles (Capitol)
* No Fences, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* Hotel California, Eagles (Elektra)


The 15 Million Copy Club

* Double Live, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* The Beatles: 1962–1966, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack), Bee Gees (Polydor/Atlas)
* Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (Capitol)
* Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin (Swan Song)
* Appetite for Destruction, Guns 'N Roses (Geffen)
* Supernatural, Santana (Arista)
* Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)


The 14 Million Copy Club

* Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
* Bat out of Hell, Meat Loaf (Epic)
* Metallica, Metallica (Elektra)
* Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (Jive)


The 13 Million Copy Club

* Millennium, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
* Greatest Hits: 1974–1978, Steve Miller Band (Capitol)
* Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (Arista)
* Purple Rain (soundtrack), Prince and the Revolution (Warner Bros.)
* Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live: 1975–1985 (box set), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Columbia)
* …Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (Jive)


The 12 Million Copy Club

* Forrest Gump (soundtrack) (Epic)
* Kenny Rogers's Greatest Hits, Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville)
* Hot Rocks, The Rolling Stones (abkco)
* The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
* Breathless, Kenny G (Arista)
* Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* Ten, Pearl Jam (Epic)
* Yourself or Someone Like You, Matchbox Twenty (Atlantic)
* Abbey Road, The Beatles (Capitol)
* II, Boyz II Men (Motown)
* Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi (Mercury)
* Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
* No Jacket Required, Phil Collins (Atlantic)
* Hysteria, Def Leppard (Mercury)


The 11 Million Copy Club

* Human Clay, Creed (Wind-Up Records)
* Falling into You, Celine Dion (Epic)
* Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. II, Eagles (Elektra)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (Capitol)
* No Strings Attached, 'N Sync (Jive)
* Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* Devil Without a Cause, Kid Rock (Lava)
* Candle in the Wind, 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight (Single), Elton John (Rocket)
* Pieces of You, Jewel (Atlantic)
* CrazySexyCool, TLC (LaFace)
* Dirty Dancing (soundtrack) (RCA)
* Titanic (soundtrack) (Sony Classical)
* James Taylor's Greatest Hits, James Taylor (Warner Bros.)


The 10 Million Copy Club

* Fly, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
* 'N Sync, 'N Sync (RCA)
* Let's Talk About Love, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
* Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (Trauma/Interscope)
* Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.)
* Dookie, Green Day (Reprise)
* The Stranger, Billy Joel (Columbia)
* Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith (Columbia)
* The Hits, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* Music Box, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
* Unplugged, Eric Clapton (Reprise)
* Tapestry, Carole King (Ode)
* Greatest Hits, Journey (Capitol)
* Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* The Immaculate Collection, Madonna (Warner Bros.)
* Like a Virgin, Madonna (Sire)
* Legend, Bob Marley & the Wailers (Island)
* Faith, George Michael (Columbia)
* Greatest Hits, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (MCA)
* Nevermind, Nirvana (DGC)
* The Lion King (Soundtrack) (Walt Disney)
* Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie (Motown)
* Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, Hammer (Capitol)
* Daydream, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
* Van Halen, Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
* Eliminator, ZZ Top (Warner Bros.)
* The Joshua Tree, U2 (Island)
* 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), Van Halen (Warner Bros.)