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Best Selling albums of all time Nov 1, 2013 10:33:37 GMT -5 boneheadsbolero likes this

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Came across another list with album sales figures. Lists are usually flawed but this one seems to give you a pretty good general overview. The site also claims that the artists made around $2 dollars per album sale.

source: www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/the-best-selling-albums-of-all-time/

The Best Selling Albums Of All Time:

#1: Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982) 65 million
#2: AC/DC: Back in Black (1980) 50 million
#3: Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 50 million
#4: Whitney Houston: The Bodyguard (1992) 45 million
#5: Michael Jackson: Bad (1987) 45 million
#6: Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1977) 43 million
#7: Eagles: Their Greatest Hits (1976) 42 million
#8: Bee Gees: Saturday Night Fever (1977) 40 million
#9: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977) 40 million
#10: Shania Twain: Come On Over (1997) 40 million
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV (1971) 37 million
Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (1995) 33 million
Michael Jackson: Dangerous (1991) 32 million
The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 32 million
Céline Dion: Falling into You (1996) 32 million
Mariah Carey: Music Box (1993) 32 million
Dirty Dancing: Soundtrack (1987) 32 million
The Beatles: 1 (2000) 31 million
Céline Dion: Let's Talk About Love (1997) 31 million
The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969) 30 million
Britney Spears: …Baby One More Time (1999) 30 million
Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (1984) 30 million
Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms (1985) 30 million
Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction (1987) 30 million
Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) 30 million
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (1997) 30 million
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (1990) 30 million
Metallica: Metallica (1991) 30 million
Nirvana: Nevermind (1991) 30 million
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979) 30 million
Santana: Supernatural (1999) 30 million
ABBA: ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (1992) 28 million
Backstreet Boys: Backstreet's Back (1997) 28 million
Backstreet Boys: Millennium (1999) 28 million
Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet (1986) 28 million
Spice Girls: Spice (1996) 28 million
Grease Soundtrack: (1978) 28 million
Norah Jones: Come Away with Me (2002) 26 million
Adele: 21 (2011) 25 million
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers (1984) 25 million
Carole King: Tapestry (1971) 25 million
George Michael: Faith (1987) 25 million
Journey: Greatest Hits (1988) 25 million
Madonna: True Blue (1986) 25 million
Mariah Carey: Daydream (1995) 25 million
Queen: Greatest Hits (1981) 25 million
Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) 25 million
U2: The Joshua Tree (1987) 25 million
Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston (1985) 25 million
Whitney Houston: Whitney (1987) 25 million
Kenny Rogers: Greatest Hits (1980) 24 million
Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory (2000) 24 million
Ace of Base: The Sign (1993) 23 million
TLC: CrazySexyCool (1994) 23 million
Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) 22 million
Bon Jovi: Cross Road (1994) 21 million
Madonna: Like a Virgin (1984) 21 million
Andrea Bocelli: Romanza (1997) 20 million
Barbra Streisand: Guilty (1980) 20 million
Blondie: Parallel Lines (1978) 20 million
Boston: Boston (1976) 20 million
Britney Spears: Oops!… I Did It Again (2000) 20 million
Def Leppard: Hysteria (1987) 20 million
Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 20 million
Eric Clapton: Unplugged (1992) 20 million
Lionel Richie: Can't Slow Down (1983) 20 million
Michael Jackson: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) 20 million
Michael Jackson: Off the Wall (1979) 20 million
Phil Collins: No Jacket Required (1985) 20 million
Prince & The Revolution: Purple Rain (1984) 20 million
Shania Twain: The Woman in Me (1995) 20 million
Supertramp: Breakfast in America (1979) 20 million
Tina Turner: Private Dancer (1984) 20 million
Usher: Confessions (2004) 20 million

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matt Oasis Manager 'So I broke into the palace, with a sponge and a rusty spanner' Posts: 14,525	Best Selling albums of all time Nov 1, 2013 10:38:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by matt on Nov 1, 2013 10:38:58 GMT -5 These best selling lists always seem to alternate between the absolute brilliant and the downright shameful. Celine Dion?!
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manicsfan Oasis Groupie Posts: 984	Best Selling albums of all time Nov 1, 2013 11:44:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by manicsfan on Nov 1, 2013 11:44:50 GMT -5 A lot of brilliance and a lot of shit on that list.
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mimmihopps Global Moderator BOOTLEG QUEEN There's no love too small Posts: 47,823	Best Selling albums of all time Nov 3, 2013 6:05:47 GMT -5 John Henry Holliday and Manualex like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mimmihopps on Nov 3, 2013 6:05:47 GMT -5 Wow, I don't own any of albums on the list. I must be a bad music lover, then (joke). Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and Parallel Lines by Blondie are timeless classic btw.
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Best Selling albums of all time Nov 3, 2013 6:43:31 GMT -5 Rain likes this

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own original vinyl -The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 32 million
Nirvana: Nevermind (1991) 30 million
Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) 22 million
Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (1995) 33 million
The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969) 30 million
Metallica: Metallica (1991) 30 million
Journey: Greatest Hit
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers (1984) 25 million
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

Ones I own.

Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits has to be in webm@ster's collections somewhere

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Best Selling albums of all time Nov 3, 2013 13:09:13 GMT -5

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Nov 3, 2013 6:43:31 GMT -5 Rain said:

own original vinyl -The Beatles:

Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits has to be in webm@ster's collections somewhere

Sorry to disappoint

No vinyls here except for some framed collectibles... Hard to dedicate so much space for LPs if you live in a city and I think Kenny would have to be scratched from a collection if I did have one...

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Lennon2217 Oasis Manager I was hip in kindergarten Posts: 26,493	Best Selling albums of all time Nov 3, 2013 13:11:32 GMT -5 Frank Lee Vulgar, Manualex, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 3, 2013 13:11:32 GMT -5 What happened in society that the world said, "Yes, we want Meat Loaf!" 43 million times?
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Best Selling albums of all time Nov 11, 2013 23:13:35 GMT -5 World71R likes this

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Nov 11, 2013 16:30:27 GMT -5 allingoodtime said:

How did some people say the beatles sold 1 billion albums when their best selling ones are all between 10-35 mil?

Who ever said billions? That's a shit ton of units moved.

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allingoodtime Oasis Manager Posts: 1,772	Best Selling albums of all time Nov 12, 2013 6:01:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by allingoodtime on Nov 12, 2013 6:01:14 GMT -5 Ive read it on Wikipedia, youtube and other sites
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Best Selling albums of all time Nov 13, 2013 9:28:12 GMT -5

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Nov 12, 2013 6:01:14 GMT -5 allingoodtime said:

Ive read it on Wikipedia, youtube and other sites

None of those sources are trust worthy. Now if you said The New York Times (a paper of record) that is another story..............

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benoitbe1 Oasis Roadie Posts: 150	Best Selling albums of all time Nov 13, 2013 11:36:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by benoitbe1 on Nov 13, 2013 11:36:56 GMT -5 The only one I own is Morning Glory But my parents have some albums from this list (Pink Floyd, Beatles, U2 and Supertramp). Interesting list...
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Best Selling albums of all time Nov 20, 2013 21:16:50 GMT -5 WirralRiddler likes this

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Post by songbird11 on Nov 20, 2013 21:16:50 GMT -5

I've heard that about the beatles over a billion, I think it includes compilations & singles altogether.

I thought R.E.M. automatic for the people done over 20 millions, how the fuck can usher, spice girls, backstreet boys & meatloaf be there?

oasis,beatles,nirvana,u2 all great.

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Best Selling albums of all time Jan 7, 2015 18:00:17 GMT -5

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Sorry to bump this thread, but when looking at that list, it makes me quite happy to see that Oasis' best-selling album outsold the best selling albums of Boston, Def Leppard, Eric Clapton, Lionel Richie, and Tina Turner.

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Best Selling albums of all time Jan 7, 2015 20:53:27 GMT -5

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That list proves ......the vast majority of the public have zero musical taste , why I don't care about " statistics MJ number 1 ...not in my world ....I'll gladly stay in stone ages if that crap of a top 10 is best seller ( except for dark side )

oasisserbia Oasis Manager ✌️🧡 Posts: 5,699	Best Selling albums of all time Jan 8, 2015 0:18:35 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by oasisserbia on Jan 8, 2015 0:18:35 GMT -5 Beatles has the best selling album of 21.century.
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World71R Oasis Manager "All your dreams are made with strawberry lemonade..." Posts: 4,421	Best Selling albums of all time Jan 8, 2015 14:30:28 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by World71R on Jan 8, 2015 14:30:28 GMT -5 In the top ten, there's only 3 really truly great albums, and one of them is just a compliation (Greatest Hits, The Eagles). Rumours and Dark Side of the Moon are fantastic, and true classics, though.
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Best Selling albums of all time Jan 12, 2015 16:53:47 GMT -5 World71R likes this

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I'm always surprised at Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon, not cause its not great just its so unlike most of the other albums on that list. It's not exactly a album you say would be a 50 million seller.

Whitney Huston The Beatles and Michael Jackson seem to rule that chart. I'm surprised that Backstreet Boys sold that many albums. I'm really surprised in today's music world that anyone can sell 25 million so fair play to Adele. I'm really surprised Coldplay didn't sell a album in the 20 million range also U2 only have one album in that list and No Rolling Stones. Big shock for one of the biggest bands of all time. Even Ace of Base sold 23 million records.

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Best Selling albums of all time Jan 12, 2015 17:25:22 GMT -5

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Jan 12, 2015 16:53:47 GMT -5 lahaine said:

I'm always surprised at Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon, not cause its not great just its so unlike most of the other albums on that list. It's not exactly a album you say would be a 50 million seller.

Whitney Huston The Beatles and Michael Jackson seem to rule that chart. I'm surprised that Backstreet Boys sold that many albums. I'm really surprised in today's music world that anyone can sell 25 million so fair play to Adele. I'm really surprised Coldplay didn't sell a album in the 20 million range also U2 only have one album in that list and No Rolling Stones. Big shock for one of the biggest bands of all time. Even Ace of Base sold 23 million records.

Mark that up for one of those "You know the World's fucked up when..." statements people overuse.

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