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The Rising Compass

Best-Selling Albums of All Time

US -- RIAA certified units -- top 100

  1. 1 Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) Eagles 40x Platinum - 1976
  2. 2 Thriller Michael Jackson 34x Platinum - 1982
  3. 3 Hotel California Eagles 28x Platinum - 1976
  4. 4 Back in Black AC/DC 27x Platinum - 1980
  5. 5 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin 24x Platinum - 1971
  6. 6 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 21x Platinum - 1977
  7. 7 Legend Bob Marley & The Wailers 18x Platinum - 1984
  8. 8 Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses 18x Platinum - 1987
  9. 9 Greatest Hits Journey 18x Platinum - 1988
  10. 10 No Fences Garth Brooks 18x Platinum - 1990
  11. 11 Metallica Metallica 20x Platinum - 1991
  12. 12 Come On Over Shania Twain 20x Platinum - 1997
  13. 13 Greatest Hits Elton John 17x Platinum - 1974
  14. 14 Boston Boston 17x Platinum - 1976
  15. 15 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 17x Platinum - 1984
  16. 16 Saturday Night Fever Bee Gees & Various Artists 16x Platinum - 1977
  17. 17 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 17x Platinum - 1995
  18. 18 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 15x Platinum - 1973
  19. 19 Greatest Hits 1974-78 Steve Miller Band 15x Platinum - 1978
  20. 20 Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi 15x Platinum - 1986
  21. 21 Cracked Rear View Hootie & the Blowfish 22x Platinum - 1994
  22. 22 Tapestry Carole King 14x Platinum - 1971
  23. 23 Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel 14x Platinum - 1972
  24. 24 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 14x Platinum - 1977
  25. 25 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 14x Platinum - 1985
  26. 26 Dirty Dancing Various Artists 14x Platinum - 1987
  27. 27 Millennium Backstreet Boys 13x Platinum - 1999
  28. 28 The Bodyguard Whitney Houston & Various Artists 19x Platinum - 1992
  29. 29 Supernatural Santana 15x Platinum - 1999
  30. 30 1 The Beatles 11x Platinum - 2000
  31. 31 Grease Various Artists 13x Platinum - 1978
  32. 32 Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 13x Platinum - 1984
  33. 33 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 11x Platinum - 2000
  34. 34 No Strings Attached NSYNC 12x Platinum - 2000
  35. 35 ...Baby One More Time Britney Spears 14x Platinum - 1999
  36. 36 21 Adele 17x Platinum - 2011
  37. 37 The Beatles (White Album) The Beatles 24x Platinum - 1968
  38. 38 Abbey Road The Beatles 12x Platinum - 1969
  39. 39 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin 12x Platinum - 1969
  40. 40 Chronicle, Vol. 1 Creedence Clearwater Revival 12x Platinum - 1976
  41. 41 The Stranger Billy Joel 12x Platinum - 1977
  42. 42 Greatest Hits Aerosmith 12x Platinum - 1980
  43. 43 Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers 12x Platinum - 1980
  44. 44 No Jacket Required Phil Collins 12x Platinum - 1985
  45. 45 Hysteria Def Leppard 12x Platinum - 1987
  46. 46 Breathless Kenny G 12x Platinum - 1992
  47. 47 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 12x Platinum - 2000
  48. 48 Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 14x Platinum - 1997
  49. 49 Falling into You Celine Dion 12x Platinum - 1996
  50. 50 Human Clay Creed 11x Platinum - 1999