Top album – Pure sales
This list reflects the top album based on pure sales.
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Top studio albums – Pure sales
# | g# | Album | Year | Units sold | As of | |
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1 | Thriller Michael Jackson |
1982 | 65,800,000 | 09/27/17 | ||
2 | The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd |
1973 | 43,300,000 | 06/18/17 | ||
3 | The Bodyguard Whitney Houston |
1992 | 41,100,000 | 05/04/17 | ||
4 | Grease Various Artists |
1978 | 38,100,000 | 09/14/21 | ||
5 | Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin |
1971 | 36,800,000 | 09/07/21 | ||
6 | Back in Black AC/DC |
1980 | 35,810,000 | 02/20/18 | ||
7 | Rumours Fleetwood Mac |
1977 | 35,500,000 | 10/21/21 | ||
8 | Saturday Night Fever Bee Gees & Various Artists |
1977 | 34,800,000 | 04/09/17 | ||
9 | Bad Michael Jackson |
1987 | 33,600,000 | 09/27/17 | ||
10 | Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette |
1995 | 33,570,000 | 06/05/18 | ||
11 | Come On Over Shania Twain |
1997 | 33,500,000 | 02/25/22 | ||
12 | The Wall Pink Floyd |
1979 | 31,300,000 | 06/18/17 | ||
13 | Brothers in Arms Dire Straits |
1985 | 30,850,000 | 03/23/18 | ||
14 | Metallica Metallica |
1991 | 30,790,000 | 02/13/19 | ||
15 | Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses |
1987 | 30,770,000 | 03/01/18 | ||
16 | 21 Adele |
2011 | 30,380,000 | 06/21/22 | ||
17 | Hotel California Eagles |
1976 | 30,050,000 | 12/20/17 | ||
18 | Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing |
1987 | 29,970,000 | 01/13/18 | ||
19 | Let's Talk About Love Céline Dion |
1997 | 29,800,000 | 09/28/21 | ||
20 | Dangerous Michael Jackson |
1991 | 29,550,000 | 09/27/17 | ||
21 | Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen |
1984 | 29,300,000 | 07/07/17 | ||
22 | Titanic James Horner |
1997 | 28,510,000 | 06/18/18 | ||
23 | Falling Into You Céline Dion |
1996 | 28,100,000 | 09/28/21 | ||
24 | Nevermind Nirvana |
1991 | 27,750,000 | 07/09/17 | ||
25 | Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf |
1977 | 27,410,000 | 06/16/18 | ||
26 | The Joshua Tree U2 |
1987 | 26,800,000 | 09/18/21 | ||
27 | Music Box Mariah Carey |
1993 | 26,748,000 | 02/18/24 | ||
28 | Abbey Road The Beatles |
1969 | 26,700,000 | 04/17/22 | ||
29 | Supernatural Santana |
1999 | 25,990,000 | 08/05/20 | ||
30 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles |
1967 | 24,800,000 | 04/17/22 | ||
31 | ...Baby One More Time Britney Spears |
1999 | 24,195,000 | 04/28/19 | ||
32 | Come Away With Me Norah Jones |
2002 | 23,900,000 | 01/16/22 | ||
33 | Millennium Backstreet Boys |
1999 | 23,800,000 | 04/02/22 | ||
34 | Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi |
1986 | 23,600,000 | 01/28/22 | ||
35 | The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem |
2000 | 23,340,000 | 06/22/21 | ||
36 | No Jacket Required Phil Collins |
1985 | 23,310,000 | 04/11/18 | ||
37 | Purple Rain Prince and the Revolutions |
1984 | 23,030,000 | 10/04/18 | ||
38 | The Eminem Show Eminem |
2002 | 23,020,000 | 06/22/21 | ||
39 | True Blue Madonna |
1986 | 22,550,000 | 08/20/17 | ||
40 | Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman |
1988 | 22,470,000 | 06/25/19 | ||
41 | Boston Boston |
1976 | 22,430,000 | 06/01/19 | ||
42 | Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd |
1975 | 22,300,000 | 06/18/17 | ||
43 | Whitney Houston Whitney Houston |
1985 | 21,900,000 | 05/04/17 | ||
44 | Spice Spice Girls |
1996 | 21,900,000 | 03/23/17 | ||
45 | Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin |
1969 | 21,900,000 | 09/07/21 | ||
46 | Like A Virgin Madonna |
1984 | 21,250,000 | 08/20/17 | ||
47 | 25 Adele |
2015 | 20,935,000 | 06/21/22 | ||
48 | ...But Seriously Phil Collins |
1989 | 20,810,000 | 04/11/18 | ||
49 | Hybrid Theory Linkin Park |
2000 | 20,800,000 | 06/04/17 | ||
50 | Daydream Mariah Carey |
1995 | 20,547,000 | 02/18/24 | ||
51 | Whitney Whitney Houston |
1987 | 19,800,000 | 05/04/17 | ||
52 | Dookie Green Day |
1994 | 19,750,000 | 03/11/17 | ||
53 | Bridge over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel |
1970 | 19,580,000 | 05/11/18 | ||
54 | Hysteria Def Leppard |
1987 | 19,510,000 | 01/11/24 | ||
55 | Off the Wall Michael Jackson |
1979 | 19,425,000 | 09/27/17 | ||
56 | Oops!... I Did It Again Britney Spears |
2000 | 19,305,000 | 04/28/19 | ||
57 | The Beatles (White Album) The Beatles |
1968 | 19,000,000 | 04/17/22 | ||
58 | Faith George Michael |
1987 | 18,850,000 | 05/06/17 | ||
59 | Use Your Illusion II Guns N' Roses |
1991 | 18,800,000 | 03/01/18 | ||
60 | HIStory: Past, Present and Future Michael Jackson |
1995 | 18,625,000 | 09/27/17 | ||
61 | Use Your Illusion I Guns N' Roses |
1991 | 18,010,000 | 03/01/18 | ||
62 | Tragic Kingdom No Doubt |
1995 | 18,000,000 | 03/29/20 | ||
63 | No Need to Argue Cranberries |
1994 | 17,840,000 | 01/25/18 | ||
64 | Houses Of The Holy Led Zeppelin |
1973 | 17,700,000 | 09/07/21 | ||
65 | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis |
1995 | 17,660,000 | 12/06/17 | ||
66 | Achtung Baby U2 |
1991 | 17,500,000 | 09/18/21 | ||
67 | Breakfast in America Supertramp |
1979 | 16,760,000 | 08/13/19 | ||
68 | Fallen Evanescence |
2003 | 16,730,000 | 06/30/19 | ||
69 | No Fences Garth Brooks |
1990 | 16,640,000 | 01/05/19 | ||
70 | The Colour Of My Love Céline Dion |
1993 | 16,600,000 | 09/28/21 | ||
71 | The Score Fugees |
1996 | 16,525,000 | 02/18/21 | ||
72 | Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers |
1999 | 16,270,000 | 03/29/18 | ||
73 | Let Go Avril Lavigne |
2002 | 16,220,000 | 02/10/18 | ||
74 | Out of Time R.E.M. |
1991 | 16,005,000 | 09/24/21 | ||
75 | Ray Of Light Madonna |
1998 | 16,000,000 | 08/20/17 | ||
76 | The Woman in Me Shania Twain |
1995 | 16,000,000 | 02/25/22 | ||
77 | Back To Black Amy Winehouse |
2006 | 15,940,000 | 07/19/19 | ||
78 | CrazySexyCool TLC |
1994 | 15,900,000 | 04/07/19 | ||
79 | ...And Justice For All Metallica |
1988 | 15,840,000 | 02/13/19 | ||
80 | Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin |
1969 | 15,800,000 | 09/07/21 | ||
81 | The Fame / The Fame Monster Lady Gaga |
2008 | 15,745,000 | 12/22/20 | ||
82 | Face Value Phil Collins |
1981 | 15,640,000 | 04/11/18 | ||
83 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Ms. Lauryn Hill |
1998 | 15,610,000 | 02/21/21 | ||
84 | Flashdance Various Artists |
1983 | 15,590,000 | 12/05/18 | ||
85 | Van Halen Van Halen |
1978 | 15,575,000 | 08/14/20 | ||
86 | Private Dancer Tina Turner |
1984 | 15,575,000 | 04/10/23 | ||
87 | Confessions Usher |
2004 | 15,500,000 | 09/04/17 | ||
88 | 1984 Van Halen |
1984 | 15,440,000 | 08/14/20 | ||
89 | Harvest Neil Young |
1972 | 15,325,000 | 05/16/21 | ||
90 | The Stranger Billy Joel |
1977 | 15,300,000 | 11/03/21 | ||
91 | No Strings Attached NSYNC |
2000 | 15,300,000 | 02/09/18 | ||
92 | American Idiot Green Day |
2004 | 15,250,000 | 03/11/17 | ||
93 | Highway to Hell AC/DC |
1979 | 15,150,000 | 02/20/18 | ||
94 | Synchronicity The Police |
1983 | 15,050,000 | 06/06/20 | ||
95 | Déjà Vu [CSNY] Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
1970 | 14,600,000 | 05/16/21 | ||
96 | Graceland Paul Simon |
1986 | 14,570,000 | 05/10/18 | ||
97 | No Angel Dido |
1999 | 14,460,000 | 02/18/19 | ||
98 | A Day Without Rain Enya |
2000 | 14,430,000 | 02/25/18 | ||
99 | Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers |
1991 | 14,430,000 | 03/29/18 | ||
100 | Rubber Soul The Beatles |
1965 | 14,400,000 | 04/17/22 | ||
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