Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time - Page 8 of 20

Albums Ranking – Raw sales – Studio albums

This list is about studio albums only. Compilations, lives and box sets are not considered here. The figures given here are units sold.

Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. The complete list is available here. All figures reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles.

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#	Year	Artist	Album	Album Sales	As Of
1	1982	Michael Jackson	Thriller	65,800,000	09/27/17
2	1973	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	43,300,000	06/18/17
3	1992	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard	41,100,000	05/04/17
4	1978	Various Artists	Grease	38,100,000	09/14/21
5	1971	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	36,800,000	09/07/21
6	1980	AC/DC	Back in Black	35,810,000	02/20/18
7	1977	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	35,500,000	10/21/21
8	1977	Bee Gees & Various Artists	Saturday Night Fever	34,800,000	04/09/17
9	1987	Michael Jackson	Bad	33,600,000	09/27/17
10	1995	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	33,570,000	06/05/18
11	1997	Shania Twain	Come On Over	33,500,000	02/25/22
12	1979	Pink Floyd	The Wall	31,300,000	06/18/17
13	1985	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	30,850,000	03/23/18
14	1991	Metallica	Metallica	30,790,000	02/13/19
15	1987	Guns N' Roses	Appetite For Destruction	30,770,000	03/01/18
16	2011	Adele	21	30,380,000	06/21/22
17	1976	Eagles	Hotel California	30,050,000	12/20/17
18	1987	Dirty Dancing	Dirty Dancing	29,970,000	01/13/18
19	1997	Céline Dion	Let's Talk About Love	29,800,000	09/28/21
20	1991	Michael Jackson	Dangerous	29,550,000	09/27/17
21	1984	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	29,300,000	07/07/17
22	1997	James Horner	Titanic	28,510,000	06/18/18
23	1996	Céline Dion	Falling Into You	28,100,000	09/28/21
24	1991	Nirvana	Nevermind	27,750,000	07/09/17
25	1977	Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	27,410,000	06/16/18
26	1987	U2	The Joshua Tree	26,800,000	09/18/21
27	1969	The Beatles	Abbey Road	26,700,000	04/17/22
28	1993	Mariah Carey	Music Box	26,100,000	04/28/17
29	1999	Santana	Supernatural	25,990,000	08/05/20
30	1967	The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band	24,800,000	04/17/22
31	1999	Britney Spears	?Baby One More Time	24,195,000	04/28/19
32	2002	Norah Jones	Come Away With Me	23,900,000	01/16/22
33	1999	Backstreet Boys	Millennium	23,800,000	04/02/22
34	1986	Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	23,600,000	01/28/22
35	2000	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	23,340,000	06/22/21
36	1985	Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	23,310,000	04/11/18
37	1984	Prince and the Revolutions	Purple Rain	23,030,000	10/04/18
38	2002	Eminem	The Eminem Show	23,020,000	06/22/21
39	1986	Madonna	True Blue	22,550,000	08/20/17
40	1988	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	22,470,000	06/25/19
41	1976	Boston	Boston	22,430,000	06/01/19
42	1975	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	22,300,000	06/18/17
43	1969	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	21,900,000	09/07/21
44	1985	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	21,900,000	05/04/17
45	1996	Spice Girls	Spice	21,900,000	03/23/17
46	1984	Madonna	Like A Virgin	21,250,000	08/20/17
47	2015	Adele	25	20,935,000	06/21/22
48	1989	Phil Collins	?But Seriously	20,810,000	04/11/18
49	2000	Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	20,800,000	06/04/17
50	1995	Mariah Carey	Daydream	19,900,000	04/28/17
51	1987	Whitney Houston	Whitney	19,800,000	05/04/17
52	1994	Green Day	Dookie	19,750,000	03/11/17
53	1970	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over Troubled Water	19,580,000	05/11/18
54	1979	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	19,425,000	09/27/17
55	2000	Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again	19,305,000	04/28/19
56	1968	The Beatles	The Beatles (White Album)	19,000,000	04/17/22
57	1987	George Michael	Faith	18,850,000	05/06/17
58	1991	Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion II	18,800,000	03/01/18
59	1995	Michael Jackson	HIStory: Past, Present and Future	18,625,000	09/27/17
60	1991	Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion I	18,010,000	03/01/18
61	1995	No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom	18,000,000	03/29/20
62	1994	Cranberries	No Need to Argue	17,840,000	01/25/18
63	1973	Led Zeppelin	Houses Of The Holy	17,700,000	09/07/21
64	1995	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	17,660,000	12/06/17
65	1991	U2	Achtung Baby	17,500,000	09/18/21
66	1979	Supertramp	Breakfast in America	16,760,000	08/13/19
67	2003	Evanescence	Fallen	16,730,000	06/30/19
68	1990	Garth Brooks	No Fences	16,640,000	01/05/19
69	1993	Céline Dion	The Colour Of My Love	16,600,000	09/28/21
70	1996	Fugees	The Score	16,525,000	02/18/21
71	1999	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication	16,270,000	03/29/18
72	2002	Avril Lavigne	Let Go	16,220,000	02/10/18
73	1991	R.E.M.	Out of Time	16,005,000	09/24/21
74	1995	Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	16,000,000	02/25/22
75	1998	Madonna	Ray Of Light	16,000,000	08/20/17
76	2006	Amy Winehouse	Back To Black	15,940,000	07/19/19
77	1994	TLC	CrazySexyCool	15,900,000	04/07/19
78	1988	Metallica	?And Justice For All	15,840,000	02/13/19
79	1969	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin I	15,800,000	09/07/21
80	2008	Lady Gaga	The Fame / The Fame Monster	15,745,000	12/22/20
81	1981	Phil Collins	Face Value	15,640,000	04/11/18
82	1998	Ms. Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	15,610,000	02/21/21
83	1983	Various Artists	Flashdance	15,590,000	12/05/18
84	1978	Van Halen	Van Halen	15,575,000	08/14/20
85	2004	Usher	Confessions	15,500,000	09/04/17
86	1984	Van Halen	1984	15,440,000	08/14/20
87	1972	Neil Young	Harvest	15,325,000	05/16/21
88	1977	Billy Joel	The Stranger	15,300,000	11/03/21
89	2000	NSYNC	No Strings Attached	15,300,000	02/09/18
90	2004	Green Day	American Idiot	15,250,000	03/11/17
91	1979	AC/DC	Highway to Hell	15,150,000	02/20/18
92	1983	The Police	Synchronicity	15,050,000	06/06/20
93	1970	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Déjà Vu [CSNY]	14,600,000	05/16/21
94	1986	Paul Simon	Graceland	14,570,000	05/10/18
95	1999	Dido	No Angel	14,460,000	02/18/19
96	1991	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	14,430,000	03/29/18
97	2000	Enya	A Day Without Rain	14,430,000	02/25/18
98	1965	The Beatles	Rubber Soul	14,400,000	04/17/22
99	1989	Madonna	Like A Prayer	14,275,000	08/20/17
100	1990	Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey	14,050,000	04/28/17
101	1984	Wham!	Make It Big	14,000,000	05/06/17
102	1986	Metallica	Master Of Puppets	13,980,000	02/13/19
103	1997	Spice Girls	Spiceworld	13,950,000	03/23/17
104	1988	Bon Jovi	New Jersey	13,900,000	01/28/22
105	2002	Coldplay	A Rush Of Blood To The Head	13,865,000	06/07/21
106	1967	The Doors	The Doors	13,810,000	03/03/19
107	1988	U2	Rattle And Hum	13,800,000	09/18/21
108	1991	Genesis	We Can't Dance	13,780,000	05/25/22
109	1992	R.E.M.	Automatic for the People	13,720,000	09/24/21
110	1970	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	13,700,000	09/07/21
111	1991	Garth Brooks	Ropin' The Wind	13,680,000	01/05/19
112	1984	Sade	Diamond Life	13,590,000	07/02/20
113	1975	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	13,400,000	09/07/21
114	1994	Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas	13,400,000	04/28/17
115	1993	Aerosmith	Get a Grip	13,360,000	06/01/18
116	2004	James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	13,320,000	02/05/19
117	2003	Linkin Park	Meteora	13,300,000	06/04/17
118	1978	Billy Joel	52nd Street	13,300,000	11/03/21
119	1991	Enya	Shepherd Moons	13,270,000	02/25/18
120	1980	Barbra Streisand	Guilty	13,140,000	03/16/18
121	1988	Enya	Watermark	13,130,000	02/25/18
122	1999	Destiny's Child	The Writing's on the Wall	13,080,000	07/16/22
123	1983	Billy Joel	An Innocent Man	13,000,000	11/03/21
124	1986	Genesis	Invisible Touch	12,970,000	05/25/22
125	1999	Christina Aguilera	Christina Aguilera	12,800,000	03/18/17
126	1993	Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell	12,730,000	06/16/18
127	2001	Shakira	Laundry Service	12,630,000	06/21/18
128	2001	Alicia Keys	Songs In A Minor	12,600,000	02/03/22
129	1993	Janet Jackson	Janet.	12,600,000	04/17/17
130	1973	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	12,510,000	02/05/18
131	1997	NSYNC	NSYNC	12,490,000	02/09/18
132	1966	The Beatles	Revolver	12,450,000	04/17/22
133	2002	Maroon 5	Songs About Jane	12,410,000	12/02/19
134	2001	P!nk	M!ssundaztood	12,370,000	06/23/22
135	2000	U2	All That You Can't Leave Behind	12,300,000	09/18/21
136	1984	Bryan Adams	Reckless	12,300,000	03/22/19
137	1977	Pink Floyd	Animals	12,150,000	06/18/17
138	1993	Nirvana	In Utero	12,050,000	07/09/17
139	2005	Coldplay	X&Y	11,915,000	06/07/21
140	1998	Céline Dion	These Are Special Times	11,900,000	09/28/21
141	1970	The Beatles	Let It Be	11,900,000	04/17/22
142	1970	Santana	Abraxas	11,870,000	08/05/20
143	1981	Journey	Escape	11,850,000	09/13/19
144	2005	Nickelback	All the Right Reasons	11,850,000	06/28/17
145	1998	Cher	Believe	11,800,000	08/30/17
146	1984	Metallica	Ride The Lightning	11,740,000	02/13/19
147	1979	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	11,700,000	04/09/17
148	1991	Bryan Adams	Waking Up the Neighbours	11,630,000	03/22/19
149	2011	Michael Bublé	Christmas	11,600,000	03/02/22
150	1976	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	11,600,000	03/20/21
151	1994	Pink Floyd	The Division Bell	11,550,000	06/18/17
152	2004	Norah Jones	Feels Like Home	11,500,000	01/16/22
153	2000	Backstreet Boys	Black & Blue	11,500,000	04/02/22
154	1979	Led Zeppelin	In Through The Out Door	11,500,000	09/07/21
155	1996	Metallica	Load	11,490,000	02/13/19
156	2002	Shania Twain	Up!	11,400,000	02/25/22
157	1975	Queen	A Night at the Opera	11,400,000	01/25/20
158	1978	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	11,300,000	02/10/22
159	1987	Fleetwood Mac	Tango In The Night	11,300,000	10/21/21
160	1979	Eagles	The Long Run	11,150,000	12/20/17
161	2001	Nickelback	Silver Side Up	11,100,000	06/28/17
162	2004	Eminem	Encore	11,030,000	06/22/21
163	1980	Billy Joel	Glass Houses	11,000,000	11/03/21
164	2004	Kelly Clarkson	Breakaway	10,980,000	05/23/18
165	1976	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	10,970,000	02/20/18
166	1983	U2	War	10,900,000	09/18/21
167	1989	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814	10,900,000	04/17/17
168	2013	Various Artists	Frozen	10,900,000	10/08/21
169	1976	ABBA	Arrival	10,800,000	11/02/16
170	1997	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back	10,800,000	04/02/22
171	2000	Madonna	Music	10,700,000	08/20/17
172	1975	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	10,700,000	07/07/17
173	1990	AC/DC	The Razors Edge	10,670,000	02/20/18
174	1996	2Pac	All Eyez on Me	10,615,000	01/22/22
175	1967	The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour	10,600,000	04/17/22
176	2014	Taylor Swift	1989	10,545,000	11/01/22
177	1985	Sade	Promise	10,540,000	07/02/20
178	2003	Dido	Life for Rent	10,540,000	02/18/19
179	1989	Aerosmith	Pump	10,520,000	06/01/18
180	1978	Boston	Don't Look Back	10,470,000	06/01/19
181	1998	Whitney Houston	My Love Is Your Love	10,400,000	05/04/17
182	1999	Eminem	The Slim Shady LP	10,390,000	06/22/21
183	2002	Eminem	8 Mile	10,330,000	06/22/21
184	1978	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	10,320,000	03/23/18
185	2005	Black Eyed Peas	Monkey Business	10,300,000	08/03/17
186	2001	Britney Spears	Britney	10,240,000	04/28/19
187	1987	Pink Floyd	A Momentary Lapse of Reason	10,200,000	06/18/17
188	2004	U2	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb	10,200,000	09/18/21
189	2000	Coldplay	Parachutes	10,200,000	06/07/21
190	2003	Beyoncé	Dangerously In Love	10,195,000	07/16/22
191	1975	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic	10,180,000	06/01/18
192	1999	TLC	FanMail	10,150,000	04/07/19
193	1971	The Doors	L.A. Woman	10,130,000	03/03/19
194	2001	Destiny's Child	Survivor	10,125,000	07/16/22
195	1980	Bruce Springsteen	The River	10,050,000	07/07/17
196	1981	AC/DC	For Those About to Rock We Salute You	10,040,000	02/20/18
197	1995	Enya	The Memory of Trees	10,030,000	02/25/18
198	1982	Phil Collins	Hello, I Must Be Going!	9,990,000	04/11/18
199	2008	Coldplay	Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends	9,985,000	06/07/21
200	2008	Taylor Swift	Fearless	9,970,000	11/01/22
201	1988	Guns N' Roses	Gnr Lies	9,940,000	03/01/18
202	1970	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	9,920,000	03/08/20
203	1980	John Lennon & Yoko Ono	Double Fantasy	9,920,000	10/16/18
204	1990	Whitney Houston	I'm Your Baby Tonight	9,900,000	05/04/17
205	1965	The Beatles	Help!	9,850,000	04/17/22
206	1985	Sting	The Dream of the Blue Turtles	9,750,000	06/14/20
207	1995	Queen	Made in Heaven	9,660,000	01/25/20
208	1997	Mariah Carey	ButterFly	9,650,000	04/28/17
209	1983	Madonna	Madonna	9,625,000	08/20/17
210	2002	Christina Aguilera	Stripped	9,550,000	03/18/17
211	1987	Sting	?Nothing Like the Sun	9,540,000	06/14/20
212	1977	Queen	News of the World	9,540,000	01/25/20
213	2003	Black Eyed Peas	Elephunk	9,500,000	08/03/17
214	2002	Céline Dion	A New Day Has Come	9,400,000	09/28/21
215	1975	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	9,400,000	10/21/21
216	2002	Red Hot Chili Peppers	By the Way	9,390,000	03/29/18
217	2010	Justin Bieber	My Worlds	9,385,000	04/27/22
218	1964	The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	9,350,000	04/17/22
219	1971	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	9,350,000	02/10/22
220	2006	Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveSounds	9,340,000	02/09/18
221	1980	Queen	The Game	9,330,000	01/25/20
222	2005	Madonna	Confessions Of A Dancefloor	9,325,000	08/20/17
223	1967	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Are You Experienced	9,215,000	12/21/21
224	1997	Garth Brooks	Sevens	9,210,000	01/05/19
225	1986	Janet Jackson	Control	9,200,000	04/17/17
226	1991	Dire Straits	On Every Street	9,140,000	03/23/18
227	2007	Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad	9,115,000	06/02/21
228	2001	Enrique Iglesias	Escape	9,100,000	10/11/21
229	2014	Ed Sheeran	x (Multiply)	9,055,000	10/29/21
230	2009	Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	9,050,000	08/03/17
231	1972	Deep Purple	Machine Head	9,045,000	08/18/21
232	1970	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	9,030,000	01/31/19
233	1994	R.E.M.	Monster	9,010,000	09/24/21
234	2006	High School Musical	High School Musical	9,000,000	09/06/17
235	1993	Billy Joel	River Of Dreams	9,000,000	11/03/21
236	1997	Metallica	Reload	8,940,000	02/13/19
237	2005	Michael Bublé	It's Time	8,850,000	03/02/22
238	1980	The Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	8,820,000	06/06/20
239	1983	Genesis	Genesis	8,780,000	05/25/22
240	1988	Dirty Dancing	More Dirty Dancing	8,780,000	01/13/18
241	1989	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	8,780,000	01/05/19
242	1986	Van Halen	5150	8,765,000	08/14/20
243	1992	Sade	Love Deluxe	8,740,000	07/02/20
244	1974	Supertramp	Crime of the Century	8,720,000	08/13/19
245	1983	David Bowie	Let's Dance	8,700,000	03/11/22
246	2008	Adele	19	8,685,000	06/21/22
247	1996	George Michael	Older	8,650,000	05/06/17
248	2009	Michael Bublé	Crazy Love	8,650,000	03/02/22
249	1973	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	8,630,000	12/13/18
250	2005	Carrie Underwood	Some Hearts	8,610,000	09/09/18
251	2005	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation of Mimi	8,600,000	04/28/17
252	1992	Bon Jovi	Keep the Faith	8,600,000	01/28/22
253	2002	Justin Timberlake	Justified	8,550,000	02/09/18
254	1993	Cranberries	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	8,520,000	01/25/18
255	1983	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	8,510,000	02/13/19
256	1981	The Rolling Stones	Tattoo You	8,500,000	02/10/22
257	1987	Bruce Springsteen	Tunnel of Love	8,350,000	07/07/17
258	2010	Eminem	Recovery	8,340,000	06/22/21
259	1982	Iron Maiden	The Number of the Beast	8,330,000	11/12/21
260	2001	Jennifer Lopez	J.Lo	8,320,000	06/24/18
261	1988	Sade	Stronger than Pride	8,280,000	07/02/20
262	1971	John Lennon	Imagine	8,220,000	10/16/18
263	1980	ABBA	Super Trouper	8,200,000	11/02/16
264	1976	Barbra Streisand	A Star Is Born	8,190,000	03/16/18
265	1993	Sting	Ten Summoner's Tales	8,150,000	06/14/20
266	1981	The Police	Ghost in the Machine	8,130,000	06/06/20
267	1979	The Police	Reggatta de Blanc	8,120,000	06/06/20
268	1972	The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St	8,100,000	02/10/22
269	1984	U2	The Unforgettable Fire	8,100,000	09/18/21
270	1991	Mariah Carey	Emotions	8,100,000	04/28/17
271	2000	Bon Jovi	Crush	8,100,000	01/28/22
272	1977	Bob Marley	Exodus	8,025,000	11/21/17
273	2004	Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	8,020,000	02/10/18
274	1993	U2	Zooropa	8,000,000	09/18/21
275	2010	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	8,000,000	06/27/19
276	2003	Alicia Keys	The Diary Of Alicia Keys	8,000,000	02/03/22
277	1992	Garth Brooks	The Chase	7,970,000	01/05/19
278	1971	Pink Floyd	Meddle	7,950,000	06/18/17
279	2002	Robbie Williams	Escapology	7,940,000	12/15/19
280	1996	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	7,900,000	04/02/22
281	2004	Gwen Stefani	Love. Angel. Music. Baby.	7,900,000	04/12/20
282	1989	Billy Joel	Storm Front	7,900,000	11/03/21
283	1993	Garth Brooks	In Pieces	7,840,000	01/05/19
284	1999	Sting	Brand New Day	7,830,000	06/14/20
285	1990	George Michael	Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1	7,800,000	05/06/17
286	2007	Linkin Park	Minutes To Midnight	7,800,000	06/04/17
287	1977	Eric Clapton	Slowhand	7,800,000	09/21/22
288	1968	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland	7,710,000	12/21/21
289	1993	Phil Collins	Both Sides	7,710,000	04/11/18
290	1976	Bob Dylan	Desire	7,700,000	12/14/21
291	1983	Journey	Frontiers	7,680,000	09/13/19
292	2017	Ed Sheeran	÷ (Divide)	7,655,000	10/29/21
293	2000	Sade	Lovers Rock	7,650,000	07/02/20
294	1995	Tracy Chapman	New Beginning	7,630,000	06/25/19
295	1995	Bon Jovi	These Days	7,600,000	01/28/22
296	2008	Beyoncé	I Am? Sasha Fierce	7,595,000	07/16/22
297	1987	Aerosmith	Permanent Vacation	7,590,000	06/01/18
298	1976	AC/DC	High Voltage	7,550,000	02/20/18
299	1978	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	7,540,000	11/23/19
300	2001	Robbie Williams	Swing When You're Winning	7,520,000	12/15/19
301	1982	Dire Straits	Love over Gold	7,510,000	03/23/18
302	1994	Madonna	Bedtime Stories	7,500,000	08/20/17
303	1997	Janet Jackson	The Velvet Rope	7,450,000	04/17/17
304	1997	Usher	My Way	7,450,000	09/04/17
305	1980	Stevie Wonder	Hotter than July	7,435,000	03/20/21
306	1971	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells A Story	7,430,000	11/23/19
307	1998	Alanis Morissette	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	7,430,000	06/05/18
308	1997	Oasis	Be Here Now	7,410,000	12/06/17
309	2001	Usher	8701	7,400,000	09/04/17
310	1980	Ozzy Osbourne	Blizzard of Ozz	7,370,000	03/12/20
311	1976	Led Zeppelin	Presence	7,300,000	09/07/21
312	1999	Jennifer Lopez	On the 6	7,290,000	06/24/18
313	1999	Mariah Carey	Rainbow	7,250,000	04/28/17
314	2003	Michael Bublé	Michael Bublé	7,250,000	03/02/22
315	1989	Tracy Chapman	Crossroads	7,230,000	06/25/19
316	1979	Van Halen	Van Halen II	7,225,000	08/14/20
317	2012	Taylor Swift	Red	7,220,000	11/01/22
318	1995	Céline Dion	D'Eux	7,200,000	09/28/21
319	2007	Michael Bublé	Call Me Irresponsible	7,200,000	03/02/22
320	1977	ABBA	The Album	7,200,000	11/02/16
321	1975	Eagles	One Of These Nights	7,175,000	12/20/17
322	1970	The Doors	Morrison Hotel	7,130,000	03/03/19
323	2006	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Stadium Arcadium	7,130,000	03/29/18
324	1973	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	7,110,000	03/20/21
325	1991	Prince and the New Power Generation	Diamonds and Pearls	7,100,000	10/04/18
326	1994	Eric Clapton	From the Cradle	7,060,000	09/21/22
327	1980	Dire Straits	Making Movies	7,040,000	03/23/18
328	1980	Bob Marley	Uprising	7,025,000	11/21/17
329	1982	Prince and the Revolutions	1999	7,010,000	10/04/18
330	1979	ABBA	Voulez-Vous	7,000,000	11/02/16
331	1969	The Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	7,000,000	02/10/22
332	2008	AC/DC	Black Ice	7,000,000	02/20/18
333	2003	Britney Spears	In The Zone	7,000,000	04/28/19
334	2010	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	6,910,000	06/16/19
335	2008	P!nk	Funhouse	6,900,000	06/23/22
336	1979	Dire Straits	Communiqué	6,870,000	03/23/18
337	2001	NSYNC	Celebrity	6,840,000	02/09/18
338	1992	Madonna	Erotica	6,825,000	08/20/17
339	2012	Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox	6,825,000	06/27/19
340	1967	Cream	Disraeli Gears	6,810,000	09/21/22
341	1983	Pink Floyd	The Final Cut	6,800,000	06/18/17
342	1975	Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	6,800,000	12/14/21
343	2005	Gorillaz	Demon Days	6,800,000	05/08/17
344	1969	Santana	Santana	6,755,000	08/05/20
345	2011	Lady Gaga	Born This Way	6,725,000	12/22/20
346	1990	Madonna	I'm Breathless	6,700,000	08/20/17
347	1999	Enrique Iglesias	Enrique	6,700,000	10/11/21
348	1997	U2	Pop	6,700,000	09/18/21
349	1973	Billy Joel	Piano Man	6,700,000	11/03/21
350	1989	Prince	Batman	6,680,000	10/04/18
351	1994	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	6,680,000	12/06/17
352	1969	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Crosby, Stills & Nash [CSN]	6,670,000	05/16/21
353	1970	Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	6,670,000	05/16/21
354	1988	Mannheim Steamroller	A Fresh Aire Christmas	6,645,000	12/28/20
355	2006	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	6,630,000	11/01/22
356	2010	Rihanna	Loud	6,630,000	06/02/21
357	1984	Stevie Wonder	The Woman In Red	6,620,000	03/20/21
358	1983	Iron Maiden	Piece of Mind	6,615,000	11/12/21
359	1979	Fleetwood Mac	Tusk	6,600,000	10/21/21
360	2007	High School Musical	High School Musical 2	6,600,000	09/06/17
361	1986	Boston	Third Stage	6,590,000	06/01/19
362	1967	Barbra Streisand	A Christmas Album	6,580,000	03/16/18
363	1986	Queen	A Kind of Magic	6,550,000	01/25/20
364	1996	Madonna	Evita	6,525,000	08/20/17
365	2014	Sam Smith	In The Lonely Hour	6,525,000	10/11/17
366	2005	Robbie Williams	Intensive Care	6,510,000	12/15/19
367	1972	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	6,505,000	03/20/21
368	1977	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	6,480,000	11/23/19
369	2001	Michael Jackson	Invincible	6,475,000	09/27/17
370	2006	P!nk	I'm Not Dead	6,460,000	06/23/22
371	1998	Metallica	Garage Inc.	6,450,000	02/13/19
372	2006	Fergie	The Dutchess	6,450,000	07/12/17
373	1984	Mannheim Steamroller	Christmas	6,450,000	12/28/20
374	2006	Beyoncé	B'Day	6,405,000	07/16/22
375	1994	The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge	6,400,000	02/10/22
376	2007	Alicia Keys	As I Am	6,400,000	02/03/22
377	1981	Genesis	Abacab	6,395,000	05/25/22
378	1977	Supertramp	Even in the Quietest Moments?	6,370,000	08/13/19
379	1989	Eric Clapton	Journeyman	6,365,000	09/21/22
380	2010	Taylor Swift	Speak Now	6,355,000	11/01/22
381	1973	The Rolling Stones	Goats Head Soup	6,350,000	02/10/22
382	1977	Crosby, Stills & Nash	CSN [CSN]	6,350,000	05/16/21
383	2001	Kylie Minogue	Fever	6,330,000	04/16/18
384	2011	Coldplay	Mylo Xyloto	6,315,000	06/07/21
385	2012	One Direction	Take Me Home	6,300,000	05/14/17
386	1968	The Doors	Waiting for the Sun	6,270,000	03/03/19
387	1978	The Police	Outlandos d'Amour	6,250,000	06/06/20
388	2011	One Direction	Up All Night	6,250,000	05/14/17
389	2004	Destiny's Child	Destiny Fulfilled	6,245,000	07/16/22
390	2012	Lana Del Rey	Born to Die	6,240,000	08/05/22
391	1996	Cranberries	To the Faithful Departed	6,230,000	01/25/18
392	1991	Ozzy Osbourne	No More Tears	6,200,000	03/12/20
393	1977	AC/DC	Let There Be Rock	6,200,000	02/20/18
394	1996	Makaveli	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	6,195,000	01/22/22
395	1987	Enya	Enya (The Celts)	6,190,000	02/25/18
396	1997	Aerosmith	Nine Lives	6,110,000	06/01/18
397	2003	Nickelback	The Long Road	6,100,000	06/28/17
398	1993	Guns N' Roses	The Spaghetti Incident?	6,100,000	03/01/18
399	1995	Garth Brooks	Fresh Horses	6,090,000	01/05/19
400	2000	Robbie Williams	Sing When You're Winning	6,090,000	12/15/19
401	2002	Rod Stewart	It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook	6,050,000	11/23/19
402	1970	Derek and the Dominos	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	6,040,000	09/21/22
403	2007	Eagles	Long Road Out Of Eden	6,025,000	12/20/17
404	2001	Gorillaz	Gorillaz	6,000,000	05/08/17
405	2002	Jennifer Lopez	This Is Me? Then	6,000,000	06/24/18
406	1989	Cher	Heart of Stone	6,000,000	08/30/17
407	1985	Stevie Wonder	In Square Circle	5,980,000	03/20/21
408	1991	Rod Stewart	Vagabond Heart	5,950,000	11/23/19
409	1978	Bob Marley	Kaya	5,925,000	11/21/17
410	1975	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	5,910,000	02/05/18
411	1963	The Beatles	Please Please Me	5,900,000	04/17/22
412	2001	Janet Jackson	All for You	5,900,000	04/17/17
413	1991	Queen	Innuendo	5,870,000	01/25/20
414	1995	Red Hot Chili Peppers	One Hot Minute	5,850,000	03/29/18
415	1963	The Beatles	With the Beatles	5,850,000	04/17/22
416	1978	Queen	Jazz	5,840,000	01/25/20
417	1995	Green Day	Insomniac	5,800,000	03/11/17
418	1988	Van Halen	OU812	5,795,000	08/14/20
419	1970	Deep Purple	Deep Purple in Rock	5,775,000	08/18/21
420	1991	Sting	The Soul Cages	5,770,000	06/14/20
421	1967	The Doors	Strange Days	5,760,000	03/03/19
422	1993	Björk	Debut	5,730,000	12/23/18
423	1982	Van Halen	Diver Down	5,705,000	08/14/20
424	1980	The Rolling Stones	Emotional Rescue	5,700,000	02/10/22
425	1978	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town	5,700,000	07/07/17
426	1970	Pink Floyd	Atom Heart Mother	5,700,000	06/18/17
427	2008	Nickelback	Dark Horse	5,700,000	06/28/17
428	1992	Céline Dion	Celine Dion	5,700,000	09/28/21
429	1992	Elton John	The One	5,680,000	02/05/18
430	1995	2Pac	Me Against the World	5,675,000	01/22/22
431	2012	P!nk	The Truth About Love	5,675,000	06/23/22
432	1974	Eric Clapton	461 Ocean Boulevard	5,670,000	09/21/22
433	2007	Avril Lavigne	The Best Damn Thing	5,660,000	02/10/18
434	1981	Ozzy Osbourne	Diary of a Madman	5,650,000	03/12/20
435	1964	The Beatles	Beatles for Sale	5,650,000	04/17/22
436	1984	Iron Maiden	Powerslave	5,610,000	11/12/21
437	1989	The Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels	5,600,000	02/10/22
438	1976	Rod Stewart	A Night On The Town	5,560,000	11/23/19
439	1966	Simon & Garfunkel	Sounds of Silence	5,550,000	05/11/18
440	1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Willy And The Poor Boys	5,540,000	01/31/19
441	1989	Elton John	Sleeping with the Past	5,540,000	02/05/18
442	1982	Fleetwood Mac	Mirage	5,500,000	10/21/21
443	1982	Supertramp	?Famous Last Words?	5,480,000	08/13/19
444	1973	Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	5,460,000	02/05/18
445	2011	Ed Sheeran	+ (Plus)	5,455,000	10/29/21
446	1971	Santana	Santana III	5,440,000	08/05/20
447	1995	AC/DC	Ballbreaker	5,420,000	02/20/18
448	1987	Madonna	Who's That Girl	5,400,000	08/20/17
449	1969	Blind Faith	Blind Faith	5,395,000	09/21/22
450	1976	Queen	A Day at the Races	5,390,000	01/25/20
451	1980	Van Halen	Women and Children First	5,385,000	08/14/20
452	1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	5,360,000	01/31/19
453	1985	Barbra Streisand	The Broadway Album	5,350,000	03/16/18
454	1976	Aerosmith	Rocks	5,350,000	06/01/18
455	2008	Metallica	Death Magnetic	5,330,000	02/13/19
456	1996	Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife	5,300,000	05/04/17
457	1968	Simon & Garfunkel	Bookends	5,300,000	05/11/18
458	1986	Iron Maiden	Somewhere in Time	5,290,000	11/12/21
459	2002	Santana	Shaman	5,275,000	08/05/20
460	1987	Prince	Sign 'o' the Times	5,250,000	10/04/18
461	1966	Simon & Garfunkel	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme	5,250,000	05/11/18
462	2013	One Direction	Midnight Memories	5,250,000	05/14/17
463	1978	AC/DC	Powerage	5,220,000	02/20/18
464	1997	Green Day	Nimrod	5,200,000	03/11/17
465	1989	Nirvana	Bleach	5,200,000	07/09/17
466	2003	Rod Stewart	As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II	5,170,000	11/23/19
467	1990	Paul Simon	The Rhythm of the Saints	5,170,000	05/10/18
468	2012	Imagine Dragons	Night Visions	5,170,000	09/19/18
469	2020	BTS	Map of the Soul: 7	5,155,000	06/16/22
470	1984	Queen	The Works	5,140,000	01/25/20
471	1966	Bob Dylan	Blonde on Blonde	5,100,000	12/14/21
472	2001	Aaliyah	Aaliyah	5,100,000	04/09/22
473	1997	Barbra Streisand	Higher Ground	5,090,000	03/16/18
474	1975	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	5,070,000	11/23/19
475	1969	Pink Floyd	Ummagumma	5,050,000	06/18/17
476	2003	Metallica	St. Anger	5,050,000	02/13/19
477	1988	Kylie Minogue	Kylie	5,040,000	04/16/18
478	1998	Robbie Williams	I've Been Expecting You	5,010,000	12/15/19
479	2002	Bruce Springsteen	The Rising	5,000,000	07/07/17
480	2005	Shakira	Oral Fixation, Vol. 2	5,000,000	06/21/18
481	1985	Prince and the Revolutions	Around the World in a Day	5,000,000	10/04/18
482	1965	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	5,000,000	12/14/21
483	1980	Genesis	Duke	4,940,000	05/25/22
484	1991	Van Halen	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	4,925,000	08/14/20
485	1995	Mannheim Steamroller	Christmas in the Aire	4,920,000	12/28/20
486	2000	Eric Clapton & B.B King	Riding with the King	4,910,000	09/21/22
487	1970	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	4,910,000	03/08/20
488	1973	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	4,900,000	03/11/22
489	1982	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain	4,900,000	11/03/21
490	1990	Jon Bon Jovi	Blaze of Glory	4,900,000	01/28/22
491	1995	Van Halen	Balance	4,870,000	08/14/20
492	1981	Iron Maiden	Killers	4,855,000	11/12/21
493	1997	Foo Fighters	The Colour and the Shape	4,825,000	10/10/17
494	1988	Iron Maiden	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	4,815,000	11/12/21
495	1971	Black Sabbath	Master of Reality	4,810,000	03/08/20
496	1981	ABBA	The Visitors	4,800,000	11/02/16
497	1983	Ozzy Osbourne	Bark at the Moon	4,780,000	03/12/20
498	1989	Queen	The Miracle	4,780,000	01/25/20
499	2013	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	4,770,000	06/22/21
500	1988	R.E.M.	Green	4,765,000	09/24/21

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Gullity

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18 hours ago

Sandy & Júnior is a brasilian duo, sold more than 2,5 million Records with “As quatro estações “ in 1999. In 2000 sold more than 3 million with “as quatro estações ao vivo”..

Clockingbell

12 days ago

If the daily gains (Av and LD) are an indicator, and I extrapolate them with rounded figures for the top albums EAS, the top 20 would look something like this in 10 years: 1. Thriller 130 2. Hotel California 76 3. SNF 75 4. Rumours 72 5. Bad 71 6. Nevermind 69 7. Back in Black 68 8. 21 66 9. DSOTM 63 10. IV 62 11. Bodyguard 58 11. Grease 58 11. The Wall 58 11. SWW 58 15. AfD 57 15. Metallica 57 17. Eminem Show 54 18. Joshua Tree 53 18. The Fame / Monster 53 20.… Read more »

Kris

Reply to Clockingbell

10 days ago

It’s nice to see some “newer” albums possibly entering the top spots. Adele top 10, and Lady Gaga and Eminem top 20. The top of the lists are finally changing!

Reply to Kris

And who knows how close 1989 and Divide will be by then!

Nick

9 days ago

1989 will be around 50m or probably higher given tht its doing 8000 daily right now and its rerecording is coming soon

Reply to Nick

7 days ago

That’s definitely possible, but the LD’S of newer albums are changing more than older albums, so it’s even more speculating to predict their future numbers.

Antonio

13 days ago

I believe that today there is an error for the daily streaming for The Joshua Tree (U2), yesterday it reported 2,011,000 streams with a daily stream of 1,160 strams and today instead always 2,011,000 streams with a daily stream of only 140, therefore still less than War, The Unforgettable Fire, Rattle And Hum, Achtung Baby and All That You Can’t Leave Behind.

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15 days ago

There is an error in today’s stream numbers for …And Justice for All (Metallica)

CGF

16 days ago

Hello.

Can you check the sales for singer Anastacia? Her self-titled album seems to have sold circa 10 M in Europe in 2004, being allegedly the second most successful album behind Usher’s confession.

Thank you!

Analord

Reply to CGF

It’s only 3x platinum in Europe… Her best selling album sold maybe 5 million worldwide, she had zero success in the US which is kinda weird considering she’s American!

Meca76

17 days ago

In a few hours Nevermind replaces in eighth place current album The Dark side of the moon.

i noticed that maybe there are some errors for physical singles of some artists like Sting & Police, Metallica, U2, so maybe their total of their physical singles in their CSPC articles where there is also streaming might change, check it out I await your reply.

Smiley

29 days ago

Of the artists studied so far, how many have sold more than 100 million albums (all types) outside the United States?

Off the top of my head there are the obvious candidates like The Beatles, Queen, MJ, Pink Floyd, Madonna, The Stones etc. U2 might sneak it?

Are there any others I’ve missed?

Cheers!

Reply to Smiley

Maybe Celine Dion and Abba have also managed?

28 days ago

Approximately :

The Beatles 170m
MJ 155m
Queen 145m
Madonna 130m
Pink Floyd 125m
ABBA 110m
Céline Dion 110m
Rolling Stones 110m
U2 105m

Reply to Analord

Cheers! Quite a select group…

Patrik Barta

1 month ago

When will Melanie Martinez be on the list? She definitely has enough sales and streams…

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matt

Reply to Patrik Barta

26 days ago

She has sold about 6-7M albums. I doubt she even has enough for a light article.

Reply to matt

3 days ago

I’m sorry, but there is an article about Zara Larsson who is in the same league as Melanie Martinez. I doubt I deserved the dislike for what I was saying. She deserves to be on the list.

ellie.m4a

its obvious that Paramore have at least +15million albums sales worldwide….they have like 60 million singles too, why not update??? 😓

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