Albums Ranking – Streaming (EAS) – Catalog (before 2000)

Streams are converted with the formula in effect at the time of analysis of the artist (e.g. Youtube has been accounted since May 2017). The figures are given in EAS (equivalent album sales).

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.

#	Year	Cover	Artist	Album	Album Streams EAS
1	1991		Nirvana	Nevermind	5,034,000
2	1982		Michael Jackson	Thriller	4,133,000
3	1991		Metallica	Metallica	4,043,000
4	1987		Guns N' Roses	Appetite For Destruction	4,031,000
5	1999		Dr. Dre	2001	3,606,000
6	1975		Queen	A Night at the Opera	3,589,000
7	1977		Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	3,483,000
8	1999		Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication	3,322,000
9	1980		AC/DC	Back in Black	3,236,000
10	1995		Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	3,042,000
11	1979		Pink Floyd	The Wall	2,913,000
12	1996		2Pac	All Eyez on Me	2,857,000
13	1977		Bob Marley	Exodus	2,731,000
14	1987		Michael Jackson	Bad	2,619,000
15	1977		Bee Gees & Various Artists	Saturday Night Fever	2,378,000
16	1969		The Beatles	Abbey Road	2,337,000
17	1986		Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	2,331,000
18	1980		Queen	The Game	2,278,000
19	1994		The Notorious B.I.G.	Ready to Die (The Remaster)	2,264,000
20	1978		Queen	Jazz	2,231,000
21	1977		Queen	News of the World	2,203,000
22	1973		Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	2,128,000
23	1984		Queen	The Works	2,052,000
24	1991		Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion I	2,044,000
25	1994		Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas	1,958,000
26	1976		Eagles	Hotel California	1,906,000
27	1991		Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	1,865,000
28	1987		U2	The Joshua Tree	1,806,000
29	1984		Bryan Adams	Reckless	1,794,000
30	1994		Green Day	Dookie	1,794,000
31	1981		Journey	Escape	1,710,000
32	1971		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	1,674,000
33	1968		The Beatles	The Beatles (White Album)	1,674,000
34	1984		Wham!	Make It Big	1,673,000
35	1984		Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1,647,000
36	1983		The Police	Synchronicity	1,632,000
37	1993		Nirvana	In Utero	1,627,000
38	1979		AC/DC	Highway to Hell	1,618,000
39	1975		Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1,591,000
40	1990		AC/DC	The Razors Edge	1,581,000
41	1969		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Willy And The Poor Boys	1,563,000
42	1999		Backstreet Boys	Millennium	1,562,000
43	1997		Foo Fighters	The Colour and the Shape	1,546,000
44	1978		Bob Marley	Kaya	1,521,000
45	1994		Cranberries	No Need to Argue	1,503,000
46	1992		Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard	1,467,000
47	1985		Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	1,451,000
48	1970		Black Sabbath	Paranoid	1,433,000
49	1991		Michael Jackson	Dangerous	1,433,000
50	1999		Destiny's Child	The Writing's on the Wall	1,432,000
51	1982		Queen	Hot Space	1,396,000
52	1980		Bob Marley	Uprising	1,379,000
53	1998		Shakira	Dónde Están los Ladrones?	1,346,000
54	1991		Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion II	1,301,000
55	1999		Eminem	The Slim Shady LP	1,299,000
56	1978		Various Artists	Grease	1,298,000
57	1991		R.E.M.	Out of Time	1,264,000
58	1979		Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1,255,000
59	1984		Metallica	Ride The Lightning	1,251,000
60	1997		Shania Twain	Come On Over	1,251,000
61	1996		Spice Girls	Spice	1,243,000
62	1987		Whitney Houston	Whitney	1,241,000
63	1986		Metallica	Master Of Puppets	1,230,000
64	1976		Queen	A Day at the Races	1,198,000
65	1995		Michael Jackson	HIStory: Past, Present and Future	1,190,000
66	1986		Wham!	Music from the Edge of Heaven	1,173,000
67	1999		Britney Spears	?Baby One More Time	1,169,000
68	1976		ABBA	Arrival	1,167,000
69	1987		Dirty Dancing	Dirty Dancing	1,163,000
70	1970		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Pendulum	1,163,000
71	1970		The Beatles	Let It Be	1,154,000
72	1965		The Beatles	Help!	1,146,000
73	1975		Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic	1,141,000
74	1995		Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	1,136,000
75	1988		Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1,132,000
76	1967		The Doors	The Doors	1,112,000
77	1993		Aerosmith	Get a Grip	1,109,000
78	1996		Fugees	The Score	1,108,000
79	1984		Van Halen	1984	1,106,000
80	1970		Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over Troubled Water	1,103,000
81	1978		Dire Straits	Dire Straits	1,101,000
82	1987		Fleetwood Mac	Tango In The Night	1,075,000
83	1988		Metallica	?And Justice For All	1,073,000
84	1998		Ms. Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	1,059,000
85	1969		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	1,052,000
86	1975		Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	1,025,000
87	1976		AC/DC	High Voltage	1,023,000
88	1973		Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1,012,000
89	1976		Boston	Boston	997,000
90	1974		Queen	Sheer Heart Attack	988,000
91	1997		Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back	986,000
92	1977		Billy Joel	The Stranger	980,000
93	1993		Cranberries	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	974,000
94	1970		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	973,000
95	1995		No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom	973,000
96	1966		The Rolling Stones	Aftermath	968,000
97	1999		TLC	FanMail	967,000
98	1997		James Horner	Titanic	956,000
99	1972		Elton John	Honky Château	949,000
100	1984		Prince and the Revolutions	Purple Rain	927,000
101	1967		The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band	916,000
102	1974		Bob Marley	Natty Dread	914,000
103	1969		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	912,000
104	1963		The Beatles	Please Please Me	911,000
105	1999		Phil Collins	Tarzan	903,000
106	1969		Jackson 5	Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5	903,000
107	1967		Jimi Hendrix Experience	Are You Experienced	878,000
108	1965		The Beatles	Rubber Soul	878,000
109	1961		Elvis Presley	Blue Hawaii	874,000
110	1967		The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour	873,000
111	1993		Sting	Ten Summoner's Tales	873,000
112	1980		ABBA	Super Trouper	869,000
113	1969		The Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	869,000
114	1983		Various Artists	Flashdance	866,000
115	1986		Paul Simon	Graceland	858,000
116	1970		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	858,000
117	1972		Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	855,000
118	1997		Céline Dion	Let's Talk About Love	850,000
119	1968		Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland	848,000
120	1966		The Beatles	Revolver	847,000
121	1995		Shakira	Pies Descalzos	845,000
122	1998		Metallica	Garage Inc.	844,000
123	1996		Céline Dion	Falling Into You	844,000
124	1973		Aerosmith	Aerosmith	829,000
125	1986		Madonna	True Blue	819,000
126	1972		David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	818,000
127	1989		Nirvana	Bleach	816,000
128	1995		Mariah Carey	Daydream	807,000
129	1971		The Doors	L.A. Woman	801,000
130	1971		John Lennon	Imagine	793,000
131	1983		Elton John	Too Low for Zero	780,000
132	1999		Santana	Supernatural	778,000
133	1991		U2	Achtung Baby	778,000
134	1983		Billy Joel	An Innocent Man	772,000
135	1970		Elton John	Elton John	766,000
136	1999		Jennifer Lopez	On the 6	756,000
137	1989		Phil Collins	?But Seriously	752,000
138	1987		George Michael	Faith	745,000
139	1976		Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	745,000
140	1979		Supertramp	Breakfast in America	733,000
141	1991		Queen	Innuendo	731,000
142	1972		Deep Purple	Machine Head	731,000
143	1973		Billy Joel	Piano Man	728,000
144	1981		Phil Collins	Face Value	725,000
145	1968		Simon & Garfunkel	Bookends	714,000
146	1986		Queen	A Kind of Magic	713,000
147	1978		The Police	Outlandos d'Amour	707,000
148	1997		Green Day	Nimrod	707,000
149	1982		Iron Maiden	The Number of the Beast	704,000
150	1957		Elvis Presley	Elvis' Christmas Album	689,000
151	1979		ABBA	Voulez-Vous	688,000
152	1971		The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	679,000
153	1985		Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	674,000
154	1972		Eagles	Eagles	672,000
155	1980		Ozzy Osbourne	Blizzard of Ozz	671,000
156	1992		R.E.M.	Automatic for the People	668,000
157	1994		Oasis	Definitely Maybe	665,000
158	1969		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin I	665,000
159	1994		TLC	CrazySexyCool	660,000
160	1983		Metallica	Kill 'Em All	655,000
161	1991		Bryan Adams	Waking Up the Neighbours	652,000
162	1964		The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	652,000
163	1983		David Bowie	Let's Dance	638,000
164	1999		Foo Fighters	There Is Nothing Left to Lose	631,000
165	1966		Simon & Garfunkel	Sounds of Silence	626,000
166	1965		The Rolling Stones	Out of Our Heads	624,000
167	1998		Cher	Believe	617,000
168	1995		2Pac	Me Against the World	615,000
169	1994		Pink Floyd	The Division Bell	615,000
170	1973		Bob Marley	Burnin'	611,000
171	1999		Christina Aguilera	Christina Aguilera	598,000
172	1978		Van Halen	Van Halen	594,000
173	1998		Whitney Houston	My Love Is Your Love	590,000
174	1975		ABBA	ABBA	589,000
175	1999		Dido	No Angel	587,000
176	1997		Metallica	Reload	580,000
177	1983		Bob Marley	Confrontation	578,000
178	1975		Elton John	Rock of the Westies	573,000
179	1972		Neil Young	Harvest	569,000
180	1971		David Bowie	Hunky Dory	561,000
181	1997		Robbie Williams	Life Thru a Lens	561,000
182	1975		Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	554,000
183	1974		Elton John	Caribou	551,000
184	1975		Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	548,000
185	1968		The Rolling Stones	Beggars Banquet	547,000
186	1984		Madonna	Like A Virgin	546,000
187	1978		The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	545,000
188	1982		Phil Collins	Hello, I Must Be Going!	544,000
189	1973		Bob Marley	Catch a Fire	528,000
190	1993		Mariah Carey	Music Box	527,000
191	1979		The Police	Reggatta de Blanc	521,000
192	1981		The Rolling Stones	Tattoo You	507,000
193	1980		John Lennon & Yoko Ono	Double Fantasy	503,000
194	1967		The Doors	Strange Days	502,000
195	1970		Stevie Wonder	Signed Sealed & Delivered	500,000
196	1985		Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	500,000
197	1980		Bruce Springsteen	The River	495,000
198	1963		Bob Dylan	The Freewheelin? Bob Dylan	495,000
199	1983		Journey	Frontiers	490,000
200	1987		Sting	?Nothing Like the Sun	490,000
201	1977		David Bowie	Heroes	489,000
202	1969		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bayou Country	482,000
203	1988		Guns N' Roses	Gnr Lies	477,000
204	1970		The Doors	Morrison Hotel	468,000
205	1984		Sade	Diamond Life	467,000
206	1988		Bon Jovi	New Jersey	466,000
207	1975		Eagles	One Of These Nights	466,000
208	1970		Santana	Abraxas	464,000
209	1973		Led Zeppelin	Houses Of The Holy	460,000
210	1976		AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	460,000
211	1996		Makaveli	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	455,000
212	1997		Oasis	Be Here Now	453,000
213	1992		Iron Maiden	Fear of the Dark	447,000
214	1990		George Michael	Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1	446,000
215	1983		Iron Maiden	Piece of Mind	441,000
216	1989		Billy Joel	Storm Front	436,000
217	1983		U2	War	433,000
218	1975		Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	433,000
219	1977		Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	432,000
220	1992		Bon Jovi	Keep the Faith	430,000
221	1970		Jackson 5	Jackson 5 Christmas Album	425,000
222	1976		Bob Marley	Rastaman Vibration	421,000
223	1989		Madonna	Like A Prayer	419,000
224	1977		AC/DC	Let There Be Rock	417,000
225	1987		Aerosmith	Permanent Vacation	411,000
226	1986		Genesis	Invisible Touch	408,000
227	1977		ABBA	The Album	407,000
228	1993		2Pac	Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…	406,000
229	1970		Jackson 5	ABC	403,000
230	1992		Sade	Love Deluxe	402,000
231	1963		The Beatles	With the Beatles	402,000
232	1966		Buffalo Springfield	Buffalo Springfield	401,000
233	1997		NSYNC	NSYNC	400,000
234	1980		Barbra Streisand	Guilty	398,000
235	1996		Metallica	Load	396,000
236	1965		Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	394,000
237	1996		Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	393,000
238	1979		Bob Marley	Survival	391,000
239	1986		Prince and the Revolutions	Parade	388,000
240	1997		Usher	My Way	383,000
241	1997		Spice Girls	Spiceworld	382,000
242	1989		Elton John	Sleeping with the Past	381,000
243	1973		Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	380,000
244	1966		Simon & Garfunkel	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme	375,000
245	1989		Cher	Heart of Stone	370,000
246	1967		Jimi Hendrix Experience	Axis: Bold As Love	370,000
247	1978		The Jacksons	Destiny	368,000
248	1995		Queen	Made in Heaven	363,000
249	1989		Queen	The Miracle	363,000
250	1998		Céline Dion	These Are Special Times	362,000
251	1980		Dire Straits	Making Movies	358,000
252	1973		Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	358,000
253	1988		Enya	Watermark	354,000
254	1969		David Bowie	David Bowie (1969)	353,000
255	1977		Supertramp	Even in the Quietest Moments?	353,000
256	1993		Céline Dion	The Colour Of My Love	348,000
257	1974		David Bowie	Diamond Dogs	347,000
258	1970		Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Déjà Vu [CSNY]	347,000
259	1991		Ozzy Osbourne	No More Tears	346,000
260	1984		Stevie Wonder	The Woman In Red	343,000
261	1984		U2	The Unforgettable Fire	338,000
262	1972		Paul Simon	Paul Simon	336,000
263	1995		Céline Dion	D'Eux	335,000
264	1973		The Rolling Stones	Goats Head Soup	333,000
265	1981		The Police	Ghost in the Machine	331,000
266	1971		Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells A Story	329,000
267	1980		Journey	Departure	320,000
268	1973		Eagles	Desperado	314,000
269	1996		Bryan Adams	18 til I Die	311,000
270	1997		2Pac	R U Still Down? (Remember Me)	306,000
271	1974		ABBA	Waterloo	303,000
272	1984		Iron Maiden	Powerslave	301,000
273	1997		Janet Jackson	The Velvet Rope	300,000
274	1978		Billy Joel	52nd Street	300,000
275	1995		Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	298,000
276	1973		Queen	Queen	298,000
277	1982		Fleetwood Mac	Mirage	297,000
278	1979		Fleetwood Mac	Tusk	296,000
279	1964		The Beatles	Beatles for Sale	295,000
280	1973		Bob Dylan	Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid	295,000
281	1991		Enya	Shepherd Moons	293,000
282	1999		Cranberries	Bury the Hatchet	292,000
283	1995		Enrique Iglesias	Enrique Iglesias	288,000
284	1993		Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell	286,000
285	1991		Genesis	We Can't Dance	284,000
286	1999		Enrique Iglesias	Enrique	279,000
287	1972		The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St	277,000
288	1979		Eagles	The Long Run	276,000
289	1987		R.E.M.	Document	276,000
290	1978		Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	276,000
291	1969		Crosby, Stills & Nash	Crosby, Stills & Nash [CSN]	276,000
292	1998		Madonna	Ray Of Light	272,000
293	1968		The Doors	Waiting for the Sun	271,000
294	1980		The Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	269,000
295	1975		Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	267,000
296	1982		Prince and the Revolutions	1999	265,000
297	1987		Pink Floyd	A Momentary Lapse of Reason	263,000
298	1968		Stevie Wonder	For Once in My Life	261,000
299	1996		George Michael	Older	259,000
300	1993		Janet Jackson	Janet.	259,000
301	1964		Bob Dylan	The Times They Are a-Changin?	257,000
302	1995		Tracy Chapman	New Beginning	256,000
303	1979		Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	255,000
304	1973		Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	254,000
305	1998		NSYNC	Home for Christmas	253,000
306	1995		Green Day	Insomniac	252,000
307	1995		Red Hot Chili Peppers	One Hot Minute	252,000
308	1997		Mariah Carey	ButterFly	251,000