The 50 Best-Selling Albums of all Time (Got any?)

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The 50 Best-Selling Albums of all Time
According to Business Insider, They compiled the RIAA's data for the best-selling albums in history - measured in "certified units" sold.....Have you got any of them?

1. Michael Jackson - Thriller (Pt 1)
2. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Remastered) (Pt 1)
3. Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Pt 1)
4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Ppt 1)
5. Pink Floyd - The Wall (Pt 1)
6. AC_DC - Back In Black (Pt 2)
7. Garth Brooks - Double Live (Pt 2 )
8. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (Pt 2)
9. Shania Twain - Come On Over (Pt 2 )
10. The Beatles - The Beatles (Pt 2)
11. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (Pt 3 )
12. Boston - Boston (Pt 3)
13. Elton John - Greatest Hits (Vinyl) (Pt 3 )
14. Garth Brooks - No Fences (Pt 3)
15. The Beatles - 1967-1970 (Remastered) (Pt 3 )
16. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album (Pt 4)
17. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (Remastered) (Pt 4)
18. Eagles - Hotel California (Remastered) (Pt 4)
19. Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (Pt 4 )
20. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (Pt 4)
21. Metallica - Metallica (Pt 5)
22. Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever (Pt 5)
23. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (Pt 5)
24. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. (Vinyl) (Pt 5)
25. Journey - Greatest Hits (Pt 5 )
26. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (Pt 6)
27. Santana - Supernatural (Legacy Edition) (Pt 6)
28. The Beatles - The Beatles 1962 - 1966 (Pt 6)
29. Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (Pt 6)
30. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Digital Deluxe Version) (Pt 6)
31. Garth Brooks - Ropin The Wind (Pt 7)
32. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (Pt 7)
33. Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (Pt 7)
34. Backstreet Boys - Millennium (Pt 7)
35. Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live 1975-85 (Display Box) (Pt 7)
36. Pearl Jam - Ten (Pt 8)
37. Prince - Purple Rain (Remastered 2013) (Pt 8)
38. Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits, 1974-78 (Pt 8)
39. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (Pt 8)
40. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (Pt 8)
41. Boyz II Men - II (Pt 9)
42. Def Leppard - Viva! Hysteria (Original Soundtrack) (Pt 9)
43. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (Pt 9)
44. Jewel - Pieces Of You (Pt 9)
45. Kenny G - Breathless (Pt 9)
46. Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits (Pt 9)
47. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe Edition) (Pt 9)
48. matchbox twenty - Yourself Or Someone Like You (Pt 9)
49. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required (Deluxe Edition) (Pt 9)
50. Shania Twain - The Woman In Me (Pt 9)
 

Numbers 5 and 26...Pink Floyd. I've liked music all my life, and IMO, Pink Floyd is the Best group that has ever come along. They set the standard for dozens of groups/performers that followed. In another 200 years, they may be considered the "Mozart", or "Beethoven" of the 20th century. I've got a Sansui 9090DB stereo with a couple of big Altec Lansing speakers set up in the basement....and every now and then, I put some old Pink Floyd vinyl on the turntable, and crank up the volume.
 
I had most of them until I sadly got rid of my albums many moons ago.
 

Don M. said:
Numbers 5 and 26...Pink Floyd. I've liked music all my life, and IMO, Pink Floyd is the Best group that has ever come along. They set the standard for dozens of groups/performers that followed. In another 200 years, they may be considered the "Mozart", or "Beethoven" of the 20th century. I've got a Sansui 9090DB stereo with a couple of big Altec Lansing speakers set up in the basement....and every now and then, I put some old Pink Floyd vinyl on the turntable, and crank up the volume.
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Like your style Don,I saw them when in Melbourne many moons ago...best ever!!
 
Yes I have quite a few of them, but not in Vinyl any more unfortunately....

Interesting list.. There's a few I would have expected to see which aren't there...


Here are the Best Selling Albums of All time in the UK


[h=4]The UK's official 60 biggest selling albums of all time are...[/h]

TITLE

ARTISTYEAR
1GREATEST HITSQUEEN1981
2
GOLD - GREATEST HITSABBA1992
3SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BANDBEATLES1967
421ADELE2011
5WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORYOASIS1995
6THRILLERMICHAEL JACKSON1982
7THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOONPINK FLOYD1973
8BROTHERS IN ARMSDIRE STRAITS1985
9BADMICHAEL JACKSON1987
10GREATEST HITS IIQUEEN1991
11RUMOURSFLEETWOOD MAC1977
12THE IMMACULATE COLLECTIONMADONNA1990
13BACK TO BLACKAMY WINEHOUSE2006
14STARSSIMPLY RED1991
15COME ON OVERSHANIA TWAIN1997
16LEGENDBOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS1984
17BACK TO BEDLAMJAMES BLUNT2004
18URBAN HYMNSVERVE1997
19BAT OUT OF HELLMEAT LOAF1977
201BEATLES2000
21BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERSIMON & GARFUNKEL1970
22DIRTY DANCINGORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK1987
23SPIRITLEONA LEWIS2007
24CRAZY LOVEMICHAEL BUBLE2009
25NO ANGELDIDO2000
26WHITE LADDERDAVID GRAY1998
2725ADELE2015
28TALK ON CORNERSCORRS1997
29SPICESPICE GIRLS1996
30THE FAMELADY GAGA2008
31A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEADCOLDPLAY2002
32LIFE FOR RENTDIDO2003
33ONLY BY THE NIGHTKINGS OF LEON2008
34BEAUTIFUL WORLDTAKE THAT2006
35HOPES AND FEARSKEANE2004
36THE JOSHUA TREEU21987
37THE WAR OF THE WORLDSJEFF WAYNE1978
38SCISSOR SISTERSSCISSOR SISTERS2004
39BUT SERIOUSLYPHIL COLLINS1989
40X&YCOLDPLAY2005
41JAGGED LITTLE PILLALANIS MORISSETTE1995
42TUBULAR BELLSMIKE OLDFIELD1973
43THE MAN WHOTRAVIS1999
44TRACY CHAPMANTRACY CHAPMAN1988
45PARACHUTESCOLDPLAY2000
46GREATEST HITSABBA1975
47GREASEORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK1977
48I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOUROBBIE WILLIAMS1998
49XED SHEERAN2014
50COME AWAY WITH MENORAH JONES2002
51GRACELANDPAUL SIMON1986
52THE SOUND OF MUSICORIGINAL CAST RECORDING1965
53LADIES & GENTLEMEN - THE BEST OFGEORGE MICHAEL1998
54TANGO IN THE NIGHTFLEETWOOD MAC1987
55THE MARSHALL MATHERS LPEMINEM2000
56SWING WHEN YOU'RE WINNINGROBBIE WILLIAMS2001
57PROGRESSTAKE THAT2010
58EYES OPENSNOW PATROL2006
59NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTIONTAKE THAT2005
60AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLEREM1992
 
kburra said:
Like your style Don,I saw them when in Melbourne many moons ago...best ever!!
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We've attended several rock concerts, over the years, and the Best one that sticks in my mind was well over 20 years ago when Pink Floyd came to the Chiefs stadium in Kansas City, and did their Dark Side of the Moon show. That 70,000 seat stadium was sold out, and the show was outstanding.
 

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