Best-Selling Albums in the US

Guess the 50 best-selling albums in the US by total sale as of 1/09/2021. Sources may be inaccurate. Enjoy!

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States

Includes 'greatest hits' albums.

Album names represented by dashes (-) are self titled.

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Year	Sales	Album	Artist
1976	38,000,000	Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)	Eagles
1982	34,000,000	Thriller	Michael Jackson
1976	26,000,000	Hotel California	Eagles
1980	25,000,000	Back in Black	AC/DC
1971	23,000,000	--- -------- IV	Led Zeppelin
1977	20,000,000	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac
1987	18,000,000	Appetite For Destruction	Guns N' Roses
1990	18,000,000	No Fences	Garth Brooks
1997	17,700,000	Come On Over	Shania Twain
1974	17,000,000	Greatest Hits	Elton John
1976	17,000,000	------	Boston
1991	16,800,000	--------- (The Black Album)	Metallica
1977	16,000,000	Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)	Bee Gees
1995	15,500,000	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette
1973	15,000,000	The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd
1984	15,000,000	Legend	Bob Marley & The Wailers
1984	15,000,000	Born in the U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen
1988	15,000,000	Greatest Hits	Journey
1994	14,600,000	Cracked Rear View	Hootie & The Blowfish
1972	14,000,000	----- & ---------'s Greatest Hits	Simon & Garfunkel
1977	14,000,000	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf
1978	14,000,000	Greatest Hits 1974-78	Steve Miller Band
1999	13,900,000	Millenium	Backstreet Boys
1992	13,400,000	The Bodyguard (Soundtrack)	Whitney Houston
1999	13,100,000	Supernatural	Santana

Year	Sales	Album	Artist
1971	13,000,000	Tapestry	Carole King
1984	13,000,000	Purple Rain	Prince
1985	13,000,000	------- -------	Whitney Houston
2000	12,900,000	The Marshall Mathers LP	Eminem
2000	12,800,000	1	The Beatles
2000	12,700,000	No Strings Attached	NSYNC
1999	12,200,000	...Baby One More Time	Britney Spears
1968	12,000,000	--- ------- (The White Album)	The Beatles
1969	12,000,000	Abbey Road	The Beatles
1969	12,000,000	--- -------- II	Led Zeppelin
1980	12,000,000	Greatest Hits	Kenny Rogers
1985	12,000,000	No Jacket Required	Phil Collins
1986	12,000,000	Slippery When Wet	Bon Jovi
1987	12,000,000	Hysteria	Def Leppard
1992	12,000,000	Breathless	Kenny G
1997	11,900,000	---------- ----	Backstreet Boys
2011	11,900,000	21	Adele
1996	11,800,000	Falling into You	Celine Dion
1999	11,700,000	Human Clay	Creed
1979	11,500,000	The Wall	Pink Floyd
1985	11,500,000	Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II	Billy Joel
1997	11,100,000	Titanic	Soundtrack
2000	11,100,000	Hybrid Theory	Linkin Park
1967	11,000,000	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles
1973	11,000,000	Houses of the Holy	Led Zeppelin

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