The Recording Industry Association of America's Top-Selling Albums of All Time^*

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

29 Million

• Thriller, Michael Jackson (Epic)
• Eagles: Their Greatest Hits, 1971–1975, Eagles (Asylum)

23 Million

• Greatest Hits, Volumes I & II, Billy Joel (Columbia)
• The Wall, Pink Floyd (Columbia)
• Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)

22 Million

• Back in Black, AC/DC (Epic)

21 Million

• Double Live, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

20 Million

• Come On Over, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)

19 Million

• The Beatles, The Beatles (Capitol)
• Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)

18 Million

• Appetite for Destruction, Guns 'N Roses (Geffen)

17 Million

• The Beatles: 1967–1970, The Beatles (Capitol)
• The Bodyguard (soundtrack), Whitney Houston (Arista)
• Boston, Boston (Epic)
• No Fences, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

16 Million

• Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin (Swan Song)
• Greatest Hits, Elton John (Island/Mercury)
• Hotel California, Eagles (Elektra)
• Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (Atlantic)
• Metallica, Metallica (Elektra)
• Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick)

15 Million

• Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (Capitol)
• Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack), Bee Gees (Polydor/Atlas)
• Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
• The Beatles: 1962–1966, The Beatles (Capitol)
• Greatest Hits, Journey (Capitol)
• Supernatural, Santana (Arista)

14 Million

• Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
• …Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (Jive)
• Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf (Epic)
• Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
• Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

13 Million

• Ten, Pearl Jam (Epic)
• Purple Rain (soundtrack), Prince and the Revolution (Warner Bros.)
• Greatest Hits: 1974–1978, Steve Miller Band (Capitol)
• Millennium, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live: 1975–1985 (box set), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Columbia)
• Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (Arista)

12 Million

• Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
• Abbey Road, The Beatles (Capitol)
• No Jacket Required, Phil Collins (Atlantic)
• The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
• Forrest Gump (soundtrack) (Epic)
• Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
• Yourself or Someone Like You, Matchbox Twenty (Atlantic)
• Hot Rocks, The Rolling Stones (abkco)
• II, Boyz II Men (Motown)
• Kenny Rogers's Greatest Hits, Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville)
• Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi (Mercury)
• Hysteria, Def Leppard (Mercury)
• Breathless, Kenny G (Arista)
• Pieces of You, Jewel (Atlantic)

11 Million

• Up!, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
• Human Clay, Creed (Wind-Up Records)
• CrazySexyCool, TLC (LaFace)
• Dirty Dancing (soundtrack) (RCA)
• 1, The Beatles (Capitol)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (Capitol)
• James Taylor's Greatest Hits, James Taylor (Warner Bros.)
• Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. II, Eagles (Elektra)
• Falling into You, Celine Dion (Epic)
• No Strings Attached, 'N Sync (Jive)
• Devil Without a Cause, Kid Rock (Lava)
• Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
• Titanic (soundtrack) (Sony Classical)
• Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith (Columbia)
• Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast (So So Def)

10 Million

• 21, Adele (XL Recordings / Columbia)
• 'N Sync, 'N Sync (RCA)
• Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Let's Talk About Love, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
• Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
• Greatest Hits, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (MCA)
• The Stranger, Billy Joel (Columbia)
• The Immaculate Collection, Madonna (Sire)
• Like A Virgin, Madonna (Sire)
• The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem (Interscope)
• Th Eminem Show, Eminem (Interscope)
• Fly, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
• Eliminator, ZZ Top (Warner Bros.)
• Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.)
• Van Halen, Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
• Faith, George Michael (Columbia)
• Music Box, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
• Unplugged, Eric Clapton (Reprise)
• Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie (Motown)
• Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, Hammer (Capitol)
• Tapestry, Carole King (Ode)
• The Lion King (Soundtrack) (Walt Disney)
• The Joshua Tree, U2 (Island)
• Nevermind, Nirvana (DGC)
• Legend, Bob Marley & the Wailers (Island)
• Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (Trauma/Interscope)
• 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
• Dookie, Green Day (Reprise)
• Daydream, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
• Come Away With Me, Norah Jones (Blue Note)
• Pyromania, Def Leppard (Mercury)
• Greatest Hits, Patsy Cline (MCA)
• Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park (Warner Bros.)
• Oops!…I Did it Again, Britney Spears (Jive)
• Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Motown)
• 1, The Beatles (Capitol)
• Greatest Hits, 2 PAC (Interscope)
• Best of the Doors, the Doors (Elektra)
• Garth Brooks, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
• Sevens, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
• The Hits, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
• Confessions, Usher (So So Def)
• Mellon Collie and the Infinte Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins
• Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis