List of best-selling albums in the United States
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This is a list of best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
- Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - 28 times platinum
- Michael Jackson - Thriller - 27 times platinum
- Pink Floyd - The Wall - 23 times platinum
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 22 times platinum
- Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 - 21 times platinum
- Shania Twain - Come on Over - 20 times platinum
- AC/DC - Back in Black - 21 times platinum
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 19 times platinum
- The Beatles - The Beatles ("the White Album") - 19 times platinum
- Boston - Boston - 17 times platinum
- Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (soundtrack) - 17 times platinum
- Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - 16 times platinum
- Elton John - Greatest Hits - 16 times platinum
- Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 16 times platinum
- The Beatles - 1967 - 1970 - 16 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - No Fences - 16 times platinum
- Eagles - Hotel California - 16 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - Double Live - 15 times platinum
- The Beatles - 1962 - 1966 - 15 times platinum
- Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) - 15 times platinum
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - 15 times platinum
- Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 15 times platinum
- Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 15 times platinum
- Santana - Supernatural - 15 times platinum
- Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. - 15 times platinum
- Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 14 times platinum
- Simon and Garfunkel - Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - 14 times platinum
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell - 14 times platinum
- Metallica - Metallica - 14 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind - 14 times platinum
- Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys - 14 times platinum
- Backstreet Boys - Millennium - 13 times platinum
- Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978 - 13 times platinum
- Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 13 times platinum
- Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain (soundtrack) - 13 times platinum
- Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85 - 13 times platinum
- Forrest Gump (soundtrack) - 12 times platinum
- Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - 12 times platinum
- The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks, 1964-1971 - 12 times platinum
- Shania Twain - The Woman in Me - 12 times platinum
- Kenny G - Breathless - 12 times platinum
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 12 times platinum
- Pearl Jam - Ten - 12 times platinum
- Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You - 12 times platinum
- The Beatles - Abbey Road - 12 times platinum
- Boyz II Men - II - 12 times platinum
- Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 12 times platinum
- Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces - 12 times platinum
- Phil Collins - No Jacket Required - 12 times platinum
- Def Leppard - Hysteria - 12 times platinum
Further research
- For information about what makes a platinum album, see RIAA certification.
- Multi-disc albums whose total length is at least 100 minutes count one for each disc in these figures, which accounts for the many double (or more) albums in the list.
- Albums from the mid-1960s and before are underrepresented due to the smaller album buying market of that time; albums from the Napster era on may be underrepresented due to the decline in conventional album sales.
- See also: List of best-selling singles
See also
External links
- RIAA Website (http://www.RIAA.org)
- Billboard Magazine (http://www.billboard.com) - a magazine that publishes weekly music rankings