| #1 - Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983)
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| | After every record label refused to pick
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| Copies Sold: 54 Million -
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| | up the album, Cleveland International
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| On a worldwide level, Thriller is
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| | Records decided to take a chance. After
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| considered by the Recording Industry
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| | an appearance on Saturday Night Live, the
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| Association of America (RIAA) to be the
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| | album started to receive huge fanfare
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| best selling album of all-time, with over
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| | worldwide.#7 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side
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| fifty-four million copies sold and
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| | Of The Moon (1973)
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| multiple number one hits.#2 - AC/DC -
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| | Copies Sold: 35 Million -
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| Back In Black (1980)
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| | Though this post Syd Barrett conceptual
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| Copies Sold: 42 Million -
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| | album focusing on the human experience
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| After Bon Scott's death, it was
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| | stayed at number one for only one week on
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| questionable whether AC/DC could reach
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| | The Billboard 200, it stayed on this
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| previous levels of success, but with the
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| | chart for a record fourteen consecutive
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| song writing started while Bon was still
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| | years until 1988.#8 - Shania Twain - Come
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| alive, and Brian Johnson taking over the
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| | On Over (1997)
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| mic, AC/DC were indeed Back in Black.#3 -
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| | Copies Sold: 35 Million -
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| The Eagles - Greatest Hits 1971-75 (1976)
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| | This is the biggest selling album by a
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| Copies Sold: 41 Million -
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| | female solo artist, and is due to the
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| Released in 1976, it was the first album
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| | successful team collaboration of the
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| to receive platinum status, and to date
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| | highly talented Shania and her husband,
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| is the best selling album of all-time in
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| | producer/writer Robert "Mutt" Lange, the
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| the United States at almost thirty
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| | producer for AC/DC's "Back in Black" (see
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| million copies, and worldwide has
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| | above).#9 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
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| achieved over forty million in sales.#4 -
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| | Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
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| Soundtrack - Saturday Night Fever (1978)
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| | Copies Sold: 32 Million -
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| Copies Sold: 40 Million -
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| | Considered the most influential rock
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| The number one best-selling soundtrack
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| | album by many, this ground-breaker came
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| of all-time, primarily recorded by the
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| | at the end of the Beatlemania craze. The
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| Bee Gees, was equally helped by the
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| | Beatles were no longer touring, but
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| enormous popularity of the movie starring
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| | instead broadening their musical talents,
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| John Travolta. For a moment the disco era
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| | injecting new sounds and recording styles
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| was mainstream.#5 - Soundtrack - The
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| | into their music.#10 - Soundtrack - Dirty
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| Bodyguard (1992)
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| | Dancing (1987)
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| Copies Sold: 37 Million -
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| | Copies Sold: 32 Million -
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| One of the most successful films in
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| | The best-selling soundtrack for the
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| history also produced one of the most
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| | movie included many hit singles such as
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| successful soundtracks worldwide. Whitney
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| | "Hungry Eyes" as sung by Eric Carmen, and
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| Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will
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| | an Academy Award for Best Original Song
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| Always Love You" helped bring the album
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| | for "(I've Had) The Time of My Life",
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| to number five all-time.#6 - Meat Loaf -
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| | sung by the duet of Bill Medley and
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| Bat Out Of Hell (1978)
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| | Jennifer Warnes.
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| Copies Sold: 37 Million -
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