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