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