💿best-selling albums of all time, top 15

wikipedia's compiled sales list, claimed figures not certified ones, so argue with the list, not me. compilations and soundtracks count same as studio albums here

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Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

70 million claimed. side two has Beat It AND Billie Jean, that's the whole argument right there

Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

50 million, recorded right after Bon Scott died

The Bodyguard - Whitney Houston / Various Artists (1992)

The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (1973)

45 million and it never fully left the charts for like 15 years straight

Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - Eagles

Hotel California - Eagles (1976)

Come On Over - Shania Twain (1997)

the one country-pop crossover people forget was this big, 40 million

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf (1977)

still selling steady decades later, nobody expected that from the title alone

Saturday Night Fever - Bee Gees / Various Artists (1977)

Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Bad - Michael Jackson (1987)

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)

33 million on an album that's basically one long breakup letter

Dirty Dancing - Various Artists (1987)

Falling into You - Celine Dion (1996)

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