Which are the best selling albums of all time? We've put together this list of the top 20 most sold albums ever, and how many copies they've sold.
5. Pink Floyd's the Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Pin it On iTunes at: itunes.apple.com Pink Floyd is a British progressive rock band and their music is characterized by haunting and lengthy instrumental compositions. This best-selling album explores themes of mental illness (partly inspired...
the Band had been known mainly as a studio group since they’d emerged in 1968 withMusic From Big Pink. But by 1971 they’d solidified their reputation as a killer live act too, and it was time for an in-concert album, They came up with one of the great ones, captured during four...
As of April 2, 2024, the Chinese male singer Xiao Zhan's song Spotlight was the top-selling music single across the mainstream music platforms in China, selling over 54.4 million copies.
Michael Jackson'sThrillerremains the indisputed champion by far. Released in 1982, it was a weird transition time for music when Disco and Funk were on the way out and Rock and Pop were on the way in. Michael took advantage of all four genres to create the best-selling album of all ti...
Released on 30 November 1982, Thriller by Michael Jackson (USA, 1958-2009) is the world’s best-selling album. Sales figures vary wildly from source to source, but it is estimated that the album – featuring seven US Top 10 singles – has sold in excess of 67 million copies across the...
By 1983, John Cougar was a smash with the public — his multiplatinum American Fool, the biggest-selling album of 1982, saw to that — but was still scorned by critics. With Uh-huh, he turned a corner, winning over even hardened skeptics who thought he would never escape the shadow of...
of 10 *Garth Brooks: 'Double Live' Garth Brooks' "Double Live," is his best-selling album, certified at 21 times platinum. *Of course, there are two CDs counted for RIAA certification in each sale, so that would make 10.5 million sets sold and would put this closer to the bottom of...
Do you remember the top album from the year you graduated high school?StackeranalyzedBillboarddata to determine just that, looking at the best-selling album from every year going all the way back to 1956. Sales data is included only from 1992 onward when Nielsen's SoundScan began gathering co...
There were high hopes for Brian Johnson, who came on board AC/DC after the death of Bon Scott, but did anyone expect that his arrival would signify one of the biggest selling albums in rock history? With the help of producer Mutt Lange, AC/DC crafted a timeless rock album filled with ...