Top Ten Best Selling Albums Of AllTime

#1 - Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983)
Copies Sold: 54 Million -
On a Worldwide level, Thriller is considered by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to be the best selling Album of all-time, with over fifty-four Million Copies Sold and multiple Number one hits.

#2 - AC/DC - Back In Black (1980)
Copies Sold: 42 Million -
After Bon Scott's death, it was questionable whether AC/DC could reach previous levels of success, but with the song writing started while Bon was still alive, and Brian Johnson taking over the mic, AC/DC were indeed Back in Black.

#3 - The Eagles - Greatest Hits 1971-75 (1976)
Copies Sold: 41 Million -
Released in 1976, it was the first Album to receive platinum status, and to date is the best selling Album of all-time in the United States at al Most thirty Million Copies, and Worldwide has achieved over forty Million in sales.

#4 - Soundtrack - Saturday Night Fever (1978)
Copies Sold: 40 Million -
The Number one best-selling soundtrack of all-time, primarily recorded by the Bee Gees, was equally helped by the enormous popularity of the movie starring John Travolta. For a moment the disco era was mainstream.

#5 - Soundtrack - The Bodyguard (1992)
Copies Sold: 37 Million -
One of the Most successful films in history also produced one of the Most successful soundtracks Worldwide. Whitney Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You helped br ing the Album to Number five all-time.

#6 - Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (1978)
Copies Sold: 37 Million -
After every record label refused to pick up the Album, Cleveland International Records decided to take a chance. After an appearance on Saturday Night Live, the Album started to receive huge fanfare Worldwide.

#7 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
Copies Sold: 35 Million -
Though this post Syd Barrett conceptual Album focusing on the human experience stayed at Number one for only one week on The Billboard 200, it stayed on this chart for a record fourteen consecutive years until 1988.

#8 - Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Copies Sold: 35 Million -
This is the biggest selling Album by a female solo artist, and is due to the successful team collaboration of the highly talented Shania and her husband, producer/writer Robert Mutt Lange, the producer for AC/DC's Back in Black (see above).

#9 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Copies Sold: 32 Million -
Considered the Most influential rock Album by many, this ground-breaker came at the end of the Beatlemania craze. The Beatles were no longer touring, but instead broadening their musical talents, injecting new sounds and recording styles into their music.

#10 - Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing (1987)
Copies Sold: 32 Million -
The best-selling soundtrack for the movie included many hit singles such as Hungry Eyes as sung by Eric Carmen, and an Academy Award for Best Original Song for (I've Had) The Time of My Life, sung by the duet of Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.

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Austin Culley is recreational writer of various articles including top ten reviews.

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