List of best-selling albums worldwide

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The world's best-selling album cannot be listed officially, since there is no international body to count global record sales. Historical data before the 1980s and from developing countries are also incomplete. Information is also lacking for non-English language albums.

Albums are listed in alphabetical order of the artists name, rather than albums sold. Groupings are based on different sales benchmarks. Entries marked with an asterisk (*) are double albums, but they are counted once for each sale. Multiple entries from the same artist are listed in chronological order:

Contents 1 Album(s) claimed to have sold at least 100 million copies 2 Albums claimed to have sold at least 40 million copies 3 Albums claimed to have sold at least 30 million copies 4 Albums claimed to have sold at least 25 million copies 5 Albums claimed to have sold at least 20 million copies 6 Albums claimed to have sold at least 15 million copies 7 See also 8 External links 9 References

Album(s) claimed to have sold at least 100 million copies

Artist	Album	Year of release	Genre	Source
Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982	R&B/Pop Rock	[1][2][3]

Albums claimed to have sold at least 40 million copies

Artist	Album	Year of release	Genre	Source
AC/DC	Back in Black	1980	Hard Rock	[4]
The Eagles	Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)	1976	Classic Rock	[5]
Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	1973	Progressive rock	[6]
Various Artists/Bee Gees	Saturday Night Fever	1977	Disco	[7][1]

Albums claimed to have sold at least 30 million copies

Artist	Album	Year of release	Genre	Source
Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	1995	Alternative	[8]
Backstreet Boys	Millennium	1999	Pop	[9]
The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Rock	[10]
Boyz II Men	II	1995	Pop/R&B	[11]
Céline Dion	Falling Into You	1996	Pop	[12]
Céline Dion	Let's Talk About Love	1997	Pop	[13]
Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	1985	Rock	[14]
Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977	Rock	[15]
James Horner	Titanic (soundtrack)	1997	Classic	[16]
Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	1971	Hard Rock	[17]
Mariah Carey	Music Box	1993	Pop/R&B	[18]
Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	1977	Wagnerian Rock	[19]
Michael Jackson	Bad	1987	Pop/R&B	[20]
Pink Floyd	The Wall*	1979	Progressive rock	[21]
Shania Twain	Come on Over	1997	Pop/Country	[22][23]
Various Artists / Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard	1992	Pop/Soul/R&B	[24]

Albums claimed to have sold at least 25 million copies

Artist	Album	Year of release	Genre	Source
2Pac	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	1996	Rap	[25]
ABBA	Gold - Greatest Hits	1992	Pop	[26]
Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back	1997	Pop	[27]
The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969	Rock	[28]
The Beatles	1	2000	Rock/Pop	[29]
Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	1986	Rock	[30]
Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999	Pop	[31]
Mariah Carey	Daydream	1995	Pop/R&B	[32]
Michael Jackson	Dangerous	1991	Pop/R&B	[33]
Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	Rock (Grunge)	[34]
Queen	Greatest Hits	1981	Rock	[35]
Santana	Supernatural	1999	Rock	[36]
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over Troubled Water	1970	Folk/Rock	[37]
Various Artists	Grease (soundtrack)	1978	Pop	[38]

Albums claimed to have sold at least 20 million copies

Artist	Album	Year of release	Genre	Source
Ace of Base	Happy Nation/The Sign	1993	Pop	[39]
Barbra Streisand	Guilty*	1980	Rock/Pop	[40]
The Beatles	1962-1966*	1973	Rock/Pop	[41]
The Beatles	1967-1970*	1973	Rock/Pop	[42]
The Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	1979	Disco	[43]
Billy Joel	Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2*	1985	Pop/Rock	[44]
Blondie	Parallel Lines	1977	Pop/Rock/Disco	[45]
Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again	2000	Pop	[46]
Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984	Rock	[47]
Carole King	Tapestry	1971	Pop	[48]
Céline Dion	All the Way... A Decade of Song	1999	Pop	[49]
Céline Dion	The Colour of My Love	1993	Pop	[50]
Cher	Believe	1999	Pop/Dance	[51]
The Eagles	Hotel California	1976	Rock	[52]
Elton John	Greatest Hits	1974	Pop/Rock	[53]
Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	2000	Rap	[54]
Eminem	The Eminem Show	2002	Rap	[55]
Garth Brooks	Double Live	1990	Country	[56]
Garth Brooks	No Fences	1990	Country	[57]
Green Day	American Idiot (album)	2004	Punk Rock	[58]
Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	1987	Hard Rock	[59]
Julie Andrews and others	The Sound of Music (soundtrack)	1965	Pop	[60]
Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	2000	Nu Metal/Rapcore	[61]
Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	1983	R&B	[62]
Madonna	The Immaculate Collection	1990	Pop	[63]
Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984	Pop	[64]
Madonna	True Blue	1986	Pop	[65]
MC Hammer	Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em	1990	Rap	[66]
Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979	Pop/R&B	[67]
Norah Jones	Come Away with Me	2002	Jazz	[68]
Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory?	1995	Rock	[69]
Ricky Martin	Ricky Martin	1999	Pop (Latin)	[70]
Simon & Garfunkel	Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits	1972	Folk/Rock	[71]
Spice Girls	Spice	1997	Pop	[72]
Tina Turner	Private Dancer	1984	Pop/R&B/Rock	[73]
U2	The Joshua Tree	1987	Rock	[74]
Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	1985	Pop/Soul/R&B	[75]

Albums claimed to have sold at least 15 million copies

Artist	Album	Year of release	Genre	Source
Abrar-ul-Haq	Billo De Ghar	1995	Pop	[76]
AC/DC	Highway to Hell	1979	Rock	[citation needed]
Andrea Bocelli	Romanza	1997	Opera/Pop	[77]
Avril Lavigne	Let Go	2002	Rock/Pop	[78]
Backstreet Boys	Black & Blue	2000	Pop	[79]
The Beatles	The Beatles a.k.a. The White Album*	1968	Rock	[80]
Bing Crosby	Merry Christmas	1957	Pop (Traditional)	[81]
Bob Marley	Legend	1984	Reggae	[82]
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	E. 1999 Eternal	1995	Rap	[citation needed]
Bon Jovi	Cross Road - The Best of Bon Jovi	1994	Rock	[83]
Bon Jovi	New Jersey	1988	Rock	[84]
Boston	Boston	1976	Rock	[85]
Céline Dion	These Are Special Times	1998	Pop & Classic	[86]
The Cranberries	No Need to Argue	1994	Rock	[87]
Def Leppard	Hysteria	1987	Rock	[88]
The Eagles	The Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	1982	Rock	[89]
Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1973	Pop/Rock	[90]
Elton John	The Very Best of Elton John	1990	Pop/Rock	[91]
Elton John & Hans Zimmer	The Lion King (soundtrack)	1994	Pop	[92]
Enigma	MCMXC a.D.	1990	New Age	[93]
Enya	A Day Without Rain	2000	New Age	[94]
Eric Clapton	Unplugged	1992	Rock	[95]
Evanescence	Fallen	2003	Hard Rock	[96]
The Fugees	The Score	1996	Hip-Hop/R&B	[97]
George Michael	Faith	1987	Pop	[98]
Genesis	We Can't Dance	1991	Rock	[99]
Green Day	Dookie	1994	Pop Punk	[100]
Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion I	1991	Hard Rock	[101]
Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion II	1991	Hard Rock	[102]
Hootie & The Blowfish	Cracked Rear View	1994	Rock	[103]
Janet Jackson	janet.	1993	Pop/R&B	[104]
Journey	Greatest Hits	1988	Rock	[105]
Kenny G.	Breathless	1992	Jazz (Contemporary)	[106]
Kenny Rogers	Greatest Hits	1980	Country	[107]
Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	1998	R&B/Hip-Hop	[108]
Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	1969	Hard Rock	[109]
Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	1973	Hard Rock	[110]
Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti*	1975	Hard Rock	[111]
Madonna	Like a Prayer	1989	Pop	[112]
Madonna	Ray of Light	1998	Pop/Dance	[113]
Madonna	Music	2000	Pop/Dance	[114]
Mariah Carey	Butterfly	1997	Pop/R&B	[115]
Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey	1990	Pop/R&B	[116]
Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas	1994	Pop/R&B	[117]
Mariah Carey	# 1's	1998	Pop/R&B	[118]
Matchbox Twenty	Yourself or Someone Like You	1996	Rock (Alternative)	[119]
Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell	1993	Wagnerian Rock	[120]
Michael Jackson	"HIStory - Past, Present And Future, Book I"*	1995	Pop/R&B/Rock	[121]
Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	1973	Rock	[122]
'N Sync	No Strings Attached	2000	Pop	[123]
No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom	1995	Rock (Ska)	[124]
Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	1995	Rock	[125]
Pearl Jam	Ten (Pearl Jam album)	1991	Rock (Grunge)	[126]
Peter Frampton	Frampton Comes Alive*	1976	Rock	[127]
Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	1985	Pop	[128]
Phil Collins	...But Seriously	1989	Pop	[129]
Prince	Purple Rain	1984	Pop/Rock	[130]
Queen	Greatest Hits II	1991	Rock	[citation needed]
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication	1999	Rock	[131]
R.E.M.	Automatic for the People	1992	Rock	[132]
Shakira	Laundry Service	2001	Pop	[133]
Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	1995	Country	[134]
Spice Girls	Spiceworld	1997	Pop	[135]
Supertramp	Breakfast in America	1979	Rock	[136]
TLC	CrazySexyCool	1994	R&B/Hip Hop	[137]
U2	Achtung Baby	1991	Rock	[138]
Usher	Confessions	2004	R&B	[139]
Vanilla Ice	To the Extreme	1990	Rap	[140]
Whitney Houston	Whitney	1987	Pop/Soul/R&B	[141]

See also

• Best-selling music artist
• List of Best Selling Singles Worldwide
• List of best selling remix album worldwide

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