The best selling music albums in history

The music albums that sold most copies
Best-selling albums: Thriller
Best-selling albums: The Dark Side of the Moon
Best-selling albums: The Bodyguard OST
Best-selling albums: Grease OST
Best-selling albums: Led Zeppelin IV
Best-selling albums: Back in Black
Best-selling albums: Rumours
Best-selling albums: Saturday Night Fever OST
Best-selling albums: Bad
Best-selling albums: Come On Over
Best-selling albums: The Wall
Best-selling albums: Brothers in Arms
Best-selling albums: Appetite for Destruction
Best-selling albums: Metallica
Best-selling albums: 21
Best-selling albums: Hotel California
Best-selling albums: Dirty Dancing OST
Best-selling albums: Let's Talk About Love
Best-selling albums: Dangerous
Best-selling albums: Born in the USA
Best-selling albums: Falling Into You
Best-selling albums: Nevermind
Best-selling albums: The Joshua Tree
Best-selling albums: Abbey Road
Best-selling albums: Music Box
Best-selling albums: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Best-selling albums: Come Away With Me
Best-selling albums: Millennium
Best-selling albums: ...Baby One More Time
Best-selling albums: Slippery When Wet
The music albums that sold most copies

Since the arrival of streaming, it's become more difficult to compare the popularity of music albums, as people listen to individual songs and mix an artist's music together in one playlist. However, for the old record era, we can draw up a list of the best-sold music albums in history. Is your favorite in the top 30?

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Best-selling albums: Thriller

Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982) - 65,800,000 copies

Best-selling albums: The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) - 43,300,000 copies

Best-selling albums: The Bodyguard OST

Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard OST (1992) - 41,100,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Grease OST

Various artists - Grease OST (1978) - 38,100,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971) - 36,800,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Back in Black

AC/DC - Back in Black (1980) - 35,811,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Rumours

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) - 35,500,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Saturday Night Fever OST

Bee Gees and various artists - Saturday Night Fever OST (1977) - 34,800,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Bad

Michael Jackson - Bad (1987) - 33,600,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Come On Over

Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 33,500,000 copies

Best-selling albums: The Wall

Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) - 31,300,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Brothers in Arms

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985) - 30,850,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Appetite for Destruction

Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987) - 30,770,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Metallica

Metallica - Metallica (1991) - 30,400,000 copies

Best-selling albums: 21

Adele - 21 (2011) - 30,140,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Hotel California

Eagles - Hotel California (1976) - 30,050,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Dirty Dancing OST

Dirty Dancing -  Dirty Dancing OST (1987) - 29,970,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Let's Talk About Love

Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (1997) - 29,800,000 copies

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Best-selling albums: Dangerous

Michael Jackson - Dangerous (1991) - 29,550,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Born in the USA

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (1984) - 29,300,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Falling Into You

Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996) - 28,100,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Nevermind

Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) - 27,750,000 copies

Best-selling albums: The Joshua Tree

U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) - 26,800,00 copies

Best-selling albums: Abbey Road

The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) - 26,700,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Music Box

Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993) - 26,100,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - 24,800,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Come Away With Me

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002) - 23,900,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Millennium

Backstreet Boys - Millennium (1999) - 23,800,000 copies

Best-selling albums: ...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (1999) - 23,735,000 copies

Best-selling albums: Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986) - 23,600,000 copies

 

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