The Best Selling Albums of All Time

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Most of the artists in this list you know and their albums have succeeded over the years and even today they are being sold. The average artist earns around $2 off every album that is sold and when you sell millions of albums, you know you did something right. The famous and successful musicians make millions of dollars from their album sales and don't forget this does not include incomes from touring, radio royalties, merchandise, endorsements and licensing revenues, so it's good to be a great musician in our world. Without any further delay, here are the best-selling albums of all time:

#1: Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982) 65 million copies

#2:  AC/DC – Back in Black (1980) 50 million copies

#3: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 50 million copies

#4: Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (1992) 45 million copies

#5: Michael Jackson - Bad (1987) 45 million copies

#6: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (1977) 43 million copies

#7: Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1976) 42 million copies

#8: Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (1977) 40 million copies

#9: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) 40 million copies

#10: Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) 40 million copies

#11: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971) 37 million copies

#12: Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995) 33 million copies

#13: Michael Jackson - Dangerous (1991) 32 million copies

#14: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 32 million copies

#15: Céline Dion - Falling into You (1996) 32 million copies

#16: Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993) 32 million copies

#17: Dirty Dancing - Soundtrack (1987) 32 million copies

#18: The Beatles - 1 (2000) 31 million copies

#19: Céline Dion - Let's Talk About Love (1997) 31 million copies

#20: The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) 30 million copies

#21: Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time (1999) 30 million copies

#22: Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (1984) 30 million copies

#23: Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985) 30 million copies

#24: Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987) 30 million copies

#25: Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) 30 million copies

#26: Titanic - Music from the Motion Picture (1997) 30 million copies

#27: Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (1990) 30 million copies

#28: Metallica - Metallica (1991) 30 million copies

#29: Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) 30 million copies

#30: Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) 30 million copies

#31: Santana - Supernatural (1999) 30 million copies

#32: ABBA: ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits (1992) 28 million copies

#33: Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (1997) 28 million copies

#34: Backstreet Boys - Millennium (1999) 28 million copies

#35: Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986) 28 million copies

#36: Spice Girls - Spice (1996) 28 million copies

#37: Grease Soundtrack - (1978) 28 million copies

#38: Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (2002) 26 million

#39: Adele - 21 (2011) 25 million copies

#40: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers (1984) 25 million copies

#41: Carole King - Tapestry (1971) 25 million copies

#42: George Michael - Faith (1987) 25 million copies

#43: Journey - Greatest Hits (1988) 25 million copies

#44: Madonna - True Blue (1986) 25 million copies

#45: Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995) 25 million copies

#46: Queen - Greatest Hits (1981) 25 million copies

#47: Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) 25 million copies

#48: U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) 25 million copies

#49: Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985) 25 million copies

#50: Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987) 25 million copies

#51: Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits (1980) 24 million copies

#52: Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (2000) 24 million copies

#53: Ace of Base - The Sign (1993) 23 million copies

#54: TLC - CrazySexyCool (1994) 23 million copies

#55: Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) 22 million copies

#56: Bon Jovi - Cross Road (1994) 21 million copies

#57: Madonna - Like a Virgin (1984) 21 million copies

#58: Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (1997) 20 million copies

#59: Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) 20 million copies

#60: Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978) 20 million copies

#61: Boston - Boston (1976) 20 million copies

#62: Britney Spears - Oops!… I Did It Again (2000) 20 million copies

#63: Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) 20 million copies

#64: Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 20 million copies

#65: Eric Clapton - Unplugged (1992) 20 million copies

#66: Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983) 20 million copies

#67: Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) 20 million copies

#68: Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979) 20 million copies

#69: Phil Collins - No Jacket Required (1985) 20 million copies

#70: Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984) 20 million copies

#71: Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) 20 million copies

#72: Supertramp - Breakfast in America (1979) 20 million copies

#73: Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) 20 million copies

#74: Usher - Confessions (2004) 20 million copies

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