Top selling Albums of all time

[brock]

Here is a list of the all-time top selling albums (number in perenthesis indicates total U.S. sales in millions):

THE EAGLES - "Eagles/Their Greatest Hits: 1971-75" (29)
MICHAEL JACKSON - "Thriller" (27)
LED ZEPPELIN - "Led Zeppelin IV" (23)
PINK FLOYD - "The Wall" (23)
AC/DC - "Back in Black" (21)
BILLY JOEL - "Greatest Hits Vol. I & II" (21)
GARTH BROOKS - "Double Live" (20)
SHANIA TWAIN - "Come On Over" (20)
THE BEATLES - "The Beatles" (19)
FLEETWOOD MAC - "Rumours" (19)
BOSTON - "Boston" (17)
WHITNEY HOUSTON - "The Bodyguard" (soundtrack) (17)
THE BEATLES - "The Beatles 1967-70" (16)
GARTH BROOKS - "No Fences" (16)
THE EAGLES - "Hotel California" (16)
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - "Cracked Rear View" (16)
ELTON JOHN - "Greatest Hits" (16)
LED ZEPPELIN - "Physical Graffiti" (16)
ALANIS MORISSETTE - "Jagged Little Pill" (16)
THE BEATLES - "The Beatles 1962-66" (15)
BEE GEES - "Saturday Night Fever" (soundtrack) (15)
GUNS N' ROSES - "Appetite for Destruction" (15)
PINK FLOYD - "Dark Side of the Moon" (15)
SANTANA - "Supernatural" (15)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "Born in the U.S.A." (15)
BACKSTREET BOYS - "Backstreet Boys" (14)
GARTH BROOKS - "Ropin' the Wind" (14)
JOURNEY - "Greatest Hits" (14)
MEAT LOAF - "Bat Out of Hell" (14)
METALLICA - "Metallica" (14)
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - "Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits" (14)
BRITNEY SPEARS - "... Baby One More Time" (14)

The 20 top-selling artists in millions of albums/CDs (number in perenthesis indicates total U.S. sales in millions):

01. THE BEATLES (168.5)
02. ELVIS PRESLEY (118.5)
03. GARTH BROOKS (116)
04. LED ZEPPELIN (109.5)
05. EAGLES (91)
06. BILLY JOEL (79.5)
07. PINK FLOYD (73.5)
08. BARBRA STREISAND (71)
09. ELTON JOHN (69)
10. AC/DC (66)
11. THE ROLLING STONES (65.5)
12. AEROSMITH (65.5)
13. MADONNA (63)
14. GEORGE STRAIT (62.5)
15. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (62)
16. MARIAH CAREY (61.5)
17. MICHAEL JACKSON (60.5)
18. METALLICA (57)
19. VAN HALEN (56.5)
20. WHITNEY HOUSTON (54)


Does anyone know where use your illusions should be?  i thought they sold over 30 million combined...

[Wando]

Does anyone know where use your illusions should be?  i thought they sold over 30 million combined...

I thought they sold ~10 million copies combined.. Has anyone got a list with albumsales/total albums[by the artist]?

[WARose]

yeah.... worldwide the illusions sold around 30 million copies

and didn`t appetite sell over 18 million in the us alone?? and 35+ worldwide....

[Wando]

yeah.... worldwide the illusions sold around 30 million copies

and didn`t appetite sell over 18 million in the us alone?? and 35+ worldwide....

Oh, then I apologize.. I guess I should update my GN'R-trivia

From what year is the list?

[GNRslaxl]

yeah.... worldwide the illusions sold around 30 million copies

and didn`t appetite sell over 18 million in the us alone?? and 35+ worldwide....

yeah i have the same numbers as you... it seems that this list is not updated

[madagas]

riaa-us sales afd- 15 mil uyi1- 7mil uyi2- 7mil lies- 5mil si- 1mil live era- 500,000 gh- 3mil? ?38.5 mil in US AS OF 7-31-06? ?any worldwide sales figures are EXTREMELY SPECULATIVE.

http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp

Gnr is the 35th highest selling artist in Us album sales.

[jameslofton29]

When did Rumours drop so far down the list?  It used to be up in the top 3 competing against MJ and the Eagles for the top spot.

[Smoking Guns]

That list is old, or they stopped issuing certificated for appetite, cause is probably around 19-20 million by now..  It was up at 15 million back in 1991...

[Gargh!]

Guys, its a list of top selling albums in the states not worldwide.

There's some real pish in that list, right enough.

[jameslofton29]

That list is old, or they stopped issuing certificated for appetite, cause is probably around 19-20 million by now..  It was up at 15 million back in 1991...

If its old, why isn't Rumours higher up on the list?

[madagas]

Smoking, the list was updated 7-31-06. AFD was last certified 15 times in 1998. That is the only official number we have now. It will probably change when Chinese comes out and the record company starts promotion-they will pay to have the album certified-it probably has sold 2-4 million since 98...or maybe when the 20th anniversary hits.Right now though, it is 15 million US. Here is the OFFICIAL link
http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topalbums.asp

afd is tied for the 20th highest selling album in US.

[codenameninja]

yeah.... worldwide the illusions sold around 30 million copies

and didn`t appetite sell over 18 million in the us alone?? and 35+ worldwide....

AFD sold 15 million in the US and 25 million world wide (i think world wide includes the US)

Eastern Europe and China would have boosted sales, although they prefer copies 

[busngabb]

I read an article last year saying GNR were about to pass the 100 million worldwide album sales mark.

Figures like those above do not add up.

[supaplex]

yeah.... worldwide the illusions sold around 30 million copies

and didn`t appetite sell over 18 million in the us alone?? and 35+ worldwide....

AFD sold 15 million in the US and 25 million world wide (i think world wide includes the US)

Eastern Europe and China would have boosted sales, although they prefer copies 

it was pretty hard to buy originals in the eastern europe for a very long time.


guns received the diamond award from the riaa in 1999 (anly steven went to get the award). and it's selling a few hundred thousand every year so i think it's close to 18 million now in the us alone

I read an article last year saying GNR were about to pass the 100 million worldwide album sales mark.

Figures like those above do not add up.

us sales
appetite - 18 million
uyi1 - 8 million
uyi2 - 8 million
spaghetti - 2 million?
greatest hits - 4-5 million
live era and lies - can't remember

double those sales at least for world wide and it's getting close

[Judge Dredd]

Here is a list of the all-time top selling albums (number in perenthesis indicates total U.S. sales in millions):

SHANIA TWAIN - "Come On Over" (20)

GUNS N' ROSES - "Appetite for Destruction" (15)

Maybe the guy who said Shania Twain should open for GN'R got the order in which they should play wrong.

[MikeD]

I'm kind of curious if the Greatest Hits album helped or hurt Appetite's cause (since a lot of the songs were from that album).

[Crazyman]

I'm kind of curious if the Greatest Hits album helped or hurt Appetite's cause (since a lot of the songs were from that album).

Only 3 out of the 14 tracks are from AFD

[MikeD]

Fuck you're right, I actually just picked it up a few months back for a couple bucks (more because I"m a completist than anything), and I just kind of assumed that it was mostly. Appetite. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Tomorrows]

It must be noted that those figures are from the RIAA (people have called them into question), are only American and that they are the number of albums shipped to stores, not actually sold to consumers.

[erose]

It must be noted that those figures are from the RIAA (people have called them into question), are only American and that they are the number of albums shipped to stores, not actually sold to consumers.

yeah... this doesn't even count europe as far as i know...

hell bon jovi has sold 100 mill and are not there and gn'r has sold way way way more than 50 mill world wide and are not there...

i would be interesting to actually get the official figures tho, if possible...