Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of All Time


Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of All Time
Photo: Their Greatest Hits and Thriller – top Best-selling albums in US

Interestingly, Michael Jackson has the most amount of best-selling albums (5) in the world. And Thriller, as we all know, is the best-selling album of all time, followed by Back in Black but not in the US.

Jackson’s Thriller stands number 2 with 34 million certified copies sold, after the Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), who has currently sales of 38 million in the united states.

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Per Recording Industry Association of America certification, the former epic album stands at number 1 by a solo artist.

Now we know who holds no.1 and 2, let’s see the top ten best-selling albums of all time in the US, ranked in the highest order of certified unit sales.

1. Eagles — Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) (38 Million)

2. Michael Jackson — Thriller (34 Million)

3. Eagles — Hotel California (26 Million)

4. AC/DC — Back in Black (25 Million)

5. Led Zeppelin — Untitled (“Led Zeppelin IV”) (24 Million)

6. The Beatles — The Beatles album (24 Million)

7. Billy Joel — Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II (23 Million)

8. Pink Floyd — The Wall (23 Million)

9. Garth Brooks — Double Live (21 Million)

10. Hootie & the Blowfish — Cracked Rear View (21 Million)

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