
These sales numbers are based on the platinum certifications awarded by the Record Industry Association of America. A platinum certification is given when a record sells a million copies, so the current certification is rounded down from the actual sales figures. These numbers only include sales in the United States, which is historically the largest market for music in the world. Also, please note that the RIAA counts sales of double CD sets as a sale of two CDs, so all double albums have inflated platinum certifications. To adjust for this, the sales of double albums have been halved for this list. So, for example, Pink Floyd's The Wall places at 43 instead of 4 on the list, and Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is bumped off the list entirely.
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Check Michael Jackson - Thriller [29 million]Check Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) [29 million]Check Led Zeppelin - IV [23 million]Check AC/DC - Back in Black [22 million]Check Shania Twain - Come On Over [20 million]Check Fleetwood Mac - Rumours [19 million]Check Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction [18 million]Check Boston - Boston [17 million]Check The Bodyguard [17 million]Check Garth Brooks - No Fences [17 million]Check Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill [16 million]Check Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View [16 million]Check Elton John - Greatest Hits [16 million]Check Metallica - Metallica [16 million]Check Eagles - Hotel California [16 million]Check Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon [15 million]Check Santana - Supernatural [15 million]Check Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. [15 million]Check Journey - Greatest Hits [15 million]Check Saturday Night Fever [15 million]Check Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys [14 million]Check Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind [14 million]Check Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time [14 million]Check Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell [14 million]Check Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits [14 million]Check Pearl Jam - Ten [13 million]Check Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston [13 million]Check Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-78 [13 million]Check Backstreet Boys - Millennium [13 million]Check Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain [13 million]Check Kenny G - Breathless [12 million]Check Def Leppard - Hysteria [12 million]Check Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet [12 million]Check Phil Collins - No Jacket Required [12 million]Check Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces [12 million]Check Boyz II Men - II [12 million]Check Led Zeppelin - II [12 million]Check Shania Twain - The Woman In Me [12 million]Check Matchbox 20 - Yourself or Someone Like You [12 million]Check Jewel - Pieces of You [12 million]Check The Beatles - Abbey Road [12 million]Check Billy Joel - Greatest Hits: Vol. 1 & 2 [11.5 million]Check Pink Floyd - The Wall [11.5 million]Check Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy [11 million]Check Shania Twain - Up! [11 million]Check TLC - CrazySexyCool [11 million]Check James Taylor - Greatest Hits [11 million]Check NSYNC - No Strings Attached [11 million]Check Dirty Dancing [11 million]Check Titanic [11 million]Check Celine Dion - Falling Into You [11 million]Check Aerosmith - Greatest Hits [11 million]Check Eagles - Greatest Hits Volume 2 [11 million]Check The Beatles - 1 [11 million]Check The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [11 million]Check Creed - Human Clay [11 million]Check Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause [11 million]Check Garth Brooks - Double Live [10.5 million]Check Carole King - Tapestry [10 million]Check Patsy Cline - Greatest Hits [10 million]Check Bob Marley and The Wailers - Legend [10 million]Check Norah Jones - Come Away with Me [10 million]Check Billy Joel - The Stranger [10 million]Check Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love [10 million]Check Eric Clapton - Unplugged [10 million]Check Green Day - Dookie [10 million]Check MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em [10 million]Check Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again [10 million]Check Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP [10 million]Check Led Zeppelin - I [10 million]Check Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory [10 million]Check The Doobie Brothers - Best of the Doobies [10 million]Check Madonna - The Immaculate Collection [10 million]Check Madonna - Like A Virgin [10 million]Check The Lion King [10 million]Check Def Leppard - Pyromania [10 million]Check Dixie Chicks - Fly [10 million]Check Eminem - The Eminem Show [10 million]Check Van Halen - 1984 [10 million]Check Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks [10 million]Check Adele - 21 [10 million]Check Usher - Confessions [10 million]Check Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits [10 million]Check Van Halen - Van Halen [10 million]Check Garth Brooks - Sevens [10 million]Check Garth Brooks - The Hits [10 million]Check No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom [10 million]Check Nirvana - Nevermind [10 million]Check Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down [10 million]Check Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album [10 million]Check ZZ Top - Eliminator [10 million]Check George Michael - Faith [10 million]Check Mariah Carey - Music Box [10 million]Check Mariah Carey - Daydream [10 million]Check NSYNC - NSYNC [10 million]Check U2 - The Joshua Tree [10 million]Check The Beatles - The Beatles [9.5 million]Check Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony [9 million]Check Whitney Houston - Whitney [9 million]