top 100 selling albums of the 80's

[mikemarrs]

1. Michael Jackson- Thriller (29.3 Million Sales)
2. AC/DC- Back in Black (19.1 Million Sales)
3. Bruce Springsteen- Born in the U.S.A. (15.9 Million Sales)
4. Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction (15.6 Million Sales)
5. Whitney Houston- Whitney Houston (14.2 Million Sales)
6. Phil Collins- No Jacket Required (13.8 Million Sales)
7. Prince- Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain" (13.6 Million Sales)
8. Bruce Springsteen- Live/1975-85 (13.1 Million Sales)
9. Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms (12.9 Million Sales)
10. Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (12.9 Million Sales)
11. Def Leppard- Hysteria (12.6 Million Sales)
12. Dirty Dancing Soundtrack- Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack From The Vestron Motion Picture (12.5 Million Sales)
13. Michael Jackson- Bad (11.9 Million Sales)
14. U2- The Joshua Tree (11.8 Million Sales)
15. George Michael- Faith (11.2 Million Sales)
16. Madonna- Like a Virgin (10.9 Million Sales)
17. Lionel Richie- Can't Slow Down (10.9 Million Sales)
18. Whitney Houston- Whitney (10.8 Million Sales)
19. Van Halen- 1984 (10.1 Million Sales)
20. Top Gun Soundtrack- Top Gun Soundtrack (9.6 Million Sales)
21. Madonna- True Blue (9.1 Million Sales)
22. Footloose Soundtrack- Footloose (1984 Film) (9.1 Million Sales)
23. Def Leppard- Pyromania (9.1 Million Sales)
24. REO Speedwagon- Hi Infidelity (9.1 Million Sales)
25. Garth Brooks- Garth Brooks (9 Million Sales)
26. Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill (9 Million Sales)
27. Journey- Escape (9 Million Sales)
28. ZZ Top- Eliminator (8.9 Million Sales)
29. The Police- Synchronicity [Digipak] (8.3 Million Sales)
30. New Kids On the Block- Hangin' Tough (8.1 Million Sales)
31. Billy Joel- An Innocent Man (7.9 Million Sales)
32. Bon Jovi- New Jersey (7.6 Million Sales)
33. Bobby Brown- Don't Be Cruel (7.6 Million Sales)
34. Paula Abdul- Forever Your Girl (7.3 Million Sales)
35. Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman (7.2 Million Sales)
36. Genesis- Invisible Touch (7.2 Million Sales)
37. The Eagles- Eagles Live (7.1 Million Sales)
38. Aerosmith- Pump (7.1 Million Sales)
39. Metallica- ...And Justice For All (7.1 Million Sales)
40. Huey Lewis & the News- Sports (7.1 Million Sales)
41. Billy Joel- Glass Houses (7.1 Million Sales)
42. INXS- Kick (6.9 Million Sales)
43. Paul Simon- Graceland (6.5 Million Sales)
44. Phil Collins- Face Value (6.5 Million Sales)
45. Phil Collins (lol)- But Seriously (6.4 Million Sales)
46. Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814 (6.3 Million Sales)
47. Whitesnake- Whitesnake (6.3 Million Sales)
48. U2- Rattle and Hum (6.2 Million Sales)
49. Metallica- Master of Puppets (6.1 Million Sales)
50. Chicago- Chicago 17 (6.1 Million Sales)
51. Cyndi Lauper- She's So Unusual (6.1 Million Sales)
52. Foreigner- 4 (6.1 Million Sales)
53. Quiet Riot- Metal Health (6 Million Sales)
54. Journey- Frontiers (6 Million Sales)
55. The Big Chill Soundtrack- The Big Chill - Deluxe Edition (6 Million Sales)
56. Peter Gabriel- So (5.90 Million Sales)
57. Tears For Fears- Songs from the Big Chair (5.9 Million Sales)
58. Anita Baker- Rapture (5.3 Million Sales)
59. Janet Jackson- Control (5.3 Million Sales)
60. ZZ Top- Afterburner (5.3 Million Sales)
61. Madonna- Madonna (5.3 Million Sales)
62. Men At Work- Business as Usual (5.3 Million Sales)
63. Neil Diamond- The Jazz Singer (5.3 Million Sales)
64. Christopher Cross- Christopher Cross (5.3 Million Sales)
65. Madonna- Like a Prayer (5.2 Million Sales)
66. Enya- Watermark (5.2 Million Sales)
67. Sade- Diamond Life (5.2 Million Sales)
68. Wham!- Make It Big (5.2 Million Sales)
69. Don Henley- The End of the Innocence (5.1 Million Sales)
70. Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever (5.1 Million Sales)
71. Milli Vanilli- Girl You Know It's True (5.1 Million Sales)
72. Guns N'Roses- G N' R Lies (5.1 Million Sales)
73. Aerosmith- Permanent Vacation (5.1 Million Sales)
74. Fleetwood Mac- Tango in the Night (5.1 Million Sales)
75. Heart- Heart (5.1 Million Sales)
76. Flashdance Soundtrack- Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (5.1 Million Sales)
77. Bruce Springsteen- The River (5.1 Million Sales)
78. Bonnie Raitt- Nick of Time (5 Million Sales)
79. AC/DC- Who Made Who (5 Million Sales)
80. John Cougar Mellencamp- Scarecrow (5 Million Sales)
81. John Cougar Mellencamp (lol)- American Fool (5 Million Sales)
82. Alabama- Mountain Music (5 Million Sales)
83. Barbra Streisand- Memories (5 Million Sales)
84. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Against the Wind (5 Million Sales)
85. Bryan Adams- Reckless (4.9 Million Sales)
86. Tina Turner- Private Dancer: Centenary (4.9 Million Sales)
87. Culture Club- Colour by Numbers (4.9 Million Sales)
88. Lionel Richie- Dancing on the Ceiling (4.6 Million Sales)
89. Sade- Promise (4.6 Million Sales)
90. Lionel Richie- Lionel Richie (4.3 Million Sales)
91. Poison- Open Up and Say...Ahh! (4.1 Million Sales)
92. Tiffany- Tiffany (4.1 Million Sales)
93. Boston- Third Stage (4.1 Million Sales)
94. Van Halen- 5150 (4.1 Million Sales)
95. Miami Vice Soundtrack- Miami Vice (1984-89 Television Series) (4.1 Million Sales)
96. Prince- 1999 (4.1 Million Sales)
97. Asia- Asia (4.1 Million Sales)
98. AC/DC- For Those About to Rock We Salute You (4.1 Million Sales)
99. The Rolling Stones- Tattoo You (4.1 Million Sales)
100. Ozzy Osbourne- Blizzard of Ozz (4.1 Million Sales)

[mikemarrs]

top 100 selling albums of the 70's........


1. Pink Floyd- The Wall (Deluxe Packaging Digitally Remastered) (23 Million Sales)
2. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO) (22 Million Sales)
3. Fleetwood Mac- Rumours (19 Million Sales)
4. Boston- Boston (17 Million Sales)
5. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack- Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (15 Million Sales)
6. The Eagles- Hotel California (15 Million Sales)
7. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti (15 Million Sales)
8. Pink Floyd- Dark Side Of The Moon (15 Million Sales)
9. Meat Loaf- Bat out of Hell (14 Million Sales)
10. Led Zeppelin- Houses Of The Holy (11 Million Sales)
11. Van Halen- Van Halen (10 Million Sales)
12. Billy Joel- The Stranger (10 Million Sales)
13. Carole King- Tapestry (10 Million Sales)
14. Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life (9 Million Sales)
15. Grease Soundtrack- Grease (Original 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack) (8 Million Sales)
16. Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic (8 Million Sales)
17. Simon & Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water (8 Million Sales)
18. The Eagles- The Long Run (7 Million Sales)
19. Michael Jackson- Off the Wall (7 Million Sales)
20. Billy Joel- 52nd Street (7 Million Sales)
21. Boston- Don't Look Back (7 Million Sales)
22. Foreigner- Double Vision (7 Million Sales)
23. Jackson Browne- Running on Empty (7 Million Sales)
24. Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (7 Million Sales)
25. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young- Déjà Vu (7 Million Sales)
26. Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door (6 Million Sales)
27. AC/DC- Highway to Hell (6 Million Sales)
28. The Cars- The Cars (6 Million Sales)
29. The Rolling Stones- Some Girls (6 Million Sales)
30. AC/DC- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (6 Million Sales)
31. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Night Moves (6 Million Sales)
32. Peter Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive! (6 Million Sales)
33. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here (6 Million Sales)
34. Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run (6 Million Sales)
35. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young- So Far (6 Million Sales)
36. George Harrison- All Things Must Pass [DIGI-PAK EDITION] (6 Million Sales)
37. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin III (6 Million Sales)
38. Foreigner- Head Games (5 Million Sales)
39. Kenny Rogers- The Gambler (5 Million Sales)
40. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Stranger in Town (5 Million Sales)
41. Willie Nelson- Stardust (5 Million Sales)
42. Foreigner- Foreigner (5 Million Sales)
43. Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (5 Million Sales)
44. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Live Bullet (5 Million Sales)
45. Fleetwood Mac- Fleetwood Mac (5 Million Sales)
46. Bad Company- Bad Company (5 Million Sales)
47. Elvis Presley- Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite (5 Million Sales)
48. Santana- Abraxas (5 Million Sales)
49. The Cars- Candy-O (4 Million Sales)
50. Supertramp- Breakfast in America (4 Million Sales)
51. Rod Stewart- Blondes Have More Fun (4 Million Sales)
52. Queen- News of the World (4 Million Sales)
53. Pink Floyd- Animals (4 Million Sales)
54. Streisand/Kristofferson- A Star Is Born (4 Million Sales)
55. Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains The Same: Soundtrack From The Led Zeppelin Film (4 Million Sales)
56. Steve Miller Band- Fly Like an Eagle (4 Million Sales)
57. Aerosmith- Rocks (4 Million Sales)
58. The Eagles- One of These Nights (4 Million Sales)
59. Charlie Rich- Behind Closed Doors (4 Million Sales)
60. Neil Young- Harvest (4 Million Sales)
61. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young- 4 Way Street (4 Million Sales)
62. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo's Factory (4 Million Sales)
63. Black Sabbath- Paranoid (4 Million Sales)
64. The Beatles- Let It Be (4 Million Sales)
65. The Doobie Brothers- Minute by Minute (3 Million Sales)
66. Styx- Pieces of Eight (3 Million Sales)
67. Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town (3 Million Sales)
68. Earth, Wind & Fire- All 'N All (3 Million Sales)
69. Eric Clapton- Slowhand (3 Million Sales)
70. Rod Stewart- Foot Loose & Fancy Free (3 Million Sales)
71. The Rolling Stones- Goats Head Soup (3 Million Sales)
72. Linda Ronstadt- Simple Dreams (3 Million Sales)
73. Styx- The Grand Illusion (3 Million Sales)
74. James Taylor- JT (3 Million Sales)
75. Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams (3 Million Sales)
76. Lynyrd Skynyrd- One More from the Road (3 Million Sales)
77. Queen- A Night at the Opera (3 Million Sales)
78. Earth, Wind & Fire- Gratitude (3 Million Sales)
79. Elton John- Captain Fantastic (3 Million Sales)
80. Bad Company- Straight Shooter (3 Million Sales)
81. Earth, Wind & Fire- That's the Way of the World (3 Million Sales)
82. John Denver- An Evening with John Denver (3 Million Sales)
83. John Denver (lol)- Back Home Again (3 Million Sales)
84. Paul McCartney & Wings- Band on the Run (3 Million Sales)
85. Elton John- Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (3 Million Sales)
86. The Carpenters- A Song for You (3 Million Sales)
87. Cat Stevens- Teaser and the Firecat (3 Million Sales)
88. The Who- Who's Next (3 Million Sales)
89. The Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers (3 Million Sales)
90. Jethro Tull- Aqualung (3 Million Sales)
91. Janis Joplin- Pearl (3 Million Sales)
92. Cat Stevens- Tea for the Tillerman (3 Million Sales)
93. James Taylor- Sweet Baby James (3 Million Sales)
94. Bob Dylan- Desire (2 Million Sales)
95. Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger (2 Million Sales)
96. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks (2 Million Sales)
97. The Doobie Brothers- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (2 Million Sales)
98. Joni Mitchell- Court and Spark (2 Million Sales)
99. John Denver- Rocky Mountain High (2 Million Sales)
100. The Doors- L.A. Woman (2 Million Sales)

[mikemarrs]

top 100 selling albums of the 90's......



1. Shania Twain- Come on Over (22 Million Sales)
2. Whitney Houston- The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (19.1 Million Sales)
3. Alanis Morissette- Jagged Little Pill (19 Million Sales)
4. Hootie & the Blowfish- Cracked Rear View (16.1 Million Sales)
5. Garth Brooks- No Fences (16 Million Sales)
6. Garth Brooks (lol)- Double Live (15 Million Sales)
7. Santana- Supernatural (14.6 Million Sales)
8. Backstreet Boys- Backstreet Boys [ENHANCED CD] (14.1 Million Sales)
9. Garth Brooks- Ropin' the Wind (14 Million Sales)
10. Britney Spears- ...Baby One More Time [ENHANCED CD] (13.9 Million Sales)
11. Backstreet Boys- Millennium (13.3 Million Sales)
12. Metallica- Metallica (13.3 Million Sales)
13. Celine Dion- Falling into You (13.1 Million Sales)
14. Shania Twain- The Woman in Me (12.3 Million Sales)
15. Dixie Chicks- Wide Open Spaces (12.1 Million Sales)
16. Forest Gump Soundtrack- Forrest Gump (12.1 Million Sales)
17. Kenny G- Breathless (12.1 Million Sales)
18. Pearl Jam- Ten (12.1 Million Sales)
19. Matchbox 20- Yourself or Someone Like You (12 Million Sales)
20. Boyz II Men- II (12 Million Sales)
21. Titanic Soundtrack- Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (1997) (11.9 Million Sales)
22. Celine Dion (lol again!)- Let's Talk About Love (11.8 Million Sales)
23. Mariah Carey- Music Box (11.5 Million Sales)
24. TLC- CrazySexyCool (11.3 Million Sales)
25. Kid Rock- Devil Without A Cause (11 Million Sales)
26. Jewel- Pieces of You (11 Million Sales)
27. Eric Clapton- Unplugged (10.9 Million Sales)
28. Mariah Carey- Daydream (10.6 Million Sales)
29. Nirvana- Nevermind (10.6 Million Sales)
30. MC Hammer- Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (10.6 Million Sales)
31. No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom (10.3 Million Sales)
32. Lion King Soundtrack- The Lion King: Special Edition (10.3 Million Sales)
33. Green Day- Dookie (10.3 Million Sales)
34. Dixie Chicks- Fly (10 Million Sales)
35. Creed- Human Clay (10 Million Sales)
36. Notorious B.I.G.- Life After Death (10 Million Sales)
37. Spice Girls- Spice (10 Million Sales)
38. Will Smith- Big Willie Style (9.6 Million Sales)
39. Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (9.3 Million Sales)
40. Mariah Carey- Mariah Carey (9.3 Million Sales)
41. U2- Achtung Baby (9.2 Million Sales)
42. Michael Bolton- Time, Love & Tenderness (9.2 Million Sales)
43. Ace of Base- The Sign (9.1 Million Sales)
44. Billy Ray Cyrus- Some Gave All (9.1 Million Sales)
45. Boyz II Men- Cooleyhighharmony (9.1 Million Sales)
46. Destiny's Child- The Writing's on the Wall (8.9 Million Sales)
47. Michael Jackson- Dangerous (8.8 Million Sales)
48. Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (8.6 Million Sales)
49. Toni Braxton- Secrets (8.6 Million Sales)
50. R. Kelly- R. (8.3 Million Sales)

51. Christina Aguilera- Christina Aguilera (8.1 Million Sales)
52. 2Pac- All Eyez on Me (8.1 Million Sales)
53. Live- Throwing Copper (8.1 Million Sales)
54. Garth Brooks- In Pieces (8.1 Million Sales)
55. Toni Braxton- Toni Braxton (8.1 Million Sales)
56. Stone Temple Pilots- Core (8.1 Million Sales)
57. Faith Hill- Breathe (8 Million Sales)
58. Sarah McLachlan- Surfacing (8 Million Sales)
59. Kenny G- Miracles: The Holiday Album (8 Million Sales)
60. Gloria Estefan- Mi Tierra (8 Million Sales)
61. Garth Brooks- The Chase (8 Million Sales)
62. Oasis- (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (7.9 Million Sales)
63. Cranberries- No Need to Argue (7.9 Million Sales)
64. Savage Garden- Savage Garden (7.6 Million Sales)
65. Sheryl Crow- Tuesday Night Music Club (7.6 Million Sales)
66. Celine Dion- The Colour of My Love (7.5 Million Sales)
67. Ricky Martin- Ricky Martin (7.3 Million Sales)
68. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (7.3 Million Sales)
69. Guns N' Roses- Use Your Illusion (7.3 Million Sales)
70. Vanilla Ice- To the Extreme (7.3 Million Sales)
71. Fugees- The Score (7.2 Million Sales)
72. Limp Bizkit- Significant Other (7.1 Million Sales)
73. Garth Brooks- Sevens (7.1 Million Sales)
74. P. Diddy- No Way Out (7.1 Million Sales)
75. Eagles- Hell Freezes Over (7.1 Million Sales)
76. Pearl Jam- Vs. (7.1 Million Sales)
77. Counting Crows- August and Everything After (7.1 Million Sales)
78. *N Sync- N Sync (7 Million Sales)
79. Dave Matthews Band- Crash (7 Million Sales)
80. Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack- Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (7 Million Sales)
81. Bonnie Raitt- Luck of the Draw (7 Million Sales)
82. Meat Loaf- Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell (Deluxe Edition) (6.8 Million Sales)
83. Janet Jackson- janet. (6.6 Million Sales)
84. TLC- FanMail (6.3 Million Sales)
85. Dr. Dre- 2001 (6.1 Million Sales)
86. Usher- My Way (6.1 Million Sales)
87. Space Jam Soundtrack- Space Jam: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (6.1 Million Sales)
88. Garth Brooks- Fresh Horses (6.1 Million Sales)
89. Stone Temple Pilots- Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (6.1 Million Sales)
90. R. Kelly- 12 Play (6.1 Million Sales)
91. Creed- My Own Prison (6 Million Sales)
92. Third Eye Blind- Third Eye Blind (6 Million Sales)
93. Leann Rimes- Blue (6 Million Sales)
94. Bush- Sixteen Stone (6 Million Sales)
95. Dave Matthews Band- Under the Table and Dreaming (6 Million Sales)
96. Blues Traveler- Four (6 Million Sales)
97. Offspring- Smash (6 Million Sales)
98. Mana- Donde Jugaran los Niños? (6 Million Sales)
99. Melissa Etheridge- Yes I Am (6 Million Sales)
100. George Strait- Pure Country [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (6 Million Sales)

[radman08]

The 70's list is completely wrong. Kiss Alive! sold over 5 million copies.

[T-Bone]

The 90's sure got depressing

[radman08]

Cheap Trick at Budokan. 3 million sales. Not on the list.

[piecesofeight]

Styx-Paradise Theatre should be on the list too I believe.

[Saint John]

Journey's Greatest Hits was released in November of 1988 and has sold over 14 million albums. Why isn't it on the list? I'm assuming they didn't count GH albums since I don't see any.

[scarygirl]

1. Michael Jackson- Thriller (29.3 Million Sales)
2. AC/DC- Back in Black (19.1 Million Sales)
3. Bruce Springsteen- Born in the U.S.A. (15.9 Million Sales)
4. Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction (15.6 Million Sales)
5. Whitney Houston- Whitney Houston (14.2 Million Sales)
6. Phil Collins- No Jacket Required (13.8 Million Sales)
7. Prince- Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain" (13.6 Million Sales)
8. Bruce Springsteen- Live/1975-85 (13.1 Million Sales)
9. Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms (12.9 Million Sales)
10. Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (12.9 Million Sales)
11. Def Leppard- Hysteria (12.6 Million Sales)
12. Dirty Dancing Soundtrack- Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack From The Vestron Motion Picture (12.5 Million Sales)
13. Michael Jackson- Bad (11.9 Million Sales)
14. U2- The Joshua Tree (11.8 Million Sales)
15. George Michael- Faith (11.2 Million Sales)
16. Madonna- Like a Virgin (10.9 Million Sales)
17. Lionel Richie- Can't Slow Down (10.9 Million Sales)
18. Whitney Houston- Whitney (10.8 Million Sales)
19. Van Halen- 1984 (10.1 Million Sales)
20. Top Gun Soundtrack- Top Gun Soundtrack (9.6 Million Sales)
21. Madonna- True Blue (9.1 Million Sales)
22. Footloose Soundtrack- Footloose (1984 Film) (9.1 Million Sales)
23. Def Leppard- Pyromania (9.1 Million Sales)
24. REO Speedwagon- Hi Infidelity (9.1 Million Sales)
25. Garth Brooks- Garth Brooks (9 Million Sales)
26. Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill (9 Million Sales)
27. Journey- Escape (9 Million Sales)
28. ZZ Top- Eliminator (8.9 Million Sales)
29. The Police- Synchronicity [Digipak] (8.3 Million Sales)
30. New Kids On the Block- Hangin' Tough (8.1 Million Sales)
31. Billy Joel- An Innocent Man (7.9 Million Sales)
32. Bon Jovi- New Jersey (7.6 Million Sales)
33. Bobby Brown- Don't Be Cruel (7.6 Million Sales)
34. Paula Abdul- Forever Your Girl (7.3 Million Sales)
35. Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman (7.2 Million Sales)
36. Genesis- Invisible Touch (7.2 Million Sales)
37. The Eagles- Eagles Live (7.1 Million Sales)
38. Aerosmith- Pump (7.1 Million Sales)
39. Metallica- ...And Justice For All (7.1 Million Sales)
40. Huey Lewis & the News- Sports (7.1 Million Sales)
41. Billy Joel- Glass Houses (7.1 Million Sales)
42. INXS- Kick (6.9 Million Sales)
43. Paul Simon- Graceland (6.5 Million Sales)
44. Phil Collins- Face Value (6.5 Million Sales)
45. Phil Collins (lol)- But Seriously (6.4 Million Sales)
46. Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814 (6.3 Million Sales)
47. Whitesnake- Whitesnake (6.3 Million Sales)
48. U2- Rattle and Hum (6.2 Million Sales)
49. Metallica- Master of Puppets (6.1 Million Sales)
50. Chicago- Chicago 17 (6.1 Million Sales)
51. Cyndi Lauper- She's So Unusual (6.1 Million Sales)
52. Foreigner- 4 (6.1 Million Sales)
53. Quiet Riot- Metal Health (6 Million Sales)
54. Journey- Frontiers (6 Million Sales)
55. The Big Chill Soundtrack- The Big Chill - Deluxe Edition (6 Million Sales)
56. Peter Gabriel- So (5.90 Million Sales)
57. Tears For Fears- Songs from the Big Chair (5.9 Million Sales)
58. Anita Baker- Rapture (5.3 Million Sales)
59. Janet Jackson- Control (5.3 Million Sales)
60. ZZ Top- Afterburner (5.3 Million Sales)
61. Madonna- Madonna (5.3 Million Sales)
62. Men At Work- Business as Usual (5.3 Million Sales)
63. Neil Diamond- The Jazz Singer (5.3 Million Sales)
64. Christopher Cross- Christopher Cross (5.3 Million Sales)
65. Madonna- Like a Prayer (5.2 Million Sales)
66. Enya- Watermark (5.2 Million Sales)
67. Sade- Diamond Life (5.2 Million Sales)
68. Wham!- Make It Big (5.2 Million Sales)
69. Don Henley- The End of the Innocence (5.1 Million Sales)
70. Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever (5.1 Million Sales)
71. Milli Vanilli- Girl You Know It's True (5.1 Million Sales)
72. Guns N'Roses- G N' R Lies (5.1 Million Sales)
73. Aerosmith- Permanent Vacation (5.1 Million Sales)
74. Fleetwood Mac- Tango in the Night (5.1 Million Sales)
75. Heart- Heart (5.1 Million Sales)
76. Flashdance Soundtrack- Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (5.1 Million Sales)
77. Bruce Springsteen- The River (5.1 Million Sales)
78. Bonnie Raitt- Nick of Time (5 Million Sales)
79. AC/DC- Who Made Who (5 Million Sales)
80. John Cougar Mellencamp- Scarecrow (5 Million Sales)
81. John Cougar Mellencamp (lol)- American Fool (5 Million Sales)
82. Alabama- Mountain Music (5 Million Sales)
83. Barbra Streisand- Memories (5 Million Sales)
84. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Against the Wind (5 Million Sales)
85. Bryan Adams- Reckless (4.9 Million Sales)
86. Tina Turner- Private Dancer: Centenary (4.9 Million Sales)
87. Culture Club- Colour by Numbers (4.9 Million Sales)
88. Lionel Richie- Dancing on the Ceiling (4.6 Million Sales)
89. Sade- Promise (4.6 Million Sales)
90. Lionel Richie- Lionel Richie (4.3 Million Sales)
91. Poison- Open Up and Say...Ahh! (4.1 Million Sales)
92. Tiffany- Tiffany (4.1 Million Sales)
93. Boston- Third Stage (4.1 Million Sales)
94. Van Halen- 5150 (4.1 Million Sales)
95. Miami Vice Soundtrack- Miami Vice (1984-89 Television Series) (4.1 Million Sales)
96. Prince- 1999 (4.1 Million Sales)
97. Asia- Asia (4.1 Million Sales)
98. AC/DC- For Those About to Rock We Salute You (4.1 Million Sales)
99. The Rolling Stones- Tattoo You (4.1 Million Sales)
100. Ozzy Osbourne- Blizzard of Ozz (4.1 Million Sales)

I'm going to be laughed off here, but are you going by US sales or sales worldwide? I noticed you included NKOTB. If you're going by total then you need to add Debbie Gibson- Out of The Blue- 3 million US, 8 million worldwide. She not only wrote all ten songs on her album. She had a fair hand in producing them as well, with sole production credit for her number 1 hit FOOLISH BEAT. At that time she was the youngest solo artist to write, produce, and perform a number 1 hit.

[ebake02]

Why isn't Raised on Radio on this list. It has to be up to 4 million copies by now.

[piecesofeight]

While these aren't list that someone just made up because a lot of things look right as far as position and numbers..it looks like a lot was left off too. Where are these list from?

[Arkansas]

Maybe this is just sales in that decade, not overall to date.
???


later~

[Rockindeano]

1. Michael Jackson- Thriller (29.3 Million Sales)
2. AC/DC- Back in Black (19.1 Million Sales)
3. Bruce Springsteen- Born in the U.S.A. (15.9 Million Sales)
4. Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction (15.6 Million Sales)
5. Whitney Houston- Whitney Houston (14.2 Million Sales)
6. Phil Collins- No Jacket Required (13.8 Million Sales)
7. Prince- Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain" (13.6 Million Sales)
8. Bruce Springsteen- Live/1975-85 (13.1 Million Sales)
)

It should be noted that Bruce's album was a three album set that cost about 25-30 bucks and in my view, would put it way ahead of Pedaphile's Thriller. 13.1 x 3 is 36.3 million.

[Rockindeano]

Why isn't Raised on Radio on this list. It has to be up to 4 million copies by now.

ROR hasn't reached 2.5 yet.

[yulog]

Zeppelin....6 albums in the top 55, no disputing they were the kings of their era

[Gordon from Edinburgh]

Journey's Greatest Hits was released in November of 1988 and has sold over 14 million albums. Why isn't it on the list? I'm assuming they didn't count GH albums since I don't see any.

Good point - The Eagles Gh is approx 30 mil.

[ebake02]

The 90's sure got depressing

No kidding! It seems like the 90s scarred the music business. Further proof is from pollstar; 3 of the Top 5 are 80s bands.

http://www.pollstar.com/news/top50.pl

[larryfromnextdoor]

i think the Sound of Music is still number one ever..

[conversationpc]

Is that chart counting to-date sales or just sales from that decade alone?

[7 Wishes]

What happened to A-Ha's "Hunting High and Low"? The last time I checked, it had sold 45 million copies.

[conversationpc]

What happened to A-Ha's "Hunting High and Low"? The last time I checked, it had sold 45 million copies.

That number sounds about 10 times too high.

[mikemarrs]

there might've been some albums that weren't on that list because i know certain albums should be on it that aren't.i copied it a few weeks back.