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29 Million

  • Thriller, Michael Jackson (Epic) Eagles: Their Greatest Hits, 1971–1975, Eagles (Asylum)

23 Million

  • Greatest Hits, Volumes I & II, Billy Joel (Columbia) The Wall, Pink Floyd (Columbia) Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)

22 Million

  • Back in Black, AC/DC (Epic)

21 Million

  • Double Live, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

20 Million

  • Come On Over, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)

19 Million

  • The Beatles, The Beatles (Capitol) Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)

18 Million

  • Appetite for Destruction, Guns ‘N Roses (Geffen)

17 Million

  • The Beatles: 1967–1970, The Beatles (Capitol) The Bodyguard (soundtrack), Whitney Houston (Arista) Boston, Boston (Epic) No Fences, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

16 Million

  • Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin (Swan Song) Greatest Hits, Elton John (Island/Mercury) Hotel California, Eagles (Elektra) Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (Atlantic) Metallica, Metallica (Elektra) Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick)

15 Million

  • Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (Capitol) Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack), Bee Gees (Polydor/Atlas) Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) The Beatles: 1962–1966, The Beatles (Capitol) Greatest Hits, Journey (Capitol) Supernatural, Santana (Arista)

14 Million

  • Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia) …Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (Jive) Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf (Epic) Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (Jive) Ropin’ the Wind, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

13 Million

  • Ten, Pearl Jam (Epic) Purple Rain (soundtrack), Prince and the Revolution (Warner Bros.) Greatest Hits: 1974–1978, Steve Miller Band (Capitol) Millennium, Backstreet Boys (Jive) Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live: 1975–1985 (box set), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Columbia) Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (Arista)

12 Million

  • Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic) Abbey Road, The Beatles (Capitol) No Jacket Required, Phil Collins (Atlantic) The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville) Forrest Gump (soundtrack) (Epic) Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks (Monument) Yourself or Someone Like You, Matchbox Twenty (Atlantic) Hot Rocks, The Rolling Stones (abkco) II, Boyz II Men (Motown) Kenny Rogers’s Greatest Hits, Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville) Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi (Mercury) Hysteria, Def Leppard (Mercury) Breathless, Kenny G (Arista) Pieces of You, Jewel (Atlantic)

11 Million

  • Up!, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville) Human Clay, Creed (Wind-Up Records) CrazySexyCool, TLC (LaFace) Dirty Dancing (soundtrack) (RCA) 1, The Beatles (Capitol) Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (Capitol) James Taylor’s Greatest Hits, James Taylor (Warner Bros.) Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. II, Eagles (Elektra) Falling into You, Celine Dion (Epic) No Strings Attached, ‘N Sync (Jive) Devil Without a Cause, Kid Rock (Lava) Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic) Titanic (soundtrack) (Sony Classical) Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits, Aerosmith (Columbia) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast (So So Def)

10 Million

  • 21, Adele (XL Recordings / Columbia) ‘N Sync, ‘N Sync (RCA) Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista) Let’s Talk About Love, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic) Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic) Greatest Hits, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (MCA) The Stranger, Billy Joel (Columbia) The Immaculate Collection, Madonna (Sire) Like A Virgin, Madonna (Sire) The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem (Interscope) Th Eminem Show, Eminem (Interscope) Fly, Dixie Chicks (Monument) Eliminator, ZZ Top (Warner Bros.) Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.) Van Halen, Van Halen (Warner Bros.) Faith, George Michael (Columbia) Music Box, Mariah Carey (Columbia) Unplugged, Eric Clapton (Reprise) Can’t Slow Down, Lionel Richie (Motown) Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em, Hammer (Capitol) Tapestry, Carole King (Ode) The Lion King (Soundtrack) (Walt Disney) The Joshua Tree, U2 (Island) Nevermind, Nirvana (DGC) Legend, Bob Marley & the Wailers (Island) Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (Trauma/Interscope) 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), Van Halen (Warner Bros.) Dookie, Green Day (Reprise) Daydream, Mariah Carey (Columbia) Come Away With Me, Norah Jones (Blue Note) Pyromania, Def Leppard (Mercury) Greatest Hits, Patsy Cline (MCA) Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park (Warner Bros.) Oops!…I Did it Again, Britney Spears (Jive) Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Motown) 1, The Beatles (Capitol) Greatest Hits, 2 PAC (Interscope) Best of the Doors, the Doors (Elektra) Garth Brooks, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville) Sevens, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville) The Hits, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville) Confessions, Usher (So So Def) Mellon Collie and the Infinte Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins Elvis’ Christmas Album, Elvis

*Through 3/27/2014.

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  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales