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Top 150 Albums of All Time

List of best-selling albums in the United States

This is a list of best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Albums marked with a "≈" are double albums, and therefore are counted twice for each sale

1.   Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - 29 times platinum 

2.   Michael Jackson - Thriller - 27 times platinum 

3.   Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 23 times platinum 

4.   ≈ Pink Floyd - The Wall - 23 times platinum 

5.   AC/DC - Back in Black - 21 times platinum 

6.   ≈ Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 - 21 times platinum 

7.   Shania Twain - Come on Over - 20 times platinum 

8.   ≈ Garth Brooks - Double Live - 20 times platinum 

9.   ≈ The Beatles - The Beatles ("The White Album") - 19 times platinum 

10.  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 19 times platinum 

11.  Boston - Boston - 17 times platinum 

12.  Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard - 17 times platinum 

13.  Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 16 times platinum 

14.  Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - 16 times platinum 

15.  Elton John - Greatest Hits - 16 times platinum 

16.  ≈ The Beatles - 1967–1970 ("the Blue Album") - 16 times platinum 

17.  Garth Brooks - No Fences - 16 times platinum 

18.  ≈ Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 16 times platinum 

19.  Eagles - Hotel California - 16 times platinum 

20.  Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - 15 times platinum 

21.  ≈ The Beatles - 1962–1966 ("the Red Album")- 15 times platinum 

22.  ≈ Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) - 15 times platinum 

23.  Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 15 times platinum 

24.  Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. - 15 times platinum 

25.  Santana - Supernatural - 15 times platinum 

26.  Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys - 14 times platinum 

27.  Metallica - Metallica ("the Black Album")- 14 times platinum 

28.  Simon and Garfunkel - Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - 14 times platinum 

29.  Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell - 14 times platinum 

30.  Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 14 times platinum 

31.  Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind - 14 times platinum 

32.  Journey - Greatest Hits - 14 times platinum 

33.  Backstreet Boys - Millennium - 13 times platinum 

34.  Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits (1974–1978) - 13 times platinum 

35.  Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 13 times platinum 

36.  Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain (soundtrack) - 13 times platinum 

37.  ≈ Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975-85 - 13 times platinum 

38.  ≈ Forrest Gump (soundtrack) - 12 times platinum 

39.  Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - 12 times platinum 

40.  ≈ The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks, 1964–1971 - 12 times platinum 

41.  Shania Twain - The Woman in Me - 12 times platinum 

42.  Kenny G - Breathless - 12 times platinum 

43.  Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 12 times platinum 

44.  Pearl Jam - Ten - 12 times platinum 

45.  matchbox twenty - yourself or someone like you - 12 times platinum 

46.  The Beatles - Abbey Road - 12 times platinum 

47.  Boyz II Men - II - 12 times platinum 

48.  Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 12 times platinum 

49.  Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces - 12 times platinum 

50.  Phil Collins - No Jacket Required - 12 times platinum 

51.  Def Leppard - Hysteria - 12 times platinum 

52.  Jewel - Pieces of You - 12 times platinum 

53.  Creed - Human Clay - 11 times platinum 

54.  Celine Dion - Falling into You - 11 times platinum 

55.  Eagles - Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - 11 times platinum 

56.  The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 11 times platinum 

57.  Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy - 11 times platinum 

58.  Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause - 11 times platinum 

59.  TLC - CrazySexyCool - 11 times platinum 

60.  Various Artists - Dirty Dancing - 11 times platinum 

61.  Various Artists - Titanic - 11 times platinum 

62.  James Taylor - Greatest Hits - 11 times platinum 

63.  *NSYNC - No Strings Attached - 11 times platinum 

64.  ≈ Shania Twain - Up - 11 times platinum 

65.  Green Day - Dookie - 10 times platinum 

66.  Ace of Base - The Sign - 10 times platinum 

67.  Mariah Carey - Music Box - 10 times platinum 

68.  Mariah Carey - Daydream - 10 times platinum 

69.  Dixie Chicks - Fly - 10 times platinum 

70.  Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love - 10 times platinum 

71.  No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - 10 times platinum 

72.  Doobie Brothers - Best of the Doobies - 10 times platinum 

73.  Billy Joel - The Stranger - 10 times platinum 

74.  Aerosmith - Aerosmith's Greatest Hits - 10 times platinum 

75.  Garth Brooks - The Hits - 10 times platinum 

76.  Eric Clapton - Unplugged - 10 times platinum 

77.  Carole King - Tapestry - 10 times platinum 

78.  Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory - 10 times platinum 

79.  Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - 10 times platinum 

80.  Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - 10 times platinum 

81.  Madonna - Like a Virgin - 10 times platinum 

82.  Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend - 10 times platinum 

83.  George Michael - Faith - 10 times platinum 

84.  Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits - 10 times platinum 

85.  Nirvana - Nevermind - 10 times platinum 

86.  Elton John and others - The Lion King - 10 times platinum 

87.  Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down - 10 times platinum 

88.  MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - 10 times platinum 

89.  Van Halen - Van Halen - 10 times platnium 

90.  ZZ Top - Eliminator - 10 times platinum 

91.  Van Halen - 1984 - 10 times platinum 

92.  ≈ OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 10 times platinum 

93.  Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again - 10 times platinum 

94.  Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - 10 times platinum 

95.  Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life - 10 times platinum 

96.  The Beatles - 1 - 10 times platinum 

97.  U2 - The Joshua Tree - 10 times platinum 

98.  *NSYNC - *NSYNC - 10 times platinum 

99.  Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey - 9 times platinum 

100. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - 9 times platinum 

101. Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony - 9 times platinum 

102. Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks - 9 times platinum 

103. Garth Brooks - Sevens - 9 times platinum 

104. Patsy Cline - Greatest Hits - 9 times platinum 

105. Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All - 9 times platinum 

106. Def Leppard - Pyromania - 9 times platinum 

107. John Denver - Greatest Hits - 9 times platinum 

108. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - 9 times platinum 

109. The Doors - The Best of the Doors - 9 times platinum 

110. Whitney Houston - Whitney - 9 times platinum 

111. Journey - Escape - 9 times platinum 

112. REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity - 9 times platinum 

113. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - 9 times platinum 

114. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me - 9 times platinum 

115. 2Pac - Greatest Hits - 9 times platinum 

116. Will Smith - Big Willie Style - 9 times platinum 

117. Various Artists - Footloose - 9 times platinum 

118. Various Artists - The Great Band Era - 9 times platinum 

119. Various Artists - Top Gun - 9 times platinum 

120. Usher - Confessions - 9 times platinum 

121. Eminem - The Eminem Show - 8 times platinum 

122. Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue - 8 times platinum 

123. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic - 8 times platinum 

124. Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera - 8 times platinum 

125. The Beatles - The Beatles Anthology Volume 1 - 8 times platinum 

126. Michael Bolton - Time, Love and Tenderness - 8 times platinum 

127. Toni Braxton - Secrets - 8 times platinum 

128. Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton - 8 times platinum 

129. Garth Brooks - The Chase - 8 times platinum 

130. Garth Brooks - In Pieces - 8 times platinum 

131. Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall - 8 times platinum 

132. Eagles - Hell Freezes Over - 8 times platinum 

133. Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits - 8 times platinum 

134. Faith Hill - Breathe - 8 times platinum 

135. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - 8 times platinum 

136. Michael Jackson - Bad - 8 times platinum 

137. Live - Throwing Copper - 8 times platinum 

138. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing - 8 times platinum 

139. Madonna - True Blue - 8 times platinum 

140. Metallica - ...And Justice for All - 8 times platinum 

141. Nelly - Country Grammar - 8 times platinum 

142. New Kids on the Block - Hangin' Tough - 8 times platinum 

143. The Police - Synchronicity - 8 times platinum 

144. Queen - Greatest Hits - 8 times platinum 

145. Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw - 8 times platinum 

146. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 8 times platinum 

147. Stone Temple Pilots - Core - 8 times platinum 

148. George Strait - Strait Out of the Box - 8 times platinum 

149. U2 - Achtung Baby - 8 times platinum 

150. Whitesnake - Whitesnake - 8 times platinum