List of best-selling albums in the United States
This is a list of best-selling albums in the United States according to the according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Albums marked with a "@" are double albums, and therefore are counted twice for each sale (see below):
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- The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - 28 times platinum
- Michael Jackson - Thriller - 27 times platinum
- @ Pink Floyd - The Wall - 23 times platinum
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 22 times platinum
- AC/DC - Back In Black - 21 times platinum
- @ Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 - 21 times platinum
- Shania Twain - Come on Over - 20 times platinum
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 19 times platinum
- @ The Beatles - The Beatles ("the White Album") - 19 times platinum
- Boston - Boston - 17 times platinum
- Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (soundtrack) - 17 times platinum
- Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - 16 times platinum
- @ Elton John - Greatest Hits - 16 times platinum
- Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 16 times platinum
- @ The Beatles - 1967 - 1970 ("the Blue Album") - 16 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - No Fences - 16 times platinum
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - 15 times platinum
- Eagles - Hotel California - 16 times platinum
- @ Garth Brooks - Double Live - 15 times platinum
- @ The Beatles - 1962 - 1966 ("the Red Album")- 15 times platinum
- Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) - 15 times platinum
- @ Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 15 times platinum
- Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 15 times platinum
- Santana - Supernatural - 15 times platinum
- Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. - 15 times platinum
- Metallica - Metallica ("the Black Album")- 14 times platinum
- @ Simon and Garfunkel - Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - 14 times platinum
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell - 14 times platinum
- Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 14 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind - 14 times platinum
- Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys - 14 times platinum
- Backstreet Boys - Millennium - 13 times platinum
- Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits (1974-1978) - 13 times platinum
- Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 13 times platinum
- Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain (soundtrack) - 13 times platinum
- @ Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85 - 13 times platinum
- Forrest Gump (soundtrack) - 12 times platinum
- Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - 12 times platinum
- @ The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks, 1964-1971 - 12 times platinum
- Shania Twain - The Woman in Me - 12 times platinum
- Kenny G - Breathless - 12 times platinum
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 12 times platinum
- Pearl Jam - Ten - 12 times platinum
- Matchbox 20 - Yourself or Someone Like You - 12 times platinum
- The Beatles - Abbey Road - 12 times platinum
- Boyz II Men - II - 12 times platinum
- Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 12 times platinum
- Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces - 12 times platinum
- Phil Collins - No Jacket Required - 12 times platinum
- Def Leppard - Hysteria - 12 times platinum
- Creed - Human Clay - 11 times platinum
- Celine Dion - Falling into You - 11 times platinum
- The Eagles - The Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - 11 times platinum
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 11 times platinum
- *NSYNC - No Strings Attached - 11 times platinum
- Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy - 11 times platinum
- Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause - 11 times platinum
- Jewel - Pieces of You - 11 times platinum
- TLC - CrazySexyCool - 11 times platinum
- Various Artists - Dirty Dancing - 11 times platinum
- Various Artists - Titanic - 11 times platinum
- James Taylor - Greatest Hits - 11 times platinum
- Shania Twain - Up! - 11 times platinum
- Dixie Chicks - Fly - 10 times platinum
- *NSYNC - *NSYNC - 10 times platinum
- Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love - 10 times platinum
- No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - 10 times platinum
- @ Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death - 10 times platinum
- Doobie Brothers - Best of the Doobies - 10 times platinum
- Green Day - Dookie - 10 times platinum
- Billy Joel - The Stranger - 10 times platinum
- Aerosmith - Aerosmith's Greatest Hits - 10 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - The Hits - 10 times platinum
- Mariah Carey - Music Box - 10 times platinum
- Eric Clapton - Unplugged - 10 times platinum
- Carole King - Tapestry - 10 times platinum
- Journey - Greatest Hits - 10 times platinum
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - 10 times platinum
- Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - 10 times platinum
- Madonna - Like a Virgin - 10 times platinum
- Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend - 10 times platinum
- George Michael - Faith - 10 times platinum
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits - 10 times platinum
- Nirvana - Nevermind - 10 times platinum
- Various Artists - The Lion King - 10 times platinum
- Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down - 10 times platinum
- MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - 10 times platinum
- Mariah Carey - Daydream - 10 times platinum
- Van Halen - Van Halen - 10 times platnium
- ZZ Top - Eliminator - 10 times platinum
- U2 - The Joshua Tree - 10 times platinum
- Van Halen - 1984 - 10 times platinum
- @ OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 10 times platinum
- Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again - 10 times platinum
- Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory - 10 times platinum
- Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - 10 times platinum
- Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life - 10 times platinum
- The Beatles - 1 - 10 times platinum
- Ace of Base - The Sign - 9 times platinum
- Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - 9 times platinum
- Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony - 9 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks - 9 times platinum
- Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey - 9 times platinum
- Patsy Cline - Greatest Hits - 9 times platinum
- Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All - 9 times platinum
- Def Leppard - Pyromania - 9 times platinum
- John Denver - Greatest Hits - 9 times platinum
- Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - 9 times platinum
- The Doors - The Best of the Doors - 9 times platinum
- Whitney Houston - Whitney - 9 times platinum
- Journey - Escape - 9 times platinum
- REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity - 9 times platinum
- @ Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - 9 times platinum
- Will Smith - Big Willie Style - 9 times platinum
- 2Pac - All Eyez On Me - 9 times platinum
- 2Pac - Greatest Hits - 9 times platinum
- Various Artists - Footloose - 9 times platinum
- Various Artists - The Great Band Era - 9 times platinum
- Various Artists - Top Gun - 9 times platinum
- Usher - Confessions - 9 times platinum
- Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - 9 times platinum
- Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic - 8 times platinum
- Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera - 8 times platinum
- Backstreet Boys - Black and Blue - 8 times platinum
- The Beatles - The Beatles Anthology Volume 1 - 8 times platinum
- Michael Bolton - Time, Love and Tenderness - 8 times platinum
- Toni Braxton - Secrets - 8 times platinum
- Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton - 8 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - The Chase - 8 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - In Pieces - 8 times platinum
- Garth Brooks - Sevens - 8 times platinum
- Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall - 8 times platinum
- The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over - 8 times platinum
- Eminem - The Eminem Show - 8 times platinum
- Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits - 8 times platinum
- Faith Hill - Breathe - 8 times platinum
- Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - 8 times platinum
- Michael Jackson - Bad - 8 times platinum
- Live - Throwing Copper - 8 times platinum
- Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing - 8 times platinum
- Metallica - ...And Justice For All - 8 times platinum
- Nelly - Country Grammar - 8 times platinum
- New Kids on the Block - Hangin' Tough - 8 times platinum
- The Police - Synchronicity - 8 times platinum
- Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw - 8 times platinum
- Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 8 times platinum
- Stone Temple Pilots - Core - 8 times platinum
- George Strait - Strait Out of the Box - 8 times platinum
- U2 - Achtung Baby - 8 times platinum
- Whitesnake - Whitesnake - 8 times platinum
- Note: Whilst this list is an official RIAA release, its accuracy is questioned by some music fans and critics, who often use different statistics.
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