List of best selling albums (USA) - Definition

This is a list of best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

1. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - 28 times platinum
2. Michael Jackson - Thriller - 26 times platinum
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall - 23 times platinum
4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 22 times platinum
5. Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & II - 21 times platinum
6. AC/DC - Back in Black - 20 times platinum
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 19 times platinum
8. The Beatles - The Beatles ("the White Album") - 19 times platinum
9. Shania Twain - Come on Over - 19 times platinum
10. Boston - Boston - 17 times platinum
11. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (soundtrack) - 17 times platinum
12. Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - 16 times platinum
13. Elton John - Greatest Hits - 16 times platinum
14. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 16 times platinum
15. The Beatles - 1967 - 1970 - 16 times platinum
16. Garth Brooks - No Fences - 16 times platinum
17. Eagles - Hotel California - 16 times platinum
18. Garth Brooks - Double Live - 15 times platinum
19. The Beatles - 1962 - 1966 - 15 times platinum
20. Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) - 15 times platinum
21. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - 15 times platinum
22. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 15 times platinum
23. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 15 times platinum
24. Santana - Supernatural - 15 times platinum
25. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. - 15 times platinum
26. Simon and Garfunkel - Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - 14 times platinum
27. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell - 14 times platinum
28. Metallica - Metallica - 14 times platinum
29. Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind - 14 times platinum
30. Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys - 14 times platinum
31. Backstreet Boys - Millennium - 13 times platinum
32. Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978 - 13 times platinum
33. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 13 times platinum
34. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain (soundtrack) - 13 times platinum
35. Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band Live 1975 - '85 - 13 times platinum
36. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 13 times platinum
37. Forrest Gump (soundtrack) - 12 times platinum
38. Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - 12 times platinum
39. The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks, 1964-1971 - 12 times platinum
40. Shania Twain - The Woman in Me - 12 times platinum
41. Kenny G - Breathless - 12 times platinum
42. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 12 times platinum
43. Pearl Jam - Ten - 12 times platinum
44. Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You - 12 times platinum
45. The Beatles - Abbey Road - 12 times platinum
46. Boyz II Men - II - 12 times platinum
47. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 12 times platinum
48. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces - 12 times platinum
49. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required - 12 times platinum
50. Def Leppard - Hysteria - 12 times platinum

Further research

• For information about what makes a platinum album, see RIAA certification
• See also: List of best-selling singles

External links

• RIAA Website (http://www.RIAA.org)
• Billboard Magazine (http://www.billboard.com) - a magazine that publishes weekly music rankings