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This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music. To appear on the list, the figure must take been published by a reliable source and the album must take sold at least 20 million copies. This list tin can contain any types of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. The figures given do non take into account the resale of used albums.^[a]

All albums included on this list have their available claimed figures supported past at least 30% in certified copies. The percentage amount of certified sales needed increases the newer the album is, and so albums released before 1975 are only expected to have their claimed figures supported by at least 30% in certified copies. Nevertheless, newer albums, such as 21 and Come Away with Me, are expected to have their claimed figures supported by at to the lowest degree 70% in certified copies. Certified copies are sourced from available online databases of local music manufacture associations. This is the reason why albums that would otherwise make the list, such as The Sound of Music, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Parallel Lines, Spirits Having Flown, Private Dancer, Janet, Believe, Bolo Ta Ra Ra.., Human Clay, and Laundry Service, have not been included.

Equally a consequence of the methodology that the American and Canadian certification-application bodies (the RIAA and Music Canada respectively) employ, each disc in a multi-disc prepare is counted equally one unit toward certification, leading to many double albums on the list—such every bit Pink Floyd's The Wall and the Beatles' The Beatles—being certified with a number double the number of copies sold there. Such albums have the certifications for the number of copies (not discs) shipped indicated. Conversely, the American certification level for double albums that fit onto ane compact disc, such as the Sabbatum Night Fever soundtrack reflect the actual number of copies sold. In 2016, RIAA included streaming in addition to track sales and anthology sales based on the concept of album-equivalent unit for certification purposes, and certification therefore no longer reflects shipment alone.^{[1] [2]} For case, in the update of the certification for Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) by the Eagles in August 2018, the album was certified 38× Platinum (increasing from the previous 29× Platinum certification in 2006) based on the new criteria, making it so the album with the highest certification in the United states of america.^[3]

Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to accept sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling anthology.^{[four] [5] [6]} Although sales estimates for Thriller have been as high every bit 120 1000000 copies, these sales figures are unreliable.^[7] Jackson besides currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has iv, while the Beatles, Pinkish Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have iii.

Groupings are based on unlike sales benchmarks, the highest being for claims of at least 40 million copies, and the lowest being for claims of 20–29 million copies. Albums are listed in order of number of copies sold and thereafter by the artist's first name. Markets' order inside the tabular array is based on the number of compact discs sold in each market, largest market at the top and smallest at the bottom.^[viii]

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40 meg copies or more

*All sales figures are shown in millions

Artist	Album	Released	Genre	Full certified copies (from available markets) *	Claimed sales*	Ref(s)
Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982	Pop, post-disco, funk, rock	49.2 U.s.a.: 34 one thousand thousand[9] JPN: 100,000[x] Great britain: four.5 one thousand thousand[11] GER: 1.five million[12] FRA: 1 one thousand thousand[thirteen] Tin: 2 million[14] AUS: ane.12 million[15] MEX: 1.6 one thousand thousand[16] NLD: 800,000[17] ITA: 100,000[18] SWE: 400,000[19] ARG: 500,000[xx] SWI: 300,000[21] AUT: 400,000[22] FIN: 119,061[23] NZ: 180,000[24] [25] HKG: fifteen,000[26] DEN: 480,000[27] DEN: 60,000[28] HUN: six,000[29] POR: 40,000[xxx]	70	[4] [5]
Air-conditioning/DC	Dorsum in Black	1980	Hard stone	29.five US: 25 million[nine] Britain: 600,000[11] GER: i million[12] FRA: 600,000[thirteen] CAN: 1 meg[fourteen] AUS: 840,000[fifteen] ITA: 150,000[xviii] ARG: 180,000[31] SWI: 100,000[21] AUT: 50,000[22]	50	[32]
Whitney Houston / various artists	The Babysitter	1992	R&B, soul, pop, soundtrack	32.four US: 18 million[nine] JPN: 3 meg[33] UK: 2.25 million[xi] GER: 1.75 one thousand thousand[12] FRA: one.72 million[13] Can: 1.iv million[xiv] AUS: 350,000[15] BRA: 1.2 million[34] NLD: 400,000[17] SWE: 350,000[19] SPA: 800,000[35] ARG: 350,000[31] SWI: 310,000[21] AUT: 220,000[22] NOR: 200,000[36] FIN: 100,000[23]	45	[37]
Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	1977	Difficult rock, glam rock, progressive rock	21.7 United states of america: 14 million[ix] United kingdom: iii.3 million[11] GER: 500,000[12] CAN: 2 1000000[fourteen] AUS: 1.68 1000000[xv] NZ: 255,000[38]	44	[39]
Eagles	Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)	1976	State rock, soft rock, folk rock	41.ii United states: 38 meg[9] United kingdom: 600,000[11] CAN: 2 million[fourteen] AUS: 560,000[15] IFPI HKG: 15,000[26]	44	[40]
Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	1973	Progressive rock	24.4 Usa: 15 million[9] Uk: iv.2 million[11] GER: one one thousand thousand[12] FRA: 400,000[thirteen] Can: two million[14] AUS: 980,000[xv] ITA: 250,000[18] ARG: 120,000[31] Pol: 70,000[41] AUT: 100,000[22] NZ: 240,000[38]	44	[42]
Eagles	Hotel California	1976	Soft rock	31.5 US: 26 one thousand thousand[9] Great britain: 1.viii million[11] GER: 500,000[12] FRA: ane million[13] CAN: 1 million[14] AUS: 560,000[15] SPA: 400,000[35] SWI: 100,000[21] AUT: 25,000[22] FIN: 30,933[23] NZ: 135,000[24] HKG: 15,000[26]	42	[43]
Bee Gees / Various artists	Sat Night Fever	1977	Disco	21.6 Us: sixteen million[9] UK: two.1 meg[11] GER: i.v 1000000[12] FRA: 200,000[13] Can: 1 1000000[14] AUS: 770,000[44] HKG: 15,000[26]	40	[45] [46]
Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977	Soft rock	27.nine United states of america: 20 million[nine] UK: 3.three million[11] GER: 1.25 million[12] FRA: 300,000[47] CAN: 2 million[14] AUS: 910,000[15] NZ: 150,000[48] HKG: fifteen,000[26]	xl	[49] [50]
Shania Twain	Come On Over	1997	Country, pop	29.6 US: 20 million[9] JPN: 100,000 [10] Britain: 3.3 million[eleven] GER: 750,000[12] FRA: 300,000[47] CAN: two meg[fourteen] AUS: one.05 1000000[15] BRA: 100,000[34] MEX: 100,000[16] NLD: 400,000[17] ITA: 50,000[18] SWE 180,000[nineteen] SPA: 100,000[35] BEL: 100,000[51] [52] ARG: 120,000[31] SWI: 150,000[21] AUT: 25,000[22] NOR: 300,000[36] DEN: 100,000[53] FIN: 38,958[23] NZ: 315,000[25]	40	[54]

xxx–39 million copies

*All sales figures are shown in millions

Artist	Album	Released	Genre	Total certified copies (from available markets) *	Claimed sales*	Ref(s)
Various artists	Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Move Picture	1978	Rock and roll	14.iv US: 8 million[nine] UK: 2.4 million[11] GER: 1.25 million[12] FRA: 400,000[13] CAN: 1 million[14] AUS: 980,000[fifteen] SPA: 300,000[35] SWI: 25,000[21] NZ: 15,000[24] HKG: 15,000[26]	38	[55]
Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	1971	Hard rock, heavy metal, folk rock	29.0 The states: 24 million[nine] Britain: one.8 million[11] GER: 750,000[12] FRA: 600,000[47] CAN: 2 one thousand thousand[14] AUS: 630,000[15] BRA: 100,000[34] NLD: 100,000[17] ARG: threescore,000[31] SWI: 50,000[21]	37	[56]
Michael Jackson	Bad	1987	Popular, rhythm and blues, funk and rock	21.1 US: xi million[ix] UK: iv.two million[eleven] GER: two million[12] FRA: ane million[thirteen] Tin can: 700,000[14] AUS: 420,000[15] MEX: 350,000[sixteen] SPA: 300,000[35] SWE: 200,000[19] SWI:100,000[57] AUT: 200,000[22] NZ: 135,000[58] FIN: 51,287[23] IFPI HKG: fifteen,000[26] DEN: 80,000[59] JPN: 100,000[60] NLD: 100,000[61] NOR: 100,000[62] POR: xl,000[63]	35	[64] [65] [66]
Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	1995	Alternative stone	24.3 U.s.: sixteen one thousand thousand[9] Uk: 3 meg[11] GER: 1 meg[12] FRA: 300,000[47] CAN: 2 1000000[14] AUS: 980,000[15] NLD: 400,000[17] SWE 200,000[19] BRA: 100,000[34] ARG: 60,000[31] POL: fifty,000[41] SWI: fifty,000[21] NOR: fifty,000[36] AUT: 100,000[22] FIN: 65,860[23]	33	[67] [68]
Michael Jackson	Dangerous	1991	New jack swing, R&B and pop	17.0 US: 8 million[ix] JPN: 400,000[ten] United kingdom: one.8 million[eleven] GER: ii million[12] FRA: one million[47] Tin: 600,000[14] AUS: 700,000[fifteen] BRA: 100,000[34] MEX: 600,000[16] NLD: 300,000[17] SWE 300,000[xix] SPA: 600,000[35] SWI: 250,000[21] AUT: 200,000[22] DEN: l,000[69] FIN: 61,896[23] NZ: 90,000[25]	32	[seventy]
Celine Dion	Falling into Yous	1996	Pop, soft rock	21.1 US: 12 million[ix] JPN: 800,000[10] UK: ii.1 one thousand thousand[eleven] GER: 1.25 million[12] FRA: 1 1000000[47] Tin: i 1000000[14] AUS: 910,000[xv] BRA: 100,000[34] NLD: 600,000[17] SWE: 200,000[nineteen] SPA: 200,000[35] BEL: 200,000[51] ARG: lx,000[31] Politico: 100,000[41] SWI: 150,000[21] NOR: 150,000[36] AUT: 100,000[22] FIN: 51,952[23] NZ: 180,000[24] HUN: 25,000[71]	32	[72]
The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Stone	xviii.2 US: 11 million[9] UK: 5.1 million[11] GER: 500,000[12] CAN: 800,000[14] AUS: 280,000[15] BRA: 100,000[34] ARG: 300,000[31] NZ: 90,000[25]	32	[73]
Various artists	Dirty Dancing	1987	Pop, rock, R&B	17.ix US: 11 million[9] UK: ane.v million[11] GER: 2 million[12] FRA: ane million[thirteen] Can: 1 million[14] AUS: 770,000[15] BRA: 100,000[34] NLD: 100,000[17] SWE 100,000[nineteen] POL: 50,000[41] SWI: 250,000[21] HKG: 7,500[26]	32	[74]
Adele	21	2011	Pop, soul	26.four US: 14 million[9] JPN: 100,000[75] United kingdom: 6 million[76] GER: 1.vi 1000000[12] Tin: 800,000[xiv] AUS: 980,000[15] MEX: 300,000[16] NLD: 450,000[77] ITA: 480,000[18] SWE: 120,000[78] SPA: 300,000[35] ARG: lxxx,000[79] BEL: 180,000[52] POL: 200,000[41] SWI: 40,000[21] NOR: thirty,000[eighty] AUT: 20,000[22] RUS: 10,000[81] DEN: 150,000[82] POR: twoscore,000[83] FIN: 83,234[23] IRE: 270,000[84] GRE: 6,000[85] HUN: 12,000[86] NZ: 180,000[87]	31	[88]
Celine Dion	Allow's Talk About Love	1997	Popular, soft rock	19.3 Usa: 10 million[9] JPN: 1 million[10] UK: 1.8 million[11] GER: 1.5 million[12] FRA: 1 million[47] CAN: one million[fourteen] AUS: 420,000[15] NLD: 500,000[17] SWE: 240,000[19] SPA: 400,000[35] BEL: 200,000[51] ARG: 120,000[31] Politico: 200,000[41] SWI: 300,000[21] NOR: 200,000[36] AUT: 100,000[22] FIN: 97,744[23] NZ: 135,000[89] HKG: 40,000[26] URY: 3,000[90]	31	[91]
Metallica	Metallica	1991	Heavy metallic	25.two U.s.a.: 16.83 meg[9] UK: 900,000[eleven] GER: ane,500,000[12] FRA: 487,500[13] Tin can: two million[xiv] AUS: 840,000[15] MEX: 600,000[16] NLD: 200,000[17] ITA: 100,000[eighteen] SWE 200,000[xix] ARG: 300,000[31] POL: 2 00,000[41] SWI: 150,000[21] NOR: 100,000[36] AUT: 100,000[22] FIN: 118,856[23] NZ: 150,000[25]	31	[92]
The Beatles	1	2000	Rock	23.5 Usa: 12 million[9] JPN: 2 million[10] UK: 3.3 million[eleven] GER: 1.65 1000000[12] FRA: 600,000[47] CAN: 1 one thousand thousand[14] AUS: 700,000[fifteen] BRA: 250,000[34] ITA: 50,000[18] SWE 160,000[xix] SPA: 500,000[35] ARG: 120,000[31] Politico: 100,000[41] SWI: 150,000[21] NOR: 150,000[36] AUT: 150,000[22] DEN: 200,000[93] POR: 120,000[94] FIN: 77,466[23] NZ: 225,000[24]	31	[95]
The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969	Rock	fourteen.four US: 12 million[nine] GER: 500,000[12] FRA: 150,000[thirteen] CAN: ane million[14] AUS: 210,000[15] ARG: 500,000[xx] NZ: 75,000[25]	31	[96]
ABBA	Gilded: Greatest Hits	1992	Pop, disco	23.0 United states of america: half dozen million[9] JPN: 600,000[97] U.k.: 5.iv 1000000[11] GER: 2.5 million[12] FRA: 1 million[47] RUS: ten,000[98] MEX: 250,000[xvi] CAN: 1 million[fourteen] BRA: 100,000[34] AUS: one.19 million[15] IND: 20,000[99] ITA: 270,000[18] [99] SPA: 500,000[35] NLD: 300,000[99] SAF: 50,000[99] SWE 500,000[xix] SWI: 500,000[21] ARG: 240,000[31] BEL: 350,000[51] THL: 20,000[99] NOR: 150,000[99] AUT: 150,000[22] DEN: 300,000[99] KOR: 100,000[99] TWN: 210,000[99] POL: 100,000[41] IRE: 90,000[99] FIN: 145,962[23] POR: 100,000[94] [99] NZ: 240,000[24] HKG: 120,000[99] SGP: 165,000[99] HUN: 100,000[99] CHI: 60,000[99] ISR: 40,000[99] CZE: xxx,000[99] MAL: 100,000[99] VEN: 5,000[99] ICL: 5,000[99]	thirty	[100]
Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984	Heartland rock	nineteen.6 US: fifteen million[9] United kingdom: 900,000[11] GER: 1 million[12] FRA: 400,000[47] CAN: 1 million[14] AUS: 910,000[15] FIN: 108,913[23] NZ: 240,000[24]	30	[101]
Madonna	The Immaculate Collection	1990	Pop, dance	xix.5 US: 10 meg[9] JPN: 800,000[x] UK: 3.six million[eleven] GER: 750,000[12] FRA: ane one thousand thousand[13] CAN: 700,000[14] AUS: 840,000[102] BRA: 500,000[34] NLD: 300,000[17] SWE l,000[19] SPA: 300,000[35] ARG: 360,000[31] SWI: 50,000[21] AUT: fifty,000[22] DEN: 50,000[103] FIN: 92,500[23] NZ: 105,000[24]	30	[104]
Pinkish Floyd	The Wall	1979	Progressive stone	18.seven The states: eleven.five million[9] Uk: 600,000[11] GER: 2 one thousand thousand[12] FRA: 1 one thousand thousand[xiii] Tin can: 2 million[xiv] AUS: 770,000[fifteen] ITA: 200,000[eighteen] ARG: 200,000[105] POL: 70,000[41] SWI: 100,000[21] NZ: 210,000[24] HKG: fifteen,000[26]	30	[106]
James Horner	Titanic: Music from the Move Picture	1997	Film score	18.one United states: 11 1000000[9] JPN: 1 million[107] U.k.: 900,000[11] GER: ane.25 million[12] FRA: 1 million[13] Tin can: 1 million[14] AUS: 350,000[15] NLD: 175,000[17] SWE 160,000[19] SPA: 400,000[35] BEL: 150,000[51] Politico: 140,000[41] ARG: 60,000[31] SWI: 200,000[21] AUT: 100,000[22] NOR: 100,000[36] FIN: 73,509[23] NZ: 60,000[108] HKG: 20,000[26]	30	[109]
Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	1985	Roots rock, blues stone, soft rock	17.vii US: ix million[nine] Great britain: four.i 1000000[11] GER: 500,000[12] FRA: one one thousand thousand[47] CAN: 1 meg[14] AUS: one.nineteen million[15] ARG: 30,000[31] SWI: 350,000[21] FIN: 116,784[23] NZ: 360,000[38] HKG: 15,000[26]	thirty	[110] [111]
Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	Grunge, culling rock	16.7 US: ten million[9] JPN: 600,000[97] Uk: 1.2 one thousand thousand[eleven] GER: ane meg[12] FRA: 1 million[thirteen] Tin: i meg[14] AUS: 350,000[fifteen] BRA: 250,000[34] MEX: 200,000[16] ITA: 100,000[xviii] SWE 200,000[19] ARG: 300,000[31] BEL: 150,000[52] POL: 100,000[41] SWI: 50,000[21] AUT: 50,000[22] FIN: 46,830[23] NZ: 105,000[24]	30	[112]
Santana	Supernatural	1999	Latin rock	20.5 US: 15 million[9] JPN: 200,000 [10] UK: 600,000[xi] GER: 1 million[12] FRA: 600,000[47] Tin can: 1 meg[14] AUS: 280,000[15] BRA: 250,000[34] MEX: 300,000[sixteen] NLD: 200,000[17] SWE 80,000[19] SPA: 300,000[35] BEL: 100,000[51] ARG: 120,000[31] POL: 100,000[41] SWI: 200,000[21] AUT: 100,000[22] FIN: 50,291[23] NZ: 60,000[24]	thirty	[113]
Guns Northward' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	1987	Hard rock	21.9 The states: xviii million[9] JPN: 200,000[10] United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland: 1,200,000[11] GER: 500,000[12] FRA: 200,000[47] CAN: ane million[xiv] BRA: 250,000[34] MEX: 100,000[16] ITA: 50,000[xviii] SWE 50,000[nineteen] ARG: 180,000[31] SWI: 50,000[21] AUT: 50,000[22] FIN: 25,000[23]	30	[114] [115]
Elton John	Good day Yellowish Brick Road	1973	rock, pop rock, glam rock	8.5 United states of america: 8 million[9] United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland: 300,000[11] AUS: 210,000[116] NZ: 15,000[117]	30	[118] [119]

20–29 1000000 copies

*All sales figures are shown in millions

Artist	Anthology	Released	Genre	Claimed sales*	Ref(s)
Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	1986	Hard rock, glam metal	28	[120]
Mariah Carey	Music Box	1993	Pop, R&B	28	[121]
Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	2000	Nu metallic, rap metal, alternative metal	27	[122]
Eminem	The Eminem Prove	2002	Hip hop	27	[123] [124]
Norah Jones	Come up Away with Me	2002	Jazz	27	[125]
Eric Clapton	Unplugged	1992	Audio-visual rock, acoustic blues	26	[126]
Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999	Pop	25	[127]
Bob Marley & The Wailers	Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers	1984	Reggae	25	[128]
Carole King	Tapestry	1971	Popular	25	[129]
Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	1985	Pop rock	25	[130]
Queen	Greatest Hits	1981	Rock	25	[131]
Madonna	True Blue	1986	Popular, dance	25	[132]
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over Troubled Water	1970	Folk rock	25	[133]
U2	The Joshua Tree	1987	Rock	25	[134]
Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984	Pop rock, new wave, R&B	25	[135]
George Michael	Faith	1987	Pop, R&B, funk, soul	25	[136]
Elton John	Greatest Hits	1974	Pop	24	[137]
Backstreet Boys	Backstreet'south Dorsum / Backstreet Boys	1997	Popular	24	[138]
Backstreet Boys	Millennium	1999	Popular	24	[138]
Spice Girls	Spice	1996	Popular	23	[139] [140]
Ace of Base	Happy Nation/The Sign	1993	Pop	23	[141]
Celine Dion	All the Fashion... A Decade of Song	1999	Pop	22	[142]
Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	1985	Pop, R&B	22	[143]
Fugees	The Score	1996	Alternative hip hop	22	[144] [145] [146]
Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Celebrity?	1995	Britpop, rock	22	[147]
Michael Jackson	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Volume I	1995	R&B, pop and hip hop	22	[148]
Adele	25	2015	Soul, pop, R&B	22	[149]
Madonna	Similar a Virgin	1984	Pop, trip the light fantastic toe	21	[150]
Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	2000	Hip hop	21	[151]
Bon Jovi	Cross Road	1994	Difficult rock, glam metal	21	[152]
Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979	Disco, pop, funk and R&B	20	[153]
Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	1998	Neo Soul, R&B and Hip Hop	xx	[154] [155] [156]
Boston	Boston	1976	Loonshit stone, hard rock	xx	[157]
Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did Information technology Over again	2000	Pop	20	[158]
Celine Dion	The Colour of My Love	1993	Pop	twenty	[159]
Def Leppard	Hysteria	1987	Hard stone, glam metal	20	[160]
Elvis Presley	Elvis' Christmas Album	1957	Christmas, pop, gospel, rock and curlicue	25 20	[161] [162] [163]
Green Day	Dookie	1994	Pop punk, punk rock, alternative rock	20	[164]
Lionel Richie	Can't Ho-hum Down	1983	Pop, R&B, soul	20	[165]
Mariah Carey	Fantasize	1995	Pop, R&B	20	[166]
Pinkish Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1975	Progressive rock, art rock, experimental rock	twenty	[167]
Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	1995	Country, pop	20	[168]
Supertramp	Breakfast in America	1979	Progressive rock, art stone	20	[169]
Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988	Folk rock	twenty	[170]
Various artists	Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Movement Picture show	1983	Electro, synthpop	xx	[171]
Whitney Houston	Whitney	1987	Popular, R&B	20	[172]
The Who	Tommy	1969	Hard rock, rock opera	20	[173]
Andrea Bocelli	Romanza	1997	Operatic pop, popular	20	[174]

Timeline of the best-selling albums

Timeline of the highest-selling album record

Yr record set	Creative person	Album	Record setting sales (millions)	Total sales (millions)	Ref(s)
1945	Various Artists	Oklahoma! (78 rpm album)	0.five	ane.0	[175] [176]
After 1946	Al Jolson	The Jolson Story	one		[177]
1956	Various Artists	Oklahoma! (LP album)	one.75	ii.v	[178]
1956/1957	Diverse Artists	My Fair Lady	2	five	[179] [180] [181]
1960	Various Artists	South Pacific	ii.25	3	[182]
1963	Vaughn Meader	The Commencement Family	iv	vii.5	[183] [184]
1968	Diverse Artists	The Sound of Music	8WW		[185]
1973	Carole Male monarch	Tapestry	10+		[186]
1975/1976	Diverse Artists	The Sound of Music	ten–15SM-T		[187] [188]
1976	Carole King	Tapestry	13.5SM-T	25	[189]
1979	Bee Gees/Various Artists	Saturday Night Fever	25–27	twoscore	[190] [191]
1984	Michael Jackson	Thriller	35	70	[6] [192]

Notes

• ^WWIt is unclear whether this sales figure refers to worldwide sales or United states of america sales.
• ^SM-TThe exact year in which Tapestry regained the title of "best-selling album of all-time", if it ever regained it at all, is unclear. The album's 1976 sales claim is therefore only listed to be inclusive, every bit it is plausible that Tapestry had overtaken The Sound of Music in sales during this time period.

Best-selling album by year worldwide

The charts of the best-selling albums by year in the world are compiled past the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry annually since 2001. These charts are published in their two annual reports, the Digital Music Report and the Recording Industry in Numbers. Both the Digital Music Written report and the Recording Industry in Numbers were replaced in 2016 by the Global Music Report.^[193]

Units sold include physical copies and digital downloads.

Year	Album	Creative person(s)	Sales (millions)	Ref(s)
2001	Hybrid Theory	Linkin Park	8.5	[194]
2002	The Eminem Show	Eminem	thirteen.9	[195]
2003	Come Away with Me	Norah Jones	xviii.0	[196] [197]
2004	Confessions	Usher	12.0	[198]
2005	X&Y	Coldplay	8.3	[199]
2006	Loftier Schoolhouse Musical	Various Artists	seven.0	[200]
2007	Loftier Schoolhouse Musical two		six.0	[201]
2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Coldplay	6.8	[202]
2009	I Dreamed a Dream	Susan Boyle	8.3	[203]
2010	Recovery	Eminem	five.7	[204]
2011	21	Adele	eighteen.ane	[195]
2012			viii.3	[205]
2013	Midnight Memories	One Management	4.0	[206]
2014	Frozen	Diverse Artists	9.0	[207]
2015	25	Adele	17.iv	[208]
2016	Lemonade	Beyoncé	2.v	[209]
2017	÷	Ed Sheeran	half-dozen.1	[210]
2018	The Greatest Showman	Hugh Jackman & Various Artists	3.5	[211]
2019	5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019	Arashi	3.three	[212]
2020	Map of the Soul: seven	BTS	4.viii	[213]

Run across also

• Album era
• List of best-selling albums by women
• List of all-time-selling albums by land
• List of acknowledged music artists
• Listing of best-selling remix albums
• List of best-selling singles
• Lists of albums
• List of best-selling albums of the 21st century

Notes

1. ^ To exist on this list, albums released:
   • earlier 1975 are required to take their claimed sales figures supported by 30% in certified units.
   • between 1975 and 1990 are required to accept their claimed figures supported by 30–l% in certified units. (That is ane.33% for each additional year afterwards 1975.)
   • between 1990 and 2000 are required to have their claimed figures supported by 50–60% in certified units. (That is 1% for each additional year after 1990.)
   • in 2000 and onwards are required to have their claimed figures supported by 60–fourscore% in certified units. (That is i.33% for each additional twelvemonth after 2000.)

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