List of Best Selling Albums From 1963 To 1989

Here is a list of the best selling albums from year 1963 to 1989. Numbers were based on world-wide sales. Post your comments of you have more info.

beatlesBEST SELLING ALBUMS 1963-1989
1 MICHAEL JACKSON – Thriller : 67 million
2 GREASE (soundtrack) : 45 million
2 PINK FLOYD – The Dark Side Of The Moon : 45 million
4 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Legend : 39 million
5 BEE GEES – Saturday Night Fever : 37 million
5 EAGLES – Greatest Hits 71-75 : 37 million
7 AC/DC – Back In Black : 36 million
7 LED ZEPPELIN – IV : 36 million
9 MICHAEL JACKSON – Bad : 35 million
10 DIRTY DANCING (soundtrack) : 34 million
11 DIRE STRAITS – Brothers In Arms : 33 million
11 FLEETWOOD MAC – Rumours : 33 million
11 PINK FLOYD – The Wall : 33 million
14 GUNS N’ ROSES – Appetite For Destruction : 31 million
14 SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Greatest Hits : 31 million
16 EAGLES – Hotel California : 30 million
17 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Born In The U.S.A. : 29 million
17 MEAT LOAF – Bat Out Of Hell : 29 million
17 THE BEATLES – Abbey Road : 29 million
20 THE BEATLES – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band : 28 million
20 U2 – The Joshua Tree : 28 million
22 PHIL COLLINS – No Jacket Required : 25 million
22 THE BEATLES – 1962-1966 : 25 million
22 THE BEATLES – 1967-1970 : 25 million
25 WHITNEY HOUSTON – Whitney Houston : 24 million
26 BON JOVI – Slippery When Wet : 23 million
27 BOSTON – Boston : 23 million
27 MADONNA – True Blue : 23 million
27 PINK FLOYD – Wish You Were Here : 23 million
27 QUEEN – Greatest Hits : 23 million
31 CAROLE KING – Tapestry : 22 million
31 ELTON JOHN – Greatest Hits : 22 million
31 LIONEL RICHIE – Can’t Slow Down : 22 million
31 PHIL COLLINS – But Seriously : 22 million
31 PRINCE – Purple Rain : 22 million
31 TOP GUN (soundtrack) : 22 million
31 TRACY CHAPMAN – Tracy Chapman : 22 million
31 WHITNEY HOUSTON – Whitney : 22 million
39 LED ZEPPELIN – II : 21 million
39 MADONNA – Like A Virgin : 21 million
39 SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Bridge Over Troubled Water : 21 million
39 THE BEATLES – The Beatles : 21 million
43 FLASHDANCE (soundtrack) : 20 million
43 MICHAEL JACKSON – Off The Wall : 20 million
45 BILLY JOEL – Greatest Hits Vol. 1&2 : 19 million
45 DEF LEPPARD – Hysteria : 19 million
45 FOOTLOOSE (soundtrack) : 19 million
45 GEORGE MICHAEL – Faith : 19 million
45 JAMES TAYLOR – Greatest Hits : 19 million
50 JOURNEY – Greatest Hits : 18 million
50 LED ZEPPELIN – Houses Of The Holy : 18 million
50 SUPERTRAMP – Breakfast In America : 18 million
50 ZZ TOP – Eliminator : 18 million
54 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Chronicle : 17 million
54 FLEETWOOD MAC – Greatest Hits : 17 million
54 PHIL COLLINS – Face Value : 17 million
57 BEASTIE BOYS – Licensed To Ill : 16 million
57 KENNY ROGERS – Greatest Hits : 16 million
57 PAUL SIMON – Graceland : 16 million
57 STEVE MILLER BAND – Greatest Hits 1974-1978 : 16 million
57 THE POLICE – Synchronicity : 16 million
57 THE SOUND OF MUSIC (soundtrack) : 16 million
57 VAN HALEN – 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) : 16 million
64 AC/DC – Highway To Hell : 15 million
64 BARBRA STREISAND – Guilty : 15 million
64 BILLY JOEL – The Stranger : 15 million
64 LED ZEPPELIN – I : 15 million
64 METALLICA – …And Justice For All : 15 million
64 U2 – Rattle & Hum : 15 million
64 VAN HALEN – Van Halen : 15 million
71 AEROSMITH – Greatest Hits : 14 million
71 BEE GEES – Spirits Having Flown : 14 million
71 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG – Deja Vu : 14 million
71 EAGLES – Greatest Hits Vol. 2 : 14 million
71 ENYA – Watermark : 14 million
71 GENESIS – Invisible Touch : 14 million
71 MADONNA – Like A Prayer : 14 million
71 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK – Hangin’ Tough : 14 million
71 SADE – Diamond Life : 14 million
71 THE BEATLES – Rubber Soul : 14 million
71 THE POLICE – Every Breathe You Take – The Singles : 14 million
71 TINA TURNER – Private Dancer : 14 million
83 BILLY JOEL – An Innocent Man : 13 million
83 BON JOVI – New Jersey : 13 million
83 DEF LEPPARD – Pyromania : 13 million
83 DOOBIE BROTHERS – Best Of The Doobies : 13 million
83 ELTON JOHN – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road : 13 million
83 ERIC CLAPTON – Time Pieces/Best Of Eric Clapton : 13 million
83 JANIS JOPLIN – Greatest Hits : 13 million
83 LED ZEPPELIN – III : 13 million
83 LED ZEPPELIN – Physical Graffiti : 13 million
83 MIKE OLDFIELD – Tubular Bells : 13 million
83 NEIL YOUNG – Harvest : 13 million
83 PETER FRAMPTON – Comes Alive : 13 million
83 PINK FLOYD – Animals : 13 million
83 REO SPEEDWAGON – Hi Infidelity : 13 million
83 SANTANA – Greatest Hits : 13 million
83 THE CARPENTERS – The Singles 1969-1973 : 13 million
83 THE DOORS – The Best Of The Doors : 13 million
83 THE DOORS – The Doors : 13 million
101 ABBA – Arrival : 12 million
101 BARBRA STREISAND – Memories : 12 million
101 BILLY JOEL – 52nd Street : 12 million
101 BOB DYLAN – Greatest Hits : 12 million
101 BRYAN ADAMS – Reckless : 12 million
101 CYNDI LAUPER – She’s So Unusual : 12 million
101 EAGLES – The Long Run : 12 million
101 FOREIGNER – 4 : 12 million
101 JANET JACKSON – Rhythm Nation 1814 : 12 million
101 JOURNEY – Escape : 12 million
101 METALLICA – Master Of Puppets : 12 million
101 PAULA ABDUL – Forever Your Girl : 12 million
101 QUEEN – A Night At The Opera : 12 million
101 SADE – Promise : 12 million
101 THE BEATLES – Let It Be : 12 million
101 THE BEATLES – Revolver : 12 million
101 WHAM! – Make It Big : 12 million
118 ABBA – Greatest Hits : 11 million
118 AEROSMITH – Pump : 11 million
118 BILLY JOEL – Glass Houses : 11 million
118 BOSTON – Don’t Look Back : 11 million
118 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Born To Run : 11 million
118 DIRE STRAITS – Dire Straits : 11 million
118 DIRE STRAITS – Money For Nothing : 11 million
118 ELVIS PRESLEY – Christmas Album : 11 million
118 FLEETWOOD MAC – Tango In The Night : 11 million
118 JOHN DENVER – Greatest Hits : 11 million
118 JOHN LENNON – Double Fantasy : 11 million
118 JOHN LENNON – The John Lennon Collection : 11 million
118 LED ZEPPELIN – In Through The Out Door : 11 million
118 LINDA RONSTADT – Greatest Hits : 11 million
118 PATSY CLINE – Greatest Hits : 11 million
118 PHIL COLLINS – Hello, I Must Be Going! : 11 million
118 SANTANA – Abraxas : 11 million
118 STEVIE WONDER – Songs In The Key Of Life : 11 million
118 TEARS FOR FEARS – Songs From The Big Chair : 11 million
118 THE BEATLES – Magical Mystery Tour : 11 million
118 THE ROLLING STONES – Hot Rocks : 11 million
118 THE ROLLING STONES – Some Girls : 11 million
118 U2 – War : 11 million
118 WHITESNAKE – Whitesnake : 11 million
142 AEROSMITH – Toys In The Attic : 10 million
142 BLACK SABBATH – Paranoid : 10 million
142 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS – Blood, Sweat & Tears : 10 million
142 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – The River : 10 million
142 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Cosmo’s Factory : 10 million
142 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG – So Far : 10 million
142 FOREIGNER – Records : 10 million
142 GENESIS – Genesis : 10 million
142 INXS – Kick : 10 million
142 JANET JACKSON – Control : 10 million
142 LIONEL RICHIE – Dancing On The Ceiling : 10 million
142 MEN AT WORK – Business As Usual : 10 million
142 MICHAEL BOLTON – Soul Provider : 10 million
142 NEIL DIAMOND – The Jazz Singer : 10 million
142 PAUL MCCARTNEY & THE WINGS – Band On The Run : 10 million
142 QUEEN – News Of The World : 10 million
142 ROD STEWART – Greatest Hits : 10 million
142 SIMON & GARFUNKEL – The Concert In Central Park : 10 million
142 STING – The Dream Of The Blue Turtles : 10 million
142 THE BEATLES – A Hard Day’s Night : 10 million
142 THE BEATLES – Help! : 10 million
142 THE BLUES BROTHERS (soundtrack) : 10 million
142 THE DOORS – L.A. Woman : 10 million
142 THE POLICE – Ghost In The Machine : 10 million
142 U2 – Under A Blood Red Sky : 10 million
167 AC/DC – For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) : 9 million
167 A-HA – Hunting High And Low : 9 million
167 BARBRA STREISAND – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 : 9 million
167 BLONDIE – Parallel Lines : 9 million
167 CHICAGO – Greatest Hits : 9 million
167 CHRISTOPHER CROSS – Christopher Cross : 9 million
167 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG – 4 Way Street : 9 million
167 DAVID BOWIE – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars : 9 million
167 FLEETWOOD MAC – Fleetwood Mac : 9 million
167 GARTH BROOKS – Garth Brooks : 9 million
167 JIMMY BUFFETT – Songs You Know By Heart : 9 million
167 JOHN LENNON – Imagine : 9 million
167 JULIO IGLESIAS – De Nina A Mujer : 9 million
167 JULIO IGLESIAS – Momentos : 9 million
167 LIONEL RICHIE – Lionel Richie : 9 million
167 ROD STEWART – Blondes Have More Fun : 9 million
167 SIMPLY RED – A New Flame : 9 million
167 THE POLICE – Reggatta De Blanc : 9 million
167 THE ROLLING STONES – Sticky Fingers : 9 million
167 THE ROLLING STONES – Tattoo You : 9 million
187 BAD COMPANY – Bad Company : 8 million
187 CAT STEVENS – Greatest Hits : 8 million
187 CHICAGO – Greatest Hits 1982-1989 : 8 million
187 DEEP PURPLE – Made In Japan : 8 million
187 ELVIS PRESLEY – Aloha From Hawaii : 8 million
187 HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS – Whipped Cream & Other Delights : 8 million
187 IRON BUTTERFLY – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida : 8 million
187 JACKSON BROWNE – Running on Empty : 8 million
187 JIMI HENDRIX – Are You Experienced : 8 million
187 MARVIN GAYE – What’s Going On : 8 million
187 NAT KING COLE – The Christmas Song : 8 million
187 NEIL DIAMOND – His 12 Greatest Hits : 8 million
187 PINK FLOYD – Meddle : 8 million
187 ROD STEWART – The Best Of Rod Stewart : 8 million
187 STEVIE NICKS – Bella Donna : 8 million
187 THE DOORS – Morrison Hotel : 8 million
187 THE MONKEES – More Of The Monkees : 8 million
187 THE MONKEES – The Monkees : 8 million
187 THE WHO – Who’s Next : 8 million
187 TINA TURNER – Foreign Affair : 8 million
207 BARBRA STREISAND – A Christmas Album : 7 million
207 BOB MARLEY – Exodus : 7 million
207 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Green River : 7 million
207 CROSBY, STILLS & NASH – Crosby, Stills & Nash : 7 million
207 DEEP PURPLE – Machine Head : 7 million
207 EAGLES – One Of These Nights : 7 million
207 ELTON JOHN – Greatest Hits Volume II : 7 million
207 FRANK SINATRA – Greatest Hits : 7 million
207 GEORGE HARRISON – All Things Must Pass : 7 million
207 GRATEFUL DEAD – Skeletons From The Closet : 7 million
207 HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS – Going Places : 7 million
207 NEIL DIAMOND – Hot August Night : 7 million
207 ROD STEWART – Foot Loose & Fancy Free : 7 million
207 SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme : 7 million
207 THE BEACH BOYS – Pet Sounds : 7 million
207 THE DOORS – Waiting For The Sun : 7 million
207 THE ROLLING STONES – Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) : 7 million
207 THE ROLLING STONES – Exile On Main Street : 7 million
207 THE ROLLING STONES – Let It Bleed : 7 million
207 THE WHO – Tommy : 7 million
227 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Willy And The Poor Boys : 6 million
227 DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES – Greatest Hits : 6 million
227 ELTON JOHN – Honky Château : 6 million
227 HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS – What Now My Love : 6 million
227 JOHN DENVER – Back Home Again : 6 million
227 JOHNNY CASH – At Folsom Prison : 6 million
227 SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Bookends : 6 million
227 SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Sounds Of Silence : 6 million
227 THE BEACH BOYS – Best Of The Beach Boys : 6 million
227 THE BEATLES – Beatles For Sale : 6 million
227 THE BEATLES – Meet The Beatles! : 6 million
227 THE BEATLES – With The Beatles : 6 million
227 THE BEATLES – Yellow Submarine : 6 million
227 THE DOORS – Strange Days : 6 million
227 THE ROLLING STONES – Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol.2) : 6 million
227 VINCE GUARALDI – A Charlie Brown Christmas : 6 million
243 BOB DYLAN – Highway 61 Revisited : 5 million
243 ERIC CLAPTON – 461 Ocean Boulevard : 5 million
243 NEIL DIAMOND – Serenade : 5 million
243 SIMON & GARFUNKEL – The Graduate (soundtrack) : 5 million
243 STEVIE WONDER – Talking Book : 5 million
243 THE BEATLES – Please Please Me : 5 million
243 THE CARPENTERS – A Song For You : 5 million
250 BOB DYLAN – Blonde On Blonde : 4 million
250 BOB DYLAN – Bringing It All Back Home : 4 million
250 BOB DYLAN – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan : 4 million
250 HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS – South Of The Border : 4 million
250 JIMI HENDRIX – Electric Ladyland : 4 million
250 THE ROLLING STONES – Aftermath : 4 million
250 THE ROLLING STONES – Beggars Banquet : 4 million
257 ELVIS PRESLEY – Golden Records Vol. 3 : 3 million
257 FRANK SINATRA – The Sinatra Christmas Album : 3 million
257 JOHN COLTRANE – A Love Supreme : 3 million
257 THE BEACH BOYS – The Beach Boys In Concert : 3 million
257 THE BEATLES – Beatles’ 65 : 3 million
257 THE BEATLES – Second Album : 3 million
257 THE ROLLING STONES – Out Of Our Heads : 3 million
264 BOB DYLAN – The Times They Are A-Changin’ : 2 million
264 SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. : 2 million
264 THE BEACH BOYS – Little Deuce Coupe : 2 million
264 THE BEACH BOYS – Surfer Girl : 2 million
264 THE BEACH BOYS – Surfin’ USA : 2 million
264 THE BEATLES – Something New : 2 million
264 THE SHADOWS – Greatest Hits : 2 million

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