back in black,42 million records sold worldwide!

[mrthrax]

that is apparently the second biggest selling record of all time,what i wanna know is who has the biggest selling?

i am thinking,floyd or michael jackson?

 

[SAZZ]

Michael Jackson's Thriller is the bestselling album of all time, with 45 million worldwide sales powered by seven Top 10 U.S. singles

 

[jdelpi]

Eagles' greatest hits (a double album) has to have sold more than Back in Black. Each sale counts as two...

 

[jdelpi]

that is apparently the second biggest selling record of all time,what i wanna know is who has the biggest selling?

i am thinking,floyd or michael jackson?

I have my copy!

 

[Moshkinstein]

I have my copy!

So do I.

 

[GASOLINEDREAM]

Eagles' greatest hits (a double album) has to have sold more than Back in Black. Each sale counts as two...

Actually, I think I have heard that Back in Black is one of the biggest selling albums of all time, but I did think the number was a little higher. In the US alone it has sold 19 million copies. Why does it seem like this information is so hard to find?? The Eagles Greatest Hits--is a single album. The top seller in the US is just volume one--not volume 2. Correct me if I am wrong. Billy Joel's Greatest Hits, however, was released as Volume I and II and it has sold 21 million in the US alone. Although, that number may be so high because it is counted as 2 CD's???

Did you know the best-selling death metal band--overall sales is Cannibal Corpse?

 

[Badatta2ud]

1. Eagles - Greatest Hits - 27 times platinum
2. Michael Jackson - Thriller - 26 times platinum
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall - 23 times platinum
4. Led Zeppelin - Four Symbols - 21 times platinum
5. Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & II - 21 times platinum
6. AC/DC - Back in Black - 19 times platinum
7. Shania Twain - Come on Over - 18 times platinum
8. The Beatles - White Album - 18 times platinum
9. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 18 times platinum
10. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard - 16 times platinum
11. Boston - Boston - 16 times platinum
12. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 16 times platinum
13. Garth Brooks - No Fences - 16 times platinum
14. Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - 16 times platinum
15. Eagles - Hotel California - 16 times platinum
16. The Beatles - 1967-1970 - 15 times platinum
17. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. - 15 times platinum
18. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - 15 times platinum
19. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 15 times platinum
20. Elton John - Greatest Hits - 15 plat
21. Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever - 15
22. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 15
23. The Beatles - 1962-66 - 15
24. Garth Brooks - Double Live - 15
25. Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind - 14
26. Santana - Supernatural - 14
27. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell - 14
28. Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys - 14
29. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain - 13
30. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 13
31. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 13
32. Backstreet Boys - Millennium - 13
33. Simon & Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - 13
34. Bruce Springsteen - Live 1975-85 - 13
35. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 12
36. Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits - 12
37. Kenny G - Breathless - 12
38. Def Leppard - Hysteria - 12
39. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 12

Further research

 

[jdelpi]

Did you know the best-selling death metal band--overall sales is Cannibal Corpse?

Yes, I read Blabber!

 

[jdelpi]

Those that Bill posted are US only, FYI.

 

[GASOLINEDREAM]

Those that Bill posted are US only, FYI.

Everyone seems to post US sales totals, but worldwide seem much harder to find? Maybe their tracking systems suck. I don't know?

 

[DarbysDad]

That list Gas posted shows how great the Eagles were at song writing. I have that album and I have Back in Black on vinyl. Now who bought all those Boston albums. I think I'm going to puke.

 

[jdelpi]

That list Gas posted shows how great the Eagles were at song writing. I have that album and I have Back in Black on vinyl. Now who bought all those Boston albums. I think I'm going to puke.

Charlie likes Boston.

 

[mrthrax]

i dont like boston however that song more than a feeling is a timeless classic

 

[max]

i thought morbid angel were tha biggest selling death metal band. at least i think they were the first to have combines sales of 1 million.

mariah carey's "music box" is missing from that list it seems. 22 million sold i think... also where is metallica's black album in that list? (not that i care)

 

[GASOLINEDREAM]

Metallica is at 12 million. Mariah Carey is 10 million I think.

 

[DarbysDad]

Charlie likes Boston.

Guess I'm busted.
Boston started to wear on me because of the amount of airplay they get. We get classics all day long in LA. We get a lot of Zeppelin too but I like them just not all the time.

 

[MichiMikey]

...more than a feeling is a timeless classic

I'd rather have my balls pounded flat with a wooden hammer than to hear that @&%#ing song again!!

 

[DarbysDad]

I'd rather have my balls pounded flat with a wooden hammer than to hear that @&%#ing song again!!

 

[Vic Rattlehead]

Metallica is at 12 million. Mariah Carey is 10 million I think.

If I remember correctly, as of 1999 the black album had sold 13 million copies in the US.

 

[Devin_Damien]

I'd rather have my balls pounded flat with a wooden hammer than to hear that @&%#ing song again!!

Funniest thing I've heard all day