Over the course of a year it was supported by six singles that all performed very well, but especially “I Will Always Love You,” originally written by Dolly Parton. This record won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and went 18x Platinum. It had some unbelievable singles that still get radio play today. The movie itself is one of the best movies about music ever, which helped propel the sales of the soundtrack. The Bodyguard soundtrack was released in 1992, sung entirely by Whitney Houston in the R&B, Soul, and Pop genres. #7 – Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard Certified Sales: 28.7 million That didn’t work out, and she suffered a breakup, and wrote this, another tragedian masterpiece. She wasn’t satisfied with her first album capturing the sound of tragedy and tried to write an upbeat album. Her previous albums were titled 19 and 25. Trivia Facts: The title comes from Adele’s age at the time of production. Even the critics liked it enough to not try to get attention by pretending to hate it. It won Album of the Year from the Grammys, British Album of the Year from the Brit Award, and many more accolades. The record label had low expectations, yet it topped the charts in over 30 countries, was the best-selling album for 2 years straight, and is the top seller of the 21st century.Įach of its five singles achieved notable success, with three of them becoming international chart-toppers. In the USA, Adele seemed to come out of nowhere, but 21 was her second album released in 2011 in the Pop and Soul genres. #8 – Adele – 21 Certified Sales: 27.1 million The success of the album led to an 18 month worldwide tour and a VHS and DVD release of the tour. It won six of the most prestigious Juno Awards in 1996. Trivia Facts: 23 years later, there’s now a stage musical adaptation of the album, which is absurd. Everyone should become familiar with it, in my opinion. This is one of my “desert island” albums for sure. She was the youngest to win it at 21 years of age until Taylor Swift took the record at age 20. It ended up being nominated for nine and winning five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. It was her first international release and first not in the New Jack Swing and Dance-Pop genres. Alanis Morissette was backed by a super band, including Flea, one of the best bassists of all time from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, on “You Oughta Know.” It came out in 1995 and is purely an Alternative Rock album when that was the most popular genre. #9 – Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill Certified Sales: 25.4 million The original title was Dark Side of the Moon: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics. It was played for the press live at the Rainbow Theatre a year before it’s release and they loved it. Trivia Facts: This album hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the charts for 950 total weeks. The album still scores around 10,000 sales a week due to covers of the entire album still coming out by various artists. The band members are among the richest musicians in the world and even funded the production of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie with the proceeds. It received nearly unanimous perfect scores from all of the critics and still does retrospectively. The number of remasters and re-releases have helped surge sales. It’s a concept album that used a lot of experimental techniques, creating new sounds people had never heard. It was a long-time coming, being their 8th studio album. The Dark Side of the Moon is the insanely acclaimed 1973 Progressive Rock album from Pink Floyd. Some of these will surprise you, and others you’ll have forgotten existed but will make you think “of course.” #10 – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon Certified Sales: 24.8 million With all that said, here are the top 10 best-selling albums, followed by four runners up and another six honorable mentions, which brings the total to 20. We’ll only be listing certified sales numbers. And the biggest benefit goes to compilations and greatest hits records that are full of hit singles. Older albums with re-releases or resurgences of popularity also have clear advantages. There’s also situations where double-length albums count as two sales. If those claimed sales aren’t even remotely similar to those collected by the certification-awarding companies, they weren’t included. Record labels and artists often post much higher claimed sales than can be certified by companies like Nielsen SoundScan and the RIAA. This list of the best-selling albums of all time has more to it than you’d might think.
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