The best-selling album ever in America is the Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, released in 1976. The highlight of the album is the masterpiece “Stairway to Heaven,” which is widely considered to be one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. and is estimated to have sold over 37 million copies worldwide. The album is certified 23x platinum the U.S. Led Zeppelin IV or Zoso, released in 1971, is Led Zeppelin’s best-selling album ever and the ninth best-selling album of all time. But even that is dwarfed by the sales on his Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II at 23x platinum.Ġ3 Led Zeppelin – 111.5 million Led Zeppelin in 1977 His biggest seller is The Stranger, clocking in at 13x platinum. Of all of Billy Joel’s studio albums (13), only two have not gone platinum – his first, Cold Spring Harbor, and his last, Fantasies & Delusions.
John has released 30 (!) studio albums in his lengthy career, with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road topping the U.S. (17 million), behind the double album The Wall (23 million).ĭavid Gilmour Discusses “Dark Side of the Moon” with CDJ’s Paul RappaportĮlton John has sold over 200 million records worldwide, and that is expected to climb, due to the release of his biopic, Rocketman, released in 2019. Although it is Pink Floyd’s biggest selling album internationally, it takes the #2 position in the U.S. The Dark Side of The Moon, released in 1973, remained on the Billboard chart for a record-setting 741 weeks from 1973 -1988. They have sold more than 200 million worldwide, with Back in Black (22 million) being their highest selling record in the U.S. alone, making them one of the five top-selling bands in American music history. Incredibly, the Stones charted their 37th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Blue & Lonesome in 2016.ĪC/DC has sold over 72 million albums in the U.S. Their highest-selling studio album is Some Girls with 6 million sold. Once again, it’s a greatest hits release, Hot Rocks 1964–1971, which finds itself in the top sales position for The Rolling Stones, with 12 million copies sold in the U.S. Aside from a few years in the early 80’s, the band still includes its five members from 1971 – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford.Ġ8 Rolling Stones – 66.5 million Rolling Stones Their Greatest Hits collection from 1980 tops the list at 11 million copies sold.
The boys from Boston have released 12 albums that have reached multi-platinum status, which is a huge accomplishment in their over four-decade career. The Boss has also just hinted at a new E Street Band album in 2020 that will be accompanied by a tour, so he may end up eventually surpassing Aerosmith in sales. dwarfs the sales of his other studio albums at 15 million sold, but his greatest hits package, Live/1975–85, comes close at 13 million.
Recording steadily since 1973, Bruce Springsteen has released 19 studio albums in his career. Fun fact: Almost 6 million copies of the release were purchased on cassette. There were five singles released: “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Wherever I May Roam” and “Sad but True.” The band has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Metallica (commonly known as The Black Album) is Metallica’s fifth studio album and has sold over 16 million copies in the U.S., tripling sales of their next highest-selling album. The band still holds the record for having the most #1 songs (13) on Billboards’ Mainstream Rock chart. The first one was their debut release Van Halen, and the second was 1984. Van Halen is one of the rare bands, let alone rock bands, that have had two albums reach “Diamond” status, selling over 10 million copies each. With the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Mac) and 11th ( Rumours) albums that made the band household names, The band celebrated the album’s 30th anniversary with a worldwide sold out tour.Īlthough most casual fans may be unaware ofįleetwood Mac’s entire career, the band’s first studio album was released inĪlbum, Future Games, that the band had any noticeable sales in the Released in 1987, The Joshua Tree is U2’s highest selling album. sales, spending a mind-blowing 554 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart. Those sales were eclipsed by their Greatest Hits release, which garnered 15 million in U.S. That juggernaut continued with the addition of Jonathan Cain, peaking with 9 million in sales for Escape. Once Steve Perry joined Journey, the band started its meteoric rise in the U.S.