Alltime Album Chart

based on estimated global sales according

to figures and certifications from

the IFPI-members around the world

last update: March 2020

special thanks to Zago & MJ Dangerous

1 Michael Jackson - Thriller (inc. 25th Anniversary Reissue) 33

Epic - 1983 2 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 21

Harvest - 1973 3 Soundtrack - Grease 20

RSO - 1978 4 Soundtrack - The Bodyguard 19

Arista - 1992 5 Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 18

Asylum - 1976 6 Soundtrack - Saturday Night Fever 18

RSO - 1978 7 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 17

Atlantic - 1971 8 Shania Twain - Come On Over 17

Mercury - 1997 9 AC/DC - Back In Black 17

Atlantic - 1980 10 Michael Jackson - Bad 16

Epic - 1987 11 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 16

Warner Bros. - 1977 12 Beatles - 1 16

Apple - 2000 13 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 16

Island - 1984 14 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 16

Maverick / Sire - 1995 15 Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 15

Apple - 1967 16 Michael Jackson - Dangerous 15

Epic - 1991 17 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love 15

550 Music / Epic - 1997 18 Pink Floyd - The Wall 15

Columbia - 1979 19 Adele - 21 15

XL Recordings - 2011 20 Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 14

Geffen - 1988 21 Celine Dion - Falling Into You 14

550 Music / Epic - 1996 22 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 14

Warner Bros. - 1985 23 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. 14

Columbia - 1984 24 Eagles - Hotel California 14

Asylum - 1976 25 Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing 14

RCA - 1987 26 Abba - Gold Greatest Hits 14

Polydor - 1992 27 Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits 14

Columbia - 1972 28 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 14

Epic - 1978 29 U2 - The Joshua Tree 14

Island - 1987 30 Queen - Greatest Hits 14

Elektra / EMI - 1981 31 Beatles - Abbey Road 13

Apple - 1969 32 Soundtrack - Titanic 13

Sony Classical - 1998 33 Mariah Carey - Music Box 13

Columbia - 1993 34 Madonna - The Immaculate Collection 13

Sire - 1990 35 Nirvana - Nevermind 12

DGC / Geffen - 1991 36 Metallica - Metallica 12

Elektra / Vertigo - 1991 37 Backstreet Boys - Millennium 12

Jive - 1999 38 Santana - Supernatural 12

Arista - 1999 39 Beatles - 1962-1966 12

Apple - 1973 40 Beatles - 1967-1970 12

Apple - 1973 41 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 12

Jive - 1999 42 Eric Clapton - Unplugged 12

Reprise - 1992 43 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me 12

Blue Note - 2002 44 Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston 12

Arista - 1985 45 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet 11

Mercury - 1986 46 Elton John - Greatest Hits 11

MCA - 1974 47 Queen - Greatest Hits II 11

Capitol / Parlophone - 1991 48 Phil Collins - No Jacket Required 11

Atlantic - 1985 49 Spice Girls - Spice 11

Virgin - 1996 50 Madonna - True Blue 11

Sire - 1986 51 Phil Collins - ...But Seriously 11

Atlantic - 1989 52 Adele - 25 11

XL Recordings - 2015 53 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 11

Columbia - 1970 54 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (Original + U.S.Version) - 11

Jive - 1996 (1997) 55 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 11

Aftermath / Interscope - 2000 56 Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) 11

Apple - 1968 57 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again 11

Jive - 2000 58 Boston - Boston 10

Epic - 1976 59 Celine Dion - All The Way...A Decade Of Song 10

550 Music / Epic - 1999 60 Mariah Carey - Daydream 10

Columbia - 1995 61 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down 10

Motown - 1983 62 Ace Of Base - The Sign / Happy Nation 10

Arista - 1994 63 Madonna - Like A Virgin 10

Sire - 1984 64 Prince - Purple Rain 10

Warner Bros. - 1984 65 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 10

Capitol - 1975 66 Whitney Houston - Whitney 10

Arista - 1987 67 Eminem - The Eminem Show 10

Aftermath / Interscope - 2002 68 Bon Jovi - Cross Road (The Very Best Of) 10

Mercury - 1994 69 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 10

Atlantic - 1969 70 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall 10

Epic - 1979 71 Michael Jackson - HIStory 10

Epic - 1995 72 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 9

Elektra - 1988 73 Carole King - Tapestry 9

Ode - 1971 74 George Michael - Faith 9

Columbia / Epic - 1987 75 Soundtrack - Top Gun 9

Columbia - 1986 76 Def Leppard - Hysteria 9

Mercury - 1987 77 Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View 9

Atlantic - 1994 78 Garth Brooks - No Fences 9

Capitol - 1990 79 Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory 9

Warner Bros. - 2000 80 U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990 9

Island - 1998 81 Billy Joel - Greatest Hits I & II 9

Columbia - 1985 82 Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion 2 9

Geffen - 1991 83 Green Day - Dookie 9

Reprise - 1994 84 James Taylor - Greatest Hits 9

Warner Bros. - 1976 85 Soundtrack - Footloose 9

Columbia - 1984 86 Supertramp - Breakfast In America 9

A&M - 1978 87 MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'em 8

Capitol - 1990 88 Soundtrack - The Lion King 8

Disney - 1994 89 U2 - Achtung Baby 8

Island - 1991 90 ZZ Top - Eliminator 8

Warner Bros. - 1983 91 Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 8

Geffen - 1991 92 Kenny G - Breathless 8

Arista - 1992 93 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 8

Epic - 1995 94 Avril Lavigne - Let Go 8

Arista - 2002 95 Pearl Jam - Ten 8

Epic - 1991 96 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza 8

Philips - 1997 97 Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy 8

Atlantic - 1973 98 Cranberries - No Need To Argue 8

Island - 1994 99 Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits 8

Warner Bros. - 1988 100 Journey - Greatest Hits 8

Columbia - 1988 albums with global sales of 2 million copies with additional 2 million copies indicated by a numeral following the symbol ALL TIME TRACK CHART CURRENT ALBUM CHART HOMEPAGE