Best Selling Albums of All Time

Rank	Artist	Album	Released	Genre	Total Certified Copies From Available Markets(Millions)	Claimed Sales (Millions)
1.	Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982	Pop, rock, R&B	42.4	51-65
2.	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	1973	Progressive rock	22.7	45
3.	Eagles	Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)	1976	Country rock, folk rock	32.2	42
4.	AC/DC	Back in Black	1980	Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	25.9	40
4.	Bee Gees / Various artists	Saturday Night Fever	1977	Disco	18.9	40
4.	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977	Soft rock	26.8	40
4.	Whitney Houston / Various artists	The Bodyguard	1992	soundtrack/R&B, soul, pop	27.4	40
8.	Shania Twain	Come On Over	1997	Country, pop	29.6	39
9.	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	1971	Hard rock, heavy metal	29.0	37
10.	Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	1977	Hard rock, progressive rock	20.5	34
11.	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	1995	Alternative rock	24.8	33
12.	The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Rock	13.1	32
12.	Eagles	Hotel California	1976	Country rock / Hard rock	21.5	32
12.	Mariah Carey	Music Box	1993	Pop / R&B / Rock	16.4	32
12.	Various artists	Dirty Dancing	1987	Pop, rock, R&B	17.9	32
16.	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1973	Rock		31
16.	The Beatles	1	2000	Rock	21.6	31
16.	The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969	Rock	14.3	30
16.	Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999	Pop		30
16.	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984	Rock	19.6	30
16.	Celine Dion	Falling into You	1996	Pop / Soft rock	20.0	30
16.	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love	1997	Pop / Soft rock	19.2	30
16.	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	1985	Rock	17.4	30
16.	James Horner	Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture	1997	Soundtrack	18.2	30
16.	Madonna	The Immaculate Collection	1990	Pop / Dance	20.1	30