美國是目前世界最大的流行音樂市場,而目前最暢銷的流行音樂專輯主要也是匯聚了英語系的英美流行音樂藝人或團體的創作專輯與原聲帶以及精選集為主,僅有少數暢銷專輯是來自英美以外世界其他國家的藝人。
超過兩千萬張
Year |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Shipments (Sales) |
Certification |
1982 |
Michael Jackson |
Thriller |
Epic |
(27,300,000‡) |
29× Platinum |
1971 |
Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin IV |
Atlantic |
23,000,000 |
23× Platinum |
1973 |
Pink Floyd |
The Dark Side of the Moon |
Capitol |
(20,502,000‡) |
15×
Platinum
(as of 1998) |
超過一千五百萬張
Year |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Shipments (Sales) |
Certification |
1977 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Rumours |
Warner Bros. |
19,000,000 |
19× Platinum |
1976 |
Eagles |
Their Greatest Hits
(1971-1975) |
Asylum |
(18,593,000‡) |
29× Platinum |
1980 |
AC/DC |
Back in Black |
Atlantic |
(18,430,000‡) |
22× Platinum |
1987 |
Guns N' Roses |
Appetite for Destruction |
Geffen |
18,000,000 |
18× Platinum |
1997 |
Shania Twain |
Come On Over |
Mercury Nashville |
(17,560,000) |
20× Platinum |
1976 |
Boston |
Boston |
Epic Records |
17,000,000 |
17× Platinum |
1991 |
Metallica |
Metallica |
Elektra |
(16,002,000) |
16× Platinum |
1976 |
Eagles |
Hotel California |
Asylum |
16,000,000 |
16× Platinum |
1974 |
Elton John |
Greatest Hits |
Polydor |
16,000,000 |
16× Platinum |
1995 |
Alanis Morissette |
Jagged Little Pill |
Maverick |
(15,277,000) |
16× Platinum |
1977 |
Soundtrack /Bee Gees |
Saturday Night Fever |
RSO |
15,000,000 |
15× Platinum |
1984 |
Bruce Springsteen |
Born in the U.S.A. |
Columbia |
15,000,000 |
15× Platinum |
超過一千萬張
Year |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Shipments (Sales) |
Certification |
1969 |
The Beatles |
Abbey Road |
Apple |
(14,000,000‡) |
12×
Platinum
(as of 2001) |
1978 |
John Travolta / Olivia
Newton-John / Various artists |
Grease |
RSO |
(14,000,000‡) |
8×
Platinum
(as of 1984) |
1972 |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Simon and Garfunkel's
Greatest Hits |
Columbia |
14,000,000 |
14× Platinum |
1999 |
Backstreet Boys |
Millennium |
Jive |
(13,831,000) |
13× Platinum |
1984 |
Bob Marley & The
Wailers |
Legend |
Island |
(13,470,000‡) |
15× Platinum |
1992 |
Soundtrack / Whitney
Houston |
The Bodyguard |
Arista |
(13,426,000) |
17× Platinum |
1979 |
Pink Floyd |
The Wall |
Columbia/Capitol |
(13,381,000‡) |
23× Platinum |
1987 |
Soundtrack |
Dirty Dancing |
RCA |
(13,232,000‡) |
11×
Platinum
(as of 1994) |
1999 |
Santana |
Supernatural |
Arista |
(13,052,000) |
15× Platinum |
2000 |
'N Sync |
No Strings Attached |
Jive |
(12,672,000) |
11×
Platinum
(as of 2001) |
1984 |
Prince and the Revolution |
Purple Rain |
Warner Bros. |
(12,548,000‡) |
13× Platinum |
2000 |
Eminem |
The Marshall Mathers LP |
Aftermath |
(12,340,000) |
10x
Platinum
(as of 2011) |
2000 |
The Beatles |
1 |
Capitol |
(12,281,000) |
11×
Platinum
(as of 2010) |
1999 |
Britney Spears |
...Baby One More Time |
Jive |
(12,155,000) |
14× Platinum |
1990 |
Garth Brooks |
No Fences |
Capitol Nashville |
(12,000,000‡) |
17× Platinum |
1986 |
Bon Jovi |
Slippery When Wet |
Mercury Records |
12,000,000 |
12× Platinum |
1987 |
Def Leppard |
Hysteria |
Mercury Records |
12,000,000 |
12× Platinum |
1992 |
Kenny G |
Breathless |
Arista |
12,000,000 |
12× Platinum |
1980 |
Kenny Rogers |
Greatest Hits |
Liberty |
12,000,000 |
12× Platinum |
1969 |
Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin II |
Atlantic |
12,000,000 |
12× Platinum |
1985 |
Phil Collins |
No Jacket Required |
Atlantic |
12,000,000 |
12× Platinum |
1997 |
Backstreet Boys |
Backstreet Boys |
Jive |
(11,850,000) |
14× Platinum |
1996 |
Celine Dion |
Falling into You |
Epic Records |
(11,799,000) |
11× Platinum |
1999 |
Creed |
Human Clay |
Wind-up Records |
(11,674,000) |
11× Platinum |
1994 |
Hootie & the Blowfish |
Cracked Rear View |
Atlantic |
(11,565,000) |
16× Platinum |
1967 |
The Beatles |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band |
Capitol |
(11,500,000‡) |
11× Platinum |
1985 |
Billy Joel |
Greatest Hits Volume I &
Volume II |
Columbia |
11,500,000 |
23× Platinum |
1997 |
Soundtrack |
Titanic |
Epic Records |
(11,146,000) |
11× Platinum |
2000 |
Linkin Park |
Hybrid Theory |
Warner Bros. |
(11,026,000) |
10× Platinum |
2002 |
Norah Jones |
Come Away with Me |
Blue Note |
(11,000,000) |
10× Platinum |
1982 |
Eagles |
Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol.
2 |
Asylum |
11,000,000 |
11× Platinum |
1973 |
Led Zeppelin |
Houses of the Holy |
Atlantic |
11,000,000 |
11× Platinum |
1976 |
James Taylor |
Greatest Hits |
Warner Bros. |
11,000,000 |
11× Platinum |
2011 |
Adele |
21 |
Columbia/XL |
(10,940,000) |
10× Platinum |
1988 |
Journey |
Greatest Hits |
Columbia |
(10,925,000‡) |
15× Platinum |
1997 |
Celine Dion |
Let's Talk About Love |
Epic Records |
(10,711,000) |
10× Platinum |
1998 |
Kid Rock |
Devil Without a Cause |
Atlantic Records |
(10,527,000) |
11× Platinum |
1977 |
Meat Loaf |
Bat Out of Hell |
Epic Records |
(10,500,000‡) |
14× Platinum |
2000 |
Britney Spears |
Oops!... I Did It Again |
Jive |
(10,409,000) |
10× Platinum |
1980 |
Aerosmith |
Greatest Hits |
Columbia |
(10,331,000‡) |
11× Platinum |
2002 |
Eminem |
The Eminem Show |
Aftermath |
(10,300,000) |
10× Platinum |
1998 |
'N Sync |
*NSYNC |
RCA |
(10,300,000) |
10× Platinum |
1991 |
Nirvana |
Nevermind |
DGC Records |
(10,284,000) |
10× Platinum |
1998 |
Dixie Chicks |
Wide Open Spaces |
Monument |
(10,121,000) |
12× Platinum |
1985 |
Whitney Houston |
Whitney Houston |
Arista |
(10,038,000‡) |
13× Platinum |
2004 |
Usher |
Confessions |
Arista |
(10,017,000) |
10× Platinum |
1991 |
Pearl Jam |
Ten |
Epic Records |
(10,001,000)[ |
13× Platinum |
1968 |
The Beatles |
The Beatles |
Capitol |
(10,000,000‡) |
19× Platinum |
1977 |
Billy Joel |
The Stranger |
Columbia |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1971 |
Carole King |
Tapestry |
ODE |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1983 |
Def Leppard |
Pyromania |
Mercury Records |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1976 |
Doobie Brothers |
Best of The Doobies |
Warner Bros. |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1985 |
The Doors |
The Best of The Doors |
Elektra |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1970 |
Elvis Presley |
Elvis' Christmas
Album (budget reissue of 1957 LP with altered track listing) |
RCA Camden/Pickwick |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1992 |
Eric Clapton |
Unplugged |
Reprise Records |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1989 |
Garth Brooks |
Garth Brooks |
Capitol |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1997 |
Garth Brooks |
Sevens |
Capitol Records |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1987 |
George Michael |
Faith |
Columbia |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1983 |
Lionel Richie |
Can't Slow Down |
Motown |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1984 |
Madonna |
Like a Virgin |
Sire |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1990 |
MC Hammer |
Please Hammer, Don't Hurt
'Em |
Capitol |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1967 |
Patsy Cline |
Patsy Cline's Greatest
Hits |
Decca |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1976 |
Stevie Wonder |
Songs in the Key of Life |
Motown |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1984 |
Van Halen |
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) |
Warner Bros. |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1978 |
Van Halen |
Van Halen |
Warner Bros. |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1983 |
ZZ Top |
Eliminator |
Warner Bros. |
10,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
小於一千萬張
Year |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Shipments (Sales) |
Certification |
1994 |
Boyz II Men |
II |
Motown |
(9,790,000) |
12× Platinum |
1991 |
Garth Brooks |
Ropin' the Wind |
Capitol Nashville |
(9,600,000) |
14× Platinum |
1995 |
No Doubt |
Tragic Kingdom |
Trauma/Interscope Records |
(9,520,000) |
10× Platinum |
1996 |
Matchbox Twenty |
Yourself or Someone Like
You |
Atlantic |
(9,358,000) |
12× Platinum |
1994 |
Green Day |
Dookie |
Reprise Records |
(9,342,000) |
10× Platinum |
1990 |
Madonna |
The Immaculate Collection |
Sire |
(9,277,000‡) |
10× Platinum |
1987 |
U2 |
The Joshua Tree |
Island |
(8,979,000‡) |
10× Platinum |
1995 |
Shania Twain |
The Woman in Me |
Mercury Nashville |
(8,894,000) |
12× Platinum |
1995 |
Jewel |
Pieces of You |
Atlantic |
(8,800,000) |
12× Platinum |
1994 |
TLC |
CrazySexyCool |
LaFace |
(8,765,000) |
11× Platinum |
1973 |
The Beatles |
1967-1970 |
Capitol |
8,500,000 |
17× Platinum |
1995 |
Mariah Carey |
Daydream |
Columbia |
(8,453,000) |
10× Platinum |
1978 |
Steve Miller Band |
Greatest Hits 1974–78 |
Capitol |
(8,443,000‡) |
13× Platinum |
1999 |
Dixie Chicks |
Fly |
Monument Records |
(8,396,000) |
10× Platinum |
1993 |
Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers |
Greatest Hits |
MCA |
(8,200,000) |
10× Platinum |
1993 |
Mariah Carey |
Music Box |
Columbia |
(8,006,000) |
10× Platinum |
1994 |
Soundtrack |
The Lion King |
Walt Disney Records |
(7,879,000) |
10× Platinum |
1994 |
Garth Brooks |
The Hits |
Liberty Records |
(7,821,000) |
10× Platinum |
1973 |
The Beatles |
1962–1966 |
Capitol |
7,500,000 |
15× Platinum |
1998 |
Garth Brooks |
Double Live |
Capitol Nashville |
(6,017,000) |
21× Platinum |
1972 |
The Rolling Stones |
Hot Rocks 1964–1971 |
London |
6,000,000 |
12× Platinum |
2003 |
Outkast |
Speakerboxxx/The Love
Below |
LaFace, Arista |
(5,600,000) |
11× Platinum |
2002 |
Shania Twain |
Up! |
Mercury Nashville |
(5,403,000) |
11× Platinum |
1998 |
2Pac |
Greatest Hits |
Interscope |
(5,000,000) |
10x Platinum |
1997 |
The Notorious B.I.G. |
Life After Death |
Bad Boy Records/Arista |
5,000,000 |
10× Platinum |
1995 |
The Smashing Pumpkins |
Mellon Collie and the
Infinite Sadness |
Virgin |
(4,900,000) |
10× Platinum |
1994 |
Soundtrack |
Forrest Gump |
Epic Records |
(4,400,000) |
12× Platinum |
1986 |
Bruce Springsteen |
Live/1975–85 |
Columbia |
4,333,333 |
13× Platinum |
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