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50 best-selling albums of all time

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August 20, 2018

Michael Jackson.Getty Images / Kevin MazurThe Eagles have knocked the King of Pop off of his throne.

The band’s greatest hits album, released in 1976, has surpassed Michael Jackson’s seminal 1982 album “Thriller” to take the top spot on the RIAA’s list of the highest-selling albums of all time in the US, the Associated Press reports.

Here we compiled the RIAA’s data for the best-selling albums in US history (measured in “certified units” sold), and some of the other names that appear in the top 50 are unexpected.

Check out the 50 best-selling albums of all time:

50. Phil Collins — “No Jacket Required”

Atlantic

Certified units: 12 million

The Televisor

50 best-selling albums of all time

50. Phil Collins — “No Jacket Required”

49. Matchbox Twenty — “Yourself or Someone Like You”

48. Led Zeppelin — “Led Zeppelin II”

47. Kenny Rogers — “Kenny Rogers’ Greatest Hits”

46. Kenny G — “Breathless”

45. Jewel — “Pieces of You”

44. Dixie Chicks — “Wide Open Spaces”

43. Def Leppard — “Hysteria”

42. Boyz II Men — “II”

41. Bon Jovi — “Slippery When Wet”

40. Whitney Houston — “Whitney Houston”

39. Prince & The Revolution — “Purple Rain”

38. Pearl Jam — “Ten”

37. Bruce Springsteen — “Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band Live 1975-’85”

36. Backstreet Boys — “Millennium”

35. Steve Miller Band — “Greatest Hits 1974-1978”

34. Simon & Garfunkel — “Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits”

33. Meat Loaf — “Bat Out of Hell”

32. Garth Brooks — “Ropin’ The Wind”

31. Britney Spears — “…Baby One More Time”

30. Backstreet Boys — “Backstreet Boys”

29. Adele — “21”

28. The Beatles — “The Beatles 1962-1966”

27. Santana — “Supernatural”

26. Pink Floyd — “Dark Side of the Moon”

25. Journey — “Greatest Hits”

24. Bruce Springsteen — “Born In The U.S.A.”

23. Bob Marley & The Wailers — “Legend”

21. Led Zeppelin — “Physical Graffiti”

20. Bee Gees — “Saturday Night Fever” (Soundtrack)

19. Alanis Morisette — “Jagged Little Pill”

18. The Beatles — “The Beatles 1967-1970”

17. Garth Brooks — “No Fences”

16. Elton John — “Greatest Hits”

15. Boston — “Boston”

14. Whitney Houston – “The Bodyguard” (Soundtrack)

13. Guns N’ Roses — “Appetite for Destruction”

12. The Beatles — “The Beatles” (“The White Album”)

11. Shania Twain — “Come On Over”

10. Fleetwood Mac — “Rumours”

9. Hootie & The Blowfish — “Cracked Rear View”

8. Garth Brooks — “Double Live”

7. AC/DC — “Back In Black”

6. Pink Floyd — “The Wall”

5. Led Zeppelin — “Led Zeppelin IV”

4. Billy Joel — “Greatest Hits Volume 1 & Volume 2”

3. Eagles — “Hotel California”

2. Michael Jackson — “Thriller”

1. Eagles — “Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)”

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