Research - Top 20 Album Sales of all time

This is the list for the World's Best-selling Albums from all time. The list has been put together from albums selling between the range of 31 million sales and even 100 million with the most famous 'Thriller' Album.  

Michael Jackson – Thriller – 1982 – Pop/R&B – 110 million sales

AC/DC – Back in Black – 1980 – Hard rock/Heavy metal – 49 million sales

Pink Floyd –The Dark Side of the Moon – 1973 – Progressive rock – 45 million sales

Whitney Houston ft. various artists – The Bodyguard – 1992 – soundtrack – 44 million sales

Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell – 1977 – Rock – 43 million sales

Eagles – Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) – 1976 – Rock – 42 million sales

Various Artists – Dirty Dancing – 1987 – Dance/Pop - 42 million sales

Backstreet Boys – Millennium – 1999 – Pop – 40 million sales

Bee Gees ft. Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever – 1977 – Disco – 40 million sales

Fleetwood Mac – Rumours – 1977 – Rock – 40 million sales

Shania Twain – Come On Over – 1997 – Country/Pop – 39million sales

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV – 1971 – Hard rock/Heavy metal – 37 million sales

Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill – 1995 – Rock – 33 million sales

The Beatles – sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1967 – Rock – 32 million sales
Celine Dion – Falling into You – 1996 – Pop – 32 million sales

Mariah Carey – Music Box – 1993 – Pop/R&B – 32 million sales

Michael Jackson – Dangerous – 1991 – Pop/R&B/New jack swing – 32 million sales

The Beatles – 1 – 2000 – Rock – 31 million sales

Celine Dion – Let’s Talk About Love – 1997 – Pop – 31 million sales

Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – 1973 – Glam rock/Piano Rock - 31 million sales

Within all of theses albums 8 of the 20, are Pop Genre. This shows that Pop is a popular genre and in some albums it is mixed with other genres like R&B and Dance, this shows that its a mixable genre. 

We have chosen to do 'Pop genre' due to it being popular and a clear favorite to audiences. We shall be able to mix genres within also maybe if we wish too. 

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