List of best-selling albums
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The world's best-selling album cannot be listed officially, since there is no international body to count global record sales. Historical data before the 1980s and from developing countries are also incomplete. Information is also lacking for non-English language albums.
Albums are listed in alphabetical order, rather than albums sold. Groupings are based on different sales benchmarks. Entries marked with an asterisk (*) are double albums, but they are counted once for each sale. Mutiple entries from the same artist are listed in chronological order:
Best-selling album of all time
Albums alleged to have sold at least 40 million copies
Artist Album Year of release Genre Source AC/DC Back in Black 1980 Hard Rock [3] Eagles Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) 1976 Rock [4] Led Zeppelin 
(Untitled)1971 Rock [5] Whitney Houston The Bodyguard 1993 R&B [6] Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 1973 Rock [7] Shania Twain Come on Over 1997 Country ?
Albums alleged to have sold at least 30 million copies
Artist Album Year of release Genre Source Boyz II Men II 1995 RnB [8] Backstreet Boys Millennium 1999 Pop [9] The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 Rock [10] The Beatles The Beatles a.k.a. The White Album* 1968 Rock [11] The Beatles 1 2000 Rock/Pop [12] Mariah Carey Music Box 1993 Pop/R&B [13] The Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)* 1977 Disco [14] Céline Dion Falling Into You 1996 Pop [15] Céline Dion Let's Talk About Love 1997 Pop [16] Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977 Rock [17] James Horner Titanic (soundtrack) 1997 Classic [18] Meat Loaf Bat out of Hell 1977 Rock Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 1995 Pop/Rock Michael Jackson Dangerous 1991 Pop/R&B [19] Pink Floyd The Wall* 1979 Rock
Albums alleged to have sold 25 million copies
Artist Album Year of release Genre Source Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time 1999 Pop Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 1997 Pop [20] The Beatles Abbey Road 1969 Rock [21] Enigma (musical project) MCMXC A.D. 1990 New Age Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 1986 Rock [25] Mariah Carey Daydream 1995 Pop/R&B [26] Céline Dion All the Way...A Decade of Song 1999 Pop [27] Dire Straits Brothers in Arms 1985 Rock [28] Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 1987 Hard Rock [29] Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene 1976 Electronic Michael Jackson Bad 1987 Pop/R&B [30] Madonna The Immaculate Collection 1990 Pop [31] Queen Greatest Hits 1981 Rock Santana Supernatural 1999 Rock [32] Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water 1970 Folk/Rock [33] Various Artists Grease (soundtrack) 1978 Pop [34]