BEST-SELLING ALBUMS IN THE U.S. BY DECADE

*denotes double album, and is counted as two sales

1950s

Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957) 9 million copies

Johnny Mathis - Merry Christmas (1958) 5 million copies

Soundtrack - My Fair Lady (Original Cast (1956) 3 million copies

*Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959) 3 million copies

Gordon Macrae - Oklahoma! (1955) 2 million copies

1960s

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969) 12 million copies

* The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) 12 million copies

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 11 million copies

Patsy Cline - Greatest Hits (1967) 10 million copies

The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) 9.5 million copies (19 million

units)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I (1969) 8 million copies

The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965) 6 million copies

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967) 6 million copies

The Monkees - The Monkees (1967) 5 million copies

The Monkees - More of the Monkees (1967) 5 million copies

The Beatles - Meet the Beatles! (1964) 5 million copies

The Beatles - Revolver (1966) 5 million copies

1970s

The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (1976) 29 million copies

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971) 23 million copies

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) 19 million copies

Boston - Boston (1976) 17 million copies

The Eagles - Hotel California (1976) 16 million copies

Elton John - Greatest Hits (1974) 16 million copies

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 15 million copies

The Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack) (1977) 15 million copies

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (1977) 14 million copies

Simon & Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972) 14 million copies

1980s

Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982) 54 million copies

AC/DC - Back in Black (1980) 21 million copies

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (1984) 15 million copies

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987) 15 million copies

Journey - Greatest Hits (1988) 14 million copies

Prince - Purple Rain (1984) 13 million copies

Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985) 13 million copies

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986) 12 million copies

Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits (1980) 12 million copies

Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) 12 million copies

Phil Collins - No Jacket Required (1985) 12 million copies

1990s

Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) 20 millions U.S.

Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (1992) 17 millions U.S.

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1996) 16 millions U.S.

Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1995) 16 millions

Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (1999) 14 millions

Metallica - Metallica (1991) 14 millions

Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys (1997) 14 millions

Santana - Supernatural (1999) 14 millions

Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind (1993) 14 millions

2000s

Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (2000) 10 million copies

The Beatles - 1 (2000) 10 million copies

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (2000) 10 million copies

Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (2002) 10 million copies

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 10 million copies

Nelly - Country Grammar (2000) 9 million copies

Usher - Confessions (2004) 9 million copies

Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002) 9 million copies

Backstreet boys - Black and Blue (2000) 8 million copies

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