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Best Selling Albums Quiz

Name the artists who recorded the all-time best-selling albums in the United States.

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#	Year	Artist	Album
29 m	1982		Thriller
29 m	1976		Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)
23 m	1971		--- -------- IV
23 m	1979		The Wall
23 m	1985		Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II
22 m	1980		Back in Black
21 m	1998		Double Live
20 m	1997		Come On Over
19 m	1977		Rumours
19 m	1968		(White Album)
18 m	1987		Appetite for Destruction
17 m	1973		1967–1970
17 m	1990		No Fences
17 m	1976		------
17 m	1992		The Bodyguard (Soundtrack)
16 m	1994		Cracked Rear View
16 m	1975		Physical Graffiti
16 m	1995		Jagged Little Pill
16 m	1976		Hotel California
16 m	1974		Greatest Hits
15 m	1973		1962–1966
15 m	1999		Supernatural
15 m	1977		Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)
15 m	1988		Greatest Hits
15 m	1991		---------
15 m	1973		The Dark Side of the Moon
15 m	1984		Born in the U.S.A.
14 m	1997		---------- ----
14 m	1999		...Baby One More Time
14 m	1972		Greatest Hits
14 m	1991		Ropin' the Wind
14 m	1977		Bat Out of Hell
13 m	1986		Live/1975–85
13 m	1984		Purple Rain
13 m	1978		Greatest Hits 1974–78
13 m	1999		Millennium
13 m	1985		------- ------
13 m	1991		Ten
12 m	1980		Greatest Hits
12 m	1994		II
12 m	1972		Hot Rocks 1964–1971
12 m	1985		No Jacket Required
12 m	1998		Wide Open Spaces
12 m	1987		Hysteria
12 m	1986		Slippery When Wet
12 m	1994	Soundtrack	Forrest Gump
12 m	1995		Pieces of You
12 m	1969		--- -------- II
12 m	1969		Abbey Road
12 m	1996		Yourself or Someone Like You
12 m	1995		The Woman in Me
12 m	1992		Breathless
11 m	2000		No Strings Attached
11 m	1980		Greatest Hits

#	Year	Artist	Album
11 m	2003		Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
11 m	1987	Soundtrack	Dirty Dancing
11 m	1997	Soundtrack	Titanic
11 m	1998		Devil Without a Cause
11 m	1982		Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
11 m	1973		Houses of the Holy
11 m	1991		Nevermind
11 m	2002		Up!
11 m	1999		Human Clay
11 m	2000		1
11 m	1994		CrazySexyCool
11 m	1996		Falling into You
11 m	1967		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
11 m	1976		Greatest Hits
10 m	1990		--- -------- Boxed Set
10 m	1984		Legend
10 m	1983		Can't Slow Down
10 m	1994	Soundtrack	The Lion King
10 m	1992		Unplugged
10 m	2000		Oops!... I Did It Again
10 m	2000		Hybrid Theory
10 m	1983		Pyromania
10 m	1983		Eliminator
10 m	1999		Fly
10 m	1976		Best of --- -------
10 m	1985		The Best of --- -----
10 m	1976		Songs in the Key of Life
10 m	1978		___ _____
10 m	1990		The Immaculate Collection
10 m	1967		Greatest Hits
10 m	1997		Let's Talk About Love
10 m	1984		Like a Virgin
10 m	1998		*-----
10 m	2002		Come Away with Me
10 m	1989		_____ ______
10 m	1997		Sevens
10 m	1994		The Hits
10 m	1987		The Joshua Tree
10 m	1997		Life After Death
10 m	1987		Faith
10 m	1995		Tragic Kingdom
10 m	1977		The Stranger
10 m	1990		Please ------, Don't Hurt 'Em
10 m	1995		Daydream
10 m	1993		Music Box
10 m	1994		Dookie
10 m	1984		1984 (MCMLXXXIV)
10 m	1993		Greatest Hits
10 m	1971		Tapestry
10 m	2004		Confessions
10 m	2002		The ------ Show
10 m	2000		The Marshall Mathers LP
10 m	1998		Greatest Hits
10 m	1970		-----' Christmas Album

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Foulfortune

fun quiz

May 18, 2012 delete reply

theLAYTshow

I stopped the timer and tried to complete this quiz with no 'research' other than to peruse my own CD collection. After 2 hours I got 69 and now will forever hate Kid Rock, Patsy Cline and Kenny G

May 18, 2012 delete reply

yocoy

Wow. Two hours? It took me considerably less time to hate Kid Rock and Kenny G.

May 21, 2012 delete reply

lilig48

this list makes me a little sad. mariah carey?? kenny g? KID ROCK!? seriously?? oh my.

May 21, 2012 delete reply

HighFidelity

I'm sure I've said it somewhere else but irks me everytime I see the RIAA list of best selling albums... why oh why do they count a double album twice? Many of the double albums which have been credited for twice as many sales as they actually had run shorter than single albums in the current day. Doesn't mean this aint a good quiz of course!

Jun 26, 2012 delete reply

Quizmeister

Technically, it shouldn't be --- -------- IV since that's just a nickname for the album. The clue should just be blank (the album is more or less officially untitled). :) White Album is also a nickname; the clue should be --- -------.

Jul 3, 2012 delete reply

JFK

I thought crazy teenage girls would get bieber on the list.

Dec 27, 2012 delete reply

relessness

Adele's 21 has sold 10 million according to Billboard.

Jan 3, 2013 delete reply

Ozchris

Who the heck is Garth Brooks? Must be country or gospel. Something American-only.

Jan 19, 2013 delete reply

jaikkhubb

I tried Boys to Men and it didn't take it. I put in Boys 2 Men and it did. I know they were kind of pretentious about how they spelled their name and all, but...

May 10, 2013 delete reply

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