Statistics for Best-Selling Albums in the US

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Year	Sales	Album	Artist	% Correct
1982	34,000,000	Thriller	Michael Jackson	100%
1997	11,100,000	Titanic	Soundtrack	100%
1976	38,000,000	Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)	Eagles	98%
1976	26,000,000	Hotel California	Eagles	98%
1968	12,000,000	--- ------- (The White Album)	The Beatles	98%
1969	12,000,000	Abbey Road	The Beatles	98%
2000	12,800,000	1	The Beatles	98%
1967	11,000,000	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	98%
1984	15,000,000	Born in the U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen	96%
1984	13,000,000	Purple Rain	Prince	96%
1980	25,000,000	Back in Black	AC/DC	94%
1999	12,200,000	...Baby One More Time	Britney Spears	94%
1973	15,000,000	The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	94%
1979	11,500,000	The Wall	Pink Floyd	94%
1977	16,000,000	Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)	Bee Gees	91%
2000	12,900,000	The Marshall Mathers LP	Eminem	91%
1992	13,400,000	The Bodyguard (Soundtrack)	Whitney Houston	89%
1985	13,000,000	------- -------	Whitney Houston	89%
2011	11,900,000	21	Adele	87%
1977	20,000,000	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	87%
1995	15,500,000	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	85%
1969	12,000,000	--- -------- II	Led Zeppelin	83%
1973	11,000,000	Houses of the Holy	Led Zeppelin	83%
1971	23,000,000	--- -------- IV	Led Zeppelin	83%
1987	18,000,000	Appetite For Destruction	Guns N' Roses	81%
1977	14,000,000	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	81%
1986	12,000,000	Slippery When Wet	Bon Jovi	79%
1996	11,800,000	Falling into You	Celine Dion	74%
1987	12,000,000	Hysteria	Def Leppard	70%
1971	13,000,000	Tapestry	Carole King	64%
1972	14,000,000	----- & ---------'s Greatest Hits	Simon & Garfunkel	62%
1985	12,000,000	No Jacket Required	Phil Collins	60%
1984	15,000,000	Legend	Bob Marley & The Wailers	57%
1991	16,800,000	--------- (The Black Album)	Metallica	57%
1997	11,900,000	---------- ----	Backstreet Boys	53%
1999	13,900,000	Millenium	Backstreet Boys	53%
1990	18,000,000	No Fences	Garth Brooks	53%
1974	17,000,000	Greatest Hits	Elton John	51%
1997	17,700,000	Come On Over	Shania Twain	51%
2000	12,700,000	No Strings Attached	NSYNC	49%
1999	13,100,000	Supernatural	Santana	47%
1994	14,600,000	Cracked Rear View	Hootie & The Blowfish	38%
2000	11,100,000	Hybrid Theory	Linkin Park	38%
1985	11,500,000	Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II	Billy Joel	36%
1976	17,000,000	------	Boston	23%
1978	14,000,000	Greatest Hits 1974-78	Steve Miller Band	23%
1999	11,700,000	Human Clay	Creed	21%
1988	15,000,000	Greatest Hits	Journey	19%
1992	12,000,000	Breathless	Kenny G	11%
1980	12,000,000	Greatest Hits	Kenny Rogers	11%