Biggest selling albums

[SteveO]

I knew Shania was very big in the 90s ! The Canadian lass was everywhere !

In or about 1984 when the Compact Disc came to fruition, everyone I knew or music magazines I read definitely recommended Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon as their definite first choice to play on their CD system !... and yes J, 3 biggies from 1977 !

I was having a look at the biggest selling albums and was surprised at the results

40 million copies or more

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[TR]
[TH="class: headerSort"]Artist
[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort"]Album
[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort"]Released
[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort"]Genre
[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort"]Sales (millions)
[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort"]Source
[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Michael Jackson
[/TD]
[TD]Thriller
[/TD]
[TD]1982
[/TD]
[TD]Pop / Rock / R&B
[/TD]
[TD]110
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pink Floyd
[/TD]
[TD]The Dark Side of the Moon
[/TD]
[TD]1973
[/TD]
[TD]Progressive rock
[/TD]
[TD]50
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][3][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AC/DC
[/TD]
[TD]Back in Black
[/TD]
[TD]1980
[/TD]
[TD]Hard rock / Heavy metal
[/TD]
[TD]49
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][4][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Whitney Houston / Various artists
[/TD]
[TD]The Bodyguard
[/TD]
[TD]1992
[/TD]
[TD]Soundtrack
[/TD]
[TD]44
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][5][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Meat Loaf
[/TD]
[TD]Bat Out of Hell
[/TD]
[TD]1977
[/TD]
[TD]Hard rock
[/TD]
[TD]43
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][6][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eagles
[/TD]
[TD]Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)
[/TD]
[TD]1976
[/TD]
[TD]Rock
[/TD]
[TD]42
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][1][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Various artists
[/TD]
[TD]Dirty Dancing
[/TD]
[TD]1987
[/TD]
[TD]Soundtrack
[/TD]
[TD]42
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][7][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bee Gees / Various artists
[/TD]
[TD]Saturday Night Fever
[/TD]
[TD]1977
[/TD]
[TD]Soundtrack
[/TD]
[TD]40
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][8][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Fleetwood Mac
[/TD]
[TD]Rumours
[/TD]
[TD]1977
[/TD]
[TD]Rock
[/TD]
[TD]40
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][9][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shania Twain
[/TD]
[TD]Come On Over
[/TD]
[TD]1997
[/TD]
[TD]Country / Pop
[/TD]
[TD]40
[/TD]
[TD][SUP][10][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Did not expect Shania Twain or Meatloaf to be on the list above 40 million copies.
3 from the 80's
2 from the 90's
5 from the 70's

I rest my case.......'77 was some year for the industry!