Such albums have the certifications for the number of copies (not discs) shipped indicated. This is the reason why albums that would otherwise make the list, such as The Sound of Music, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Parallel Lines, Spirits Having Flown, Private Dancer, Janet, Believe, Bolo Ta Ra Ra., Human Clay, Laundry Service, and Back to Black, have not been included.Īs a result of the methodology that the American and Canadian certification-awarding bodies (the RIAA and Music Canada respectively) use, each disc in a multi-disc set is counted as one unit toward certification, leading to many double albums on the list-such as Pink Floyd's The Wall and the Beatles' The Beatles (White Album) -being certified with a number double the number of copies sold there. The certified units percentage varies according to the first year that an artist appeared in the charts.
Certified copies are sourced from available online databases of local music industry associations. However, newer albums, such as 21 and Come Away with Me, are expected to have their claimed figures supported by at least 70% in certified copies, this is because more music markets instituted certification systems after the 1980s and 1990s. The percentage amount of certified sales needed increases the newer the album is, so albums released before 1975 are only expected to have their claimed figures supported by at least 30% in certified copies. The figures given do not take into account the resale of used albums.Īll albums included on this list have their available claimed figures supported by at least 30% in certified copies. This list can contain any types of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies. This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact disks. That total chart lifespan is bettered by just two albums: Johnny Mathis’ “Johnny’s Greatest Hits” from 1958, which surpassed “My Fair Lady” by 10 weeks, and the all-time longevity champ: Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” with more than 762 weeks, according to the seventh edition (2010) of Joel Whitburn’s “Top Pop Albums” book of Billboard chart information.Platinum record for Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982), the best-selling album of all time In addition, it spent 292 weeks - almost six years - in the Top 40 and 480 weeks in all on the chart. After that, it’s a long, long ride to catch the album that lived the longest in the Top 10: “My Fair Lady,” the 1956 original cast album that spent a phenomenal 173 weeks in the Top 10. 2 on the all-time Top 10 longevity list is the 1961 “West Side Story,” which posted 106 weeks.
“The Sound of Music” original cast album from 1960 stayed even longer, spending more than two years - 105 weeks - in the Top 10.
Next in its sights would be the “South Pacific” soundtrack from the 1958 film, which remained in the Top 10 for 90 weeks. But it has a long way to go to catch the all-time Top 10 record holders, all soundtracks or cast albums from the early days of the Billboard album chart. of America has certified only 108 albums as having sold 10 million or more copies in the U.S.Īt 79 weeks, “21” now boasts the greatest longevity in the Top 10 in 50 years. Overall, the album has sold 9.76 million copies in the U.S., and it appears to be certain to pass the 10 million mark before the end of the year. Its exit from the Top 10 after 78 weeks bordered on the unnecessarily cruel: that left it tied with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” This week, however, “21” has returned to the Top 10 for a 79 th week, edging past Jackson’s landmark collection.Īccording to figures from the Nielsen SoundScan sales monitoring service, “21” logged an additional 23,000 copies last week, enough to nudge it back up two slots to No. Last week, Adele’s “21” album dropped out of the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 ranking of national album sales for the first time since it was released last year and subsequently turned into one of the biggest-selling albums in pop music history.
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