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samy0
1 Eagles: Their Greatest Hits- 28 MILLION
Asylum | 1976




2 Michael Jackson: Thriller - 27 MILLION
Epic | December 1982



3 Pink Floyd: The Wall- 23 MILLION
Columbia | 1979


4 Led Zeppelin: Untitled (IV) - 22 MILLION
Atlantic | 1971



5 AC/DC: Back in Black- 21 MILLION
Atlantic | 1980


6 Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume I & II - 20 MILLION
Columbia | 1985


7 Shania Twain:Come on Over - 19 MILLION
Mercury Nashville| 1997



8 Fleetwood Mac: Rumours- 18 MILLION
Reprise | 1977




9 The Beatles: The Beatles [White Album]- 17.5 MILLION
Apple | 1968


10 Whitney Houston &Various Artists: The Bodyguard - 17 MILLION
Arista | 1992



11 Boston: Boston - 16 MILLION
Epic | 1976



12 Alanis Morissette : Jagged Little Pill -16 MILLION
Maverick | 1995


13 Garth Brooks: No Fences -16 MILLION
Capitol | 1990


14 Hootie & the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View -16 MILLION
Atlantic | 1995



15 Eagles: Hotel California -16 MILLION
Asylum | 1976



16 Elton John: Greatest Hits -16 MILLION
MCA | 1974



17 The Beatles: 1967-70- 15 MILLION
Apple | 1973



18 Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. -15 MILLION
Columbia | 1984



19 Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon -15 MILLION
Harvest | 1973



20 Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction -15 MILLION
Geffen | 1987


21 The Bee Gees & Various Artists: Saturday Night Fever -15 MILLION
RSO| 1977


22 Santana: Supernatural -15 MILLION
Arista | 1999
[Grammy Winner: Album of 1999]



23 Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti -15 MILLION
Swan Song | 1975



24 The Beatles: 1962-66 -15 MILLION
Apple | 1973



25 Garth Brooks: Double Live -15 MILLION
Capitol Nashville | 1998


26 Garth Brooks: Ropin' the Wind - 15 MILLION
Capitol | 1991



27 Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell -15 MILLION
Cleve. Int. | 1977



28 Backstreet Boys: Backstreet Boys - 15 MILLION
Jive| 1997


29 Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time -14 MILLION
Jive| 1999



30 Prince &the Revolution: Purple Rain -13 MILLION
Warner Bros. | 1984
coma
On the first run through I didn't see Pink Floyd/The Wall up there and was about to flip out. smile.gif

#14 is blasphemy. That is just sad.
samy0
QUOTE (coma @ Feb 12 2007, 12:41 PM) *
On the first run through I didn't see Pink Floyd/The Wall up there and was about to flip out. smile.gif

#14 is blasphemy. That is just sad.


those guys are still living high on the hog of that album
samy0
Beatles and Garth brooks? are the only artists with 3 in the top 30! Never much of a Garth fan but I'm assuming he is LOADED$$$$$
Snoopy
QUOTE (coma @ Feb 12 2007, 12:41 PM) *
#14 is blasphemy. That is just sad.

Wanna hear more? I have a couple songs from that Hootie album but would not give you 10 cents for a Beatles album! ohmy.gif I think many modern Beatles fans are "fans" just because it seems uncool not to be. Personally I don't like their music. JMO
samy0
QUOTE (Snoopy @ Feb 12 2007, 12:50 PM) *
QUOTE (coma @ Feb 12 2007, 12:41 PM) *
#14 is blasphemy. That is just sad.

Wanna hear more? I have a couple songs from that Hootie album but would not give you 10 cents for a Beatles album! ohmy.gif I think many modern Beatles fans are "fans" just because it seems uncool not to be. Personally I don't like their music. JMO



Well John and George are rolling in their graves now laugh.gif
Heather
QUOTE (Snoopy @ Feb 12 2007, 12:50 PM) *
QUOTE (coma @ Feb 12 2007, 12:41 PM) *
#14 is blasphemy. That is just sad.

Wanna hear more? I have a couple songs from that Hootie album but would not give you 10 cents for a Beatles album! ohmy.gif I think many modern Beatles fans are "fans" just because it seems uncool not to be. Personally I don't like their music. JMO

Not a Beatles fan here. I know, for shame. rolleyes.gif

Last year I took my cousin's boys to that Medieval Times place. They were 11 and 13, I think? Cam had on a Zeppelin t-shirt. A Zeppelin song came on the radio and I asked him who did the song. "I don't know but it sounds old and it sucks." happy.gif
coma
I like some of the Beatles' later stuff... mostly the White album.

A couple of my friends are Hootie fanatics and they still go see them play. One of them even has a freakin' Hootie ringtone. I mean, c'mon. Seriously. SERIOUSLY.
Heather
QUOTE (coma @ Feb 12 2007, 01:03 PM) *
I like some of the Beatles' later stuff... mostly the White album.

A couple of my friends are Hootie fanatics and they still go see them play. One of them even has a freakin' Hootie ringtone. I mean, c'mon. Seriously. SERIOUSLY.

I heard a great ring tone in line at the store the other day. It was the theme from Halloween.
coma
I had to take my best friend's wife to the mechanic to drop her car off and while we're standing there her phone rings as loud as it possibly could.

"WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH ALL THAT JUNK, ALL THAT JUNK INSIDE YOUR TRUNK. I'MA GET GET GET GET GET YOU DRUNK..."

I had to walk out the door.
samy0
QUOTE (coma @ Feb 12 2007, 01:10 PM) *
I had to take my best friend's wife to the mechanic to drop her car off and while we're standing there her phone rings as loud as it possibly could.

"WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH ALL THAT JUNK, ALL THAT JUNK INSIDE YOUR TRUNK. I'MA GET GET GET GET GET YOU DRUNK..."

I had to walk out the door.



laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif
Heather
Jen's does that but with Shakira. Not only does her phone ring with a Shakira song, but it also vibrates. She needs both.
Checkingin
Ahhhh, the Beatles! wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif

Had to be there!
txexpatriot
What is scary is most of the albums are 20+years old...that list proves that most new 'music' does not stand the test of sales...or time..

BTW--son & his friends all have old music on all the time & the new stuff..they all love The Wall ...Zep4...Back in Black...(they are all teenagers)..
samy0
QUOTE (txexpatriot @ Feb 12 2007, 01:25 PM) *
What is scary is most of the albums are 20+years old...that list proves that most new 'music' does not stand the test of sales...or time..

BTW--son & his friends all have old music on all the time & the new stuff..they all love The Wall ...Zep4...Back in Black...(they are all teenagers)..


Good music never gets old it just finds new audiences cool.gif

btw- without the Beatles 95% of the albums on that list would have never existed
SMan
At one point or another in my life, I've owned 17 of those. And Cracked Rear View was one of them. ph34r.gif
Udmas
I’ve owned :

3 Pink Floyd: The Wall
5 AC/DC: Back in Black
11 Boston: Boston
12 Alanis Morissette : Jagged Little Pill
13 Garth Brooks: No Fences
15 Eagles: Hotel California
20 Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction
26 Garth Brooks: Ropin' the Wind

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samy0
I've got 22 of the 30
cfulmor
16 of 30
Snoopy
QUOTE (samy0 @ Feb 12 2007, 01:49 PM) *
btw- without the Beatles 95% of the albums on that list would have never existed


I don't buy that. If Eli Whitney hadn't invented the cotton gin they would still pick cotton by hand today? Nah...
Snoopy
I have 14 of 'em.
Mcgee
I have 6 of those
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