Best-Selling Albums/CD's Worldwide - Michael Jackson #1

Over 100 million copies
1. Michael Jackson - Thriller 1982

40–49 million copies
1. AC/DC - Back in Black 1980
2. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 1973
3. Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell 1977
4. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) 1976
5. Various artists - Dirty Dancing 1987
6. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard 1992
7. Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera 1986
8. Backstreet Boys - Millennium 1999
9. Bee Gees / Various artists - Saturday Night Fever 1977
10. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 1977

31–39 million copies
1. Shania Twain - Come on Over 1997
2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 1971
3. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 1995
4. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
5. Céline Dion - Falling into You 1996
6. Mariah Carey - Music Box 1993
7. Michael Jackson - Dangerous 1991
8. The Beatles - 1 2000
9. Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love 1997

26–30 million copies
1. Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys 1997
2. The Beatles - Abbey Road 1969
3. Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown 1979
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. 1984
5. James Horner - Titanic 1997
6. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms 1985
7. Michael Jackson - Bad 1987
8. Various artists - Grease 1978
9. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet 1986
10, Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction 1987
11. ABBA - ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 1992
12. Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View 1994
13. Nirvana - Nevermind 1991

20–25 million copies
1. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 1999
2. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 1968
3. Mariah Carey - Daydream 1995
4. Queen - Greatest Hits 1981
5. Santana - Supernatural 1999
6. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970
7. U2 - The Joshua Tree 1987
8. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston 1985
9. Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue 2000
10. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory 2000
11. Madonna - True Blue 1986
12. Ace of Base - Happy Nation/The Sign 1994
13. Spice Girls - Spice 1996
14. Carole King - Tapestry 1971
15. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection 1990
16. Metallica - Metallica 1991
17. Dido - No Angel 1999
18. Madonna - Like A Virgin 1984
19. Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All 1992
20. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers 1984
21. Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again 2000
22. Blondie - Parallel Lines 1978
23. Céline Dion - The Colour of My Love 1993
24. Cher - Believe 1999
25. Def Leppard - Hysteria 1987
26. George Michael - Faith 1987
27. Janet Jackson - janet. 1993
28. Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down 1983
29. Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future - Book I 1995
30. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall 1979
31. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me 2002
32. Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain 1984
33. Shakira - Laundry Service 2001
34. Spice Girls - Spiceworld 1997
35. Tina Turner - Private Dancer 1984
36. Usher - Confessions 2004