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   American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the first and only artist to have eight of their albums become best-selling records of their respective years. She accomplished it with Fearless (2009), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), Midnights (2022), 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023). American acts Mariah Carey, Whitney ...

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   Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) by the Eagles is the best-selling album of all time in the U.S. The following is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the ...

   Year	Artist	Album	Label
   1987	Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Geffen
   1988	Journey	Greatest Hits	Columbia
   1990	Garth Brooks	No Fences	Capitol Nashville
   1997	Shania Twain	Come On Over	Mercury Nashville

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   Metallica 's self-titled album is the highest selling record under Nielsen SoundScan, selling over 17 million copies. This is a list of best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era. SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard on March 1, 1991. SoundScan data is unrelated to the Recording Industry Association of ...

   Album	Release Year	Artist (s)	Pure Sales Figures
   Metallica	1991	Metallica	17,300,000
   Come On Over	1997	Shania Twain	15,730,000
   Jagged Little Pill	1995	Alanis Morissette	15,200,000
   1	2000	The Beatles	13,000,000

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   This is a list of the best-selling albums by year in the United States, published by American music magazine Billboard since 1956 as year-end rankings of album ...

5. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_best-sellingList of best-selling albums worldwide - Simple English ...

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   The highest benchmark is for claims of at least 100 million copies, and the lowest are for claims of 20–29 million copies. Albums are listed in order of number of copies sold and by the artist's first name. This list contains all types of albums, including studio, greatest hits, compilation, various artists, soundtrack and remix.

6. www.guinnessworldrecords.com › world-recordsBest-selling album in the USA - Guinness World Records

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   The 1976 compilation album took the accolade from Michael Jackson’s 33x-platinum Thriller (1982). Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) took the US sales crown from Thriller on 20 August 2018 after its multi-platinum status was updated for the first time since 2006, when it was certified 29x platinum – a total shared by Thriller until Jackson’s album was confirmed 33x platinum in February 2017.

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   What is the best selling album in the United States?

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   Who has the best-selling album of a calendar year?

   • Eminem has the best-selling album of a calendar year twice (2002 and 2010). Drake has the year's top-consumed album (based on album-equivalent units) twice (2016 and 2018). The following list includes the annual best-selling albums since 1991, as reported by MRC Data (formerly Nielsen SoundScan ).

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   What was the first album to become a top-selling album?

   • Harry Belafonte 's Calypso (1956) was the first record to be recognized as a year's top-selling album by Billboard, when it started tracking sales figures. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the first and only artist to have eight of their albums become best-selling records of their respective years.

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   How many albums have been top-selling in two years?

   • American acts Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Eminem, and British acts Elton John and Adele, have had two of their albums be the top-sellers in two separate years. American singer Michael Jackson 's 1982 Thriller became the best-selling record in the country for two consecutive years in the 1980s.

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   What are album groupings based on?

   • Groupings are based on different sales benchmarks. The highest benchmark is for claims of at least 100 million copies, and the lowest are for claims of 20–29 million copies. Albums are listed in order of number of copies sold and by the artist's first name.

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   • Most albums have different estimates of sales. In this list, the highest sales reported for an album is added to the list. Groupings are based on different sales benchmarks. The highest benchmark is for claims of at least 100 million copies, and the lowest are for claims of 20–29 million copies.

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8. pitchfork.com › reviews › albumsVarious Artists: Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3

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   Feb 5, 2023 · February 5, 2023. Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Harry Smith’s foundational ...