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Best selling albums of all time

Here's an AI list of the top selling albums of all time:

1) Michael Jackson – Thriller
2) Eagles – Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)
3) AC/DC – Back in Black
4) Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
5) Whitney Houston / Various Artists – The Bodyguard (Soundtrack)
6) Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever
7) Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
8) Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
9) Michael Jackson – Bad
10) The Beatles – Abbey Road

I'm just wondering which of these are owned and enjoyed by audiophiles and which would probably never be played on their systems?

I hope I'm not sounding like a music snob. Personally, I would play AC/DC, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and maybe Thriller.

bzawa
tooblue
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I own all the albums on the list except Whiney Houston/The Body guard , do own albums by Whitney Houston though. WTS, haven't played any off the list in a while except Rumours because of Lindsey Buckingham and his great work on it it will stay in my rotation. Enjoy the music

 

yyzsantabarbara
5,152 posts
 

Have all of them except the Whitney one.

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larsman
2,595 posts
 

Are those worldwide sales? 

bzawa OP
45 posts
 

My first search was "The top selling albums of all time". There were lots of results but not in 100% agreement. So to keep it simple, I asked Aria (an AI that comes with the Opera browser) the same question. I asked Aria again but included the words "worldwide sales" and the answer changed a bit -  Zep lV, Bad and Abby Road no longer in top 10.

Thriller - Michael Jackson: 70 million copies
Back in Black - AC/DC: 50 million copies
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd: 45 million copies
The Bodyguard (Soundtrack): 45 million copies
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) - Eagles: 42 million copies
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac: 40 million copies
Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack): 40 million copies
The Wall - Pink Floyd: 30 million copies
Hotel California - Eagles: 26 million copies
Come On Over - Shania Twain: 20 million copies

 

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richardbrand
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I am almost exclusively into classical!  Nevertheless I do have Thriller on CD, and Dark Side of the Moon on CD and Pure Audio Bluray, which include stunning Atmos sound.  I will get Rumours when the Atmos version is released - this month?  Mainly because my current partner stole a kiss from Mick Fleetwood in Hawaii before his pub got destroyed in the wild fires.  I have Bee Gee records because a previous girlfriend sang with them!

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