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Top-selling music albums of all time

Top-selling albums in music history as of July 2017 (in million units)

The data describes unit sales data of the bestselling albums in music history as of July 2017. Ranked first is Michael Jackson's album "Thriller", which was released in 1982 and as of July 2017 sold 47.3 million copies.

Michael Jackson - Thriller	47.3
Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)	32.2
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours	27.9
Whitney Houston/Various Artists - The Bodyguard	27.4
AC/DC - Back in Black	26.1
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon	24.2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell	21.5
Bee Gees/Various artists - Saturday Night Fever	20.6

Top-selling music albums of all time

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