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This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
World Record is the 45th studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young and his 15th with Crazy Horse, [4] released on November 18, 2022, through Reprise Records. [5] The album was produced by Young and Rick Rubin , and preceded by the lead single "Love Earth".
The album with the most entries on the list (excluding compilation albums) is Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen with three songs on the list: "Born to Run" (number 27), "Thunder Road" (number 111) and "Jungleland" (number 298). The most represented year is 1971, with 21 songs from that year in the Top 500, including 6 in the Top 100.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
The albums in this list are ordered first by number of units, then by platinum awards received, and finally by artist name and album title. Albums with two references for their estimated actual sales include sales through BMG Music Club. Albums with three references for their estimated actual sales include sales through BMG Music Club and ...
Utada Hikaru's Distance (2001) and Ayumi Hamasaki's A Best (2001) previously sold 3 million and 2.8 million in Japan, respectively. [128] In 2022, Jay Chou sold 5 million copies of Greatest Works of Art in China during its opening week, [16] while John Fitzgerald Kennedy—A Memorial Album (1963) sold 4 million copies at 99 cents in the U.S. [88]
All Time Top 1000 Albums is a book by Colin Larkin, creator and editor of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music. The book was first published by Guinness Publishing in 1994. The list presented is the result of over 200,000 votes cast by the public in record shops, universities, schools and the French music trade show MIDEM – and ranked in order.