Music history: top-selling music albums 2018 | Statista

This statistic presents unit sales data of the bestselling albums in music history as of December 2018. Ranked first is Michael Jackson's album "Thriller", which was released in 1982 and as of December 2018 sold 47.3 million copies. Second in the ranking was the group Eagles, with 41.2 million units of the 'Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) sold.

Top-selling albums in music history as of December 2018 (in million units)

Characteristic	Sales in million units
Michael Jackson - Thriller	47.3
Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)	41.2
Whitney Houston/Various Artists - The Bodyguard	28.4
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours	27.9
AC/DC - Back in Black	26.1
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon	24.2
Bee Gees/Various artists - Saturday Night Fever	21.6
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell	21.5

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December 2018

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as of December 5, 2018

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total certified copies cold / data accessed and published on July 29, 2016

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