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Album più venduti nel mondo
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Di seguito è riportata la '''lista degli album più venduti nel mondo''' della storia della musica.

Tra gli artisti che hanno più di un disco presente nella lista ci sono: [[Michael Jackson]] (con il record di 5 album presenti), gli [[AC/DC]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Madonna (cantante)|Madonna]], [[Britney Spears]], [[The Beatles]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Eagles]], [[Céline Dion]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Backstreet Boys]], [[Anastacia]] e [[Spice Girls]].

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== Album con oltre 40 milioni di copie ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"
! Album 
! Artista !! Anno !! Genere !! Vendite (Milioni) !! Fonte
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| ''[[Thriller (album Michael Jackson)|Thriller]]'' 
|[[Michael Jackson]] || 1982 ||R&B/Pop||65||<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.panorama.it/musica/michael-jackson-thriller-e-il-primo-album-a-vincere-3-dischi-di-diamante/|titolo=Michael Jackson: "Thriller" è il primo album a vincere 3 dischi di diamante - Panorama|accesso=4 luglio 2016}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| ''[[Back in Black (album AC/DC)|Back in Black]]'' 
|[[AC/DC]] || 1980 ||Hard Rock||50||<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/arts/music/12levi.html?pagewanted=all/|titolo=Ageless and Defiant, AC/DC Stays on Top Without Going Digital|accesso=2 settembre 2017}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' 
| [[Pink Floyd]]|| 1973 || Rock progressivo ||50||<ref name="Floyds Dark Side">{{Cita news |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-26/pink-floyd-money-machine-leads-elvis-nirvana-u2-in-cd-battle.html|titolo=Pink Floyd Money Machine Leads Elvis, Nirvana, U2 in CD Battle|cognome=Beech |nome=Mark |data=27 settembre 2011 |editore=www.bloomberg.com |accesso=31 dicembre 2011 | città=London}}</ref>
|- style="background:#e3e3e3" <!-- highlight studio albums -->                                                                                                                                                                                   
|''[[The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album]]'' 
| Artisti vari / [[Whitney Houston]]  || 1992 || Colonna sonora || 42 ||<ref>{{cita web|url=http://www.examiner.com/article/whitney-houston-the-actress-a-brief-but-successful-chapter|titolo=Whitney Houston, the actress: a brief but successful chapter|editore=The Examiner|autore=Justin Rielly|data=13 febbraio 2012|lingua=en|accesso=8 novembre 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEFFEE" <!-- highlight greatest hits & compilation -->
| ''[[Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)]]'' 
| [[Eagles]] || 1976 || Country rock || 42 ||<ref name="Their Greatest Hits sold 42 million copies worldwide">{{Cita web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20050620/ai_n14674759 - 56k |titolo=Soccer and music fans sound off |data=20 giugno 2005|editore=Find Articles|accesso=9 dicembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| ''[[Bat Out of Hell]]'' 
| [[Meat Loaf]] || 1977 || Hard rock || 43 ||<ref name="Bat Out of Hell 45 million copies">{{Cita news |url=http://www.kasimsulton.com/biography/ |titolo=Kasim Sulton - Biography |editore=Kasim Sulton official site|accesso=18 luglio 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#e3e3e3" <!-- highlight soundtrack -->
| ''[[Dirty Dancing (colonna sonora)|Dirty Dancing]]'' 
| Artisti vari || 1987 || Pop/Colonna sonora || 42 ||<ref name="Dirty Dancing 40 million copies">{{Cita web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3655489/Theres-a-secret-dancer-inside-us-all.html |titolo='There's a secret dancer inside us all' |data=22 settembre 2006|editore=Telegraph|accesso=3 maggio 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#e3e3e3" <!-- highlight greatest hits & compilation -->
| ''[[Saturday Night Fever (colonna sonora)|Saturday Night Fever]]'' 
| Artisti vari / [[Bee Gees]] || 1977 || Disco || 41 ||<ref>{{cita web|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9279651/Robin-Gibb-the-hits-you-didnt-know-were-written-by-the-Bee-Gees.html|titolo= Robin Gibb: the hits you didn't know were written by the Bee Gees|editore=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|data=21 maggio 2012|accesso=10 gennaio 2013}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb"
|''[[Rumours]] ''
|[[Fleetwood Mac]] 
|1977 
|Rock/Pop
|40
|<ref>{{Cita web|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/fleetwood-macs-rumours-10-things-you-didnt-know-w464360}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| ''[[Millennium (Backstreet Boys)|Millennium]]'' 
| [[Backstreet Boys]] || 1999 || Pop || 40 ||<ref name="Millennium 40 milioni">{{cita web|url=http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/whats-the-biggest-selling-album-of-all-time/|titolo=What’s The Biggest Selling Album of All-Time}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| ''[[Bad (album Michael Jackson)|Bad]]'' 
| [[Michael Jackson]] || 1987 || R&B/Pop || 40 ||<ref name="Bad 45 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.michaeljackson.com/ar/blog/full-discography-michael-jackson-bad-1987|editore=www.michaeljackson.com|titolo=Bad (1987)}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Come on Over (album Shania Twain)|Come On Over]]''
|[[Shania Twain]]
|1997
|Country
|40
|<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.countrycommon.com/15-years-ago-shania-twains-album-come-on-over-is-certified-for-19-million-units-sold/|titolo=Come On Over (1997)}}</ref>
|}

== Album tra i 30 e i 39 milioni di copie ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"
!Artista!!Album !! Anno !! Genere !! Vendite (Milioni) !! Fonte
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[2Pac]] || ''[[All Eyez on Me (2Pac)|All Eyez on Me]]'' || 1996 || Rap ||38||<ref name="Interscope records">{{Cita web|url=http://www.mondorap.it/i-7-dischi-di-diamante-della-storia-del-rap/}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Led Zeppelin]] || ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'' || 1971 || Hard rock/Folk rock || 37 ||<ref name="Led Zeppelin IV 37 million copies">{{Cita news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/led-zeppelin-a-complete-guide-to-the-bands-studio-albums-763440.html|titolo=Led Zeppelin: A complete guide to the band's studio albums|editore=The Independent|accesso=7 dicembre 2007}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->

|
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Mariah Carey]] || ''[[Daydream (Mariah Carey)|Daydream]] '' || 1995 || R&B/Soul || 35 ||<ref name="Undercover musicbox">{{Cita web|url=http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=4687|titolo=Mariah Carey Has the Right Energy in E=MC2|cognome=Cashmere|nome=Paul|data=24 aprile 2008|editore=Undercover Pty., Ltd.|accesso=8 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Michael Jackson]] || ''[[Off the Wall (album Michael Jackson)|Off the Wall]]'' || 1979 || Pop/R&B/Funk/Soul || 35 ||<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/10-things-michael-jacksons-thriller-30-years-release/story?id=17827505#1|titolo=10 Things About Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' 30 Years After Its Release|nome=Luchina|cognome=Fisher|editore=ABC News|data=30 novembre 2011|accesso=13 dicembre 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Dire Straits]] || ''[[Brothers in Arms (album Dire Straits)|Brothers in Arms]]'' || 1985 || Pop rock/Blues rock || 35 ||<ref name="Knopfler BBC crash">{{Cita web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2859527.stm|titolo=Mark Knopfler hurt in crash|data=18 marzo 2003|editore=BBC|accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Bon Jovi]] || ''[[Slippery When Wet]]'' || 1986 || Hard rock || 33 ||<ref name="Daily Telegraph bonjovi">[[Slippery When Wet]] (Daily Telegraph, 3 agosto 2011)</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Alanis Morissette]] || ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' || 1995 || Alternative rock || 33 ||<ref name="Jagged Little Pill 35 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.glenballard.com/bio.html |titolo=Glen Ballard: Biography|editore=Glen Ballard Official Site|accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Pink Floyd]] || ''[[The Wall]]'' || 1979 || Rock progressivo || 33 ||<ref name="Pink Floyd, Metro">{{Cita web|url=http://classicrock.about.com/od/artistsoz/tp/thingsaboutpinkfloyd.htm|titolo=Fast Facts (and arcane trivia) About Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'|editore=Classic Rock |accesso=19 settembre 2014}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Elton John]]
| ''[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]]'' 
|| 1973 || Piano Rock || 32 ||<ref name="Hotel California sold 32 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.examiner.com/article/rock-hall-anniversary-the-eagles-hotel-california/|titolo=Rock Hall Anniversary: The Eagles’ Hotel California|editore=Examiner |accesso=31 marzo 2013}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
|[[The Beatles]]||''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''||1967|| Rock psichedelico ||32||<ref>[http://www.euronews.com/2011/06/01/back-in-the-day-sgt-pepper-taught-the-band-to-play/ Back in the Day: Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play | euronews, world news<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente -->]</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[The Beatles]] || ''[[The Beatles 1]]'' || 2000 || Pop/Pop rock || 32 ||<ref name="1 32million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-beatles8-2009apr08,0,242705.story|titolo=Beatles' catalog will be reissued Sept. 9 in remastered versions|cognome=Lewis|nome=Randy|data=8 aprile 2009|editore=Los Angeles Times|accesso=2 maggio 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight soundtrack -->
| [[Mariah Carey]] || ''[[Music Box (album)|Music Box]]'' || 1993 || R&B/Soul || 32 ||<ref name="Music Box 48 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.billboard.com|titolo=Music Box (1993)}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Michael Jackson]] || ''[[Dangerous (album Michael Jackson)|Dangerous]]'' || 1991 || R&B/Pop || 35 ||<ref>{{Cita news |nome=Claudia |cognome=Bidasio |titolo=Gli imperdibili di Michel Jackson |url=http://www.menstyle.it/cont/musica/musica-r/0805/1900/dangerous-8.asp# |pubblicazione=[[MenStyle.it]] |data=19 maggio 2008 |accesso=9 maggio 2009 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Céline Dion]] || ''[[Falling into You]]'' || 1996 || Soft rock || 32 ||<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/Falling%20into%20You%20Tour/en-en/|titolo=Falling into You Tour : définition de Falling into You Tour et synonymes de Falling into You Tour (anglais)|autore=Yann Picand, Dominique Dutoit|sito=dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr|accesso=2017-05-20}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Guns N' Roses]] || ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]'' || 1987 ||Hard rock|| 31 ||<ref name="appetite for destruction">{{Cita web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Guns-N-Roses-To-Release-New-Album---Axl-Rose-Is-The-Only-Original-Remaining-Member/Article/200810415127112 |titolo=Guns N' Roses New Album Looms |data=23 ottobre 2008 |editore=SkyNews |accesso=30 ottobre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Céline Dion]] || ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]'' || 1997 || Dance pop || 31 ||<ref>{{Cita web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/C%C3%A9line+Dion/Let's+Talk+About+Love|titolo=Let's Talk About Love - Céline Dion — Listen and discover music at Last.fm|sito=www.last.fm|lingua=en|accesso=2017-05-20}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[The Bee Gees]] || ''[[Spirits Having Flown]]'' || 1979 || Pop || 30 ||<ref name="Bee Gees MSN">{{Cita web|url=http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16073225&menu=bio|titolo=The Bee Gees on MSN Music|editore=Microsoft |accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#e3e3e3" <!-- highlight soundtrack -->
| [[James Horner]] || ''[[Titanic (colonna sonora)|Titanic]]'' || 1997 || Musica classica/Colonna sonora || 30 ||<ref name="Everyhit records">{{Cita web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/recordalb.html|titolo=Record-Breakers and Trivia - Albums|editore=Everyhit.com|accesso=8 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[The Beatles]] || ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]'' || 1969 || Pop\Rock || 30 ||<ref name="Everyhit records"/>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Bruce Springsteen]] || ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]'' || 1984 || Rock || 30 ||<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/classicalbums/brucespringsteen-bornintheusa.php |titolo=Born In The USA |editore=Virgin |accesso=9 dicembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Britney Spears]] || ''[[...Baby One More Time]]'' || 1999 || Pop || 34 ||<ref name="Spears baby Fox">{{Cita web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195283,00.html|titolo=Britney Spears' Biography|data=4 febbraio 2008|editore=FOX News Network, LLC|accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|}

== Album tra i 20 e i 29 milioni di copie ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"
! Artista !! Album !! Anno !! Genere !! Vendite (Milioni) !! Fonte
|- style="background:#EEFFEE" <!-- highlight greatest hits & compilation -->
| [[Madonna (cantante)|Madonna]] || ''[[The Immaculate Collection]]'' || 1990 || Pop || 30 ||<ref name="Madonna collection 22 million">{{Cita web  |url=http://madonna.com/music/?v=a&a=1&id=24 |titolo=Immaculate sold 22 million copies |editore=Madonna official site |accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Metallica]] || ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]'' || 1991 ||Hard rock/Heavy metal || 30 ||<ref name="Vindy Metallica">{{Cita web|url=http://www4.vindy.com/content/entertainment/303322054934393.php|titolo=Nonpoint Singer: I'm Ready to Rock|data=1º novembre 2007|editore=Vindy.com|accesso=15 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums --> 
| [[U2]]  || ''[[The Joshua Tree]]''  || 1987 || Alternative rock || 28 ||<ref name=" copie vendute">{{Cita web|url=http://www.soundsblog.it/post/7631/gli-album-piu-venduti-al-mondo-di-sempre-thriller-domina}}</ref>
|- style="background:#e3e3e3" <!-- highlight soundtrack -->
| [[Olivia Newton-John]] / Artisti vari || ''[[Grease (colonna sonora)|Grease]]'' || 1978 || Pop/Colonna sonora || 28 ||<ref name="Those chart busters">{{Cita web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=40e182fc-061c-43d5-832e-ff930aa4a508&Headline=Those+chart+busters|titolo=Those chart busters|editore=Hindustan Times|accesso=18 aprile 2009|data=9 dicembre 2008|urlmorto=sì|urlarchivio=https://archive.is/20090521191026/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=40e182fc-061c-43d5-832e-ff930aa4a508&Headline=Those+chart+busters|dataarchivio=21 maggio 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEFFEE" <!-- highlight greatest hits & compilation -->
| [[ABBA]] || ''[[ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits]]'' || 1992 || Pop || 28 ||<ref name="ABBA times">{{Cita web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6831436.ece|titolo=Filesharing is defended by gigging performers, but who pays the songwriter? |editore=TimesOnline|accesso=16 settembre 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Nirvana (gruppo musicale)|Nirvana]] || ''[[Nevermind]]'' || 1991 || Grunge || 28 ||<ref name="Nirvana nevermind">{{Cita web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/f8dp/ |titolo=Nirvana, Nevermind|cognome=Thomas|nome=Lou|data=23 aprile 2007|editore=BBC|accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Carlos Santana|Santana]] || ''[[Supernatural (Santana)|Supernatural]]'' || 1999 || Rock || 27 ||<ref name="Supernatural sales">{{Cita web   |url=http://www.wmg.com/newsdetails/id/8a0af8121db88a05011dcf1cf2d81ead_new |titolo=Pete Ganbarg Named Atlantic Executive VP of A&R |editore=Warner Music Group |data=24 novembre 2008  |accesso=27 luglio 2009 |urlmorto=sì |urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011001804/http://www.wmg.com/newsdetails/id/8a0af8121db88a05011dcf1cf2d81ead_new |dataarchivio=11 ottobre 2009 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Hootie & The Blowfish]] || ''[[Cracked Rear View]]'' || 1994 || Rock || 26 ||<ref name="Hootie 26 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.hd.net/transcript.html?air_master_id=A4278|titolo=Sound Off with Matt Pinfield |editore=HDTV|accesso=27 novembre 2008}}</ref><!-- highlight studio albums -->
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->| [[U2]] || ''[[The Joshua Tree]]'' || 1987 || Pop/Rock || 25 ||<ref>http://www.irishnews.com/news/25th-birthday-of-u2-s-joshua-tree-album-1139438</ref>
| [[Britney Spears]] || ''[[Oops!... I Did It Again]]'' || 2000 || Pop || 25 ||<ref name="Spears baby Fox" />
|- style="background:#EEFFEE" <!-- highlight greatest hits & compilation -->
| [[Michael Jackson]] || ''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future - Book I]]'' || 1995 || Pop/Pop rock/R&B/Funk/Soul || 25 ||<ref name="HIStory 40 million copies">{{Cita web |nome=Laura |cognome=Putti |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/08/24/il-nuovo-michael-jackson-fa-un-tuffo.html |titolo=Il nuovo Michael Jackson fa un tuffo nel passato |editore=La Repubblica |data=24 agosto 2001 |accesso=10 maggio 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Simon & Garfunkel]] 
|| ''[[Bridge over Troubled Water]]'' 
|| 1970
|| Folk Rock
|| 25
||<ref name="Bridge Over Troubled Water 25 million copies">{{Cita web  |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10564668 |titolo=Simon and Garfunkel heading to NZ  |editore=The New Zealand Herald |data=2 aprile 2009|accesso=18 aprile 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Iron Butterfly]] || ''[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (album)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]'' || 1968 || Rock || 25 ||<ref>{{Cita web |nome=Michael |cognome=Stetz |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060402/news_1m2iron.html
|titolo=Iron Butterfly's in an IRA ad? Bummer |editore=Sign on Sandiego |data=2 aprile 2006|accesso=30 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Mariah Carey]] || ''[[Mariah Carey (album)|Mariah Carey]] '' || 1990 || R&B\Soul\Gospel || 25 ||<ref name="Mariah Carey - 25 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157151170064?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController|titolo=Mariah Carey's News|data=31 marzo 2008|editore=The London Paper|accesso=31 marzo 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEFFEE" <!-- highlight greatest hits & compilation -->
| [[Queen (gruppo musicale)|Queen]] || ''[[Greatest Hits (Queen)|Greatest Hits]]'' || 1981 || Rock || 25 ||<ref name="Queen Hits 25 million">{{Cita web  |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/entertainment/2002/jubilee/popup/5.stm
|titolo=Photo Gallary - 50 years of pop |editore=BBC |data=2002|accesso=18 maggio 2008}}</ref>
</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Whitney Houston]] || ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]'' || 1985 || Pop/Soul/R&B || 25 ||<ref name="Whitney Houston">{{Cita web|url=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=345798|titolo=Whitney Houston|editore=Music Fix, MSN |accesso=4 giugno 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Anastacia]] || ''[[Anastacia (album)|Anastacia]]'' || 2004 || Rock/Pop/Soul (SPRock) || 24 ||<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/anastacia-signs-to-bmg-masters-model/051822|titolo=Anastacia signs to BMG masters model|data=17 settembre 2012|editore=Music Week (accedere al portale per visualizzare le cifre complessive}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight greatest hits & compilation -->
| [[Backstreet Boys]] || ''[[Backstreet's Back]]'' || 1997 || Pop || 24 ||<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070911110126/http://sonybmg.com.au/artist/artistMainBio.do?mode=2&artistId=9949 Biography<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente -->]</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums --> 
|[[Linkin Park]]||''[[Hybrid Theory]]''||2000||Nu metal||24||<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020174352/http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/news/linkin-park-announced-saturday-headliner-fall-out-boy-main-support LINKIN PARK ANNOUNCED AS SATURDAY HEADLINER + FALL OUT BOY AS MAIN SUPPORT | Download Festival 2015<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente -->]</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Madonna (cantante)|Madonna]] || ''[[True Blue (album Madonna)|True Blue]]'' || 1986 || Pop || 24 ||<ref name="True Blue sold 24 million copies">{{Cita web  |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6015124.ece |titolo=Why Madonna's still a material girl |editore=Timesonline |accesso=5 aprile 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Madonna (cantante)|Madonna]] || ''[[Like a Virgin (album)|Like a Virgin]]'' || 1984 || Pop || 23 ||<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195283,00.html|titolo=Biography|data=4 febbraio 2008|editore=FOX News Network, LLC|accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Ace of Base]] || ''[[Happy Nation]]/The Sign'' || 1993 || Pop || 23 ||<ref name="Ace of Base 23 million">{{Cita web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a78550/ace-of-base-announce-reunion-tour.html | titolo=Ace of Base DigitalSpy | editore=DigitalSpy | accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Spice Girls]] || ''[[Spice (Spice Girls)|Spice]]'' || 1996 || Pop || 23 ||<ref name="Spice girls 23 million">{{Cita web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6251176.stm
|titolo=Spice Girls Timeline |editore=BBC |data=19 febbraio 2007|accesso=18 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Eagles]] || ''[[Hotel California (album)|Hotel California]]'' || 1977 || Country rock || 23 ||<ref>Elton John, ''Rocket Man Tour 2008 Vol 2''.</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Oasis]] || ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]] '' || 1995 || Pop rock || 22 ||<ref name="Oasis">{{Cita web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/06/noel-gallagher-oasis|titolo='Who wants to be a drug addict at 41?'|data=6 dicembre 2008|editore=Guardian|accesso=31 agosto 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEFFEE" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Carole King]] || ''[[Tapestry (Carole King)|Tapestry]]'' || 1971 || Pop || 22 ||<ref name="Carole King on life's tapestry">{{Cita web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200611/s1790565.htm|titolo=Carole King on life's tapestry|editore=ABC|accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref><ref name="Carole King">{{Cita web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/caroleking/biography|titolo=Carole King|editore=Rolling Stone|accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Anastacia]] || ''[[Not That Kind (album)|Not That Kind]]'' || 2000 || R&B/Pop/Soul || 21 ||<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/anastacia-signs-to-bmg-masters-model/051822|titolo=Anastacia signs to BMG masters model|data=17 settembre 2012|editore=Music Week (accedere al portale per visualizzare le cifre complessive}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Dido (cantante)|Dido]] || ''[[No Angel]]'' || 1999 || Pop || 21 ||<ref name="no angel">{{Cita web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article437174.ece|titolo=Music to watch girls by|data=25 marzo 2005|editore=Times Newspapers, Ltd.|accesso=15 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums --> 
|[[Linkin Park]]||''[[Hybrid Theory]]''||2000||Nu metal||21||<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020174352/http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/news/linkin-park-announced-saturday-headliner-fall-out-boy-main-support LINKIN PARK ANNOUNCED AS SATURDAY HEADLINER + FALL OUT BOY AS MAIN SUPPORT | Download Festival 2015<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente -->]</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Norah Jones]] || ''[[Come Away with Me]]'' || 2002 || Soul/Blues/Jazz || 20 ||<ref name="EMI Music Publishing extends its publishing partnership with Norah Jones">{{Cita web|url=http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2008/press1.htm|titolo=EMI Music Publishing extends its publishing partnership with Norah Jones|data=7 gennaio 2008|editore=EMI Music|accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Andrea Bocelli]] || ''[[Romanza (album)|Romanza]]'' || 1997 || Pop/Musica classica || 20 ||<ref name="Romanza">{{Cita news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2011/11/27/timeless-tenor.html |titolo=Crossover superstar Andrea Bocelli finds beauty in wide range of music|data=27 novembre 2011|pubblicazione=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|accesso=27 novembre 2011 | nome=Kevin | cognome=Joy}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Cher (cantante)|Cher]] || ''[[Believe (album Cher)|Believe]]'' || 1998 || Pop/Dance || 20 ||<ref name="Cher believe">{{Cita web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/01/23/dont-call-it-a-comeback/|titolo=Don't Call it a Comeback|data=23 gennaio 2007
|editore=Rolling Stone |accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Usher]] || ''[[Confessions (Usher)|Confessions]]'' || 2004 || Pop/R&B || 20 ||<ref name="Usher">{{Cita web|url=http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/usher_profile.html |titolo=Usher|editore=EMI Music Publishing|accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Lionel Richie]] || ''[[Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie)|Can't Slow Down]]'' || 1983 || R&B/Pop/Soul || 20 ||<ref name="Cant Slow Down">{{Cita web |nome=Simon |cognome=Collins |url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=25&ContentID=51203 |titolo=Ladies’ night and the feeling was right  |editore=The West Australian |data=17 dicembre 2007|accesso=17 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEFFEE" <!-- highlight greatest hits & compilation -->
| [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] || ''[[Legend (Bob Marley)|Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers]]'' || 1984 || Reggae || 20 ||<ref name="Bob Marley">{{Cita web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2004/10/25/cx_2004deadcelebtears_9.html |titolo=Top Earners for 2004|editore=Forbes|accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref><ref name="Bob Marley2">{{Cita web|url=http://entertainment.iafrica.com/features/1051960.htm |titolo=Rolling in the money|editore=iAfrica|accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] || ''[[Some Gave All]]'' || 1992 || Country || 20 ||<ref name="Some Gave All 20 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09100/961830-388.stm |titolo=Billy Ray Cyrus appeals to a whole new crowd|data=10 aprile 2009|editore=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accesso=24 aprile 2009}}</ref>
|- style="background:#e3e3e3" <!-- highlight soundtrack -->
| [[Prince|Prince and The Revolution]] || ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'' || 1984 || Pop rock/R&B/Colonna sonora || 20 ||<ref name="Those chart busters" />
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[George Michael]] || ''[[Faith (album George Michael)|Faith]]'' || 1987 || Pop/Soul || 20 ||<ref name="Upcoming yahoo">{{Cita web|url=http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/462423/ |titolo=George Micahel at HP Pavilion at San Jose|data=24 marzo 2008|editore=Yahoo Inc.|accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Blondie]]  || ''[[Parallel Lines]]'' || 1977 || New wave || 20 ||<ref name="Blondie celebrating 30th birthday of 'Parallel Lines'">{{Cita web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/articles/2008/05/20/20080520blondie.html|titolo=Blondie celebrating 30th birthday of 'Parallel Lines'|data=20 giugno 2008|editore=AzCentral|accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Céline Dion]] || '' [[The Colour of My Love]] ''|| 1993 || Pop || 20 ||<ref name="The colour of my love 20 million">{{Cita web  |url=http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/titlev4.php?ALBUM_ID=996
|titolo=Celine Dion - The French  |editore=Unionsquaremusic |accesso=18 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Tina Turner]] || ''[[Private Dancer]]'' || 1984 || Pop || 20 ||<ref name="Tina turner AE">{{Cita web|url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9512276 |titolo=Tina Turner Biography|anno=2007|editore=A&E Television Networks|accesso=3 maggio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Spice Girls]] || ''[[Spiceworld]]'' || 1997 || Pop || 20 ||<ref name="Spiceworld">{{Cita web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1994828.ece?pgnum=7|titolo=The Prefab Five are back. Are you ready?|cognome=Sinclair|nome=David|editore=The Times|accesso=17 luglio 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Def Leppard]] || ''[[Hysteria (album Def Leppard)|Hysteria]]'' || 1987 || Hard rock || 20 ||<ref name="One Giant Leppard">{{Cita web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10539947&pnum=0 |titolo=One Giant Leppard|editore=NZ Herald|accesso=30 novembre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Supertramp]] || ''[[Breakfast in America]]'' || 1978 || Rock progressivo || 20 ||<ref name="Breakfast in America close to 20 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/hodgson_roger/artist.jhtml |titolo=Roger Hodgson|editore=MTV|accesso=22 ottobre 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
| [[Tracy Chapman]] || ''[[Tracy Chapman]]'' || 1988 || Folk || 20 ||<ref name="Tracy Chapman sold 20 million copies">{{Cita web|url=http://www.prthatrocks.com/pressrel/meldekkerclintonpr.htm |titolo=Sonoma Mountain Entertainment Recording Artist Singer/Songwriter Melanie Dekker Performs with Diana Krall at a President William J. Clinton Foundation Charity Event.|editore=PRThatRocks|accesso=22 ottobre 2008}}</ref>
|}
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|- style="background:#f4f0bb" <!-- highlight studio albums -->
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|style="background: #f4f0bb"|Album in studio
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|style="background: #EEFFEE"|Raccolta
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|style="background: #e3e3e3"|Colonna sonora
|}

== Note ==
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== Voci correlate ==
* [[Singoli più venduti nel mondo]]

== Collegamenti esterni ==
* {{cita web|url=http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38582&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0|titolo=Breakdown of top selling albums}}
* {{cita web|http://www.everyhit.com/recordalb.html|Top selling albums of all time in the UK}}
* {{cita web|http://www.jugi3.ch/homepage/wwbestalbums.htm|The Best Selling Albums Ever... Worldwide|lingua=en}}

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