10 best-selling albums ever

10. Millennium (Backstreet Boys)

• units sold: 40,000,000
• publication date: 1999
• type: Pop

9. Dirty Dancing

• units sold: 41,500,000
• publication date: 1987
• type: Dance / Pop

8. Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 (Eagles)

• units sold: 42,000,000
• publication date: 1976
• type: Rock

7. Bat Out of Hell (Meat Loaf)

• units sold: 43,000,000
• publication date: 1977
• type: Rock

6. The Bodyguard (Whitney Houston)

• units sold: 44,000,000
• publication date: 1992
• type: Pop / R&B

5. Bad (Michael Jackson)

• units sold: 45,000,000
• publication date: 1987
• type: Pop / R&B

4. The Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem)

• units sold: 47,000,000
• publication date: 2000
• type: Rap / Hip-Hop

3. Back in Black (AC/DC)

• units sold: 49,000,000
• publication date: 1980
• type: Rock

2. The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)

• units sold: 50,000,000
• publication date: 1973
• type: Rock

1. Thriller (Michael Jackson)

• units sold: 110,000,000
• publication date: 1982
• type: Pop / R&B / Rock