The album won the band a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album in 1995. In 1994, their major label debut Dookie, became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10 million copies in the US. In 1986, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 14 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children and played their debut gig the following year. The album also won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1985. Five singles were released from Can’t Slow Down, all of which hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including two that reached number-one: “All Night Long (All Night)” and “Hello”. Richie’s second solo studio album has sold over 20 million copies. Lionel Richie – Can’t Slow Down (1983) 20m The list also flags up no Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, and as yet (but it won’t be long), no Ed Sheeran.ĥ0. Celine Dion has three albums, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Britney Spears, Madonna, Eminem, Adele and Michael Jackson all have two albums each in the list. Only two albums from the sixties made it and British artists make up only 15 places on the list.
Some stats: Five out of the top ten best selling albums in the world were all released during the seventies, the most albums in the 50 by decade goes to the nineties with 16 albums, just beating the eighties with 15. The soundtrack albums The Bodyguard, Saturday Night Fever, and Grease: The Original Soundtrack are also up there with the 10 best selling albums ever. This Top 50 is for studio albums only and doesn’t include any Greatest Hits, Soundtracks or compilation albums.Įagles – Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) has recently surpassed Michael Jackson’s Thriller as the number-one best selling album of all time. We all like a list and here we bring you the latest sales for the best selling rock and pop albums of all time.