Liste over verdens mestselgende album

Verdens mestselgende album kan ikke bli listet offisielt, siden det ikke er noen som egentlig teller globale salg. Albumene er ordnet i sorterbar tabell.

Artist	Album	Utgivelsesår	Sjanger	Millioner	Kilde
Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982	Pop/R&B/rock/funk/soul	66
Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	1973	Progressiv rock/blues	50	[1]
AC/DC	Back in Black	1980	Hard rock/blues	47	[2] [3] Arkivert 5. mars 2016 hos Wayback Machine.
Toto	Toto IV	1982	Rock/pop	45	[4]
Céline Dion	Falling Into You	1996	Pop/rock/soul/klassisk	45	[5]
Céline Dion	Let's Talk About Love	1997	Pop/rock/soul/klassisk	45	[6]
Diverse artister / Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard (lydspor)	1992	Pop/soul/R&B/lydspor	38	[7]
James Horner/Céline Dion	Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture	1997	Klassisk/lydspor	38
Diverse artister	Dirty Dancing (lydspor)	1987	Pop/lydspor	37	[8]
Diverse artister / Bee Gees	Saturday Night Fever (lydspor)	1977	Disco/lydspor	37	[9]
Backstreet Boys	Millennium	1999	Pop	36	[10][11]
Andrew Lloyd Webber	The Phantom of the Opera (lydspor)	1986	Klassisk/lydspor	36	[12]
Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977	Rock	36	[13] Arkivert 22. mai 2009 hos Wayback Machine.
Shania Twain	Come on Over	1997	Country/pop	39	[14]
Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	1977	Rock	45,1	[15]
Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	1995	Rock/pop	35	[16]
Michael Jackson	Dangerous	1991	Pop/R&B/rock/New Jack Swing	35	[17]
The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Rock	35	[18]
Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	1971	Hard rock/rock 'n' roll/blues	35	[19]
Céline Dion	All The Way ... A Decade of Song	1999	Pop/rock/klassisk	35	[20]
Michael Jackson	Bad	1987	Pop/R&B/rock/funk/soul	33	[21]
Pink Floyd	The Wall	1979	Progressiv rock	33	[22]Arkivert 27. juli 2012 hos Wayback Machine.
The Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	1979	Disco	33	[23]Arkivert 3. mai 2012 hos Wayback Machine.
Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	1985	Rock/blues	33	[24]
The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969	Rock	33	[25]
The Beatles	1	2000	Rock/blues	32	[26]
Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984	Rock	32	[27]
Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	1986	Hard rock	31	[28]
Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	1987	Hard rock	31	[29]
Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back	1997	Pop	29	[30]
Bee Gees / diverse artister	Grease (lydspor)	1978	Pop/lydspor	29	[31]
ABBA	ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits	1992	Pop/rock/dance/disco	29	[32]
Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	Grunge	29	[33]
The Eagles	Hotel California	1976	Country/rock/pop	29	[34] Arkivert 7. mars 2009 hos Wayback Machine.
Hootie & The Blowfish	Cracked Rear View	1994	Rock	29	[35]
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970	Folk/rock	29	[36]
U2	The Joshua Tree	1987	Rock	28	[37]
Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999	Pop	27	[38]
Iron Butterfly	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	1968	Rock	27	[39]
Mariah Carey	Daydream	1995	Pop/R&B	26	[40]
Queen	Greatest Hits	1981	Rock	26	[41]
Santana	Supernatural	1999	Blues/soul/rock	26	[42]
Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	1985	Pop/soul/R&B	25	[43]
Mariah Carey	Music Box	1993	Pop/R&B	25	[44]
Madonna	True Blue	1986	Pop	24	[45] Arkivert 8. mai 2009 hos Wayback Machine.
Backstreet Boys	Black & Blue	2000	Pop	24	[46]
Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	2000	Nu Metal/Rapcore	24	[47]
Ace of Base	Happy Nation/The Sign	1993	Pop	23	[48]
Spice Girls	Spice	1996	Pop	23	[49]
Céline Dion	The Colour of My Love	1993	Pop/rock/klassisk	23	[50]
Céline Dion	A New Day Has Come	2002	Pop/klassisk	23	[51]
Carole King	Tapestry	1971	Pop/rock	23	[52][53] Arkivert 16. oktober 2007 hos Wayback Machine.
Bob Marley & the Wailers	Legend	1984	Reggae	23	[54][55]
Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	1995	Rock/Britpop	22	[80]
Madonna	The Immaculate Collection	1990	Pop	21	[56]
Metallica	Metallica	1991	Heavy metal	21	[57]
Dido	No Angel	1999	Pop	21	[58] Arkivert 17. juni 2011 hos Wayback Machine.
Michael Jackson	HIStory - Past, Present and Future, Book I	1995	Pop/R&B/rock/New Jack swing/funk/soul	21	[59]
Norah Jones	Come Away with Me	2002	Soul/blues/jazz	21	[60] Arkivert 11. januar 2008 hos Wayback Machine.
Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979	Pop/R&B/funk/soul	21	[61]
Usher	Confessions	2004	R&B	21	[62]
Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	1983	R&B/pop/soul	21	[63]
Billy Ray Cyrus	Some Gave All	1992	Country/rock/pop	21	[64] Arkivert 15. oktober 2012 hos Wayback Machine.
Prince & the Revolution	Purple Rain (lydspor)	1984	Soul/rock/pop/lydspor	21	[65]
George Michael	Faith	1987	Pop/soul	21	[66]
Blondie	Parallel Lines	1977	Pop/rock/disco	21	[67] Arkivert 19. september 2011 hos Wayback Machine.
Tina Turner	Private Dancer	1984	Rock/pop	21	[68]
Cher	Believe	1999	Pop/dance	20	[69] Arkivert 1. november 2007 hos Wayback Machine.
Spice Girls	Spiceworld	1997	Pop	20	[70] Arkivert 30. august 2008 hos Wayback Machine.
Def Leppard	Hysteria	1987	Hard rock	20	[71]
Supertramp	Breakfast In America	1978	Rock	20	[72] Arkivert 6. mars 2009 hos Wayback Machine.
Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988	Folk	20	[73]
Janet Jackson	janet.	1993	R&B/pop	20	[74]
Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984	Pop	20	[75]