Albums that have sold over 20 million copies in the United States

Tier 2: 15 -19 Million copies


1984 Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend 18,000,000 18× Platinum‡

1987 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 18,000,000 18× Platinum

1988 Journey Greatest Hits 18,000,000 18× Platinum‡

1990 Garth Brooks No Fences 18,000,000 18× Platinum‡

1991 Metallica Metallica (17,810,000)[4] 20× Platinum‡

1997 Shania Twain Come On Over (17,720,000)[5][6] 20× Platinum

1974 Elton John Greatest Hits 17,000,000 17× Platinum‡

1976 Boston Boston 17,000,000 17× Platinum

1984 Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. 17,000,000 17× Platinum‡

1977 Soundtrack / Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever 16,000,000 16× Platinum‡

1978 Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974–78 16,000,000 16× Platinum‡

1995 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (15,550,000)[5][7] 17× Platinum‡

1973 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon 15,000,000 15× Platinum

1986 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 15,000,000

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1995 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (15,550,000)[5][7] 17× Platinum‡

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this was back when musicians made all their real money on record sales. And now you know what she never had to work again