The two exceptions in the Top Ten Best Selling Albums of All Times, are the country music albums of Shania Twain and Garth Brooks, both recorded on Nashville labels in the late 90s
Eagles: Their Greatest Hits is the Best Selling Album of All Times
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 by The Eagles is the best-selling album ever with 29 million copies sold. Michael Jackson’s Thriller is second, followed by Led Zeppelin IV, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and AC/DC's Back in Black.
It's unlikely the Eagles will ever be surpassed. As the music industry often laments, album sales are down in recent years, thanks in part to music downloads available on the Internet.
Eagles, Jackson, Zepplin, Shania, Beatles, Garth AC/DC
The Top Ten Best Selling Albums of All Times are still selling
- 29 Million The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 – Elektra
- 27 Million Michael Jackson: Thriller – Epic
- 23 Million Led Zeppelin: Untitled (lV) Atlantic
- 23 Million Pink Floyd: The Wall – Columbia
- 22 Million AC/DC: Back in Black - Atlantic
- 21 Million Garth Brooks: Double Live – Capital Nashville
- 21 Million Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Vol l & ll – Columbia
- 20 Million Shania Twain: Come on Over – Mercury Nashville
- 19 Million The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) Apple
- 19 Million Fleetwood Mac: Rumours – Reprise
The Eagles – Their Greatest Hits 1971 -1975
Believe it or not, but the Eagles were originally gathered together by a record producer to be Linda Ronstadt's back-up band.
The Greatest Hits album draws from what is commonly regarded as The Eagles’ pre-Joe Walsh era - the first four albums, The Eagles' early albums were a hybrid of country, pop, folk, and rock, and they virtually defined the southern California rock sound. And these 10 hit songs capture the Eagles at the top of their game playing music that turned out to be the right combination for the best selling album of all times
Favorite Eagles Hit Songs Include:
- Desperado
- Take it easy
- Lyin' eyes
- Tequila Sunrise
- Take it to the limit.
- One Of These Nights
- Best Of My Love
Come on Over, Country Pop from Shania Twain
Come on Over (1997) is the third studio album released by country singer Shania Twain.
She broke various sales records around the world, becoming the biggest-selling album of all time by a female artist, the biggest-selling country music album ever, the biggest-selling album of the 1990s and one of the biggest selling albums in music history. Country music purists call it professionally crafted country-pop, but Shania Twain music fans couldn’t get enough of her hit songs on Come on Over like:
- That Don't Impress Me Much
- You're Still the One
- Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
Listen to samples and buy MP3 music downloads at Amazon.com
Garth Books Double Live
Troyal Garth Brooks, known professionally as Garth Brooks is an American country music singer-song writer who manages to integrate rock music elements into his recordings and live performances.
According to RIAA, Brooks has sold the most albums of any solo artist in recording history, and is the second top selling performance in terms of album sales, behind only The Beatles
Double Live is the name of Garth Brooks' tenth country pop album. It is a two CD live set from the country music superstar. Double Live finds Garth revisiting 22 of his hit songs, with three new cuts thrown in.
Popular Garth Brooks Hit Songs From Double Live:
- The Dance
- Unanswered Prayers
- Friends in Low Places
- If Tomorrow Never Comes
- It's Your Song
- Wild As The Wind, with future wife Trisha Yearwood
Karen Lotter - Karen Lotter is a journalist and writer based in Durban, South Africa. She has written profiles, features, advertising copy, ...
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