thriller is the highest selling album of all time.
thriller is the highest selling album of all time.
what is the highest selling album of all time?
thriller
harry belafonte's 1956 record entitled "calypso" was the first product to be recognized as a top-selling album for a year once "billboard" magazine started tracking sales figures. adele's 2011 record "21" currently holds the title for the us's top-selling digital album. american pop/r&b singer-songwriter mariah carey, singer whitney houston, british glam rock performer elton john, rapper eminem, american singer-songwriter taylor swift, and british singer/songwriter adele each have had two of their albums be top sellers in two separate years in the us. pop singer michael jackson's 1982 "thriller" became the best-selling record in the country for two consecutive years in the 1980s (and later became the best-selling album of all time). other albums to achieve the same accomplishment included the "my fair lady" original cast recording from the hit 1956 broadway production between 1957 and 1958, the original soundtrack of west side story between 1962-1963, and the album "21" by adele between 2011-2012. that album, along with her follow-up "25" which was the best selling album of 2015, made adele the only artist to have the top-selling album of at least three separate years. however, "their greatest hits (1971–1975)" by american rock group the eagles currently holds the title of the u.s.'s biggest-selling album, with a 38× platinum certification by the recording industry association of america.
list of best-selling albums by year in the united states
the album was also success on yearly ranking charts across asia. on december 2, tower records ranked "heart station" as the second best selling album of 2008, behind "best fiction" by japanese recording artist namie amuro. despite not making the top spot, it was the highest selling studio album on their list. one day later, itunes japan listed the album as the highest selling album of 2008. then in late december, oricon style listed the album as the fifth best selling album of 2008 in japan, selling a total of 997,536 units; despite this entry, it was the highest selling studio album by a female artist. since its release, it has sold 1,011,373 units according to oricon style, and was certified million by the recording industry association of japan (riaj) for shipments of one million units; this is utada's seventh album to achieve a million award, and is currently her fifth best selling album by oricon's database. as of june 2016, it is the 275th best selling album of all time in japan.
heart station