Top 100 Best Selling Albums
Studio albums only. Excludes compilations, live and box sets. Data set from Chart Masters
| Rank | Artist | Album Title | Verdict | Mastering Engineer | Date Released | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | A | Bernie Grundman | 30/11/1982 | |
| 2 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | A | Doug Sax | 01/03/1973 | |
| 3 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack | D | Bernie Grundman | 17/11/1992 | |
| 4 | Various Artists | Grease | A | Bernie Grundman | 14/04/1978 | |
| 5 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | A | George Marino | 08/11/1971 | |
| 6 | AC/DC | Back in Black | A | George Marino | 25/07/1980 | |
| 7 | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | A | Ken Perry | 04/02/1977 | |
| 8 | Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever: Soundtrack | A | Bernie Grundman | 15/11/1977 | |
| 9 | Michael Jackson | Bad | D | Bernie Grundman | 31/08/1987 | |
| 10 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | D | Bob Ludwig | 13/06/1995 | |
| 11 | Shania Twain | Come On Over | D | Denny Purcell | 04/11/1997 | |
| 12 | Pink Floyd | The Wall | A | Doug Sax | 30/11/1979 | |
| 13 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | D | Bob Ludwig | 13/05/1985 | |
| 14 | Metallica | Metallica (The Black Album) | A | Bob Ludwig | 12/08/1991 | |
| 15 | Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | A | Steve Marcussen | 21/07/1987 | |
| 16 | Adele | 21 | D | Tom Coyne | 24/01/2011 | |
| 17 | Eagles | Hotel California | A | Lee Hulko | 08/12/1976 | |
| 18 | Various Artists | Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack | A | Bernie Grundman | 09/06/1985 | |
| 19 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love | D | Vlado Meller | 14/11/1997 | |
| 20 | Michael Jackson | Dangerous | A | Bernie Grundman | 26/11/1991 | |
| 21 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | A | Bob Ludwig | 04/06/1984 | |
| 22 | Various Artists | Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture | D | Bob Ludwig | 18/11/1997 | |
| 23 | Celine Dion | Falling into You | D | Vlado Meller | 11/03/1996 | |
| 24 | Nirvana | Nevermind | A | Howie Weinberg | 24/09/1991 | |
| 25 | Meat Loaf | Bat Out of Hell | A | Greg Calbi | 21/10/1977 | |
| 26 | U2 | The Joshua Tree | A | Steve Lillywhite | 09/03/1987 | |
| 27 | The Beatles | Abbey Road | A | Sean Magee | 26/09/1969 | |
| 28 | Mariah Carey | Music Box | D | Bob Ludwig | 31/08/1993 | |
| 29 | Santana | Supernatural | D | David Frazer | 15/06/1999 | |
| 30 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | A | Giles Martin | 01/06/1967 | |
| 31 | Britney Spears | � Baby One More Time | D | Tom Coyne | 12/01/1999 | |
| 32 | Norah Jones | Come Away With Me | A | Ted Jensen | 26/02/2002 | |
| 33 | Backstreet Boys | Millenium | D | Tom Coyne | 18/05/1999 | |
| 34 | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | A | Bob Ludwig | 18/08/1986 | |
| 35 | Eminem | Marshall Mathers EP | D | Brian "Big Bass" Gardner | 23/05/2000 | |
| 36 | Phil Collins | No Jacket Required | D | Bernie Grundman | 18/02/1985 | |
| 37 | Prince and The Revolution | Purple Rain | A | Bernie Grundman | 25/06/1984 | |
| 38 | Eminem | The Eminem Show | D | Brian "Big Bass" Gardner | 26/05/2002 | |
| 39 | Madonna | True Blue | A | Ted Jensen | 30/06/1986 | |
| 40 | Tracey Chapman | Tracey Chapman | A | David Kershenbaum | 05/04/1988 | |
| 41 | Boston | Boston | A | Wally Traugott | 25/08/1976 | |
| 42 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | A | Doug Sax, James Guthrie | 12/09/1975 | |
| 43 | Spice | Spice Girls | D | Geoff Pesche | 19/09/1996 | |
| 44 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | D | Greg Calbi | 14/02/1985 | |
| 45 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | A | George Marino | 22/10/1969 | |
| 46 | Madonna | Like a Virgin | A | Ted Jensen | 12/11/1984 | |
| 47 | Adele | 25 | D | Tom Coyne | 20/11/2015 | |
| 48 | Phil Collins | ... But Seriously | D | Speciality Records Corporation/ Record Service Alsdorf | 20/11/1989 | |
| 49 | Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory | D | Bernie Grundman | 24/10/2000 | |
| 50 | Mariah Crey | Daydream | D | Bob Ludwig | 03/10/1995 | |
| 51 | Whitney Houston | Whitney | A | George Marino | 02/06/1987 | |
| 52 | Greed Day | Dookie | A | Andy Wallace ?? | 01/02/1994 | |
| 53 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | A | Roy Halee | 26/01/1970 | |
| 54 | Michael Jackson | Off the Wall | A | Bernie Grundman | 10/08/1979 | |
| 55 | Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did It Again | D | Tom Coyne | 03/05/2000 | |
| 56 | The Beatles | The Beatles (The White Album) | A | Chris Bellman | 22/11/1968 | |
| 57 | George Michael | Faith | A | Chris Porter | 30/10/1987 | |
| 58 | Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion II | A | Bob Ludwig | 17/09/1991 | |
| 59 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | D | Bernie Grundman | 20/06/1995 | |
| 60 | Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I | A | Bob Ludwig | 17/09/1991 | |
| 61 | No Doubt | Tragic Kingdom | D | Robert Vosgien / CMS Digital (Pasadena) | 10/10/1995 | |
| 62 | Cranberries | No Need To Argue | ? | Sonopress | 03/10/1994 | |
| 63 | Led Zeppelin | Houses of the Holy | A | George Marino | 28/03/1973 | |
| 64 | Oasis | (What's The Story) Morning Glory | A | Barry Grint | 02/10/1995 | |
| 65 | U2 | Achtung Baby | A | Arnie Acosta | 18/11/1991 | |
| 66 | Supertramp | Breakfast In America | A | Monarch Recording Mfg, Co. | 16/03/1979 | |
| 67 | Evanescence | Fallen | D | Ted Jensen | 16/03/2003 | |
| 68 | Garth Brooks | No Fences | A | Denny Purcell | 27/08/1990 | |
| 69 | Celine Dion | The Colour Of My Love | D | Vlado Meller | 09/11/1993 | |
| 70 | The Fugees | The Score | A | Chris Gehringer | 13/02/1996 | |
| 71 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | A | Vlado Meller | 08/06/1999 | |
| 72 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go | D | Dave Cooley | 04/06/2002 | |
| 73 | R.E.M. | Out Of Time | A | Stephen Marcussen | 12/02/1991 | |
| 74 | Madonna | Ray Of Light | D | Ted Jensen | 22/02/1998 | |
| 75 | Shania Twain | The Woman In Me | D | Bob Ludwig | 07/02/1995 | |
| 76 | Amy Winehouse | Back In Black | D | Stuart Hawkes | 27/10/2006 | |
| 77 | TLC | Crazy Sexy Cool | D | Herb Powers Jr | 15/11/1994 | |
| 78 | Metallica | ... And Justice For All | A | Bob Ludwig | 25/08/1988 | |
| 79 | Led Zepplin | I | A | George Martin | 12/01/1969 | |
| 80 | Lady Gaga | The Fame | D | Gene Grimaldi | 19/08/2008 | |
| 81 | Phil Collins | Face Value | A | Miles Showell | 13/02/1981 | |
| 82 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill | A | Tom Coyne | 25/08/1998 | |
| 83 | Various Artists | Flashdance | A | Bob Ludwig | 11/04/1983 | |
| 84 | Van Halen | Van Halen | A | Ted Templeman | 10/02/1978 | |
| 85 | Tina Turner | Private Dancer | A | Alan Yoshida | 29/05/1984 | |
| 86 | Usher | Confessions | D | Herb Powers Jr | 23/03/2004 | |
| 87 | Van Halen | 1984 | A | Gregg Geller | 09/01/1984 | |
| 88 | Neil Young | Harvest | A | Henry Lewy and Jack Nitzsche | 01/02/1972 | |
| 89 | Billy Joel | The Stranger | A | Ted Jensen | 29/09/1977 | |
| 90 | NSYNC | No Strings Attached | D | Chaz Harper | 21/03/2000 | |
| 91 | Green Day | American Idiot | D | Ted Jensen | 21/09/2004 | |
| 92 | AC/DC | Highway to Hell | A | George Marino | 27/07/1979 | |
| 93 | The Police | Synchronicity | A | Bob Ludwig | 01/06/1983 | |
| 94 | Crosby, Stills Nash & Young | Déja Vu | A | Barry Diament | 11/03/1970 | |
| 95 | Paul Simon | Graceland | A | Greg Calbi | 25/08/1986 | |
| 96 | Dido | No Angel | D | Tom Coyne | 01/06/1999 | |
| 97 | Enya | A Day Without Rain | D | Dick Beetham | 20/11/2000 | |
| 98 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blood Sugar Sex Magic | A | Howie Weinberg | 24/09/2001 | |
| 99 | The Beatles | Rubber Soul | A | George Martin | 03/12/1965 | |
| 100 | Madonna | Like A Prayer | A | Bob Ludwig | 21/03/1989 |