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This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
Cracked Rear View is the debut studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994, by Atlantic Records. [2] Released to positive critical reviews, it eventually became one of the highest-selling albums in the United States, and also one of the best-selling albums worldwide, with over 20 million units.
The album had sold around 10 million copies worldwide since its debut. [1] [2] The album entered the UK album chart at number 1 and became the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK, selling 411,820 copies, beating the record previously set by Spirit by Leona Lewis and outselling the rest of the top five albums combined during its first ...
According to Billboard in 2008, it is also the best-selling debut album of all time in the US. [34] That year, Sky News reported the album's worldwide sales to be approximately 28 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time; [35] more recent figures have worldwide sales at approximately 30 million units. [36]
Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the single would receive Diamond and the whole album could be certified Platinum, [7] thus creating a combined total of 11 million certified units without any sales.
Back to Bedlam currently ranks as the 18th-best-selling album in UK chart history, and the biggest-selling debut album by a British artist. [6] As of 2017, it has sold 3.33 million copies in the UK, [ 7 ] and over 12 million copies worldwide.
[14] [15] The album is the best-selling debut album by a female artist, as well as one of the best selling albums of all time, with sales of over 25 million copies worldwide. [ 16 ] In 1986, at the 28th Grammy Awards , Whitney Houston received four nominations, including Album of the Year , [ 17 ] and won one, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female ...
It was the second best-selling album of 1999 in the US, only behind Millennium by the Backstreet Boys. [38] The album has spent a total of 103 weeks on the Billboard 200. [ 109 ] ... Baby One More Time landed at number three on BMG Music Club 's all-time best-sellers list, selling 1.6 million units through the club. [ 110 ]