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Timeline of the highest-selling album record Year record set Artist Album Record-setting sales (millions) Total sales (millions) Ref(s) 1945 Various Artists Oklahoma! (78 rpm album) 0.5 1.0 [216] [217] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [218] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [219] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Eminem in 1999 Rapper Eminem holds many notable achievements, including 13 Guinness Book of World Records, for his videos, singles, albums, and rapping abilities. Eminem's first appearance in the Guinness Book of World Records was in 2000 ...
The following is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the album must have achieved at least a diamond certification from the RIAA. The albums released prior ...
If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
In 2000, Eminem released his third album, The Marshall Mathers LP, which debuted at number one and sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, breaking records for the fastest-selling hip hop album of all time and the fastest-selling solo album in the United States.
To the Extreme is the major-label debut studio album by American rapper Vanilla Ice, released on September 10, 1990, by SBK Records and EMI Records. [6] Recorded between 1989–90, it contains Vanilla Ice's most successful single, "Ice Ice Baby".
The Chronic is widely regarded as the album that re-defined West Coast hip hop, [12] demonstrated gangsta rap's commercial potential as a multi-platinum commodity, and established G-funk as the most popular sound in hip hop music for several years after its release, with Dr. Dre producing major albums that drew heavily on his production style. [15]
List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1994 Number Album Artist 1st-week sales 1st-week position Refs 1 Murder Was the Case: Various Artist 329,000 1 West Coast Hip Hop 2 Creepin on ah Come Up: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: 220,000 12 Midwest Hip Hop 3 Regulate... G Funk Era: Warren G: 176,000 2 West Coast Hip Hop 4 ...