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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.
On the Billboard 200, Heart's self-titled album reached number one in 1985 and was certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). On the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the group hit number one twice, with " These Dreams " in 1986 and " Alone " the following year.
This is a list of the best-selling albums by year in the United States, published by American music magazine Billboard since 1956 as year-end rankings of album sales. Until 1991, the Billboard album chart was based on a survey of representative retail outlets that determined a ranking, not a tally of actual sales.
Since February 2016, album certifications include "on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent" units. [ 1 ] Groupings are based on different benchmarks; the highest being for at least 20 million units, and the lowest being for multi-disc albums certified at least 10 times platinum and single-disc albums that have been ...
Adele's 21 is the best selling album of the 21st century to date, with sales of over 31 million copies worldwide. Her third album 25 is also on the list with sales of over 23 million copies. This is a list of the best-selling albums of the 21st century to date based on IFPI certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are ...
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 [218] [219] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [220] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [221] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide, had 20 top-forty singles and seven top-ten albums, [115] and earned four Grammy nominations. [116] The band charted singles and top ten albums on the Billboard charts in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2010s: [32] a four-decade span of top ten albums that is a record for a female-fronted band. [117]
Some Hearts has since been certified nine times Platinum by the RIAA, [29] and is the fastest-selling debut country album in the history of the SoundScan era, [30] [31] the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, [32] the best-selling Country album of the last 10 years, [33] and the best-selling album by an American Idol ...