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biggest surprise on the top ten selling albums of all time and what album should be there?

posted 3 years ago by [deleted]
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The Bodyguard by Whitney Houston is the biggest surprise. No Beatles album esp Sgt Pepper's.

1. “THRILLER”
by Michael Jackson
~ 67.0 million copies sold

2. “BACK IN BLACK”
by AC/DC
~ 51.2 million copies sold

3. “THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON”
by Pink Floyd
~ 46.1 million copies sold

4. “THE BODYGUARD”
by Whitney Houston (featuring various other artists)
~ 45.3 million copies sold

5. “BAD”
by Michael Jackson
~ 44.4 million copies sold

6. “BAT OUT OF HELL”
by Meat Loaf
~ 43.0 million copies sold

7. “THEIR GREATEST HITS (1971-1975)”
by Eagles
~ 42.4 million copies sold

8. “COME ON OVER”
by Shania Twain
~ 41.1 million copies sold

9. “SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER”
by Bee Gees (featuring various other artists)
~ 40.3 million copies sold

10. “RUMOURS”
by Fleetwood Mac
~ 40.1 million copies sold

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77571) 3 years ago

I think this list sounds pretty legit but I think Iron Maiden’s Piece Of Mind album and Queen’s News Of The World were better albums than Whitney Houston and Shania Twain…Every chick I ever dated had Queen and or Maiden on their playlist, nobody cared about Shania Twain and while Houston was a great voice it was all very churchy and preachy stuff and a bit boring

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

i was never a shania fan despite her being canadian.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 3 years ago

I always rated Shania Twain. Good voice and very well constructed and produced pop songs.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77571) 3 years ago

her music was country-pop garbage

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Agreed 👍 and it has aged like stale white bread.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77571) 3 years ago

Indeed

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 3 years ago

Garbage is harsh. It is pop music, the musical equivalent of fast food with empty headed lyrics but it is still well done. I think Shania Twain's music is every bit as good as Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album for example, or better.

[–] Capnbucky (2218) 3 years ago

Hey

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

she always looked great.

[–] Ticketsplease (4024) 3 years ago

Why is that a surprise? Do people of color and or females surprise you when they sell big?

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

not a big whitney fan. nothing to do with gender or race.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 3 years ago

I wasn't a fan either really. Her version of ' The Greatest Love of All ' was not very good compared to George Benson's version for example. She seemed to make her popularity based on how much she could warble and belt her way through a song. And being beautiful didn't hurt her popularity either.

[–] Capnbucky (2218) 3 years ago

You’re not a big fan of anything

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

bat out of hell was very good.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

He’s just baiting you, mate. He knows that there was nothing racist or misogynistic about your comment but it’s fun for him to stir shit and possibly deflect.

Sad, trolling behaviour that we’ve all seen a million times before.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77571) 3 years ago

Why do you feel the need to drag gender and race into this legitimate discussion?

Hownos asked a simple question, don’t be dopey if you can help it

[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

No surprise about Whitney Huston's The Bodyguard. Right now it's completely forgotten, but back then, it was BIG. And I mean, like The Avengers finale level of big.

Regarding the Beatles, they're still the big sellers. In their case, though, albums were rarely reedited. Instead of it, you had recurrent compilations, so selling is distributed instead of being concentrated in some original album. Back in the 80s/90s, you had a new Beatles compilation every year, some of them with very well documented booklets.

[–] nyctc7 (43720) 3 years ago

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

Oh wow, no Dangerous?

[–] Furienna (3345) 3 years ago

Well, I'm just glad that "Thriller" is still no 1 and that "Bad" is on the list as well.

[–] Jones70 (6585) 3 years ago

Greatest Hits counts as an album? That's surprising

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

sales are sales i guess.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 3 years ago

I love Greatest Hits albums so long as they are a collection of greatest hits and not a load of rubbish.