Hi Dillon, One of your last comments, "It goes into some really dark places here"...priceless! Take care.
@nihbpsmcgee9246
3 жыл бұрын
Made me Laugh too!
@noblerecords
3 жыл бұрын
Hahah thanks man. Just speakin the truth 🤣
@D1ggity75
3 жыл бұрын
I had to replay that section and make my wife pay attention for a minute.. 😂
@NickP333
3 жыл бұрын
I got quite a chuckle out of it myself! LOL 😂
@swapniljaiswal6189
3 жыл бұрын
He had me dying of laughter with that comment.
@JustWasted3HoursHere
3 жыл бұрын
For me, Pink Floyd's _Dark Side of the Moon_ has no equal. It is a flawless album, IMO.
@shannonsmith1520
3 жыл бұрын
Yes😍
@JustWasted3HoursHere
3 жыл бұрын
@Ocean Wilson Meh. If it's album sales then let's just say that both us would agree that some highly sold albums don't hold up.
@rhugh02
3 жыл бұрын
I can hang out and listen to this guy talk music all day.
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567
3 жыл бұрын
My shock is that Carole King's Tapestry isn't on the list. It was one of the ones everybody had back in the day.
@jonnyvassvag
3 жыл бұрын
It was the first record that sold 1 million copys in the US..
@Kingcarparpeggio
3 жыл бұрын
He’s already explained the criteria to you !
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567
3 жыл бұрын
@@Kingcarparpeggio And within that set of criteria, I was shocked that Tapestry wasn't on the list because of its huge popularity and the records it had set.
@ComedianSkutnik
3 жыл бұрын
Is that true that it was the first to sell a million in the US? Seems unlikely given the year it was released and what albums were before it
@jonnyvassvag
3 жыл бұрын
@@ComedianSkutnik It is a fact. Remember that most of the big albums ( The Rolling Stones ,The Beatles ) did not sell much until later, and in the mid 70s folk rock was a very popular genre.
@maxwellstupid5253
3 жыл бұрын
Kinda surprised "Frampton Comes Alive" didn't crack the top 20. I know It sold alot when it came out.
@randyrush9856
3 жыл бұрын
Right. It would be on a list of the best selling "live" albums, because at one time, and maybe it still is, it was listed in Guinness World Book of Records.
@bitsiphon
3 жыл бұрын
Color me shocked by that.
@theidiot1977
3 жыл бұрын
They never actually sold it, they gave it away with Tide.
@Sagdrag
3 жыл бұрын
@@theidiot1977 i'm old enough to get that reference
@zorkwhouse8125
3 жыл бұрын
me too - I kept waiting for that one to come up in the top 10. all the way to the point that I thought it might even end up being the number 1. I think if it had kept selling consistently over the last 40 years like some of the other huge albums from the 70's it probably would have made it on the list - but Frampton's popularity did drop off after a point and so I'm sure that even though he was massive at the time that came out and for a while afterword, he doesn't sell today in the same way that Led Zeppelin and the Beatles and some of the others still do. In that same regard though, I'm surprised the Boston album made it - b/c I would have thought it might have suffered in the same manner as Frampton Comes Alive, but apparently Boston has managed to win over younger audiences still (though that album did sell oodles when it came out too and that certainly did hurt its making the list).
@alexmanne
3 жыл бұрын
The only record that really surprised me was Garth Brooks - Double Live. The rest actually don't surprise me. I know some people are surprised by Hootie and the Blowfish. But if you were around during the 90s, that record was MASSIVE and their music was everywhere. They had a lot of crossover appeal.
@nomchompsky2883
3 жыл бұрын
"Adele, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, it goes to some real dark places" ... 😂😂😂
@miacook169
3 жыл бұрын
I laughed out loud at that 😂
@laudanum669
3 жыл бұрын
I really thought "Bat Out of Hell" by Meat Loaf would be on this list. Maybe because it's only counting US sales. P.S. Back when "Thriller" came out I managed a indie record store, when our weekly shipment of albums came in at least four of the boxes were just "Thriller" albums and they would be gone in 2-3 days. Had fun watching this video it reminded me of my record shop days. Thanks.
@hanromanefeldt
3 жыл бұрын
Worldwide Bat out of Hell is ranked #4 with 43 million albums sold. I also thought it’s strange that it didn’t make this list, and then checked and saw it sits at 33 on USA best selling list with 14million copies sold.
@chrisofnottingham
3 жыл бұрын
A big factor in album sales is how many hit singles, hence the prevalence of Greatest Hits and lack of bands like Floyd and Zep.
@NothingLikeVinyl
3 жыл бұрын
I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion about compilations. That's why, to me, "Thriller" is still the #1 best-selling album. What I didn't know is that "Hotel California" had surpassed "Back In Black", which to me has always been the #2.
@willyhillstrom7816
3 жыл бұрын
No one is as dumb as all of us put together
@noblerecords
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@tomjones2121
3 жыл бұрын
This isn;t the top 20 best selling albums of all time , DISCLAIMER this is top 20 best selling albums in the U.S .......
@escaton74
3 жыл бұрын
otherwise Ace Of Base would be in there
@avace917
3 жыл бұрын
Also Thriller is still #1 worldwide
@FalseFlagAmerican
3 жыл бұрын
Americans tend to think they are the world.
@nickreecy4229
3 жыл бұрын
@@FalseFlagAmerican Amen, brother. Show'em whatcha working with!
@ethanang3527
3 жыл бұрын
Thriller is no1. Worldwide
@markfeland2285
3 жыл бұрын
On the world rankings dark side of the moon would be #1
@ltrev1979
3 жыл бұрын
not even close. michael jacksons thriller has it beat by like 20 million records.
@TheRealBlueSwan
3 жыл бұрын
Thriller is easily WW #1.
@sandraweilbrenner67
3 жыл бұрын
Yes sir
@janoshunyadi2
3 жыл бұрын
@@ltrev1979 But 20 million is not all that much.
@EVnewbie
3 жыл бұрын
As TruBlu stated, Thriller (by far!) at #1 with over 110 Millon sold and Back In Black at #2 globally. The Eagles and country music reaslly does not play well around the world and I never saw a country band in Korea (jus' sayin') They like Elvis though--you have that! Lived in Turkey and they knew "Dualing Banjoes" and would squeal like a pig but didn't know Garth Brooks from Mel Brooks....an Eagle was a bird. They all know MJ, Pink Floyd the Zeppelin though so something to think about. After all, popular music does not mean it's good music, usually quite the opposite. The first "digital download" was to copy a DDD CD to a Maxell 90 Chrome...or was that the "anlog Napster"?
@evelyneverettgreen
3 жыл бұрын
And imagine how many more copies of the fourth Led Zeppelin album they would have sold if people had known what to ask for at the record store!
@noblerecords
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@Plarocks
3 жыл бұрын
I want the “Stairway To Heaven” album...
@tristramcoffin926
3 жыл бұрын
I called it Runes.
@ChrisTallant
3 жыл бұрын
First album I ever bought was Back in Black. Second was Appetite for Destruction. Then I got hooked on Rush and Queen and lost my mind.
@randomperson-dy6kj
3 жыл бұрын
Surprised Frampton Comes Alive isn’t on the list. It was like a federal law in the 70’s that every household had to have at least one copy of it (and Rumors and Dark Side of the Moon).
@bastiaan4129
3 жыл бұрын
I believe Frampton comes alive is (still) the world's best selling live album. It just didn't sell more than 16 million copies in the US. ( I also thought it would be somewhere on the list)
@JockoV
3 жыл бұрын
"Exqueese me? Have I seen this one before? "Frampton Comes Alive"? Everybody in the world has Frampton Comes Alive. If you lived in the suburbs you were issued it. It came in the mail with samples of "Tide"." - Wayne's World
@jonp72
3 жыл бұрын
Dark Side of the Moon was on the Billboard Top 100 Album chart for 15 consecutive years! I don't think that record has ever been broken.
@druefreeman439
3 жыл бұрын
BTW, it is considered to be #2 Worldwide behind Thriller. The #26 is only in the US. Worldwide it has sold over 45 Million copies!
@druefreeman439
3 жыл бұрын
@Barstool Prophet I wasn't referring to length of time on Billboard. You are absolutely right on that point! DSoTM is clearly tops in that regard, by years! I was referring to TOTAL SALES volume. This video was about TOTAL SALES VOLUME IN THE US. People were surprised that it came in at #26. My comment was that if you look at Worldwide Sales, it actually is the 2nd highest selling album of all time, behind only Thriller.
@phishfearme2
3 жыл бұрын
@@druefreeman439 Dark Side was on for 741 CONSECUTIVE weeks and over 950 weeks total and it still shows up from time to time. you can bet that in 2023 it will be back again for quite a few weeks.
@ImYourOverlord
3 жыл бұрын
No pun intended, right? ;)
@defhoez449
3 жыл бұрын
The way I look at Hootie and The Blowfish's success was this....it came out at a time when people were sick of alternative and were tired of feeling sad and depresed all the time..they wanted something kinda goofy and different. It was "frat/jock rock type music and every. single. radio. station. played it to death. Even the band was asking them to please...please...stop playing our music so much.
@vinylterry
3 жыл бұрын
Fun video. Love these list videos. The thing to remember with some of these albums is the RIAA counts double or triple albums as more than one. So if a double album is credited with 10 million sold, only five million we’re actually sold but they count twice due to length. So the numbers are always skewed a bit higher since it’s not like you always pay twice as much for a double LP. And I think I heard Garth Brooks goes out of his way to keep prices low on his music and sell some cheap things at places like Walmart just to juice his sales. I remember reading a comment last year when that legacy box was going for crazy cheap prices and people buying it just because it was cheap.
@rlevitta
3 жыл бұрын
I love the two albums visible in the video - Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" and Frank Zappa "Hot Rats." About "Rumors" Fleetwood Mack? I remember how surprised my daughter was when she found out that this was not a "best of" album.
@byHeaLiiAU
3 жыл бұрын
When I saw those two albums I knew this guy knows what's up. I know Bitches Brew is a very popular Miles record so it can seem a bit 'normie' but it's such a good record
@laudanum669
3 жыл бұрын
If anybody needs a copy of "Saturday Night Fever" on 8-Track I have one.
@johnmcintosh7784
3 жыл бұрын
I would've sworn Nirvana's Nevermind would be way up there.
@larryronkq586
3 жыл бұрын
By Sales ,, NOT POPULARITY
@bobvylan7215
3 жыл бұрын
Think it only sold 5 million range. I know it was only triple platinum in the early 2000s. Gen X was the smallest generation by far, and it shows in album sales by bands who were popular with that generation.
@hudahekizzy8402
3 жыл бұрын
I heard that Hootie and the Blowfish got inflated numbers because they were the default choice as the Columbia House automatic send for a while... anyone know anything about this?
@danmoyle1383
3 жыл бұрын
"Adele, backstreet boys, Britney it goes in some dark places here"🤣🤣 LMFAO
@islandhorizonvideos8230
3 жыл бұрын
For how often I hear Billy Joel and the Eagles on the radio there’s really no reason to own their greatest hits albums.
@cliffordthevinylcheapskate351
3 жыл бұрын
Eagles Greatest Hits is the #1 album to be found at the gas station.
@noblerecords
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@cassiecraft8856
3 жыл бұрын
That’s how some albums get better sells ,I believe. People traveling want to hear something different than what’s on the radio station,so when they see something in the store when they stop , and they buy it just because they want to hear something they remember they like.
@GordonHeaney
3 жыл бұрын
I thought 'Dark Side of the Moon' had out-sold 'The Wall'
@mattmckenzie7654
3 жыл бұрын
It has. The Wall is 23x platinum, that doesn't mean it's sold 23 million copies. Double albums each count for 2 album sales for certifications, so it's really sold 11.5 million and Dark Side has sold 15 million.
@GordonHeaney
3 жыл бұрын
@@mattmckenzie7654 Right, I had forgotten about that rather silly rule. It's one album, so it should be one unit of sales, but there you go.
@docscreations6672
3 жыл бұрын
I had to laugh when you mentioned Garth Brooks bring Chris Gaines as well as your comment at the end about heading into dark times. I was actually surprised there wasn’t an Elvis Presley album on the list. I thought an Elvis compilation would have sold more than Hootie.
@mikeables
3 жыл бұрын
Elvis used to crank out 25 albums a year but it was always his Christmas records that sold the most units
@mr.jazzfusionhiphop1298
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you expressed your outrage about The Darkside Of The Moon because I was going to. I just found my 5.1 audio cd of that album on Sunday and played it. It is in my top 5 of all time.
@johndonnelly6450
3 жыл бұрын
When my son was 10 or 12 he loved Pink Floyd's "The Wall." I have the movie on DVD and we watched it together. He is 30 now and still loves the music but will not watch the movie. He says it scared him so much back when he was a kid that he had nightmares.
@gogiggs6416
3 жыл бұрын
I saw The Wall in a theater on LSD. That was a bad choice. A really bad choice.
@nomchompsky2883
3 жыл бұрын
I watched it when released in theaters when I was 13... It was chosen because it had a cartoon face in the picture of the poster in the mall theater. We were really poor and if we had the opportunity to watch a movie we did it. It was just me and my ten year old sister watching it.... And as a sociological anticdote I can tell you it totally affected my life while it meant nothing to my sister... Don't get me wrong, I didn't understand what I was watching at all, but as I grew up I realized how much it mirrored my own thoughts and feelings.
@Nilzipan
3 жыл бұрын
@@nomchompsky2883 same here. Nobody tells the story of the human condition quite like Roger waters. His solo stuff is fantastic.
@Clell65619
3 жыл бұрын
I remember spotting a copy of The Wall in Target in the late 90s and was shocked that they wanted more for the record than a ticket to the live concert at LA Memorial did.
@marcelojavierlovera6130
3 жыл бұрын
nobody cares a pin about GARTH or THE EAGLES in latin america. we only know HOTEL CALIFORNIA the song. MORISETTE never sold records in her life so i wonder if she was just someone that was just over exposed at a moment when the competition was weak.
@bauertime
3 жыл бұрын
America's Greatest Hits sold a bunch.
@JustWasted3HoursHere
3 жыл бұрын
When "Thriller" was out I can remember more than once fiddling through the radio stations and have songs from that album playing on EVERY SINGLE STATION. It was MASSIVELY huge back in the day, especially with the music video release for "Thriller". Great album too. It was the very first CD I ever bought (and I still have it).
@jackedkerouac4414
3 жыл бұрын
I learned the famous Thriller zombie dance and danced for my mom. She was clapping and beaming with pride lol
@billymuellerTikTok
3 жыл бұрын
"Michael Jackson, we're all there with you"... where? LOL
@MidnightsEdgeAfterDark
3 жыл бұрын
Hootie and The Blowfish sold so many because of BMG and Columbia House :-P
@davidyoung5114
3 жыл бұрын
You should do separate lists of the Top 20 best-selling original albums, Greatest Hits albums, and Soundtrack albums.
@mjallenuk
3 жыл бұрын
I inhaled a good proportion of my mornings hot coffee when you (accurately) lumped Adele, Brittany Spears and Backstreet Boys in the same dark pile. Cheers for nearly killing me with laughter.
@jjquinn2004
3 жыл бұрын
Bad idea with the coffee because Dillon has these throwaway comments every now and again in most of his videos that will launch you into a laughing fit!
@Whistler4u
3 жыл бұрын
Most people in Europe know the name Garth Brooks but that's about it....
@TheDreamtheaterlover
3 жыл бұрын
I think The Thunder Rolls is his greatest hit
@robertcorona3362
3 жыл бұрын
Dark Side of the Moon only 26th? That is shocking. The album is top 5 worldwide and absolutely brilliant.
@awesome6323
3 жыл бұрын
In my understanding compilation albums are albums in their most original sense. People started collecting shellac records by one artist in an album to keep them together. In early days of vinyl there where mainly singles compiled to albums with some filler. It took a while to make an album one coherent recording and finally an art form. So in a list like this compilations make sense.
@jonasfermefors
3 жыл бұрын
I know who Garth Brooks is because I know a lot of music, but almost nobody knows who he is outside of America (well some Australians probably do). Also - Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is a top ten album worldwide.
@DWHarper62
3 жыл бұрын
"I Will Always Love You" was the driver behind the sales of the Bodyguard soundtrack... Just as much credit belongs to Dolly Parton...
@andyjacobs28
3 жыл бұрын
The latest US album RIAA certifications I've seen have The Beatles at number 1 with 183 million and Brooks second with 156. The actual Beatles sales are more like 210 million, but they haven't all been certified.
@gregdahlen4375
3 жыл бұрын
four against one
@johnbellamy3406
3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that Queen Greatest Hits wasn't on the list. That album must have shifted a few copies in it's day.
@chrisbyrne5358
3 жыл бұрын
Best selling album of all time in UK.It’s still in the top twenty in US
@rohmarts
3 жыл бұрын
Legend has it that during the sessions The Beatles recorded a 20 plus minute long version of Helter Skelter. If this is true, I must hear it before I die.
@tristramcoffin926
3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Legend, I am rather surprised Bob Marley - Legend wasn't on the list since they included Greatest Hits. What fraternity brother didn't own that album?
@chicsamson6457
3 жыл бұрын
You know they didn't count album sales till 1986?....they are all guesstimations.
@ACEinOZ
3 жыл бұрын
Whitney singing "I will always love you" is why The Bodyguard album is in that list.
@Cocpain
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I couldn't remember the song name, and couldn't be bothered to google it, but My mom and sister played that tape out, when i was a teenager... the whole thing.
@peppyd
3 жыл бұрын
I was shocked that Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell didn't make the list as there are over 50 million sales worldwide but apparently only 14x platinum in the U.S according to Wikipedia. It was 25x platinum in Australia and 17 x platinum in New Zealand so they were the highest market share
@flol.1741
3 жыл бұрын
I was expecting to see "Dookie" and I was surprised when it didn't come up so I looked it up. According to the Wikipedia article it sold 20 million, which means it should have been. doesn't it? Nirvanas "Nevermind" sold 30 million... somehow this list is weird.
@jamezkpal2361
3 жыл бұрын
He said this was US sales only. Maybe your numbers include international sales?
@donnhall9800
3 жыл бұрын
Hot Rats in Spanish in the back - gotta love Zappa for jammin!!!
@stevemartin4249
3 жыл бұрын
Whoa ... upvoted for just seeing that Bitches Brew album and Zappa behind you!
@ReluctantRebels
3 жыл бұрын
US Sales are def. different from the Rest of the World. All those Country musicians don't sell in Europe. P.S. I really Like your Vinyls in the Back. P.S.S. I own 2 copies of Attila😁
@johnhannibal5108
3 жыл бұрын
There was one year where the music industry was basically sustained by 3 Canadian women: Shania Twain, Celine Dion and Alanis Morrissette
@crystalsnow1138
3 жыл бұрын
I would ride the bus to school and they played the radio and I would constantly hear Celine Dion and Alanis Morrisette
@barringtonwomble4713
3 жыл бұрын
95?
@VDRP
3 жыл бұрын
Damn I want that Frank Zappa Spanish pressing like really bad. :)
@BenHughes3
3 жыл бұрын
I believe I read that Fleetwood Mac Rumors was the top selling vinyl in the U.K. last year. It would be interesting to see how some of those charts change over the years as legacy acts fall in and out of favor.
@danielwood7716
3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't name one garth brooks songs
@descono0cido
3 жыл бұрын
I swear if you ask anyone outside of the US who Garth Brooks is they wouldn't have a clue. Kudos to the guy for selling that many albums though.
@jockmctodger
3 жыл бұрын
He couldn't sell out a phone booth here in Australia lol
@user-hu3iy9gz5j
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, can confirm
@havocian1
3 жыл бұрын
Well another disciple of ignorance. Garth Brooks played concerts e.g. in Ireland and Germany.
@user-hu3iy9gz5j
3 жыл бұрын
@@havocian1 Yes, but maybe not as popular anywhere else
@chuckschillingvideos
3 жыл бұрын
Kudos to McDonald's for selling more hamburgers than anyone else. That's basically Garth Brooks.
@matthewhetzler4912
3 жыл бұрын
In college in the 90s, EVERY girl I knew owned a Jagged Little Pill CD.
@IamHedgehog
3 жыл бұрын
Re-upload? Pretty sure I watched this yesterday 😂 confused
@LederSesselFurzer
3 жыл бұрын
Same here xD
@noblerecords
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, went back and added a little to specify that it’s just US sales.
@IamHedgehog
3 жыл бұрын
Fair enough keep up the good work love your videos
@robertbutler4672
3 жыл бұрын
Great video Dillon, even with some of the lame titles, I do own 8 of these albums (all on vinyl). Dark Side of the Moon did surprise me and I would have thought Purple Rain made it
@bakeone4406
3 жыл бұрын
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is a basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen...Frank Zappa, (that Ratas Calientes guy, what does he know?).
@stephenferris8251
3 жыл бұрын
Subscribed! Bee Gees - Odessa is their best imo - absolutely heartbreaking!
@terryjohnson5275
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you clarified it was just for the US, would be interesting to see whats sold most in the UK and then Globally as that could raise Rumours and Dark Side of the Moon up the rankings. Couldnt believe what I was hearing when I first heard Billy Joel's Attila - phenomenal record, not for the faint hearted though. Re greatest hits albums, I recall reading somewhere that albums started off as collections of hits and stayed that way for a long time until in the 60's the concept of an album being a collection of songs that havent been hits took hold - though wasnt it Frank Sinatra who started that whole thing about a themed (and dare I say 'concept') album. Also greatest hits collections will mean that casual purchasers are able to get a collection of songs they know without having to sit through what we may call the good stuff - I mean how many people who bought Elton's greatest hits will have sat down with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and how many people who bought Queen's greatest hits will have any idea of the Prophet's Song or the Millionaire's Waltz etc. Although obviously a lot of people who bought the Eagles Greatest Hits will have also listened to Hotel California!
@ethanoreilly2002
3 жыл бұрын
It may be because I'm from the UK, but I've never heard off Gareth Brooks, can't believe Dark Side of the Moon wasn't higher and Queen!!
@dannycarrington1601
3 жыл бұрын
Back in 1993 Garth Brooks waged war against record stores that sold used CDs. Brooks didn't want people to be able to purchase used copies of his CDs because he didn't earn royalties from the sale of used CDs and because they didn't count toward his total record sales. Some stores refused to stock Brooks CDs as a result.
@neilwiley9994
3 жыл бұрын
Great video man, I can’t believe Dark Side Of The Moon is 26!!
@zorkwhouse8125
3 жыл бұрын
damn - I scribbled out a list of my guesses before I watched the video to see how many I could get. I'm actually still surprised "Frampton Comes Alive" wasn't on the list, I kept thinking it was going to be in the top 10 as you made your way up the list hehe B/c it seemed like *everyone* had/has a copy of that LP - but apparently not quite as everyone as I thought (yes, that intentionally bad grammar lol). But I guessed about 2/3 of them - there were a few that I couldn't name the specific album but I knew the artist had to be on the list, and I was right. But there were some I was pleasantly surprised to see as well that I didn't guess - so that was cool to see too. It did help my guessing that I worked in music stores back in the late 90's and so I had/have some experience seeing what albums/artists sold consistently and then there's just the albums that you knew had to be on the list. Though once you mentioned that some GH albums where on the list I stopped the video and revised some of my picks and actually ended up nailing more than I would have gotten beforehand. I thought the Titanic soundtrack might would have been on there b/c that one sold out the ass at the time, and continued to for a while - but apparently not quite enough. and really though - those huge selling albums from the 70's have kinda had all that time to continue racking up sales - on top of the massive sales they shifted around the time of their releases as well, and so its not quite as surprising to see some of those on the list (I'm deliberately avoiding naming names here of the ones that did make the list b/c I want to give other people a chance to try and pick before watching the video also and so I don't want to spoil it here) Great video though - fun to go through. Thanks man.
@dcb_75
3 жыл бұрын
One thing to remember is that for a long time most music sales weren't properly tracked - country for example didn't really start getting tracked until into the 1980's. Due to his popularity, it is believed that Kenny Rogers has sold similar to Garth Brooks but because Kenny was successful in the 70's and 80's and Garth a decade later, they don't have the actual stats for him. It is very possible that there are several albums that should be on a list like this but are not because they just don't know the actual sales.
@creeder44
3 жыл бұрын
I have a massive record collection with all kinds of music, and I love country, but I never got the Garth Brooks mania. Not real country to me; too pop and too desperate to fill arenas and break sales records by being as mainstream as possible. I prefer Waylon Jennings, who once said, "I couldn't go pop with a mouthful of firecrackers."
@richardmurphy9006
3 жыл бұрын
I cannot listen to best of eagles 😕 Jesus Murphy that was publicly mandated in the seventies in Ireland dear god 😳 everyone had it everyone I can still hear it
@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv
3 жыл бұрын
I bought it for my mother in 1978, for her birthday. lol
@PeterWoodstorrechianca
3 жыл бұрын
I remember being at work and reading from the newspaper (this must have been the 80s) that the biggest selling album in the UK of all time was the stylistics greatest hits, I said no way! then in turned out that pretty much everybody in the canteen including me had a copy, just goes to show
@jamessaunders5538
3 жыл бұрын
Loved this video...love also the 'dark places' remark. It would be good to see a top UK 20.
@stevemcgill355
3 жыл бұрын
Record sales are a funny thing. Sometimes they do represent quality but often they don't. I try not to let commercial success influence what I like.
@MarmiteTheDog
3 жыл бұрын
Not complainin'! Enjoyed the video, but it would be good to see the actual Top 20 worldwide sales leaders compared to this US list. Cheers!
@JohannesYtterstrom
3 жыл бұрын
Bodyguard? The movie starts okay but overall the soundtrack has aged a lot better than the movie. The movie felt more like a way to launch the soundtrack than anything else. Nothing you really need to see. "Okay" at best. I am from Sweden and I would say most records are very well known here. Except Garth Brooks. I know him via name because I am interested in music. I don't think most I know know have a clue who he is. I agree that "Greatest Hits" is a bit of cheating. I also think it be cooler if say Elton Johns Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was on the list instead of the Greatest Hits... It basically is a greatest hits album!
@sugadelicsavagesoul8623
3 жыл бұрын
Very surprised about Dark Side Of The Moon; however I'm surprised Nirvana's Nevermind wasn't on there. Moreover, I had always heard besides MJ's Thriller, that The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper was the greatest selling Beatles album ever----and it's not even in the Top 26. Instead, surprisingly the White Album is. And furthermore, how is the Red Album ('62-'66) beaten out by the Blue Album ('67-'70) which I've always assumed the Red was commercially more popular? Hhhmmm. Very interesting.
@kenzoby8300
3 жыл бұрын
Like the Hot Rats and Miles albums in background
@sopdox
3 жыл бұрын
Jagged Little Pill became a Broadway musical not that long go (was still on when Covid hit) and the music got a new life. A recent trend is getting a free download of an artist’s album when you buy tickets to their concert. Shawn Mendes did it when my daughter went to see him. We got a CD in the mail for that one. I think those get counted as sales as they probably factor the sale of the album into the ticket price. Inflates the record sales numbers.
@tomjones2121
3 жыл бұрын
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was the greatest album ever , however , because most of there songs were more then 3 minutes long they got very little air play , thus limiting sales , to make it to 26 was based purely on word of mouth , making it even more sensational,
@dravenblackthorn4765
3 жыл бұрын
On what planet? By the time Dark Side came out there were plenty of album orientated radio stations. I heard tracks from Dark Side all the time, most notably "Time" and "Money".
@icecreaminc8013
3 жыл бұрын
Dark Side of the Moon got MONSTER airplay. so much so it stayed in the charts for over 2 and half years straight. No album since has done that. Yes, today it doesn't get as much because of songs that bleed into the next more than it's "over the 3min pop song limit". But today radio is 60% talking and ads, and 40% music.. how they still exist is a mystery. oh wait, music (and I use the term music loosely) for the masses.. I forgot about the ratio of trash to gems.
@heatherqualy9143
3 жыл бұрын
I don’ have a top 10, or even 20. I have a top 3: 1: The entire Beatles back catalog 2: The entire Queen back catalog 3: Other music. The #1 and #2 spot often switch places, depending on my mood.
@chrisjames3087
3 жыл бұрын
Eagles catalog.
@JakeLionsWorld
3 жыл бұрын
Agree about Attila, worst rock album? Nah, such energy, what an organ tone. Work with the Hassles was a lot of fun too.
@ScubaDiverPicker
3 жыл бұрын
Appetite for Destruction by Guns N Roses sold 33 million Albums. $18 million in the U.S.
@mattcolver1
3 жыл бұрын
Wow; I figured Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon and Beatles Sgt Pepper would have been in the top 20.
@julieharden2433
3 жыл бұрын
Knowing the US, I'm really. surprised Jimmy Buffet's "Songs You Know by Heart" didn't make the top 20. Even my 70 year old Dad had the album. I'm actually surprised Bon Jovi "Slippery When Wet" didn't make the top 20. I mean, that album was EVERYWHERE. Maybe it just felt that way because I was in high school during the mid to late 80s. This is a weird list.
@mariawesley7583
3 жыл бұрын
I love how you admitted that you would criticize Shania Twain while secretly enjoying her music. For decades I openly derided that Hootie and the Blowfish album, yet the other day I found the CD for $1 at a thrift store and snatched it right up. Wow, it took a lot to admit that.
@stephen3511
3 жыл бұрын
Surprised to the the Beatles white album so high on that list.... but agree, it’s my favourite Beatles album too.
@Plarocks
3 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@sugadelicsavagesoul8623
3 жыл бұрын
I for sure thought the Red Album (1962-1966) would've been on there at a high position, as I could've sworn it's sold more than the Blue.
@hifijohn
3 жыл бұрын
people can laugh all they want but hootie and the blowfish were very popular it was basic rock/southern rock style .
@strawhousepig
3 жыл бұрын
"Led Zeppelin II is better." This man has my respect.
@DocJJohnson
3 жыл бұрын
Great job
@ptsteelers
3 жыл бұрын
Would love to see the list without the compilation stuff. But then again, I guess I can get off my lazy butt and look myself. Hahaha :) Thanks for the vid
@brentw1888
3 жыл бұрын
I’m with you on compilations. Idea for another video...top 20 not counting compilations.
@jjquinn2004
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't keep track of exactly how many compilations were on the list (half a dozen?), but Dillon's "Honorable Mentions" would essentially replace them on the top 20 list.
@acertainshape
3 жыл бұрын
How about a follow-up video on the best selling albums world wide? That would be interesting. I bet a lot of stuff not well known in the US.
@joelalfaro9848
3 жыл бұрын
Finally, someone who prefers LedZep2 over LZ4. Cheers!
@hippydippy
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure 3 is his favorite (which is also mine) but I could be wrong. 4 is at the bottom of my list though through their catalog from the Debut to Physical Graffiti. Houses of the Holy took me a while to get into, but when it did, 4 dropped to last place.
@noblerecords
3 жыл бұрын
Yep! 3 is my favorite!
@sugadelicsavagesoul8623
3 жыл бұрын
Ditto. Zeppelin IV is my least favorite Zep album....I like CODA even more (if you consider that an album)! For me Zep III is probably my favorite though.
@Localbandography
3 жыл бұрын
I sold beer next to the stage Hootie played on at Center City Fest years ago. Those f’n people could booze. Tapped all the kegs.
@benjaminsmith3151
3 жыл бұрын
Billy Joel is good, but the recording quality on his songs never sounds right. To me it always sounds like someone recorded it off the tv on some cheapo tape deck.
@icollectstuff-vinylcommuni7294
3 жыл бұрын
Do one with singles! :) LPs get to much attention from the VC :)
@jasonadams371
3 жыл бұрын
I have to say you are incorrect about the Legacy box it does not have everything it starts with the 2nd album then the 4th 5th and 6th album as well with a triple disk live album hoping the others will be released soon as far as Country music goes he is the best selling artist in the history of Country music. Still one of my heroes however politically I don't agree with him I knew he would be on the list several times before I watched the video however as always this is a great video my friend
@garrypeak4277
3 жыл бұрын
Is there a like a definitive place or site to look at the the biggest selling releases etc. Off the top of my head, 2 albums I thought would have been there was Bing Crosby’s White Christmas, and Def Leppard’s Hysteria.
@carlmarks8170
3 жыл бұрын
This list is incorrect. It's based on Billboard's platinum album certifications. However Billboard treats the sale of one double album as two sales, so their certifications are misleading. Double albums never cost TWICE as much as a single album. They cost a few bucks more. So it's idiotic for Billboard to certify them in this way. e.g. The Beatles' White Album did not sell 24 million copies. It sold 12 million (the same as 'Abbey Road'.) Pink Floyd's The Wall and Billy Joel's Greatest Hits did not sell 23 million copies. They sold 11.5 million apiece. Garth Brooks "Double Live" sold 10.5 million - not 21 million. Led Zep's Physical Graffiti sold 8 million copies - 3 million fewer than Led Zeppelin II or Houses of the Holy. And yet Billboard credits this album as 16x Platinum. It's bogus. The Hootie & the Blowfish debut album sold 14.5 million copies and Whitey Houston's The Bodyguard sold 13.5 milliion. Their numbers have been fattened out to 20x Platinum by the "on demand" streams which Billboard also counts as a sale. Ridiculous! Here are the real top 20 albums for US sales... 1. Eagles - Greatest Hits (38,000,000)
@specialspins2656
3 жыл бұрын
I screamed in agreement that Physical Graffiti and II are better than IV and YESSSSSS!!!-ATILLA!!! I managed to grab an 80s repress of that last year after looking for a long time. Love it.
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