List of best-selling albums in the United States
15–19 million copies

List of best-selling albums in the United States

Section Title: 15–19 million copies
Table Section Text: None

Year	Artist	Album	Label	Shipments (Sales)	Certification

1987	Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	Geffen	18,000,000	18× Platinum

1997	Shania Twain	Come On Over	Mercury Nashville	(17,690,000)	20× Platinum

1974	Elton John	Greatest Hits	Polydor	17,000,000	17× Platinum

1976	Boston	Boston	Epic Records	17,000,000	17× Platinum

1990	Garth Brooks	No Fences	Capitol Nashville	17,000,000	17× Platinum

1991	Metallica	Metallica	Elektra	(16,830,000)	16× Platinum

1977	Soundtrack / Bee Gees	Saturday Night Fever	RSO	16,000,000	16× Platinum

1995	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	Maverick	(15,350,000)	16× Platinum

1973	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	Harvest/Capitol	15,000,000	15× Platinum

1984	Bob Marley & The Wailers	Legend	Island	15,000,000	15× Platinum

1984	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	Columbia	15,000,000	15× Platinum

1988	Journey	Greatest Hits	Columbia	15,000,000	15× Platinum

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The Boston album is the best-selling album in the United States, after Guns N' Roses's Appetite for Destruction.

final_sentence: The Boston album is the best-selling album in the United States, after Guns N' Roses's Appetite for Destruction.