List of best-selling albums in the United States
10–14 million copies

List of best-selling albums in the United States

Section Title: 10–14 million copies
Table Section Text: None

Year	Artist	Album	Label	Shipments (Sales)	Certification

1994	Hootie & the Blowfish	Cracked Rear View	Atlantic	(14,580,000)	21× Platinum

1972	Simon & Garfunkel	Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits	Columbia	14,000,000	14× Platinum

1977	Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	Epic Records	14,000,000	14× Platinum

1978	Steve Miller Band	Greatest Hits 1974–78	Capitol	14,000,000	14× Platinum

1999	Backstreet Boys	Millennium	Jive	(13,890,000)	13× Platinum

1992	Soundtrack / Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard	Arista	(13,450,000)	18× Platinum

1999	Santana	Supernatural	Arista	(13,110,000)	15× Platinum

1984	Prince and the Revolution	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	13,000,000	13× Platinum

1985	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	Arista	13,000,000	13× Platinum

2000	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	Aftermath	(12,940,000)	10× Platinum(as of 2011)

2000	The Beatles	1	Apple/EMI/Capitol	(12,800,000)	11× Platinum(as of 2010)

2000	NSYNC	No Strings Attached	Jive	(12,680,000)	11× Platinum(as of 2001)

1999	Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	Jive	(12,200,000)	14× Platinum

1968	The Beatles	The Beatles	Capitol	12,000,000	24× Platinum(2-disc album)

1969	The Beatles	Abbey Road	Apple	12,000,000	12× Platinum

1969	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	Atlantic	12,000,000	12× Platinum

1980	Kenny Rogers	Greatest Hits	Liberty	12,000,000	12× Platinum

1985	Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	Atlantic	12,000,000	12× Platinum

1986	Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	Mercury Records	12,000,000	12× Platinum

1987	Def Leppard	Hysteria	Mercury Records	12,000,000	12× Platinum

1992	Kenny G	Breathless	Arista	12,000,000	12× Platinum

1997	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	Jive	(11,920,000)	14× Platinum

2011	Adele	21	Columbia/XL	(11,870,000)	14× Platinum

1996	Celine Dion	Falling into You	Epic Records	(11,799,000)	11× Platinum

1999	Creed	Human Clay	Wind-up Records	(11,700,000)	11× Platinum

1979	Pink Floyd	The Wall	Columbia/Harvest/EMI	11,500,000	23× Platinum(2-disc album)

1985	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II	Columbia	11,500,000	23× Platinum(2-disc album)

1997	Soundtrack	Titanic	Epic Records	(11,146,000)	11× Platinum

2000	Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	Warner Bros.	(11,126,000)	11× Platinum

2002	Norah Jones	Come Away with Me	Blue Note	(11,100,000)	10× Platinum(as of 2005)

1967	The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Capitol	11,000,000	11× Platinum

1973	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	Atlantic	11,000,000	11× Platinum

1976	James Taylor	Greatest Hits	Warner Bros.	11,000,000	11× Platinum

1980	Aerosmith	Greatest Hits	Columbia	11,000,000	11× Platinum

1982	Eagles	Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	Asylum	11,000,000	11× Platinum

1987	Soundtrack	Dirty Dancing	RCA	11,000,000	11× Platinum

1997	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love	Epic Records	(10,711,000)	10× Platinum

2002	Eminem	The Eminem Show	Aftermath	(10,700,000)	10× Platinum

1991	Nirvana	Nevermind	DGC Records	(10,640,000)	10× Platinum

1998	Kid Rock	Devil Without a Cause	Atlantic Records	(10,610,000)	11× Platinum

2000	Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again	Jive	(10,410,000)	10× Platinum

1998	NSYNC	*NSYNC	RCA	(10,300,000)	10× Platinum

2004	Usher	Confessions	Arista	(10,300,000)	10× Platinum

1998	Dixie Chicks	Wide Open Spaces	Monument	(10,121,000)	12× Platinum

1991	Pearl Jam	Ten	Epic Records	(10,001,000)	13× Platinum

1967	Patsy Cline	Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits	Decca	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1970	Elvis Presley	Elvis' Christmas Album (budget reissue of 1957 LP with altered track listing)	RCA Camden/Pickwick	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1971	Carole King	Tapestry	ODE	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1976	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Chronicle, Vol. 1	Fantasy	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1976	Doobie Brothers	Best of The Doobies	Warner Bros.	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1977	Billy Joel	The Stranger	Columbia	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1978	Van Halen	Van Halen	Warner Bros.	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1981	REO Speedwagon	Hi Infidelity	Epic	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1983	Def Leppard	Pyromania	Mercury Records	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1983	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Motown	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1983	ZZ Top	Eliminator	Warner Bros.	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1984	Madonna	Like a Virgin	Sire	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1984	Van Halen	1984 (MCMLXXXIV)	Warner Bros.	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1986	Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	Def Jam	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1987	Michael Jackson	Bad	Epic	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1987	George Michael	Faith	Columbia	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1987	U2	The Joshua Tree	Island	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1989	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	Capitol	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1990	Madonna	The Immaculate Collection	Sire	10,000,000	10× Platinum

1990	MC Hammer	Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em	Capitol	10,000,000	10× Platinum

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The Joshua Tree ranks as one of the best-selling albums in the US.

final_sentence: The Joshua Tree ranks as one of the best-selling albums in the US.