List of best-selling albums
20–29 million copies

List of best-selling albums

Section Title: 20–29 million copies
Table Section Text: None

Artist	Album	Released	Genre	Claimed sales*	Ref(s)

Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	1986	Hard rock, glam metal	28

Mariah Carey	Music Box	1993	Pop, R&B	28

Eminem	The Eminem Show	2002	Hip hop	27

Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	2000	Nu metal, rap metal, alternative metal	27

Norah Jones	Come Away with Me	2002	Jazz	27

Eric Clapton	Unplugged	1992	Acoustic rock, acoustic blues	26

Madonna	True Blue	1986	Pop	25

Bob Marley & The Wailers	Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers	1984	Reggae	25

Carole King	Tapestry	1971	Pop	25

Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	1985	Pop rock	25

Queen	Greatest Hits	1981	Rock	25

Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over Troubled Water	1970	Folk rock	25

U2	The Joshua Tree	1987	Rock	25

Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984	Pop rock, new wave, R&B	25

Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999	Pop	25

Elton John	Greatest Hits	1974	Pop	24

Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back / Backstreet Boys	1997	Pop	24

Backstreet Boys	Millennium	1999	Pop	24

Spice Girls	Spice	1996	Pop	23

Ace of Base	Happy Nation/The Sign	1993	Pop	23

Celine Dion	All the Way... A Decade of Song	1999	Pop	22

Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	1985	Pop, R&B	22

Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	1995	Britpop, rock	22

Adele	25	2015	Soul, pop, R&B	22

Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	2000	hip-hop	21

Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984	Pop, dance	21

Bon Jovi	Cross Road	1994	Hard rock, glam metal	21

Boston	Boston	1976	Arena rock, hard rock	20

Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again	2000	Pop	20

Celine Dion	The Colour of My Love	1993	Pop	20

Def Leppard	Hysteria	1987	Hard rock, glam metal	20

Elvis Presley	Elvis' Christmas Album	1957	Christmas, pop, gospel, rock and roll	25 20

George Michael	Faith	1987	Pop, R&B, funk, soul	20

Green Day	Dookie	1994	Pop punk, punk rock, alternative rock	20

Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	1983	Pop, R&B, soul	20

Mariah Carey	Daydream	1995	Pop, R&B	20

Michael Jackson	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	1995	Pop, pop rock, funk, R&B, new jack swing	20

Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979	Soul, disco, R&B	20

Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	1995	Country, pop	20

Supertramp	Breakfast in America	1979	Progressive rock, art rock	20

Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988	Folk rock	20

Various artists	Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture	1983	Electro, synthpop	20

Whitney Houston	Whitney	1987	Pop, R&B	20

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Music Box was the best-selling album with sales of 28 million copies.

final_sentence: Music Box was the best-selling album with sales of 28 million copies.