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| 2 | List of best-selling albums in the United States - 15–19 million copies |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Year | Artist | Album | Label | Shipments (Sales) | Certification |
| 4 | 1987 | Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | Geffen | 18,000,000 | 18× Platinum |
| 5 | 1997 | Shania Twain | Come On Over | Mercury Nashville | (17,690,000) | 20× Platinum |
| 6 | 1974 | Elton John | Greatest Hits | Polydor | 17,000,000 | 17× Platinum |
| 7 | 1976 | Boston | Boston | Epic Records | 17,000,000 | 17× Platinum |
| 8 | 1990 | Garth Brooks | No Fences | Capitol Nashville | 17,000,000 | 17× Platinum |
| 9 | 1991 | Metallica | Metallica | Elektra | (16,830,000) | 16× Platinum |
| 10 | 1977 | Soundtrack / Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever | RSO | 16,000,000 | 16× Platinum |
| 11 | 1995 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | Maverick | (15,350,000) | 16× Platinum |
| 12 | 1973 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | Harvest/Capitol | 15,000,000 | 15× Platinum |
| 13 | 1984 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Legend | Island | 15,000,000 | 15× Platinum |
| 14 | 1984 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | Columbia | 15,000,000 | 15× Platinum |
| 15 | 1988 | Journey | Greatest Hits | Columbia | 15,000,000 | 15× Platinum |

Question: How did the Boston album perform in terms of sales?
Answer: The Boston album is the best-selling album in the United States, selling 17,000,000 shipments.