Gun N ' Roses ' album , Appetite for Destruction , was released in 1987 .
As of 2017 , the album has been certified diamond by the RIAA for sales in the band 's home country of United States , with over eleven million units , peaking at number two on the US Billboard 200 , and it also has reached high positions on other charts worldwide , with 30 million copies sold , making it the best-selling debut album since Guns N ' Roses ' Appetite for Destruction and the best-selling rock album of the 21st century .
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