RIAA Top 100 albums of the 80's

estranged4life · #1 12-18-2006, 02:28 PM

According to the RIAA, here is a list of the top 100 selling albums of the 80's in America.

(Note, Compilation and Greatest Hits albums were not included on this list)

1. Michael Jackson- "Thriller" (29,300,000)
2. AC/DC - "Back in Black" (19,100,000)
3. Bruce Springsteen - "Born In the U.S.A." (15,900,000)
4. Guns and Roses - "Appetite For Distruction" (15,600,000)
5. Whitney Houston - "Whitney Houston" (14,200,000)
6. Phil Collins - "No Jacket Required" (13,800,000)
7. Prince - "Purple Rain" (13,600,000)
8. Bruce Springsteen - "Live/1975-85" (13,100,000)
9. Dire Straits - "Brothers In Arms" (12,900,000)
10. Def Leppard - "Hysteria" (12,600,000)
11. "Dirty Dancing Original Soundtrack" (12,500,000)
12. Bon Jovi - "Slippery When Wet" (12,100,000)
13. Michael Jackson - "Bad" (11,900,000)
14. U2 - "The Joshua Tree" (11,800,000)
15. George Michael - "Faith" (11,200,000)
16. Madonna - "Like a Virgin" (10,900,000)
17. Lionel Richie - "Can't Slow Down" (10,900,000)
18. Whitney Houston - "Whitney" (10,800,000)
19. Van Halen - "1984" (10,100,000)
20. "Top Gun Original Soundtrack" (9,600,000)
21. Madonna - "True Blue" (9,100,000)
22. "Footloose Original Soundtrack" (9,100,000)
23. Def Leppard - "Pyromania" (9,100,000)
24. REO Speedwagon - "Hi Infidelity" (9,100,000)
25. Garth Brooks - "Garth Brooks" (9,000,000)
26. Beastie Boys - "Licensed to Ill" (9,000,000)
27. Journey - "Escape" (9,000,000)
28. ZZ Top - "Eliminator" (8,900,000)
29. The Police - "Synchronicity" (8,300,000)
30. New Kids On the Block - "Hang Tough" (8,100,000)
31. Billy Joel - "An Innocent Man" (7,900,000)
32. Bon Jovi - "New Jersey" (7,600,000)
33. Bobby Brown - "Don't Be Cruel" (7,600,000)
34. Paula Abdul - "Forever Your Girl" (7,300,000)
35. Tracy Chapman - "Tracy Chapman" (7,200,000)
36. Genesis - "Invisible Touch" (7,200,000)
37. The Eagles - "Eagles Live" (7,100,000)
38. Aerosmith - "Pump" (7,100,000)
39. Metallica - "...And Justice For All" (7,100,000)
40. Huey Lewis and the News - "Sports" (7,100,000)
41. Billy Joel - "Glass Houses" (7,000,000)
42. INXS - "Kick" (6,900,000)
43. Paul Simon - "Graceland" (6,500,000)
44. Phil Collins - "Face Value" (6,500,000)
45. Phil Collins - "But Seriously" (6,400,000)
46. Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation 1814" (6,300,000)
47. Whitesnake - "Whitesnake" (6,300,000)
48. U2 - "Rattle and Hum" (6,200,000)
49. Metallica - "Master of Puppets" (6,100,000)
50. Chicago - "Chicago 17" (6,100,000)
51. Cyndi Lauper - "She's So Unusual" (6,000,000)
52. Foreigner - "4" (6,000,000)
53. Quiet Riot - "Metal Health" (6,000,000)
54. Journey - "Frontiers" (6,000,000)
55. "The Big Chill Original Soundtrack" (6,000,000)
56. Peter Gabriel - "So" (5,900,000)
57. Tears For Fears - "Songs From the Big Chair" (5,800,000)
58. Anita Baker - "Rapture" (5,400,000)
59. Janet Jackson - "Control" (5,300,000)
60. ZZ Top - "Afterburner" (5,300,000)
61. Madonna - "Madonna" (5,300,000)
62. Men At Work - "Business As Usual" (5,300,000)
63. Neil Diamond - "The Jazz Singer" (5,300,000)
64. Christopher Cross - "Christopher Cross" (5,300,000)
65. Madonna - "Like A Prayer" (5,200,000)
66. Enya - "Watermark" (5,200,000)
67. Sade - "Diamond Life" (5,200,000)
68. Wham - "Make It Big" (5,100,000)
69. Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence" (5,100,000)
70. Tom Petty - "Full Moon Fever" (5,100,000)
71. Milli Vanilli - "Girl You Know It's True" (5,100,000)
72. Guns and Roses - "G N' R Lies" (5,100,000)
73. Aerosmith - "Permanent Vacation" (5,100,000)
74. Fleetwood Mac - "Tango in the Night" (5,100,000)
75. Heart - "Heart" (5,100,000)
76. "Flashdance Original Soundtrack" (5,100,000)
77. Bruce Springsteen - "The River" (5,100,000)
78. Bonnie Ratt - "Nick of Time" (5,000,000)
79. AC/DC - "Who Made You" (5,000,000)
80. John Cougar Mellencamp - "Scarecrow" (5,000,000)
81. John Cougar Mellencamp - "American Fool" (5,000,000)
82. Alabama - "Mountain Music" (5,000,000)
83. Barbara Streisand - "Memories" (5,000,000)
84. Bob Seger - "Against the Wind" (5,000,000)
85. Bryan Adams - "Reckless" (4,900,000)
86. Tina Turner - "Private Dancer" (4,900,000)
87. Culture Club - "Colour By Numbers" (4,900,000)
88. Lionel Richie - "Dancing On The Ceiling" (4,700,000)
89. Sade - "Promise" (4,600,000)
90. Lionel Richie - "Lionel Richie" (4,300,000)
91. Poison - "Open Up and Say...Ahhh" (4,100,000)
92. Tiffany - "Tiffany" (4,100,000)
93. Boston - "Third Stage" (4,100,000)
94. Van Halen - "5150" (4,100,000)
95. "Miami Vice Original Soundtrack" (4,100,000)
96. Prince - "1999" (4,100,000)
97. Asia - "Asia" (4,100,000)
98. AC/DC - "For Those About To Rock We Salute You" (4,100,000)
99. Rolling Stones - "Tattoo You" (4,100,000)
100. Ozzy Osbourne - "Blizzard Of Ozz" (4,000,000)

DrummerDeanna · #2 12-18-2006, 02:30 PM

@ #30. Sad that's higher than Tango

Rickypt · #3 12-18-2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

@ #30. Sad that's higher than Tango

Even sadder is #71.

My, there is a truckload of crapola on that list.

DrummerDeanna · #4 12-18-2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

Even sadder is #71.

My, there is a truckload of crapola on that list.

I didn't see that one...that is even worse...dear God WHY!?!

michelle2677 · #5 12-18-2006, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

@ #30. Sad that's higher than Tango

I had this one!!!

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Originally Posted by danax6

The Dirty Dancing soundtrack sold 12.5 million copies? Yikes.

and this one....

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

Even sadder is #71.

My, there is a truckload of crapola on that list.

I didn't have this one...but I wanted it...

DrummerDeanna · #6 12-18-2006, 07:13 PM

^^

Oh I had it too...I didn't mention that? Nope..guess I didn't...

A minor omission...I did have it...and had a NKOTB night shirt, t-shirt, sweater, buttons, posters....I never got the dolls

I didn't have the Dirty Dancing soundtrack but my best friend did - we'd listen to it while playing Barbies...and boyhowdy could our barbies dirty dance

michelle2677 · #7 12-18-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

^^

Oh I had it too...I didn't mention that? Nope..guess I didn't...

A minor omission...I did have it...and had a NKOTB night shirt, t-shirt, sweater, buttons, posters....I never got the dolls

I didn't have the Dirty Dancing soundtrack but my best friend did - we'd listen to it while playing Barbies...and boyhowdy could our barbies dirty dance

ditto to everything you just said...

except I had DD soundtrack....

I wanted to go to NKOTB concert but I was too young and no one else wanted to go with me!!

I still have hanging tough and please, don't go girl on my iPod. I bust it out every once in awhile when I'm feeling nostalgic...

and when I'm REALLY in the mood...I do the "the dance"...

danax6 · #8 12-18-2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

1. Michael Jackson- "Thriller" (29,300,000)
3. Bruce Springsteen - "Born In the U.S.A." (15,900,000)
4. Guns and Roses - "Appetite For Distruction" (15,600,000)
5. Whitney Houston - "Whitney Houston" (14,200,000)
7. Prince - "Purple Rain" (13,600,000)
9. Dire Straits - "Brothers In Arms" (12,900,000)
11. "Dirty Dancing Original Soundtrack" (12,500,000)
14. U2 - "The Joshua Tree" (11,800,000)
16. Madonna - "Like a Virgin" (10,900,000)
29. The Police - "Synchronicity" (8,300,000)
31. Billy Joel - "An Innocent Man" (7,900,000)
35. Tracy Chapman - "Tracy Chapman" (7,200,000)
43. Paul Simon - "Graceland" (6,500,000)
48. U2 - "Rattle and Hum" (6,200,000)
65. Madonna - "Like A Prayer" (5,200,000)
66. Enya - "Watermark" (5,200,000)
74. Fleetwood Mac - "Tango in the Night" (5,100,000)
75. Heart - "Heart" (5,100,000)
83. Barbara Streisand - "Memories" (5,000,000)
85. Bryan Adams - "Reckless" (4,900,000)
86. Tina Turner - "Private Dancer" (4,900,000)
99. Rolling Stones - "Tattoo You" (4,100,000)

And these are the ones I actually own. The Dirty Dancing soundtrack sold 12.5 million copies? Yikes.

skcin · #9 12-18-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

1. Michael Jackson- "Thriller" (29,300,000)
2. AC/DC - "Back in Black" (19,100,000)
4. Guns and Roses - "Appetite For Distruction" (15,600,000)
10. Def Leppard - "Hysteria" (12,600,000)
12. Bon Jovi - "Slippery When Wet" (12,100,000)18. Whitney Houston - "Whitney" (10,800,000)
19. Van Halen - "1984" (10,100,000)
21. Madonna - "True Blue" (9,100,000)
32. Bon Jovi - "New Jersey" (7,600,000)
38. Aerosmith - "Pump" (7,100,000)
39. Metallica - "...And Justice For All" (7,100,000)
47. Whitesnake - "Whitesnake" (6,300,000)
49. Metallica - "Master of Puppets" (6,100,000)
51. Cyndi Lauper - "She's So Unusual" (6,000,000)
53. Quiet Riot - "Metal Health" (6,000,000)
59. Janet Jackson - "Control" (5,300,000)
68. Wham - "Make It Big" (5,100,000)
72. Guns and Roses - "G N' R Lies" (5,100,000)
73. Aerosmith - "Permanent Vacation" (5,100,000)
74. Fleetwood Mac - "Tango in the Night" (5,100,000)
75. Heart - "Heart" (5,100,000)
87. Culture Club - "Colour By Numbers" (4,900,000)
91. Poison - "Open Up and Say...Ahhh" (4,100,000)
92. Tiffany - "Tiffany" (4,100,000)
93. Boston - "Third Stage" (4,100,000)

I had all of the above on some point & time in my life. Now I only have the bolded ones.

goldustsongbird · #10 12-18-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I had all of the above on some point & time in my life. Now I only have the bolded ones.

You owned a Tiffany album?

Wild_Heart03 · #11 12-18-2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

You owned a Tiffany album?

I STILL own Tiffany's first album. haters.

goldustsongbird · #12 12-18-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Wild_Heart03

I STILL own Tiffany's first album. haters.

Suckaaaaaa.

Eh, I liked Debbie Gibson.

Wild_Heart03 · #13 12-18-2006, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

Suckaaaaaa.

Eh, I liked Debbie Gibson.

Now you're speaking my language.

Electric Youth was my anthem in 10th grade.

DrummerDeanna · #14 12-18-2006, 07:38 PM

^^

same here - I like Tiffany, but never owned her album - Debbie Gibson? I adored her!

I met Tiffany a few years ago...she was trying a comeback or something and was playing (for free) at my college lol...a bunch of us went to re-live childhood fantasies...then we stayed to meet her

estranged4life · #15 12-18-2006, 04:15 PM

1. Michael Jackson- "Thriller" (29,300,000)
2. AC/DC - "Back in Black" (19,100,000)
3. Bruce Springsteen - "Born In the U.S.A." (15,900,000)
4. Guns and Roses - "Appetite For Distruction" (15,600,000)
8. Bruce Springsteen - "Live/1975-85" (13,100,000)
9. Dire Straits - "Brothers In Arms" (12,900,000)
10. Def Leppard - "Hysteria" (12,600,000)
12. Bon Jovi - "Slippery When Wet" (12,100,000)
14. U2 - "The Joshua Tree" (11,800,000)
19. Van Halen - "1984" (10,100,000)
23. Def Leppard - "Pyromania" (9,100,000)
27. Journey - "Escape" (9,000,000)
28. ZZ Top - "Eliminator" (8,900,000)
29. The Police - "Synchronicity" (8,300,000)
32. Bon Jovi - "New Jersey" (7,600,000)
34. Paula Abdul - "Forever Your Girl" (7,300,000)
37. The Eagles - "Eagles Live" (7,100,000)
38. Aerosmith - "Pump" (7,100,000)
39. Metallica - "...And Justice For All" (7,100,000)
47. Whitesnake - "Whitesnake" (6,300,000)
48. U2 - "Rattle and Hum" (6,200,000)
49. Metallica - "Master of Puppets" (6,100,000)
53. Quiet Riot - "Metal Health" (6,000,000)
54. Journey - "Frontiers" (6,000,000)
60. ZZ Top - "Afterburner" (5,300,000)
70. Tom Petty - "Full Moon Fever" (5,100,000)
72. Guns and Roses - "G N' R Lies" (5,100,000)
73. Aerosmith - "Permanent Vacation" (5,100,000)
74. Fleetwood Mac - "Tango in the Night" (5,100,000)
75. Heart - "Heart" (5,100,000)
91. Poison - "Open Up and Say...Ahhh" (4,100,000)
93. Boston - "Third Stage" (4,100,000)
94. Van Halen - "5150" (4,100,000)
99. Rolling Stones - "Tattoo You" (4,100,000)
100. Ozzy Osbourne - "Blizzard Of Ozz" (4,000,000)