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Nothing new, really. Just a list of the top selling albums of all time. Without getting into a discussion about this or that is crap and just looking at the dynamics and random stand-outs. It's worth a look. For instance, Thriller's worldwide sales are reported anywhere between 65 and 110 million. Um, that's a big freaking spread. The 45 million spread between those two reports is almost as much as the 2nd highest selling album (50 million). Another. In 96 Celene Dion sold 32 million copies of Falling Into You. She followed that up the very next year by selling 31 million copies of Let's Talk About Love as well as being on the Titanic soundtrack which also raked 30 million copies. Two freaking years, 93 million albums sold. U2, easily on the short list of most popular bands of the last 30 years has exactly as many albums (1) on the list as such notable acts as Likin Park. This despite spending 20 years making music in the sweet spot of album sales. Backstreet Boys, by comparison, have 3, two of which outsold Joshua Tree and the 3rd sold just less (25 million vs 24 million). Not surprisingly, there are only 5 albums recorded after 2000 and all 5 barely make the list with 20 million sold. Only one since 2004. Obviously it's not about album sales anymore. None the less, worth a look.