Can you name the Top 100 Selling Albums According to the RIAA?

Sold	Album	Artist
29 Million		Eagles
27 Million		Michael Jackson
23 Million		Led Zeppelin
23 Million		Pink Floyd
22 Million		AC/DC
21 Million		Billy Joel
21 Million		Garth Brooks
20 Million		Shania Twain
19 Million		The Beatles
19 Million		Fleetwood Mac
18 Million		Guns 'n Roses
17 Million		Whitney Houston
17 Million		Garth Brooks
17 Million		Boston
16 Million		Elton John
16 Million		Alanis Morissette
16 Million		The Beatles
16 Million		Eagles
16 Million		Led Zeppelin
16 Million		Hootie and the Blowfish
15 Million		The Beatles
15 Million		Journey
15 Million		Bee Gees
15 Million		Pink Floyd
15 Million		Bruce Springsteen
15 Million		Santana
14 Million		Britney Spears
14 Million		Backstreet Boys
14 Million		Simon and Garfunkel
14 Million		Garth Brooks
14 Million		Meat Loaf
14 Million		Metallica
13 Million		Whitney Houston
13 Million		Backstreet Boys

Sold	Album	Artist
13 Million		Bruce Springsteen
13 Million		Prince and the Revolution
13 Million		Steve Miller Band
12 Million		Phil Collins
12 Million		Bon Jovi
12 Million		Various Artists
12 Million		The Rolling Stones
12 Million		Def Leppard
12 Million		Boys II Men
12 Million		Dixie Chicks
12 Million		Kenny Rogers
12 Million		Pearl Jam
12 Million		The Beatles
12 Million		Led Zeppelin
12 Million		Kenny G
12 Million		Matchbox 20
12 Million		Jewel
12 Million		Shania Twain
11 Million		Aerosmith
11 Million		Eagles
11 Million		TLC
11 Million		Various Artists
11 Million		'N Sync
11 Million		James Taylor
11 Million		Outkast
11 Million		Shania Twain
11 Million		Creed
11 Million		The Beatles
11 Million		Led Zeppelin
11 Million		Celine Dion
11 Million		Various Artists
11 Million		Kid Rock
10 Million		Celine Dion
10 Million		Def Leppard

Sold	Album	Artist
10 Million		Linkin Park
10 Million		Eric Clapton
10 Million		Madonna
10 Million		Madonna
10 Million		Bob Marley and the Wailers
10 Million		Patsy Cline
10 Million		George Michael
10 Million		Led Zeppelin
10 Million		Dixie Chicks
10 Million		Nirvana
10 Million		Hammer
10 Million		Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
10 Million		'N Sync
10 Million		Notorious B.I.G.
10 Million		Green Day
10 Million		Billy Joel
10 Million		Norah Jones
10 Million		Lionel Richie
10 Million		Carole King
10 Million		The Doors
10 Million		Doobie Brothers
10 Million		No Doubt
10 Million		Various Artists
10 Million		Garth Brooks
10 Million		Mariah Carey
10 Million		Van Halen
10 Million		Mariah Carey
10 Million		Britney Spears
10 Million		The Beatles
10 Million		U2
10 Million		Stevie Wonder
10 Million		ZZ Top
Van Halen	ZZ Top
Garth Brooks	ZZ Top
Garth Brooks	ZZ Top

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	mokos:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 04:38 GMT		2 points
	Ben, you're awesome but there are a few kinks to work out here. You misspelled attached on n'sync, and greatest hits volume 2 (or ii) should be acceptable without naming certain artists. Great quiz.

	brianc:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 04:39 GMT		1 point
	the album 1984 is listed with the year as "van halen" and no artist

	sevorak:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 04:45 GMT		4 points
	Led Zeppelin IV was untitled and is listed as such on the Led Zepplin albums quiz.

	mokos:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 04:58 GMT		3 points
	zoso should be acceptable for led zeppelin 4. Also, why does greatest hits work for several artists and others you have to spell out the name of the band WITH greatest hits?

	WienerJa:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 05:00 GMT		4 points
	Metallica's self-titled album is most commonly known as the black album, like the beatles white album.

	davidr:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 05:10 GMT		3 points
	Just for information, are these world-wide sales or just in the US? I had a quick look at the source but didn't spot it there. (I'm assuming it's just US sales but the RIAA miiiiiight be interested in tracking world-wide sales of American record companies, for example.)

	BlueWingX:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 05:17 GMT		1 point
	Congrats on your 100th quiz, Ben! It sure was a good one. 53/100

	CarpeDiem:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 05:27 GMT		12 points
	Fun, but so many "greatest hits" and "various artists" leaves things rather vauge. Maybe add year of release to help a bit?

	Adrian:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 05:42 GMT		3 points
	I knew more than i thought. Music quizzes make my day.

	RandallPinkston:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 05:59 GMT		3 points
	This is a great idea for a quiz, thanks very much. The layout is not ideal for those of us with medium-sized monitors though, as it takes up more than one screen and involves some scrolling. Would it be possible to put "29 million", for example, on one line instead of two? You'd still need two lines for some of the longer album titles, but it would help.

	marpocky:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 06:32 GMT		3 points
	Or even change that column heading to "millions sold" so it can just be the numbers.

	davidr:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 06:52 GMT		3 points
	Or write `29M' or `29,000,000'.

	Michaelh1990:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 07:53 GMT		7 points
	surely greatest hits shouldnt count as they are not proper albums

	ChanandlerBong:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 08:47 GMT		6 points
	It ahould be "MC Hammer", not just "Hammer".

	TallKool1:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 09:31 GMT		2 points
	I'm not one that likes hints overmuch, but would it be possible to put the year next to the album as well? Probably too much help, but stat junkies like to know obscure stuff...

	brianc:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 GMT		3 points
	michaelh, i kind of agree. all the sporcle quizzes for albums by an artist/band only include studio albums (not compilations or greatest hits) so it would be nice for this list to be the same, but the RIAA list includes any albums and thats where this quiz comes from

	Rackie:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:04 GMT		3 points
	Wow the 'various artists' ones were tricky... and 'various' is spelt incorrectly against the Titanic Soundtrack :)

	DrumBum88:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 13:11 GMT		3 points
	sorry for giving anything away, but typing greatest hits gives you 11 of the albums

	davebesag:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 13:24 GMT		3 points
	Grief not accepting Sergeant Pepper instead of Sgt. Pepper is a bit pedantic! Good quiz though.

	Bouchkilele:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 14:00 GMT		4 points
	Got 97 of 100 (missed Lion King, Forrest Gump and Garth Brooks "The Hits"). This quiz was tailor-made for me. I did a radio countdown here in Trinidad in 1999 with the 100 Best Selling Albums. Not many have changed since. Both "Garth Brooks" and Van Halen's "1984" appeared as bonus answers. Can I assume they also sold 10 million? PS - "1962-1966" and "1967-1970" should work for those Beatles albums. I eventually got them by typing "Red Album" and "Blue Album" but those are informal names, similar to what others said above about Led Zeppelin IV.

	stl100:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 14:46 GMT		2 points
	I'm with Dave on not accepting Sergeant Pepper - seems a bit mean! Also Millennium is spelt wrong (should be double n)

	chodanutz:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 14:55 GMT		0 points
	Wow...this quiz show me that a lot of people like a lot of BAD music (i.e. Backstreet Boys, N'sync, Linkin Park, Hootie, etc.)...But there are a lot of great albums on there too.

	Kicking222:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 15:06 GMT		2 points
	Great, great quiz. I missed some ridiculous ones ("The Wall", "Hotel California"), but I'm more than happy with my 58. Ben, thanks for this one.

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	Tim_Allen:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 16:35 GMT		5 points
	@Catherine Ford & chodanutz: It's not nice to be snobbish about others' taste in music. I know, I know, pop music sucks, blah blah blah. Get over yourselves.

	C_W_Browne:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 17:09 GMT		0 points
	artists make it too easy. Worldwide would be better.

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	Kicking222:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 17:19 GMT		3 points
	@Badman Browne: "Too many greatest hits"? The list is "top-selling albums", not "top-selling albums of original music". Get over it. @Catherine and chodanutz: I agree with Tim Allen. Look, I hate teen pop, too, but to each his own. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who hate the Beatles, and while I think those people are stupid, it's their right to listen to (and purchase) whatever music they want to. Join Badman in getting over it.

	drhaase:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 17:35 GMT		3 points
	for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live 1975/85...that album is commonly referred to as just Live 1975/85 by most Bruce fans. also i think just putting greatset hits volume II should be fine enough for the Eagles...i also thought it was #1's for the Beatles, but i could be wrong on that. all in all a cool quiz.

	weizenugb:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 17:53 GMT		1 point
	I agree with drhaase, all Bruce fans refer to (the greatest CD set of all time) as Live 1975-85. Also, in the second column under "11 million" it should be "Various" instead of "Varouis." (I figured someone had to point it out, since we are all huge trivia nerds and perfectionists for accurate info) Also, I can't believe 11 million boneheads really bought the Titanic soundtrack. But awesome quiz!!

	Ben:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 18:16 GMT		3 points
	I think we've added all the comments... thanks for catching the mistakes!

	ku_sucks:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 18:46 GMT		1 point
	ben, good for you on your 100th quiz. now, how about "ben's 100 sporcle quizzes?" you could title it the irony quiz, or something like that.

	sammyhain2364:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 20:17 GMT		0 points
	If it wasn't for Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, The Dixie Chicks, Notorious B.I.G, Jewel, Norah Jones and Matchbox 20 I would have aced this one. Great quiz. I own 38 of these either on CD or cassette.

	Statto2:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 21:02 GMT		2 points
	As a Brit this was interesting. @DavidR I'm sure this is US sales only, worldwide Thriller is no 1 & Back in Black 2. Got 53/100 - didn't get the one Stones album having tried all the 'classic era' ones. Got the title of one Shania Twain & one Garth Brooks album. Country is not big in UK, Come on Over sold over a million here but was re-produced in a "de-countrified" version before doing so. Biggest seller in UK is Queen's Greatest Hits. There is no Queen in the US top 100 but there would be no Eagles album in the UK top 100 although they are quite popular here.

	Westley:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 21:47 GMT		2 points
	Great quiz! I often look at the RIAA lists, so I knew a lot of them. There's so many though, that I missed some I should have known but just couldn't think quickly enough.

	RandallPinkston:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 00:48 GMT		2 points
	Ben, just wanted to say thanks for changing the layout.

	Dunk:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 01:57 GMT		2 points
	I would tend to agree with removing the greatest hits albums. Simply for the fact that typing "greatest hits" nets you 11 of the list. But, it's not that big of a deal.

	mschessplayer:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 02:09 GMT		4 points
	Everyone else has done so well on this quiz so I will be the first to embarrass myself and say I did lousy. I knew the hit songs of the artists but not their album titles :(

	cassykins:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 19:30 GMT		2 points
	@ Mschessplayer - I did lousy too. As long as you had some fun, right?

	mschessplayer:	Dec 4th, 2008 at 04:44 GMT		2 points
	@ Cassy - you are so correct. I always feel challenged by Sporcle. I'm still trying for perfect scores on earlier quizzes.