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Top Achievements / Albums
MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS
SOURCE: IFPI / MEDIA TRAFFIC |
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1 |
Beatles
Apple / Parlophone / Capitol |
| 2 |
Michael
Jackson
Motown / Epic |
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Elvis Presley
RCA |
| 4 |
Queen
Elektra / EMI |
| 5 |
Pink Floyd
Harvest / Columbia |
| 6 |
Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros. |
| 7 |
Rolling Stones
Decca / London / Rolling Stones / Virgin |
| 8 |
Led Zeppelin
Atlantic / Swan Song |
| 9 |
AC/DC
Atlantic |
| 10 |
U2
Island |
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ALBUMS WITH MOST WEEKS AT NO.1
(SINCE 2004) SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC |
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1 |
Adele - 21
XL Recordings - 2011 - 42 weeks |
| 2 |
Adele - 25
XL Recordings - 2015 - 13 weeks |
| 3 |
Soundtrack - Frozen
Walt Disney - 2013 - 11 weeks |
| 3 |
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
Republic
- 2024 - 11 weeks |
| 5 |
Taylor Swift -
1989
(incl. Taylor's Version)
Big Machine - 2014 - 10 weeks |
| 5 |
Dido - Life For
Rent
Arista -
2003 - 10 weeks |
| 5 |
Evanescence - Fallen
Wind-Up - 2003 -
10 weeks |
| 8 |
Taylor Swift - The Life Of A
Showgirl
Republic - 2025 - 9 weeks |
| 9 |
Michael Bublé -
Christmas
Reprise - 2011 - 7 weeks |
| 10 |
Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A
Dream
Syco Music / Columbia - 2009 - 7 weeks |
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ALBUMS WITH BIGGEST SALES IN A WEEK SOURCES: ORICON /
MEDIA TRAFFIC |
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1 |
Adele - 25
XL Recordings - 5,7 million - week 49 / 2015 |
| 2 |
Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl
Republic - 5,4 million - week 42 / 2025 |
| 3 |
BTS (Bangtan Boys) -
Map Of The Soul: 7
Big Hit - 3,7 million - week 10 / 2020 |
| 4 |
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
Republic - 3,4 million - week 18 / 2024 |
| 5 |
Hikaru Utada - Distance
Toshiba EMI - 3,0 million copies - week 14 / 2001 |
| 6 |
Ayumi Hamasaki - A Best
Avex Trax - 2,9 million copies - week 14 / 2001 |
| 7 |
'N Sync - No Strings Attached
Jive - 2,8
million copies - week 14 / 2000 |
| 8 |
B'z - The Best
Pleasure
Rooms Records - 2,7 million copies
- week 22 / 1998 |
| 9 |
BTS (Bangtan Boys) -
Map Of The Soul: Persona
Big Hit - 2,5 million copies - week 17 / 2019 |
| 10 |
Beatles - 1
Apple - 2,5 million copies - week 1 / 2001 |
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MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN THE USA SOURCES: RIAA /
NIELSEN
(2026) |
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1 |
Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
Asylum - 1976 - 40
million |
| 2 |
Michael Jackson -
Thriller
Epic - 1983 - 34 million |
| 3 |
Eagles - Hotel
California
Asylum - 1976 - 28 million |
| 4 |
AC/DC - Back In Black
Atlantic - 1980 - 27 million |
| 5 |
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side
Of The Moon
Harvest - 1973 - 25 million |
| 6 |
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
IV
Atlantic - 1971 - 24 million |
| 7 |
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Warner Bros. - 1977 - 21 million |
| 8 |
Metallica - Metallica
Elektra - 1991 - 20 million |
| 9 |
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Legend
Island - 1984 - 18 million |
| 10 |
Shania Twain - Come On Over
Mercury - 1997 - 18 million |
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MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN JAPAN SOURCE: ORICON
(2026) |
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1 |
Hikaru Utada - First Love
Toshiba EMI - 1999 -
8,7
million |
| 2 |
B'z - The Best
Pleasure
Rooms Records - 1998 - 5,1 million |
| 3 |
Glay - Review
Universal Music - 1997 - 5,0 million |
| 4 |
Hikaru Utada - Distance
Toshiba EMI - 2001 - 4,5 million |
| 5 |
B'z - The Best
Treasure
Rooms Records - 1998 - 4,4 million |
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Ayumi Hamasaki - A Best
Avex Trax - 2001 - 4,3 million |
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Globe - Globe
Avex Trax - 1996 - 4,1 million |
| 8 |
Southern All Stars - Umi
No Yeah!!
Victor Entertainment - 1998 - 4,0 million |
| 9 |
Hikaru Utada - Deep River
Toshiba EMI - 2002 - 3,6 million |
| 10 |
Mariah Carey - Number
Ones
Columbia - 1998 - 3,6 million |
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MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN UNITED KINGDOM SOURCE: OCC
(2026) |
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1 |
Queen - Greatest Hits
EMI - 1981 - 7,8 million |
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Abba - Gold Greatest Hits
Polydor - 1992 - 7,1 million |
| 3 |
Oasis - (What's The Story)
Morning Glory
Epic - 1995 - 6,2 million |
| 4 |
Adele - 21
XL Recordings - 2011 - 5,7 million |
| 5 |
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band
Parlophone - 1967 - 5,6 million |
| 6 |
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Warner Bros. - 1977 - 5,1 million |
| 7 |
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side
Of The Moon
Harvest - 1973 - 5,0 million |
| 8 |
Michael Jackson -
Thriller
Epic - 1983 - 4,6 million |
| 9 |
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
Island - 1984 - 4,6 million |
| 10 |
Dire Straits - Brothers In
Arms
Warner Bros. - 1985 - 4,6 million |
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MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN GERMANY SOURCES:
BVMI / IFPI GERMANY (2026) |
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1 |
Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing
RCA - 1987 - 3,3 million |
| 2 |
Herbert
Grönemeyer - Mensch
EMI - 2002 - 3,2 million |
| 3 |
Phil Collins - ...But
Seriously
Atlantic - 1989 - 3,0 million |
| 4 |
Kelly Family - Over The
Hump
Edel - 1994 - 3,0 million |
| 5 |
Heintje -
Heintje
Ariola - 1968 - 2,8 million |
| 6 |
Herbert Grönemeyer -
Bochum
EMI - 1984 - 2,8 million |
| 7 |
Helene Fischer - Farbenspiel
Polydor / Universal - 2013 - 2,6 million |
| 8 |
Andrea Berg - Best Of
Jupiter Records / Sony - 2001 - 2,6 million |
| 9 |
Genesis - We Can't Dance
Virgin - 1991 - 2,5 million |
| 10 |
Abba - Gold Greatest Hits
Polydor - 1992 - 2,5 million |
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MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN FRANCE
SOURCES: SNEP / INFODISC FRANCE (2026) |
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1 |
Celine
Dion - D'eux
Epic - 1995 - 4,5 million |
| 2 |
Francis Cabrel - Samedi
Soir Sur La Terre
Sony France - 1994 - 4,0 million |
| 3 |
Michael Jackson -
Thriller
Epic - 1983 - 3,5 million |
| 4 |
Supertramp - Breakfast In
America
A&M - 1979 - 3,2 million |
| 5 |
Patrick Bruel - Alors Regarde
BMG - 1990 - 3,0 million |
| 6 |
Louise Attaque - Louise
Attaque
Barclay - 1998 - 2,7 million |
| 7 |
Beatles - 1962-1966
Apple - 1973 - 2,6 million |
| 8 |
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side
Of The Moon
Harvest - 1973 - 2,5 million |
| 9 |
Soundtrack -
Notre-Dame De Paris
Onze-Pomme Music - 1998 - 2,5 million |
| 10 |
Stromae -
Racine Carrée
Island - 1987 - 2,5 million |
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