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{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Artist !! Album !! Utgivelsesår !! Sjanger !! Millioner !! class="unsortable"| Kilde |- | Michael Jackson|| Thriller || 1982 || Pop/R&B/rock/funk/soul || 66 || |- | Pink Floyd|| The Dark Side of the Moon || 1973 || Progressiv rock/blues || 50 || |- | AC/DC|| Back in Black || 1980 || Hard rock/blues || 47 || |- | Toto || Toto IV || 1982 || Rock/pop || 45 || |- | Céline Dion || Falling Into You || 1996 || Pop/rock/soul/klassisk || 45 || |- | Céline Dion || Let's Talk About Love || 1997 || Pop/rock/soul/klassisk || 45 || |- | Diverse artister / Whitney Houston || The Bodyguard (lydspor) || 1992 || Pop/soul/R&B/lydspor || 38 || |- | James Horner/Céline Dion || Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture || 1997 || Klassisk/lydspor || 38 || | |- | Diverse artister || Dirty Dancing (lydspor) || 1987 || Pop/lydspor || 37 || |- | Diverse artister / Bee Gees || Saturday Night Fever (lydspor) || 1977 || Disco/lydspor || 37 ||
| Backstreet Boys || Millennium || 1999 || Pop || 36 ||
| Andrew Lloyd Webber || The Phantom of the Opera (lydspor) || 1986 || Klassisk/lydspor || 36 || |- | Fleetwood Mac || Rumours || 1977 || Rock || 36 || |- | Shania Twain || Come on Over || 1997 || Country/pop || 39 || |- | Meat Loaf || Bat Out of Hell || 1977 || Rock || 45,1 || |- | Alanis Morissette || Jagged Little Pill ||1995 || Rock/pop || 35 || |- | Michael Jackson || Dangerous || 1991 || Pop/R&B/rock/New Jack Swing || 35 || |- | The Beatles || Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band || 1967 || Rock || 35 || |- | Led Zeppelin || Led Zeppelin IV || 1971 || Hard rock/rock 'n' roll/blues || 35 || |- | Céline Dion || All The Way ... A Decade of Song || 1999 || Pop/rock/klassisk || 35 || |- | Michael Jackson || Bad || 1987 || Pop/R&B/rock/funk/soul || 33 || |- | Pink Floyd || The Wall || 1979 || Progressiv rock || 33 || |- | The Bee Gees || Spirits Having Flown || 1979 || Disco || 33 || |- | Dire Straits || Brothers in Arms || 1985 || Rock/blues || 33 || |- | The Beatles || Abbey Road || 1969 || Rock || 33 || |- | The Beatles || 1 || 2000 || Rock/blues || 32 || |- | Bruce Springsteen || Born in the U.S.A. || 1984 || Rock || 32 || |- | Bon Jovi || Slippery When Wet || 1986 || Hard rock || 31 || |- | Guns N' Roses || Appetite for Destruction || 1987 || Hard rock || 31 || |- | Backstreet Boys || Backstreet's Back || 1997 || Pop || 29 || |- | Bee Gees / diverse artister || Grease (lydspor) || 1978 || Pop/lydspor || 29 || |- | ABBA || ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits ||1992 || Pop/rock/dance/disco || 29 || |- | Nirvana || Nevermind || 1991 || Grunge || 29 || |- | The Eagles || Hotel California || 1976 || Country/rock/pop || 29 || |- | Hootie & The Blowfish || Cracked Rear View || 1994 || Rock || 29 || |- | Simon & Garfunkel || Bridge Over Troubled Water || 1970 || Folk/rock || 29 || |- | U2 || The Joshua Tree || 1987 || Rock || 28 || |- | Britney Spears || ...Baby One More Time || 1999 || Pop || 27 || |- | Iron Butterfly || In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida || 1968 || Rock || 27 || |- | Mariah Carey || Daydream || 1995 || Pop/R&B || 26 || |- | Queen || Greatest Hits || 1981 || Rock || 26 || |- | Santana || Supernatural || 1999 || Blues/soul/rock || 26 || |- | Whitney Houston || Whitney Houston || 1985 || Pop/soul/R&B || 25 || |- | Mariah Carey || Music Box || 1993 || Pop/R&B || 25 || |- | Madonna || True Blue || 1986 || Pop || 24 || |- | Backstreet Boys || Black & Blue || 2000 || Pop || 24 || |- | Linkin Park || Hybrid Theory || 2000 || Nu Metal/Rapcore || 24 || |- | Ace of Base || Happy Nation/The Sign || 1993 || Pop || 23 || |- | Spice Girls || Spice || 1996 || Pop || 23 || |- | Céline Dion || The Colour of My Love || 1993 || Pop/rock/klassisk || 23 || |- | Céline Dion || A New Day Has Come || 2002 || Pop/klassisk || 23 || |- | Carole King || Tapestry || 1971 || Pop/rock || 23 || |- | Bob Marley & the Wailers || Legend || 1984 || Reggae || 23 || |- |Oasis |(What's the Story) Morning Glory? |1995 |Rock/Britpop |22
| Madonna (artist)|Madonna || The Immaculate Collection || 1990 || Pop || 21 || |- | Metallica || Metallica || 1991 || Heavy metal || 21 || |- | Dido || No Angel || 1999 || Pop || 21 || |- | Michael Jackson || HIStory - Past, Present and Future, Book I || 1995 || Pop/R&B/rock/New Jack swing/funk/soul || 21 || |- | Norah Jones || Come Away with Me || 2002 || Soul/blues/jazz || 21 || |- | Michael Jackson || Off the Wall || 1979 || Pop/R&B/funk/soul || 21 || |- | Usher || Confessions || 2004 || R&B || 21 || |- | Lionel Richie || Can't Slow Down || 1983 || R&B/pop/soul || 21 || |- | Billy Ray Cyrus || Some Gave All || 1992 || Country/rock/pop || 21 || |- | Prince & the Revolution || Purple Rain (lydspor) || 1984 || Soul/rock/pop/lydspor || 21 || |- | George Michael || Faith || 1987 || Pop/soul || 21 || |- | Blondie || Parallel Lines || 1977 || Pop/rock/disco || 21 || |- | Tina Turner || Private Dancer || 1984 || Rock/pop || 21 || |- | Cher || Believe || 1999 || Pop/dance || 20 || |- | Spice Girls || Spiceworld || 1997 || Pop || 20 || |- | Def Leppard || Hysteria || 1987 || Hard rock || 20 || |- | Supertramp || Breakfast In America || 1978 || Rock || 20 || |- | Tracy Chapman || Tracy Chapman || 1988 || Folk || 20 || |- | Janet Jackson || janet. || 1993 || R&B/pop || 20 || |- | Madonna (artist)|Madonna || Like a Virgin || 1984 || Pop || 20 ||
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