This is a
Top ten best-selling albums of sound scan era in the
United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard on March 1, 1991. The list of albums sales are between 1991 to
2007 (see below):
1991-2007 list
- Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 15,449,000
- Metallica / Metallica ~ 15,077,000
- Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,557,000
- Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,099,000
- The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,798,000
- Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,643,000
- Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,504,000
- No Strings Attached / N Sync ~ 11,104,000
- Beatles 1 / The Beatles ~ 11,097,000
- Falling Into You / Celine Dion - 10,768,000
1991-2006 list
- Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 15,408,533
- Metallica / Metallica ~ 14,819,905
- Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,513,313
- Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,091,491
- The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,789,552
- Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,588,453
- Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,483,557
- No Strings Attached / N Sync ~ 11,099,051
- Beatles 1 / The Beatles ~ 10,821,222
- Falling Into You / Celine Dion - 10,768,000
1991-2003 list
- Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 14,896,911
- Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,200,822
- Metallica / Metallica ~ 13,803,308
- Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,056,675
- The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,741,779
- Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,333,627
- Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,291,067
- No Strings Attached / N Sync ~ 11,069,789
- Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,614,005
- ...Baby One More Time / Britney Spears ~ 10,472,878
1991-2002 list
- Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 14,490,470
- Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,084,425
- Metallica / Metallica ~ 13,332,320
- Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,030,804
- The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,714,440
- Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,165,842
- Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,078,203
- No Strings Attached / N Sync ~ 11,023,057
- Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,525,873
- ...Baby One More Time / Britney Spears ~ 10,416,070
1991-2001 list
- Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 14,147,017
- Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 13,890,054
- Metallica / Metallica ~ 12,981,888
- Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 11,971,132
- The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,689,093
- Supernatural / Santana ~ 10,961,112
- No Strings Attached / N Sync ~ 10,891,514
- Human Clay / Creed ~ 10,490,972
- Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,438,190
- ...Baby One More Time / Britney Spears ~ 10,269,049
1991-2000 list
- Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 13,542,393
- Come On Over / Shania Twain ~ 12,110,660
- Metallica / Metallica ~ 11,715,533
- Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,605,690
- Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,224,282
- Cracked Rear View / Hootie & the Blowfish ~ 9,817,666
- Titanic / Soundtrack ~ 9,806,175
- Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,445,732
- Ropin’ The Wind / Garth Brooks ~ 9,370,863
- Backstreet Boys / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,258,265
1991-1999 list
- Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 13,542,393
- Come On Over / Shania Twain ~ 12,110,660
- Metallica / Metallica ~ 11,715,533
- The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,605,690
- Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,224,282
- Cracked Rear View / Hootie & the Blowfish ~ 9,817,666
- Titanic / Soundtrack ~ 9,806,175
- Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,445,732
- Ropin' the Wind / Garth Brooks ~ 9,370,863
- Backstreet Boys / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,258,265
References
Nielsen SoundScan