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Originally posted by -=HUNGRYMAN=-
Yes .... Meatloaf "Bat out of Hell" is #1, having gone over 17 times platinum ... Well Done Chris!
Peter Frampton does not even make the list, and the list goes to 30 
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hmmm, my sources must be a little different than yours. Platinum means they have sold 1 million copies, that being said:
The Eagles
Greatest Hits, Vol 1
26 million
1976
Michael Jackson
Thriller
25 million
1982
Led Zeppelin
IV (Zoso)
22 million
1971
Billy Joel
Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2
21 million
1985
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
18 million
1977
Whitney Houston
The Bodyguard (Soundtrack)
17 million
1992
Shania Twain
Come on Over
17 million
1997
Boston
Boston
16 million
1976
Hootie and the Blowfish
Cracked Rear View
16 million
1994
The Eagles
Hotel California
15 million
1976
Bee Gees, etc
Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)
15 million
1977
Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction
15 million
1987
Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.
15 million
1984
Static-X
Wisconsin Death Trip
15 million
1999
Santana
Supernatural
13 million
1999
Elton John
Greatest Hits
13 million
1974
Bruce Springsteen
Live 1975-85
13 million
1986
Garth Brooks
Double Live
13 million
1998
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
13 million
1985
Led Zeppelin
II
12 million
1969
Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet
12 million
1986
Backstreet Boys
Millennium
12 million
1999
Boyz II Men
II
12 million
1994
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
11 million
1997
James Taylor
Greatest Hits
11 million
1976
Matchbox 20
Yourself or Someone Like You
11 million
1996
TLC
Crazy SexyCool
11 million
1994
Shania Twain
The Woman in Me
11 million
1995
(misc. soundtrack)
Dirty Dancing
11 million
1987
Nirvana
Nevermind
10 million
1991
AC/DC
Back in Black
10 million
1980
Madonna
Like a Virgin
10 million
1984
U2
Joshua Tree
10 million
1987
Eric Clapton
Unplugged
10 million
1992
Dixie Chicks
Wide Open
10 million
1998
Van Halen
Van Halen
10 million
1978
Mariah Carey
Music Box
10 million
1993
Doobie Brothers
Best of the Doobie Brothers
10 million
1976
Green Day
Dookie
10 million
1994
Journey
Greatest Hits
10 million
1988
N'Sync
'N Sync
10 million
1998
The Notorious B.I.G.
Life After Death
10 million
1997
No Doubt
Tragic Kingdom
10 million
1995