{"id":66561,"date":"2026-07-04T00:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=66561"},"modified":"2026-07-04T00:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:15:30","slug":"250-of-the-best-selling-albums-of-all-time-us-ranked-list-based-off-riaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=66561","title":{"rendered":"250 Of The Best-Selling Albums of All Time (US Ranked List) Based off RIAA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A definitive ranking of the highest-selling albums in modern music history, spanning rock, pop, hip-hop, and country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top 10 Best-Selling Albums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rock &amp; Pop Staples (11\u201330)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">90s\u20132000s &amp; Genre Crossovers (31\u201380)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>End of Part 1 \u2014 Next section continues with Eminem, Taylor Swift, Metallica expansions, and modern streaming-era giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hip-Hop, Pop &amp; Rock Staples (41\u201360)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modern Era Expansion &amp; Legacy Artists (61\u2013100)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grunge, Hip-Hop &amp; Early 2000s Icons (81\u2013100)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modern Pop &amp; Rock Era (141\u2013160)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternative Rock &amp; 2000s Mainstream (161\u2013180)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pop Punk &amp; 2000s Pop Expansion (181\u2013200)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Indie Rock &amp; Americana (201\u2013220)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acoustic, Indie &amp; Country Crossovers (221\u2013240)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country &amp; Closing Entries (241\u2013250)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A definitive ranking of the highest-selling albums in modern music history, spanning rock, pop, hip-hop, and country. Top 10 Best-Selling Albums Rock &amp; Pop Staples (11\u201330) 90s\u20132000s &amp; Genre Crossovers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66562,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66561\/revisions\/66562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}