Top Selling Albums - Led Zeppelin Leads The Way

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Led Zeppelin has 5 Albums listed on the top albums sold of all time. Led Zeppelin leads the way with the most albums. Atlantic Records reports that Led Zeppelin has sold over 200 million records worldwide. Led Zeppelin's biggest selling album is "Led Zeppelin IV". The Recording Industry Association of America lists Led Zeppelin as the third best selling musical act/artist in history behind the Beatles and Elvis. Staying with the theme of this blog, I also want to recognize that Bon Jovi's "Slipper When Wet" album made the list of the top selling albums of all time. - Kenny Leibow
















As I was searching the internet for which artist or band who sold the most albums, the list that I found with the most consistency was for albums sold in the U.S.A. Please see the list below. Even though the list of albums and artists are consistent, the millions of records sold looks a little light based on my research.The list below is as of November 2003. It includes Rock, Country, Movie Soundtracks, Rap and Children's albums. Each album on the list represents 9 million or more sales in the USA.

Source: classicbands.com

Millions Sold	Title	Artist's Name
28	Their Greatest Hits (vol. 1)	The Eagles
27	Thriller	Michael Jackson
23	The Wall	Pink Floyd
22	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin
21	Back In Black	AC/DC
21	Greatest Hits VOL I & II	Billy Joel
20	Come On Over	Shania Twain
19	The Beatles	The Beatles
19	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac
17	Boston	Boston
17	The Bodyguard (soundtrack)	Whitney Houston
16	The Beatles 1967 - 1970	The Beatles
16	Hotel California	Eagles
16	Greatest Hits	Elton John
16	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette
16	No Fences	Garth Brooks
16	Cracked Rear View	Hootie & The Blowfish
15	Physical Graffiti	Led Zeppelin
15	The Beatles 1962 - 1966	The Beatles
15	Saturday Night Fever	The Bee Gees
15	Born In The U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen
15	Dark Side Of The Moon	Pink Floyd
15	Appetite For Destruction	Guns 'n Roses
15	Double Live	Garth Brooks
14	Supernatural	Santana
14	Bat Out Of Hell	Meat Loaf
14	Ropin' The Wind	Garth Brooks
14	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys
14	Baby One More Time	Britney Spears
13	Frampton Comes Alive	Peter Frampton
13	Greatest Hits	Simon & Garfunkel
13	Purple Rain (soundtrack)	Prince & The Revolution
13	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston
13	Baby One More Time	Britney Spears
13	Millennium	Backstreet Boys
13	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live	Bruce Springsteen
13	Metallica	Metallica
13	Greatest Hits 1974 - 1978	Steve Miller Band
12	Abbey Road	The Beatles
12	Led Zeppelin II	Led Zeppelin
12	Hot Rocks	The Rolling Stones
12	Slippery When Wet	Bon Jovi
12	II	Boyz II Men
12	Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits	Kenny Rogers
12	Breathless	Kenny G
12	Hysteria	Def Leppard
12	The Woman In Me	Shania Twain
12	No Jacket Required	Phil Collins
12	Yourself Or Someone Like You	Matchbox Twenty
12	Forrest Gump Soundtrack	Various Artists
12	Wide Open Spaces	Dixie Chicks
11	Ten	Pearl Jam
11	Dirty Dancing Soundtrack	Various Artists
11	James Taylor's Greatest Hits	James Taylor
11	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles
11	Crazysexycool	TLC
11	Pieces Of You	Jewel
11	Houses Of The Holy	Led Zeppelin
11	Titanic Soundtrack	Various Artists
11	No Strings Attached	'N Sync
11	Falling Into You	Celine Dion
11	Eagles Greatest Hits Volume II	Eagles
11	Devil Without A Cause	Kid Rock
11	Human Clay	Creed
10	The Stranger	Billy Joel
10	1984	Van Halen
10	Aerosmith's Greatest Hits	Aerosmith
10	Best Of The Doobies	The Doobie Brothers
10	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie
10	Daydream	Mariah Carey
10	Dookie	Green Day
10	Eliminator	ZZ Top
10	Faith	George Michael
10	Fly	Dixie Chicks
10	Greatest Hits	Journey
10	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin
10	Legend	Bob Marley & The Wailers
10	Let's Talk About Love	Celine Dion
10	Life After Death	Notorious B.I.G.
10	Tragic Kingdom	No Doubt
10	Like A Virgin	Madonna
10	Music Box	Mariah Carey
10	'N Sync	'N Sync
10	Nevermind	Nirvana
10	Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'em	HAMMER
10	Tapestry	Carole King
10	The Hits	Garth Brooks
10	The Immaculate Collection	Madonna
10	The Joshua Tree	U2
10	The Lion King Soundtrack	Various Artists
10	Unplugged	Eric Clapton
10	Van Halen	Van Halen
10	Greatest Hits	Tom Petty
9	Top Gun Soundtrack	Various Artists
9	Footloose Soundtrack	Various Artists
9	All Eyez On Me	Tupac
9	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	Smashing Pumkins
9	High Infidelity	REO Speedwagon
9	Greatest Hits	Patsy Cline
9	Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey
9	Cooleyhighharmony	Boyz II Men
9	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks
9	Licenced To Ill	Beastie Boys
9	The Sign	Ace Of Base
9	Whitney	Whitney Houston
9	Escape	Journey
9	Best Of The Doors	The Doors
9	Some Gave All	Billy Ray Cyrus
9	Pyromania	Def Leppard
9	Greatest Hits	John Denver
9	Brothers In Arms	Dire Straits
9	Great Band Era	Various Artists
9	Big Willie Style	Will Smith
9	Greatest Hits	2 Pac

Skid Row - 18 and Life

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Skid Row was formed in Toms River, New Jersey not far from where I grew up. Below is a full biography of Skid Row. I bought their first album "Skid Row" in 1989, which went Multi-Platinum. Below is a list of the tracks from Skid Row's first album. Please watch the two music videos, "18 and Life (Live)" and "I Remember You (1989)". I always thought that "18 and Life" had powerful lyrics. - Kenny Leibow

Biography
Skid Row were one of the very last hair metal bands to hit the mainstream before grunge took over in the early '90s. While the band's self-titled debut employed standard pop-metal riffs and generic lyrics (albeit to great commercial success), 1991's Slave to the Grind and 1995's Subhuman Race broke away from the pop-metal mold with uncharacteristically hard, thrashy guitars and unique songwriting techniques. Though personal differences and changing trends would eventually tear the core lineup apart by 1996, Skid Row showed tremendous promise during their short time in the spotlight.

Based in New Jersey, Skid Row were formed in 1986 by bassist Rachel Bolan and former Bon Jovi guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo. The pair added guitarist Scott Hill, drummer Rob Affuso, and a larger than life vocalist named Sebastian Bach to the lineup by early 1987, and the band spent the next year and a half playing a series of local clubs in the eastern U.S. Having remained in contact with Jon Bon Jovi, Sabo convinced the established rock star to land Skid Row a record deal with Mercury Records. In 1989, the band released its first album, Skid Row, which went multi-platinum on the strength of the Top 40 singles "18 and Life" and "I Remember You." Success came with a backlash, however -- the bandmembers had naïvely signed away much of their royalties, and Sebastian Bach's wild, often childlike behavior landed the group in additional trouble. During the subsequent tour, Bach garnered harsh criticism for a T-shirt he publicly sported displaying the message "AIDS KILLS FAGS DEAD." Suits were also filed against Bach after a concert during the supporting tour, where the singer allegedly threw a glass bottle into the crowd and injured a young female fan.

Nonetheless, Skid Row's muscular songcraft retained a devoted audience. Released in 1991, Slave to the Grind debuted at number one on the Billboard chart, an unprecedented accomplishment for a metal band. While the album did not chart any real radio hits, Grind received stronger critical praise and eventually reached platinum status. However, like so many of their peers, Skid Row lost much of their fan base during the grunge invasion of the '90s. As Nirvana stormed the scene in 1992, Skid Row took a hiatus, waiting out the grunge period and pondering breakups (ironically, Nirvana had once gone under the name Skid Row in the '80s). Skid Row returned in 1995 with Subhuman Race, which surprisingly charted in the Top 40 but otherwise did not attract any real attention.

During the supporting tour, tensions between the group members ran high and Skid Row disbanded shortly afterward. Bach went on to form the Last Hard Men with Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, but the group broke up after recording a cover of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" for the Scream soundtrack in 1996. Plans to record new songs for the Skid Row greatest-hits album, 1998's Forty Seasons, fell through, and Bach went on to form a solo project and portray the title role in the Broadway musical +Jeckyll and Hyde. In mid-2000, Skid Row re-formed with new singer Johnny Solinger and toured as the opening band for Kiss' farewell tour. They released Thickskin with Solinger in 2003, followed by Revolutions Per Minute in 2006. Meanwhile, Sebastian Bach enjoyed a surge in popularity when he appeared in a VH1 reality show opposite Ted Nugent and Scott Ian. Barry Weber, All Music Guide

Group Members:
Johnny Solinger
Phil Varone
Scott Hill
Sebastian Bach
Rachel Bolan
Rob Affuso
Dave "The Snake" Sabo

Source: www.starpulse.com


Skid Row (1989)












Tracks
1. Big Guns
2. Sweet Little Sister
3. Can't Stand The Heartache
4. Pieces Of Me
5. 18 And Life
6. Rattlesnake Shake
7. Youth Gone Wild
8. Here I Am
9. Makin' A Mess
10. I Remember You
11. Midnight / Tornado


Skid Row – 18 and Life (Live)
Warning: Some Strong Language


Skid Row – I Remember You (1989)
With Lyrics