The 100 Top Selling Hard Rock and Metal Albums of All Time

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
  • A visualization of the 100 Hard Rock and Metal albums that have the most verified sales in the US.
    Song used: 'Rock Thing' by Creo: / rock-thing
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    Bands included in this video: AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, Asia, Bad Company, Black Sabbath, Bon Jovi, Boston, Def Leppard, Disturbed, Evanescence, Foreigner, Godsmack, Guns N' Roses, Heart, Iron Butterfly, Journey, Kansas, Korn, Led Zeppelin, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy Osbourne, Poison, Queen, Queen, Quiet Riot, REO Speedwagon, Rush, Skid Row, Soundgarden, Staind, The Black Crowes, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Van Halen, Whitesnake, ZZ Top
    Albums included in this video: ...And Justice for All, 4, 1984, 5150, Afterburner, Appetite for Destruction, Are You Experienced?, Asia, Back in Black, Bad Company, Big Ones, Blizzard of Ozz, Boston, Break the Cycle, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, Cross Road, Dirt, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Diver Down, Don't Look Back, Double Vision, Dr. Feelgood, Eliminator, Escape, Fallen, Follow the Leader, Foreigner, For Those About to Rock (We Salute You), Frontiers, Garage Inc., Get a Grip, Girls, Girls, Girls, G N' R Lies, Godsmack, Greatest Hits, Head Games, Heart, High Voltage, Highway to Hell, Hi Infidelity, Houses of the Holy, Hybrid Theory, Hysteria, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, In Through the Out Door, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin Boxed Set, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III,Led Zeppelin IV, Leftoverture, Load, Master of Puppets, Metal Health, Metallica, Meteora, Minutes to Midnight, Moving Pictures, New Jersey, News of the World, No More Tears, Open Up and Say...Ahh!, OU812, Paranoid, Permanent Vacation, Physical Graffiti, Point of Know Return, Pump, Pyromania, Records, Ride the Lightning, Rocks, S&M, Shake Your Money Maker, Shout at the Devil, Significant Other, Skid Row, Skynyrd's Innyrds: Their Greatest Hits, Slippery When Wet, Superunknown, Theatre of Pain, The Best of Kansas, The Downward Spiral, The Game, The Hits, The Razor's Edge, The Sickness, The Song Remains the Same, Third Stage, Toys in the Attic, Use Your Illusion I, Use Your Illusion II, Van Halen, Van Halen II, Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits 1980-1995, Whitesnake (1987), Who Made Who

Комментарии • 118

  • @bossfan49
    @bossfan49 3 года назад +38

    Some of these dates are wrong, and I don't think compilations/greatest hits should qualify as an "album".

    • @haydencrandall2614
      @haydencrandall2614 2 года назад +2

      The amount of sales are wrong too

    • @joaquinlezcano2372
      @joaquinlezcano2372 Месяц назад

      Agree. Any compilation would sale as long as the band had singles and is famous

  • @spacealienjesus709
    @spacealienjesus709 2 года назад +13

    I have bought many of these albums
    From cassettes when i was a child to the switch of cd and now the boom of vinyl again.
    I love music it is life.

  • @TheEpicShadowGaming
    @TheEpicShadowGaming 3 года назад +11

    Can’t believe Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water is the fastest selling rock album ever

  • @deehall47sdadjokes
    @deehall47sdadjokes 3 года назад +15

    NIIICCCCE!!! Alice in Chains are in the list. Was literally just listening to Dirt

  • @L_S_23
    @L_S_23 3 года назад +10

    I was expecting to see albums like
    Never mind, Number of the beast, Iowa, Sgt Peppers

    • @bossfan49
      @bossfan49 3 года назад +4

      Sgt Peppers = hard rock?

  • @PortugueseMACPOW
    @PortugueseMACPOW Год назад +6

    Wow I didn't know Def Leppard was that popular, but then I thought about all the hits they have, and said: "...yeah, that makes sense"

  • @thrashmetalambassador
    @thrashmetalambassador 2 года назад +7

    Megadeth sold millions as well.

  • @bob022495
    @bob022495 2 года назад +9

    ACDC Back in Black has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. More than Led Zeppelin iv

    • @zodiac6968
      @zodiac6968 2 года назад +6

      But this is not worldwide. this is the U.S only..

  • @johnkatsoudas4767
    @johnkatsoudas4767 3 года назад +10

    I knew that Reo Speedwagon was very popular at one time, but I never knew that one of their albums sold ten million copies which means they have a Diamond album. I do remember hearing that Guns N Roses album Appetite For Destruction is the best selling debut album surpassing Boston's debut album.

    • @bossfan49
      @bossfan49 3 года назад +1

      It was REOs Greatest Hits..not a real album.

  • @metalhed716
    @metalhed716 3 года назад +23

    Wow I'm surprised there were no megadeth albums in here wtf

    • @Mr.Swiss.Passport
      @Mr.Swiss.Passport 3 года назад +12

      Megadeth's most sold album of all time is CTE. ( 2 million )

    • @elcacahuate7l979
      @elcacahuate7l979 3 года назад +9

      @@Mr.Swiss.Passport that's a sad number for a band that made Rust In Piece

    • @walkawaycat431
      @walkawaycat431 Год назад

      Iron Maiden as well?

  • @josamaroo
    @josamaroo Год назад +3

    Dude you forgot several albums that sold at least 10 million copies in the US. Some of these artists should be on your video multiple times as well but these are the biggest albums.
    Kid Rock Devil Without A Cause-11 mil
    Green Day-Dookie 10 mil
    Nickelback-All The Right Reasons-10 mil
    Smashing Pumpkins, 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'- 10 mil
    Nirvana-Nevermind 10 mil
    Creed-Human Clay- 11 mil.
    Pearl Jam- Ten 13 mil

  • @gsuhz41
    @gsuhz41 2 года назад +3

    wow, surprised there’s no toxicity here

  • @lqkwje
    @lqkwje Год назад +1

    Great video 💯💯💯💯

  • @anthonydonohue7818
    @anthonydonohue7818 3 года назад +7

    How has paranoid only sold 4 million?

    • @bobman3093
      @bobman3093 3 года назад +3

      This is US sales sold more world wide

    • @bobman3093
      @bobman3093 3 года назад +1

      Sold just under 10 mill world wide

  • @Legolion17
    @Legolion17 4 года назад +4

    Where the fucking hell is Iron Maiden?

  • @user-zf4td2do3b
    @user-zf4td2do3b Год назад +1

    Led zeppelin just god

  • @aidenswords5809
    @aidenswords5809 3 года назад +8

    Have 81 of these, as REO were rightly included where are Styx?

  • @Musclemachoman
    @Musclemachoman 3 года назад +7

    WHERE THE HELL IS KISS???

  • @zalcreed71
    @zalcreed71 3 года назад +4

    Yes. Metallica

  • @BoredOuttaMySkullBoi
    @BoredOuttaMySkullBoi 2 года назад +2

    One small correction point: Metal Health sold 10 million copies, not 6 million

  • @shawnerickstad129
    @shawnerickstad129 3 года назад +10

    I don’t care for them but surprised no Korn or Rage Agsinst The Machine?

    • @deehall47sdadjokes
      @deehall47sdadjokes 3 года назад +3

      No. Follow the leader is on the list with 5 million

    • @semird615
      @semird615 3 года назад +2

      No Nirvana either

    • @zde1532
      @zde1532 3 года назад +5

      @@semird615 that's grunge

    • @joaquinlezcano2372
      @joaquinlezcano2372 3 года назад +4

      @@zde1532 Rush isn't even hard rock either. And there you have Soundgarden in the list. Grunge is not a genre, is a movement.

    • @beanman2206
      @beanman2206 3 года назад +1

      @@joaquinlezcano2372 rush is prog rock my friend
      awesome genre!!

  • @haydencrandall2614
    @haydencrandall2614 2 года назад +3

    There are so many things wrong about this list

  • @bobbywoemack3334
    @bobbywoemack3334 Год назад

    My favorite rock album ever made ten million. I'm pretty happy

  • @butcherbabys
    @butcherbabys 3 года назад +8

    Hell yehhhh guns n roses!!!!

  • @petercena9497
    @petercena9497 2 года назад +1

    - ZZ top and the Black Crowes are closer to southern rock
    - Most successful bands in the 60s and 70s rarely have an album above 2 million.
    - Kiss Alive has never received it's platinum certification, and if counted as Two would be about 4-6 million.

  • @lqkwje
    @lqkwje Год назад

    Wow i didnt expect REO speedwagon that much

  • @fuelknightmare
    @fuelknightmare Год назад +3

    Back in Black is the best selling Rock album of all time.

    • @brianreaney1518
      @brianreaney1518 Год назад

      Isn't the bestselling rock album of all time the eagles greatest hits 1971 1975 I've heard it's sold well over 50 Million

    • @fuelknightmare
      @fuelknightmare Год назад

      Back in Black has 60 million+ sold look it up

    • @brianreaney1518
      @brianreaney1518 Год назад

      @@fuelknightmare it depends on what sources you're quoting from they all give different statistics however the vast majority of them say that' the eagles have outsold Michael Jackson's thriller and last I checked that album sold a lot more than ac dc

    • @fuelknightmare
      @fuelknightmare Год назад

      @@brianreaney1518 what ever you say

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 11 месяцев назад

      ​@brianreaney1518 ACDC kicks everyone's arse ..exceptMichael Jackson 🤣

  • @manuelcastellanos9653
    @manuelcastellanos9653 3 года назад +3

    What program did you make the video with?

  • @justinfendelet8675
    @justinfendelet8675 2 года назад +1

    KISS ALIVE and LoveGun sold 4million

  • @semird615
    @semird615 3 года назад +6

    Didn’t see Nitvana anywhere

    • @mrastic5542
      @mrastic5542 3 года назад

      Nirvana respect

    • @chickachickaslimshady6828
      @chickachickaslimshady6828 3 года назад +4

      The are grunge

    • @aidenswords5809
      @aidenswords5809 3 года назад

      Theyre not hard rock even though some people would call them it - far more punk

    • @themetalcatacombs3790
      @themetalcatacombs3790 3 года назад +2

      Alice In Chains and Soundgarden considered grunge\heavy metal too, but I Believe Nirvana is much weaker even if had better sales. Though you can see my comment to see that this video is partially wrong because of it is "100" and consists of AC\DC and Aerosmith mostly. I didn't seen a lot of things here, and I Believe that Stone Temple Pilots (also a grunge band) must be here.

    • @themetalcatacombs3790
      @themetalcatacombs3790 3 года назад +1

      @@aidenswords5809 Thrash Metal also was influenced by punk - Metallica is here (strangely, not any other thrash bands from Big 4). AC\DC is a bit punky - 30% are AC\DC releases. Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are on the list, both of them considered to be grunge too. Nirvana too heavy for Rock, too clunky for Heavy metal. Just for check - grunge can be called a combination of heavy metal and punk.

  • @AidenSwords-gy5ko
    @AidenSwords-gy5ko 8 дней назад

    Very good definition of hard rock by bands shown,some idiots put the sex pistols on such lists

  • @krisskriss1223
    @krisskriss1223 2 года назад +3

    Too Many errors

  • @fernandosantiagorodrigueze5532
    @fernandosantiagorodrigueze5532 3 месяца назад

    2:30 Whitesnake 1987

  • @joshmalcom89
    @joshmalcom89 Год назад

    THE ANGELS !!! FACE TO FACE 1978!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @abel9689
    @abel9689 7 месяцев назад +1

    You know this list is wrong without pinkfloyd

  • @richjnev70
    @richjnev70 6 месяцев назад

    Hey, I've got 45 of those albums 😀

  • @outis439-A
    @outis439-A Год назад

    This can’t be right.

  • @owenmyers3502
    @owenmyers3502 3 года назад +1

    Nirvana? Megadeth? pearl jam? only one jimi hendricks

  • @albinkarlsson9943
    @albinkarlsson9943 7 месяцев назад

    No Iron Maiden. Surprising

  • @streetspiritt
    @streetspiritt Год назад

    surprised Nirvana's Nevermind isn't here

  • @djpaullenta6560
    @djpaullenta6560 2 года назад +1

    Back in black????

  • @JarlPedersen-wt4cd
    @JarlPedersen-wt4cd Год назад +1

    No nirvana album lol ?

  • @babayaga6615
    @babayaga6615 5 месяцев назад

    Nice list, but it's incorrect. Back in Black is the #1 selling hard rock album of all time at 50 million, #2 is Led Zep IV sold 37 million. If #1 & 2 are wrong this isn't a credible list.

    • @joaquinlezcano2372
      @joaquinlezcano2372 Месяц назад

      But It says best sales in the US. I'm pretty sure back in black couldn't be

  • @user-lz2ku2us5x
    @user-lz2ku2us5x Год назад

    So who is the best selling hard rock solo artist of curse Elvis presley but who is the second and third i wanna know

  • @MedfordHills
    @MedfordHills 2 года назад +2

    No Styx?

  • @boytino2646
    @boytino2646 3 года назад +1

    Skidrow 1st shot hits?

  • @garyskadra5236
    @garyskadra5236 Год назад +1

    I can't believe Staind sold $5 million! They're so boring zzzzzzzz😴

  • @alessandrociapica5180
    @alessandrociapica5180 3 года назад +1

    I think these are old U.S. numbers

  • @IrfanAli-tp4us
    @IrfanAli-tp4us 3 года назад +1

    nhai app ka channel monitize kiyon nahi howa

  • @ACDZ123
    @ACDZ123 11 месяцев назад

    Do a world wide sales not just usa

  • @CS-mo7xp
    @CS-mo7xp 3 года назад +4

    godsmack? ok...

  • @gaymcmanus8066
    @gaymcmanus8066 2 года назад

    Jason B

  • @mrastic5542
    @mrastic5542 3 года назад +2

    Ohh ya korn none other than the best nu metal band

    • @westsidecater
      @westsidecater 7 месяцев назад

      that's like being the best student at Saturday School

  • @sharkduck7570
    @sharkduck7570 2 года назад

    No Iron Maiden

  • @NamelessGrunge
    @NamelessGrunge 2 года назад

    Only US*

  • @deutschekanadische
    @deutschekanadische 2 года назад

    No MCR? Really?

  • @shattcksvalk2576
    @shattcksvalk2576 3 года назад +2

    WHERE THE HECK IS BACK IN BACK????!?!?!??!

  • @sonusworld5357
    @sonusworld5357 3 года назад +1

    Where the Hell is Appetite For Destruction?

  • @Xxrocknrollgod
    @Xxrocknrollgod 3 года назад

    How is rush hard rock

    • @glennwarlock1555
      @glennwarlock1555 2 года назад

      You're right, Rush is Heavy Metal, Prog Metal to be precise.

    • @Xxrocknrollgod
      @Xxrocknrollgod 11 месяцев назад

      @@glennwarlock1555rush isn’t metal

    • @westsidecater
      @westsidecater 7 месяцев назад

      How are they not?

  • @themetalcatacombs3790
    @themetalcatacombs3790 3 года назад +1

    Redacted: You better do separate videos for Hard Rock, Heavy Metal and Alternative Metal (yeah, that's differs from classic heavy metal stuff and cannot be put in the same place - grunge, industrial, nu, that kinda stuff is not literally heavy metal), and not to dance around "cool numbers" like 100 or 50, and do have count all the albums that have got at least one million - that would be more clear and justified. I cannot accept the list where all the justy Led Zeppelin placements combined with having Godsmack and Nine Inch Nails and no Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath in the list, completely made of Aerosmith, Guns N Roses and AC\DC. All the next comment in its raw format when I wrote it right after watching video, danger, toxic waste.
    No Thrash Metal at all - Metallica doesn't count. You better kick off the Garage Inc. It is sold well but it is not an original work of band, it is a cover compilation.
    No Death Metal being really well-sold in 1990-s especially Cannibal Corpse "The Bleeding".
    A lot of Glam (and no Kiss) and overall known releases...
    But where's all the nicest heavy metal stuff like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath (Paranoid only?), Judas Priest (didn't seen one), Motorhead - they did hit the peaks too
    Where's the f*ck is Dream Theater's "Images and Words" or "Awake"?
    Thank god you did not put "Nevermind" and did put "Dirt" instead. But if there's were Korn and Disturbed, no Slipknot or System Of A Down with having Evanescence (that only had ONE metal album for the whole time of existing)? If you put a lot of alternative stuff in here - no Rammstein being known worldwide and having all albums sold like a million time once on reissue. No Marilyn Manson as well.
    No Pantera. No Kiss (Pantera's favourite band). No Deep Purple (I didn't seen one).
    There's Jimi Hendrix - then where are The Doors with the self-titled debut and "Strange Days" that considered to be the same genre with Hendrix and being the most selling ones across the USA.
    Do NOT ever make a video with Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Combined. Hard Rock is Hard Rock. That means that AC\DC cannot stand between metal releases like Metallica or Iron Maiden. Alternatvie metal - all of them, like grunge, industrial, nu - never stands with classic of heavy and extreme metal.
    Sorry for negative review - this is the way it is.

    • @clamjammer5501
      @clamjammer5501 Год назад

      Damn, AC/DC pissed ya off huh? Hahaha. Deal with it

    • @themetalcatacombs3790
      @themetalcatacombs3790 Год назад

      @@clamjammer5501 AC\DC didn't pissed me off, I actually enjoy that band, but when making such lists it is much better to only put one most selling work of the band and not all of it's commercially successful records. Because of that a lot of unique and good bands wouldn't be covered in the video. It is just if i put there every Queen and Abba album, and it would have been half of the list which is not justifiable in any way.

    • @themetalcatacombs3790
      @themetalcatacombs3790 Год назад

      @@clamjammer5501 Read the comment slower and not just a few words on a top, my reaction is quite big and objective.

  • @benlavallee1368
    @benlavallee1368 4 года назад +2

    what about back in black