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Best Selling Metal, Hard Rock Albums of All Time

The list below is based on RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) data
and reflects sales figures in the United States.
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Cover art Artist name / Album title Format Certified Units Certification
City of Evil
June 7, 2005
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Run With the Pack
February 21, 1976
Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Holy Water
1990
Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Signs of Life
1984
Hard Rock, AOR, Pop Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Black Sabbath
February 13, 1970
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Vol 4
September 25, 1972
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
December 1, 1973
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Heaven and Hell
April 25, 1980
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Reunion
 [Live]
October 20, 1998
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Agents of Fortune
May 1976
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Some Enchanted Evening
September 1978
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Bon Jovi
January 21, 1984
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, AOR
Album1,000,000Platinum
7800 Fahrenheit
March 27, 1985
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, AOR
Album1,000,000Platinum
These Days
June 27, 1995
Hard Rock, Pop Rock, AOR
Album1,000,000Platinum
Have a Nice Day
September 20, 2005
Pop Rock, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Lost Highway
June 19, 2007
Country Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Greatest Hits
 [Compilation]
November 1, 2010
Hard Rock, Pop Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Walk On
June 7, 1994
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
We Are Not Alone
June 29, 2004
Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
Album1,000,000Platinum
Phobia
August 8, 2006
Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Dear Agony
September 29, 2009
Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
Album1,000,000Platinum
15
April 11, 2006
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
In Color
1977
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Heaven Tonight
1978
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Dream Police
October 1979
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Lap of Luxury
1988
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
The Greatest Hits
 [Compilation]
October 1, 1991
Hard Rock, Power Pop
Album1,000,000Platinum
Wonder What's Next
2002
Alternative Metal, Progressive Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Heartbreak Station
November 20, 1990
Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Disraeli Gears
November 1967
Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Wheels of Fire
June 1968
Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream
February 1983
Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Crazy From the Heat
January 28, 1985
Pop Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Eat 'Em and Smile
July 7, 1986
Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Skyscraper
January 21, 1988
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, AOR
Album1,000,000Platinum
Made in Japan
 [Live]
December 14, 1972
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Deepest Purple: The Very Best Of Deep Purple
1980
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Perfect Strangers
November 12, 1984
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
On Through the Night
March 14, 1980
Hard Rock, NWOBHM
Album1,000,000Platinum
Retro Active
 [Compilation]
October 5, 1993
Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Acoustic Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection
May 17, 2005
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Pop Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Adrenaline
October 3, 1995
Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Around the Fur
October 28, 1997
Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
White Pony
June 20, 2000
Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Holy Diver
May 23, 1983
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
The Last in Line
August 29, 1984
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Indestructible
June 3, 2008
Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Immortalized
August 21, 2015
Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Tooth and Nail
September 13, 1984
Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Under Lock and Key
November 5, 1985
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Back for the Attack
November 27, 1987
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Sinner
June 5, 2001
Nu Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Out of This World
August 9, 1988
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, AOR
Album1,000,000Platinum
The Real Thing
June 20, 1989
Funk Metal, Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
War Is the Answer
September 22, 2009
Groove Metal, Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
American Capitalist
October 11, 2011
Groove Metal, Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Volume 1
July 30, 2013
Groove Metal, Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Inside Information
1987
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Complete Greatest Hits
 [Compilation]
May 7, 2002
Hard Rock, AOR
Album1,000,000Platinum
Gene Simmons
September 18, 1978
Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Faceless
April 8, 2003
Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Post-Grunge
Album1,000,000Platinum
Grand Funk
December 29, 1969
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Survival
April 15, 1971
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
E Pluribus Funk
November 15, 1971
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
We're an American Band
July 15, 1973
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Once Bitten
July 1987
Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
The Spaghetti Incident?
November 23, 1993
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Chinese Democracy
November 25, 2008
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Dreamboat Annie
March 1976
Pop Rock, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Magazine
April 1978
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
The Essential Heart
 [Compilation]
November 26, 2002
Melodic Metal, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Hoobastank
2001
Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
Album1,000,000Platinum
The Number of the Beast
March 22, 1982
Heavy Metal, NWOBHM
Album1,000,000Platinum
Piece of Mind
May 16, 1983
Heavy Metal, NWOBHM
Album1,000,000Platinum
Powerslave
September 3, 1984
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Live After Death
October 14, 1985
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Somewhere in Time
September 26, 1986
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Nothing's Shocking
August 23, 1988
Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Funk Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
The Cry of Love
March 5, 1971
Psychedelic Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Blues
 [Compilation]
April 1994
Blues Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Surfing With the Alien
October 15, 1987
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Trial By Fire
October 22, 1996
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Revelation
June 3, 2008
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Unleashed in the East
September 17, 1979
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
British Steel
April 14, 1980
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Defenders of the Faith
January 24, 1984
Heavy Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Turbo
April 14, 1986
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Two for the Show
1978
Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Monolith
1979
Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Rock and Roll Over
November 11, 1976
Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Love Gun
July 1977
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Double Platinum
 [Compilation]
April 2, 1978
Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Dynasty
May 23, 1979
Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Lick It Up
September 18, 1983
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Animalize
September 13, 1984
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Crazy Nights
September 18, 1987
Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Blow My Fuse
September 19, 1988
Glam Metal, Hard Rock
Album1,000,000Platinum
Untouchables
June 11, 2002
Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Take a Look in the Mirror
November 21, 2003
Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
Greatest Hits Vol. 1
 [Compilation]
October 5, 2004
Nu Metal
Album1,000,000Platinum
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Info / Statistics
Artists : 47,737
Reviews : 10,475
Albums : 172,119
Lyrics : 218,435