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.
and reflects sales figures in the United States.
| Cover art | Artist name / Album title | Format | Certified Units | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | July 10, 1990 Hard Rock, Glam Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | July 19, 1994 AOR, Pop Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | September 1990 Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Instrumental Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | August 27, 2002 Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | May 15, 1985 Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Christian Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | June 28, 1988 Glam Metal, Hard Rock, Christian Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | July 1973 Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | December 1, 1975 Progressive rock, hard rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | October 1, 1976 Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | Best of Styx [Compilation] 1977 Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | A&M Records 25th Anniversary Classics - Volume 15 [Compilation] 1987 Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | October 9, 1990 AOR, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | Return to Paradise [Live] May 5, 1997 AOR, Progressive Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | November 26, 2002 Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Hardcore | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | October 12, 2004 Punk Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1979 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1980 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | August 23, 1994 Hard Rock, Glam Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | Time's Makin' Changes - The Best of Tesla [Compilation] November 20, 1995 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1994 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | October 18, 1985 Gothic Rock, Post-Punk, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | July 7, 2003 Hard Rock, Glam Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | BBC Sessions [Live] June 2, 1998 Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | September 1970 Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Southern Soul | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | September 28, 1974 Rock, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | Hooligans [Compilation] October 1981 Rock, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1982 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | Who's Better, Who's Best [Compilation] March 18, 1988 Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | Thirty Years of Maximum R&B [Boxed set] July 5, 1994 Rock, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | My Generation: The Very Best of The Who [Compilation] August 27, 1996 Rock, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | March 1976 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 2000 Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1979 Progressive Rock, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1982 Progressive Rock, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1984 Progressive Rock, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | Classics [Compilation] 1989 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | May 10, 1990 Hard Rock, Glam Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | June 27, 1983 Heavy Metal, Glam Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | November 22, 1985 Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | August 20, 1996 Gothic Metal, Doom Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | May 19, 1972 Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | November 1972 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | Uriah Heep Live [Live] June 1973 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | September 1973 Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | March 17, 1998 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | September 1988 Glam Metal, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | September 10, 2010 Heavy metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | August 17, 1984 Heavy Metal, Glam Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | November 9, 1985 Heavy Metal, Glam Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | August 25, 1992 Glam Metal, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | The Best of Warrant [Compilation] April 2, 1996 Glam Metal, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | August 10, 1989 Hard Rock, Glam Metal | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | August 13, 1996 Industrial Metal, Electro-Industrial | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | June 27, 2000 Hard Rock, Blues Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1973 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | April 18, 1975 Blues Rock, Southern Rock, Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1976 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
 | 1981 Hard Rock | Album | 500,000 | Gold |
