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RIAA Top Selling Artists’ Best Selling Studio Albums

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Name the best selling studio album (i.e. no compliations, live albums or soundtracks) for the top-selling 100 artists in history in terms of RIAA certifications. Artist name and year of album shown. First three words accepted for longer titles.

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jdk

5 years ago

Technically, the entry for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was a solo album, although most of the Heartbreakers appeared on it.

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darin

5 years ago

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yes you’re right – i’ll change it.

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