Rock music quiz!

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

We haven't had a music quiz in a while! These are the top 50 best-selling albums worldwide. Popped up in my TikTok feed today. Will reveal the source when we are done.

Some surprises. I didn't expect the size of the gap between No. 1 and No. 2. I knew No. 3 was a hit, but I didn't realize it was that big of a hit.

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[kcmets]

Dark Side of the Moon

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Dark Side of the Moon

That was fast! No. 2 at 43.3 million!

[Edgy MD]

Cuz this is THRILLER!

[kcmets]

Bat Out of Hell gotta be in the top ten.

[Chad ochoseis]

Led Zeppelin 4

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Good picks. Mr. Loaf, as we had to call him when I wrote for the Bridgeport Post, has slipped all the way down to No. 25.

1: Michael Jackson, Thriller, 65.8 million, Edgy
2: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, 43.3 million, kcmets
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[kcmets]

Rumours must have cracked the top ten.

[Edgy MD]

[Chad ochoseis]

Rumours and Tapestry were my exact next two guesses.

Some Girls

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Shockingly, Carole King's classic has dropped out of the top 50! And amazingly, I don't see a single Rolling Stones album on here! How can that be?

1: Michael Jackson, Thriller, 65.8 million, Edgy
2: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, 43.3 million, kcmets
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Out of the top 50:
Carole King, Tapestry, Edgy
Rolling Stones, Some Girls, Chad Ochoseis

[Chad ochoseis]

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

The Wall makes Floyd one of just two acts with two albums in the top 20!

1: Michael Jackson, Thriller, 65.8 million, Edgy
2: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, 43.3 million, kcmets
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Out of the top 50:
Carole King, Tapestry, Edgy
Rolling Stones, Some Girls, Chad Ochoseis

[Edgy MD]

It's very hard to figger how digital sales and streams and streaming and such fit into the math, so it's hard to gauge how much juice to put behind 21st century music.

Any clues there?

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

It's very hard to figger how digital sales and streams and streaming and such fit into the math, so it's hard to gauge how much juice to put behind 21st century music.

Any clues there?

Looks like digital and streaming is not included here. Only three of the albums are from 2000 and later, two of them by the same artist. The rest should be in the wheelhouse of this group. There are some soundtracks that might throw you off a little.

OE, I found another source that has Tapestry at 30 million, which would put it at No. 19. Not sure how this one missed that.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Born in the US of A

[whippoorwill]

Wow I was about to say Tapestry.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Born in the US of A

Bruuuuuce is at No. 21!

1: Michael Jackson, Thriller, 65.8 million, Edgy
2: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, 43.3 million, kcmets
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21: Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA, 29.3 million, Lunchbucket
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[Edgy MD]

[whippoorwill]

Mr Cooby suggests Rumours

Whoops never mind

[whippoorwill]

Queen Night at The Opera
Frampton Comes Alive
Hotel California

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Guns n Eagles make the list! For some reason, live and greatest hits albums are excluded.

1: Michael Jackson, Thriller, 65.8 million, Edgy
2: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, 43.3 million, kcmets
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Out of the top 50:
Carole King, Tapestry, Edgy
Rolling Stones, Some Girls, Chad Ochoseis
Queen, Night at the Opera

[kcmets]

Little surprised about A Night At The Opera.

How about Back In Black, A/C D/C's first post Bon Scott biggie?

[Chad ochoseis]

Who Are You

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Back in Black -- a near perfect album! - is at No. 6. The Who are denied!

1: Michael Jackson, Thriller, 65.8 million, Edgy
2: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, 43.3 million, kcmets
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5: Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV, 36.8 million, Chad ochoseis
6: AC/DC, Back in Black, 35.8 million, kcmets
7: Fleetwood Mac, Rumors, 35.5 million, kcmets
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Out of the top 50:
Carole King, Tapestry, Edgy
Rolling Stones, Some Girls, Chad Ochoseis
The Who, Who Are You, Chad Ochoseis