List of BMG Music Club's top-selling albums in the United States

Launched in the mid-1950s, BMG was part of RCA until it was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1987. BMG's Music Club is one of the biggest direct-to-customer distributors of music and has a large number of members across its various genre-based music clubs. In 2002 the club announced their all-time best sellers, honoring the top 100 selling albums with a special plaque.

BMG Music Club top 100 selling albums

Rank Artist Album Club Sales
1 Shania Twain Come on Over 1.99 million
2 Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 1.72 million
3 Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time 1.60 million
4 Backstreet Boys Millennium 1.59 million
5 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 1.54 million
6 'N Sync No Strings Attached 1.52 million
7 Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 1.52 million
8 'N Sync *NSYNC 1.50 million
9 Janet Jackson Design of a Decade 1986/1996 1.48 million
10 Madonna The Immaculate Collection 1.46 million
11 Jewel Pieces of You 1.40 million
12 AC/DC Back in Black 1.33 million
13 No Doubt Tragic Kingdom 1.32 million
14 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1.31 million
15 Kid Rock Devil Without a Cause 1.31 million
16 Whitney Houston The Bodyguard (OST) 1.31 million
17 Hootie and the Blowfish Cracked Rear View 1.30 million
18 Boyz II Men II 1.29 million
19 Kenny G Breathless 1.29 million
20 Will Smith Big Willie Style 1.29 million
21 Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces 1.28 million
22 TLC Crazysexycool 1.27 million
23 Green Day Dookie 1.26 million
24 Santana Supernatural 1.26 million
25 Shania Twain The Woman in Me 1.24 million
26 Nirvana Nevermind 1.24 million
27 Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again 1.21 million
28 Matchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like You 1.18 million
29 Eminem The Slim Shady LP 1.16 million
30 Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill 1.13 million
31 Boyz II Men Cooleyhighharmony 1.13 million
32 The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death 1.12 million
33 Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love 1.11 million
34 Celine Dion All the Way...A Decade of Song 1.10 million
35 Janet Jackson Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 1.10 million
36 Ace of Base The Sign 1.08 million
37 Billy Ray Cyrus Some Gave All 1.08 million
38 Natalie Cole Unforgettable 1.03 million
39 Mariah Carey #1's 1.00 million
40 Alicia Keys Songs in a Minor 995,000
41 Backstreet Boys Black & Blue 992,000
42 Ricky Martin Ricky Martin 987,000
43 Celine Dion Falling Into You 987,000
44 Sarah McLachlan Surfacing 985,000
45 Puff Daddy and the Family No Way Out 978,000
46 Toni Braxton Toni Braxton 972,000
47 Various Artists Titanic (OST) 971,000
48 Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera 935,000
49 Toni Braxton Secrets 927,000
50 Michael Jackson Thriller 923,000
51 En Vogue Funky Divas 916,000
52 Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell 909,000
53 Various Artists Dirty Dancing 904,000
54 Various Artists Grease 899,000
55 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 890,000
56 Whitney Houston Waiting to Exhale (OST) 886,000
57 ABBA ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 884,000
58 Janet Jackson Control 883,000
59 Madonna Like a Virgin 882,000
60 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 880,000
61 Michael Jackson Bad 879,000
62 TLC Fanmail 877,000
63 Janet Jackson janet. 860,000
64 DMX It's Dark and Hell Is Hot 857,000
65 Mariah Carey Daydream 848,000
66 Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind 842,000
67 Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club 833,000
68 'N Sync Celebrity 826,000
69 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 826,000
70 Fugees The Score 822,000
71 Whitney Houston Whitney 806,000
72 Usher My Way 796,000
73 U2 The Joshua Tree 779,000
74 Aaliyah One in a Million 756,000
75 Selena Dreaming of You 745,000
76 Mariah Carey Music Box 735,000
77 BLACKstreet Another Level 733,000
78 Michael Jackson HIStory 730,000
79 Destiny's Child The Writing's on the Wall 703,000
80 Nickelback Silver Side Up 692,000
81 Brandy Never Say Never 665,000
82 Various Artists Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 642,000
83 Celine Dion Celine Dion 624,000
84 Britney Spears Britney 588,000
85 Mary J. Blige Share My World 559,000
86 Jewel Spirit 521,000
87 Kenny G Faith: A Holiday Album 503,000
88 Prince The Hits 1 501,000
89 Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow 500,000
90 Shania Twain Up! 477,000
91 Madonna Ray of Light 459,000
92 LFO LFO 456,000
93 Mariah Carey Rainbow 443,000
94 Destiny's Child Survivor 439,000
95 Janet Jackson The Velvet Rope 420,000
96 Shania Twain Shania Twain 390,000
97 Aaliyah Aaliyah 350,000
98 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 350,000
99 Madonna True Blue 301,000
100 Michael Jackson Dangerous 298,000

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