25 Biggest Hard Rock Albums
Plus the 45 All-Time Top Selling Hard Rock Artists đ + more
Since 2016, the RIAA has included Album Equivalent Units, adding streaming and single track sales into the totals. (The Eagles Greatest Hits jumped from 29 million to 38 million with the new criteria.) The below numbers reflect the current RIAA standard.1
Top 25 All-Time Hard Rock/Metal/Punk AlbumsÂ
By RIAA Certified U.S. Album SalesÂ
đž: Ross Halfin
AC/DC, Back in Black (1980) 25 Million*
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV (1971) 24MÂ
Pink Floyd, The Wall (1979) 23MÂ
Guns Nâ Roses, Appetite for Destruction (1987) 18MÂ
Boston, Boston (1976) 17MÂ
Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti (1975) 16M
Metallica, Metallica (1991) 16M
Journey, Greatest Hits 15M (1988)
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 15MÂ
Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell (1977) 14M
Pearl Jam, Ten (1991) 13MÂ
Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet (1986) 12MÂ
Def Leppard, Hysteria (1987) 12M
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II (1969) 12MÂ
Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (2000) 12MÂ
Aerosmith, Aerosmithâs Greatest Hits (1980) 11MÂ
Creed, Human Clay (2000) 11MÂ
Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy (1973) 11MÂ
Def Leppard, Pyromania (1983) 10MÂ
Green Day, Dookie (1994) 10MÂ
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (1969) 10MÂ
Nickelback, All the Right Reasons (2005) 10MÂ
Nirvana, Nevermind (1991) 10MÂ
No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom (1995) 10MÂ
Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) 10MÂ
*No. 4 on the All-Genre list. Estimated 50M worldwide.
Top All-Time Hard Rock/Metal/Punk ArtistsÂ
By RIAA Certified U.S. Album SalesÂ
đž: Neal Preston
Led Zeppelin 112.5 millionÂ
AC/DC 75 millionÂ
Pink Floyd 75 millionÂ
Aerosmith 66.5 millionÂ
Metallica 63 millionÂ
Van Halen 56.5 millionÂ
Journey 48 million
Guns Nâ Roses 44.5M
Queen 43MÂ
Def Leppard 35.5MÂ
Bon Jovi 34.5MÂ
Pearl Jam 31.5MÂ
Boston 31MÂ
Ozzy Osbourne 29.2MÂ
Linkin Park 28.5MÂ
Nirvana 28MÂ
Rush 26MÂ
Creed 25MÂ
Mötley CrĂŒe 25MÂ
Red Hot Chili Peppers 25MÂ
Green Day 24MÂ
Nickelback 24MÂ
Jimi Hendrix 23MÂ
Heart 22.5MÂ
Kiss 21MÂ
Smashing Pumpkins 19.7MÂ
Stone Temple Pilots 17.5MÂ
Korn 16.5MÂ
Limp Bizkit 16.5M
Black Sabbath 15MÂ
No Doubt 15MÂ
The Offspring 14.5M
Poison 14.5MÂ
The Cranberries 14.5MÂ
Ted Nugent 14M
3 Doors Down 13M
Alice In Chains 12.5MÂ
Tool 12.5MÂ
Whitesnake 12.5MÂ
Live 12MÂ
Disturbed 11.5MÂ
Bush 10.5MÂ
Nine Inch Nails 10.5MÂ
Scorpions 10.5MÂ
Blink-182 10MÂ
Evanescence 10MÂ
The Weekâs Most-Streamed ArtistsÂ
Top 50 Hard Rock, Metal, Punk, Etc.Â
Apr 23, 2021 - Apr 29, 2021Â
Queen* 22.6M Total Song Streams (Top Song: âBohemian Rhapsodyâ)Â
AC/DC 18.9M (Top Song: âThunderstruckâ)Â
Twenty One Pilots 18.6M (âShy Awayâ)Â
Linkin Park 17M (âIn the Endâ)
Panic! At The Disco 16.7M (âHigh Hopesâ)Â
Red Hot Chili Peppers 16M (âUnder the Bridgeâ)Â
Metallica 15.8M (âEnter Sandmanâ)Â
Led Zeppelin 15.1M (âStairway to Heavenâ) Â
Five Finger Death Punch 14M (âBlue on Blackâ)Â
Nirvana 13.8M (âSmells Like Teen Spiritâ)Â
Fall Out Boy 13.7M (âSugar, Weâre Goin Downâ)Â
Pink Floyd 13.4M (âWish You Were Hereâ)Â
Green Day 13M (âBasket Caseâ)Â
Blink-182 10.7M (âAll the Small Thingsâ)Â
Guns Nâ Roses 10.7M (âSweet Child Oâ Mineâ)Â
Three Days Grace 10.6M (â(I Hate) Everything About Youâ)
5 Seconds Of Summer 10.6M (âYoungbloodâ)Â
Journey 10.5M (âDonât Stop Believinâ)Â
Disturbed 10.3M (âThe Sound of Silenceâ)Â
Shinedown 10.2M (âSimple Manâ)Â
Paramore 10.1M (âMisery Businessâ)Â
Weezer 10M (âIsland in the Sunâ)Â
Aerosmith 9.4M (âDream Onâ)Â
My Chemical Romance 9.1M (âTeenagersâ)Â
Van Halen 9M (âJumpâ)Â
Slipknot 8.9M (âDualityâ)Â
Breaking Benjamin 8.8M (âThe Diary of Janeâ)Â
Foo Fighters 8.7M (âEverlongâ)Â
All Time Low 8.5M (âMonstersâ ft. Blackbear)Â
System Of A Down 7.9M (âChop Suey!â)Â
Bon Jovi 7.9M (âLivinâ on a Prayerâ)Â
Pearl Jam 7.8M (âBlackâ)Â
Nickelback 7.8M (âHow You Remind Meâ)Â
Korn 7.8M (âComing Undoneâ)Â
Bring Me The Horizon 7.4M (âCan You Feel My Heartâ)Â
Mötley CrĂŒe 7.1M (âKickstart My Heartâ)Â
Def Leppard 7M (âPour Some Sugar On Meâ)Â
Avenged Sevenfold 7M (âHail to the Kingâ)Â
Alice In Chains 6.9M (âMan in the Boxâ)Â
Skillet 6.8M (âMonsterâ)Â
Tool 6.7M (âSoberâ)Â
Godsmack 6.3M (âBulletproofâ)Â
A Day To Remember 6.3M (âIf It Means a Lot to Youâ)Â
Seether 6.2M (âFake Itâ)Â
Falling In Reverse 6.2M (âPopular Monsterâ)Â
3 Doors Down 6M (âKryptoniteâ)Â
The Offspring 6M âSelf Esteemâ)Â
Ozzy Osbourne 5.7M (âCrazy Trainâ)Â
Papa Roach 5.7M (âLast Resortâ)Â
Theory Of A Deadman 5.1M (âRx (Medicate)â)Â
*No. 69 all-genreÂ
(Source: Rolling Stone)
Top 30 Hard Rock, Metal, Punk, Etc.Â
All Time Digital Singles - By RIAA Certified UnitsÂ
Twenty One Pilots* 44MÂ
Panic! At The Disco 32.5MÂ
Queen 32.5MÂ
Linkin Park 30MÂ
Fall Out Boy 26MÂ
Paramore 17MÂ
Three Days Grace 14MÂ
Breaking Benjamin 12.5MÂ
Daughtry 12.5MÂ
Shinedown 12.5MÂ
3 Doors Down 10.5MÂ
Bon Jovi 10.5MÂ
Skillet 10MÂ
5 Seconds Of Summer 9.5MÂ
Foo Fighters 8.5MÂ
Survivor 8MÂ
Theory Of A Deadman 8MÂ
Red Hot Chili Peppers 7.5MÂ
My Chemical Romance 7MÂ
Plain White Tâs 7MÂ
No Doubt 6.5MÂ
Muse 6MÂ
Chevelle 5.5MÂ
Green Day 5.5MÂ
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 5.5MÂ
Disturbed 5MÂ
Evanescence 5MÂ
Journey 5MÂ
Portugal. The Man 5MÂ
The All-American Rejects 5MÂ
*No. 27 All GenreÂ
Updated November 20, 2021
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