Elton John, followed by Paul McCartney, bee gees, carpenters and the Jackson 5 and do not forget the dark horse, MIKE OLDFIELD who released tubular bells that went to number one and sold over 137 million copies.
Elton John.
The best selling album of the entire 1970's was between peter frampton's album or fleetwood mac's album rumours. I would say based on what album was spoken the most, proabably rumours by FM. Although Peter's album was close to rumours, but fleetwood mac just sold more albums than ever before when it came out in 77'. So I hope I answered your question.
According to Billboard the top artist is currently Adele. The album that is in the top 200 and is currently number one in the United States of America is 21.
Countdown to Extinction is the most selling album reaching #2 on Billboard.
Madonna holds the record for the "Top-Selling Female Recording Artist", with album sales up to December 2009 of 75 million in the USA and 200 million abroad, according to the Guinness World Records 2011..out in September 2010.Guinness World Records also listed her as the World's Most Successful Female Recording Artist of all time. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists", making her as the most successful solo artist in the history of Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Whitney Houston, with her 1987 album, Whitney, became the first female artist to have an album debut at number one on the Billboard charts. The album produced six singles.
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Madonna
The Best selling album artist in the UK was the group Queen with their Greatest Hits album. It sold 5.68 million.
The the album 'Back to the Hotel,' was released by the artist N2Deep, which was released on June 1, 1992. It was released almost 21 years ago and hit #14 on the Billboard hot list.
The best selling album of Vanilla Ice is his debut album "To The Extreme", which includes the hit song "Ice Ice Baby". The album made it to number 1 in the Billboard 200 albums chart selling more than 11 million copies giving it a diamond status by RIAA.
Yes, Thriller was the best selling album worldwide since 1983, Thriller is by artist Michael Jackson