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Includes compilation albums. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)  (1976, WMG) - 44 million The Beatles - 1  (2000, UMG) - 31 million Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend: The Best of Bob & The Wailers  (1984, UMG) - 30 million ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits  (1992, UMG) - 30 million Madonna - The Immaculate Collection  (1990, WMG) - 30 million Queen - Greatest Hits  (1981, UMG / WMG) - 25 million Journey - Greatest Hits  (1988, SMG) - 25 million Elton John - Greatest Hits  (1974, UMG) - 24 million Michael Jackson - History: Past, Present and Future  (1995, SMG) - 22 million Celine Dion - All the Way... A Decade of Song  (1999, SMG) - 22 million Bon Jovi - Cross Road  (1994, UMG) - 21 million Andrew Bocelli - Romanza  (1997, UMG) - 20 million

All four of them. Sony Music Group Universal Music Group Warner Music Group BMG Rights Management

The major labels being Sony (Columbia, RCA, Epic and Arista), Universal (Capitol, Decca, Def Jam, EMI, Interscope, Geffen, A&M, Island, Mercury, Motown, Polydor, Republic, Verve and Virgin) and Warner (Atlantic, Elektra, Parlophone and Warner). Sony - Thriller  by Michael Jackson (Epic, 1982), 70 million Universal - The Dark Side of the Moon  by Pink Floyd (Capitol, 1973), 45 million Warner - Back in Black  by AC/DC (Atlantic, 1980), 50 million

These three and one mini-major were once part of the big six until 1999. Sony Music Entertainment (founded September 9, 1929 as American Record Corporation) Predecessor company, 1885-1929 Scranton Button Company (founded 1885) Independent, 1885-1929 Independent, 1929-1938 CBS, 1938-1988 (as Columbia Records, USA until 1966 and as CBS Records from 1966 onwards) Sony Corporation of America, 1988-2004 (as CBS Records until 1991 and as Sony Music Entertainment from 1991 onwards) Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann, 2004-2008 (as Sony BMG Music Entertainment) Sony Corporation of America, 2008-2012 (as Sony Music Entertainment) Sony Entertainment, 2012-2019 Sony Music Group, 2019-present Universal Music Group (founded September 1934 as the American unit of Decca Records) Decca Records, 1934-1939 Independent, 1939-1962 MCA Inc., 1962-1990 (as MCA Records from 1971 until 1989 and as MCA Music Entertainment Group from 1989 onwards) Matsushita Electric, 1990-1995 Seagram, 1995-2000 (as M...

This focuses on the big four - Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and BMG Rights Management as well as the defunct EMI and Polygram. Sony Music Entertainment Albums Thriller  by Michael Jackson (1982, Epic) The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album  by Whitney Houston and various artists (1992, Arista) Bat Out of Hell  by Meat Loaf (1977, Epic) Bad  by Michael Jackson (1987, Epic) Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture  by various artists (1987, RCA) Falling into You  by Celine Dion (1996, Columbia and Epic) Dangerous  by Michael Jackson (1991, Epic) 21  by Adele (2011, Columbia) Let's Talk About Love  by Celine Dion (1997, Columbia and Epic) Born in the U.S.A.  by Bruce Springsteen (1984, Columbia) Supernatural  by Santana (1999, Arista) The Wall  by Pink Floyd (1979, Columbia and CBS) Music Box  by Mariah Carey (1993, Columbia) Titanic: Music from the Motion Pic...