Biggest selling R&B/Hip Hop albums of all time in the United States

This is a list of best-selling R&B/Hip Hop albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

1. Michael Jackson – Thriller (Epic Records, 1982) – 28 times platinum
2. Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard (Arista Records, 1992) – 17 times platinum
3. Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston (Arista Records, 1985) – 13 times platinum
4. Prince – Purple Rain (Warner Bros., 1984) – 13 times platinum
5. Boyz II Men – II (Motown Records, 1994) – 12 times platinum
6. Kid Rock – Devil Without A Cause Atlantic Records, 1998)- 11 times platinum
7. TLC – CrazySexyCool (LaFace Records, 1994) – 11 times platinum
8. OutKast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (LaFace Records, 2003) – 11 times platinum
9. Mariah Carey – Music Box (Columbia Records, 1993) – 10 times platinum
10. MC Hammer – Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (Capitol Records, 1990) – 10 times platinum
11. Mariah Carey – Daydream (Columbia Records, 1995) – 10 times platinum
12. Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (Motown Records, 1976) – 10 times platinum
13. Eminem – The Eminem Show (Aftermath Records, 2002) – 10 times platinum
14. The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death – (Bad Boy Records, 1997) – 10 times platinum
15. Usher – Confessions (LaFace Records, 2004) – 10 times platinum
16. Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey (Columbia Records, 1990) – 9 times platinum
17. Boyz II Men – Cooleyhighharmony (Motown Records, 1991) – 9 times platinum
18. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP (Aftermath Records\Interscope Records, 2000)- 9 times platinum
19. Whitney Houston – Whitney (Arista Records, 1987) – 9 times platinum
20. Tupac Shakur – All Eyez On Me (Death Row Records, 1996) – 9 times platinum
21. Will Smith – Big Willie Style (Columbia Records, 1997) – 9 times platinum
22. Tupac Shakur – Greatest Hits (Death Row Records, 1998) – 9 times platinum
23. R. Kelly – R. (Jive Records, 1998) – 8 times platinum
24. Toni Braxton – Secrets (LaFace Records, 1996) – 8 times platinum
25. Toni Braxton – Toni Braxton (LaFace Records, 1993) – 8 times platinum
26. Destiny’s Child – The Writing’s on the Wall (Columbia Records, 1999) – 8 times platinum
27. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse Records, 1998) – 8 times platinum
28. Michael Jackson – Bad (Epic Records, 1987) – 8 times platinum
29. Nelly – Country Grammar (Universal Records, 2000) – 8 times platinum
30. Michael Jackson – Dangerous (Epic Records, 1991) – 7 times platinum
31. Michael Jackson – HIStory (Epic Records, 1995) – 7 times platinum
32. Michael Jackson – Off the Wall (Epic Records, 1979) – 7 times platinum

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