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Photos: Biggest selling albums in the US since 2000

What are the most successful LPs of the last 12 years?

 

  • Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park (2000), 10  million)
  • Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park (2000), 10 million)

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Tuesday 28th August 2012 by Michael Holder

Tags: The Beatles, Eminem, Britney Spears

Last week, Linkin Park's 2000 debut album passed the 10 million US sales mark, becoming only the 20th album to reach the milestone since digital sales first started being counted in 1991.

Although it is the band's biggest selling LP, it is their only album not to reach the top of the charts. However, 'Hybrid Theory' went on the become the biggest selling LP of 2001 with almost 5 million sales.

But which other albums have sold more than 10 million copies in the US? Here, Gigwise lists the 10 biggest selling albums in since the start of the millenium, and there may be some surprises...

 

 

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