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When you think of the greatest selling albums of all-time in America, you think that it would be one from either Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Prince, Beyonce and/or Whitney Houston. You would be wrong. While Michael Jackson’s Thriller used to be #1, it has been downgraded to #2.
Who knocked the late great singer out of the top spot? The Eagles. According to RIAA, The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is #1 and their follow-up album Hotel California is #3.
The #1 album has sold over 38 million copies since it was released in 1976, and Hotel California, that was also released that year, sold 26 million copies.
Can someone please explain to me why The Eagles have 2 out of the top 3 selling albums of all-time? I was told it is a California thing. However, when I asked California natives about it, they could not tell me.
I have never owned one of their albums. I know a few of their songs, but I never got their appeal. If you saw my music collection, then you would see it is full of all types of musical genres. Classic Rock is one, and yet, not one Eagles CD. I don’t even have any of their songs on my playlist.
Do you get it? Are you an Eagles fan? Are you as shocked by this news as I am?
Heck, I know Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell used to be up there, and that I get. To me, Paradise in the Dashboard Light is more of sing-along song than Hotel California. And Hotel California is not even on the #1 selling album of all-time. Please, can someone explain their popularity to me?
BTW I am not dissing the band and its members, I just am trying to comprehend their sales.
