10 Best-Selling Rock Albums Of The 1980s
4. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (30,000,000)
What's a good way to sell an album to Americans?
Just put the name of their country in the title? There's no way they'll fall for that...
Bruce Springsteen clearly understood his countrymen when he decided to give his 1984 album an uber-patriotic name. In reality, the album was more of a critique of the state of the US at the time, but that didn't stop people from buying it in their millions.
Born in the USA has been purchased 17 million times in the country that it shares a name with. Americans were keen to get their hands on songs like Dancing in the Dark, Glory Days, and the title track, as were several million other folks across the globe.
Roughly 30 million people put money in The Boss' back pocket thanks to this collection, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
It remains Springsteen's best seller and is essentially his calling card these days. Even people who don't claim to be fans of his work will recognise that iconic picture of his backside on the front cover.
30 million people own a photo of Bruce Springsteen's bum.
What a weird thought.