10 Biggest-Selling Rock Music Albums Of All Time
3. The White Album - The Beatles
For any die hard Beatles fan, it's pretty much a no brainer to have the Fab Four on a list like this. Since they have broken down so many barriers for rock music, it would make sense that the leaders of the British Invasion would turn in one of the most essential albums of all time. And just to give a little more bang for your buck, we have double the Beatles on display here for the White Album.
Ignoring the wildly uninteresting album cover, most of the album has some of the most colorful music that the group would ever create during their glory years. With the members not being on the best of terms, what you get on this record is essentially the start of their solo careers spread across 2 albums, which goes over a lot better than you think it would. One minute you may be lounging outside listening to Paul McCartney's delicate Blackbird, and the next thing you know you'll be hearing the wild zaniness behind John Lennon's Revolution 9 or the introspection on George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
While also being a little scattered, the human aspect of this record is really what connected people to it the most, leading it to sell upwards of 24 million copies. It might not have been the Beatles' finest hour in retrospect, but it's still one of the greatest thrill rides to listen to from cover to cover.