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Here's a complete list of the 16 albums, released before May 1989, that have sold the most copies since May 1991. The number at the end of each entry is where the album ranks on Nielsen/SoundScan's running list of its 200 best-selling albums.

1. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Legend, 9,707,000. There was little reason to think that this 1984 compilation would become a blockbuster. Marley, who had died of cancer three years earlier, had not been a huge record seller in the U.S. Just two of his albums had reached the top 40. And only one of his singles had cracked the Hot 100. But several of his songs were well-known, including "Stir It Up" and "I Shot The Sheriff," which had been big hits for Johnny Nash and Eric Clapton, respectively. The album peaked at a mediocre #54, but has never stopped selling. Top 200 ranking: #18.

2. Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon, 8,512,000. Pink Floyd had never so much as cracked the top 40 on the Billboard chart when this album was released in 1973. The album shot to #1 and was a fixture on the chart for 741 weeks, which set a record for longevity that still stands. The album features the top 20 hit "Money," which was the band's first Hot 100 single. The album was all but shut out at the Grammys (it received just one nomination-for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical), but it has since been voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Top 200 ranking: #32.

3. James Taylor, Greatest Hits, 6,631,000. This 1976 album collects Taylor's classics for Warner Bros. Records, including the top 10 hits "Fire And Rain," "You've Got A Friend" and a remake of Marvin Gaye's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)." The album peaked at #23, a sub-par showing for Taylor at the time, proving that peak positions don't tell the whole story. Top 200 ranking: #69.

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ORIGINAL: windchymes

The Jimmy Buffett is no surprise, and the Grease Soundtrack will never go away, lol.

Guess I'll just hang onto those old Barry Manilow albums.....