The Way Things Used to Be: Albums With Dozens of 100,000+ Weeks

Some interesting stats from Billboard drawing from album sales as tallied by Nielsen SoundScan:

There have been fourteen albums that have had 30 or more weeks of selling 100,000 copies in the US since the SoundScan area began in 1991.

Alanis Morissette, “Jagged Little Pill” – 64 (1995-1997)
Britney Spears, “…Baby One More Time” – 50 (1999-2000)
Creed, “Human Clay” – 49 (1999-2001)
Celine Dion, “Falling Into You” – 43 (1996-1997)
Shania Twain, “Come on Over” – 42 (1997-2000)
Hootie & the Blowfish, “Cracked Rear View” – 40 (1995-1996)
Santana, “Supernatural” – 39 (1999-2000)
Backstreet Boys, “Millennium” – 34 (1999-2000)
Usher, “Confessions” – 33 (2004-2005)
Spice Girls, “Spice” – 32 (1997-1998)
Billy Ray Cyrus, “Some Gave All” – 31 (1992-1993)
NSYNC, “No Strings Attached” – 31 (2000-2001)
Kid Rock, “Devil Without a Cause” – 30 (1999-2000)
Adele, “21” – 30 (to date) (2011-2012)

Here’s a list of the best-selling albums in America since the start of the SoundScan era:

Metallica, “Metallica” (15.73 million)
Shania Twain, “Come On Over” (15.51 million)
Alanis Morissette, “Jagged Little Pill” (14.71 million)
Backstreet Boys, “Millennium” (12.17 million)
The Beatles, “1” (11.97 million)
Soundtrack/Whitney Houston, “The Bodyguard” (11.83 million)
Santana, “Supernatural” (11.72 million)
Creed, “Human Clay” (11.57 million)
NSYNC, “No Strings Attached” (11.12 million)
Celine Dion, “Falling Into You” (10.79 million)

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