Nielsen SoundScan published the list of top-selling albums in the United States for as long as SoundScan existed, 1991 to 2007.
| Top selling albums, 1991 – 2007 | |
| Come On Over/ Shania Twain | 15,449,000 |
| Metallica/ Metallica | 15,077,000 |
| Jagged Little Pill/ Alanis Morissette | 14,557,000 |
| Millennium/ Backstreet Boys | 12,099,000 |
| Soundtrack/ Bodyguard | 11,798,000 |
| Supernatural/ Santana | 11,643,000 |
| Human Clay/ Creed | 11,504,000 |
| No Strings Attached/ N Sync | 11,104,000 |
| Beatles 1/ Beatles | 11,097,000 |
| Falling Into You/ Celine Dion | 10,768,000 |
| Source: Nielsen SoundScan | |