What is the best selling debut album for a band ever???

[Hamburgerpimp]

Anyone want to take a guess????? I will give you a hint, it is NOT the Rolling Stones or The Beatles or U2 or Van Halen!! That should be a good start.

 

[Viper GTS]

Metallica?

N*SYNC?

BSB?

Viper GTS

 

[NoreagaCNN]

Gay-Sync????????

-Nore

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Nope

 

[NoreagaCNN]

BackStreet Girls????

-Nore

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Ok, I will give you another hint. It is NOT any band in the past 5 years.

 

[freedexter]

I can't read.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

NEF, bad answer. You sure can type!!

 

[shiznut123]

New kids on the block?

 

[Total Refected Power]

Milli Vanilli?

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Nope

 

[snow patrol]

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

 

[Pepsi90919]

Boston - Boston.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Damn that was fast:


Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

 

[Supradude]

Chicago?

 

[snow patrol]

spot the muso sad bastard

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[Hamburgerpimp]

At least last time I checked it was something like 14 million copies for GNR AFD. Who knows, Boston may have made a late run!!

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

 

[Pacfanweb]

Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction

Edit: whoops, answered before I looked at the other answers. I'm pretty sure it was Boston's first album until GNR came along.

 

[WetSprocket]

I thought I read somewhere that it was Van Halen. This was total album sales wasnt it. Anyone have any numbers on this?

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Well, I meant the Debut album by a US band for Worldwide sales. I am positive it is GNR, at least when I checked last. Here is a nifty little link.

 

[TonyH]

Boston's debut album is at #10 for all time sales, GNR's Appetite for Destruction is at #17.

I think that means, Boston takes the crown.

 

[WetSprocket]

Wow it says VH is #57. I was way off. Pretty cool link...
Surprises for me was Shania Twain at #8, Prince Purple Rain at #25, and Meat Loaf at 26(I bet no one will admit buying it).

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

WORLDWIDE

 

[Ronstang]

I thought it was Boston's first album &quot;Boston&quot; and it is, every album ahead of it on the list is NOT a debut album. In fact Boston was the first album I ever purchased (boy that dates me).

WetSprocket

And yes I do have two copies of Meatloaf's first album, one on LP and one on CD...thank you very much.