The Highest Selling Albums by Female Artists of All Time, Ranked

Over the years, certain albums from iconic female musicians past and present have gone on to do more than just land on top of the Billboard charts or notch certain sales records: they’ve become the best-selling albums among women of all time.

While some of the records on this list are more recent, most of the albums that have notched the most impressive sales figures date back to decades ago, and remain extremely influential in pop culture to this day.

We’ve rounded up the best-selling albums made by women of all time – based on global stats, not just one country – and put them in ranking according to sales.

Click through to see which albums by women are the best-selling of all time…

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