# How many of the RIAA best selling albums do you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652 "2005-08-26T00:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/81 "2005-08-26T19:15:05Z")
I have about 80 of them in my house but should only get partial credit. As the last member of my family to own a turntable I have aquired a very eclectic collection. ---
**Author:** ![SlyFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/82 "2005-08-26T20:58:05Z")
Hey, hey Mr. Blue Sky (and wheresgeorge04) - if you look a little more closely, you may see that I was mocking the personality type that you seem to also deplore (I figured it was so over the top, it couldn’t be taken seriously). I too can’t stand the, “\ You listen to that pop crap? I guess it was okay when I was 12 and didn’t know about Rockabilly Speed Metal,” types. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/83 "2005-08-26T21:06:16Z")
> [@SlyFrog](#): > > Hey, hey Mr. Blue Sky (and wheresgeorge04) - if you look a little more closely, you may see that I was mocking the personality type that you seem to also deplore (I figured it was so over the top, it couldn’t be taken seriously). > > I too can’t stand the, “\ You listen to that pop crap? I guess it was okay when I was 12 and didn’t know about Rockabilly Speed Metal,” types. Ah. Well, then…carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/84 "2005-08-26T21:22:51Z")
44 on my own. 68 including girlfriends collection. Could have been a lot more if I owned Eagles albums, there seemed to be about a dozen of them in there! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/85 "2005-08-26T21:41:38Z")
38, but don’t ask how many I bought new. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/86 "2005-08-26T21:47:19Z")
131 (7 of the top 10). And of the 256 I don’t have - I can’t imagine more than 1 or 2 of them ever popping up on my want list. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/87 "2005-08-26T21:53:15Z")
How can we find out what 101-103 are? After perusing the list, I have made it my personal mission to knock Wilson Phillips (99) off the top 100. Sacrilege! I can’t do much about Britney Spears because she’s so high up. But…she outranks Prince’s Purple Rain? :eek: Oh, I have a boatload of the top 100. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/88 "2005-08-26T22:09:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > 38, but don’t ask how many I bought new. OK. How many did you buy used? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/89 "2005-08-26T22:20:59Z")
17 out of the 400 or so albums/cds I currently own. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/90 "2005-08-26T22:24:17Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > How can we find out what 101-103 are? There’s 387 in the list (I c&p the list into a spreadsheet and verified). There’s so many ties, the list goes way beyond 100. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652/91 "2005-08-26T22:34:15Z")
1. 3 of which (Green Day, Eminiem and Pink) I was given by other people. Only 2 in the top 25 - Supernatural and Jagged Little Pill. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-riaa-best-selling-albums-do-you-own/318652.md?page=4)