Biggest overall:

Biggest pop girl: 

Future Nostalgia and My Everything come to mind 

Misundaztood

My Everything

Future Nostalgia

x (multiply)

The 20/20 Experience

Both of Bieber's earliest full studio albums

 

Lover is approaching this territory on the strength of its recurrent streams

 

Edited November 28, 20223 yr by Beyonnaise

Backstreet Boys' Millennium has to be up there

 

For females, Come On Over, for pop girls probably Oops!... I Did It Again.

Edited November 28, 20223 yr by Popboi.

Fearless

TFM

Stripped

My everything

Stripped

4 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

Backstreet Boys' Millennium has to be up there

Yeah actually pretty much every teen boy fad falls into this category, 1D, Jonas Brothers, etc. The "eras" are massive but they rarely get a #1 smash hit, both Justins needed to transition to adult popstars before they were able to.

the fame monster

Breakaway is a contender!

Surprised nobody mentionned Fearless, an album with over 20M units. 

Illuminate 

Biggest overall:

Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen (1984)

- 30M+ ww sold

- #1 all around the world (#1 year end US)

- 17x Platinum in the US & NZ, 14x Platinum in Australia, Diamond in Canada

- 7 Singles that all went Top 10 on the Hot 100 (the most amount along with Thriller and Rhythm Nation; only surpassed by Drake in 2021)

- massively successful global stadium tour

 

By pop girl:

Idk, maybe Jagged Little Pill or Come on Over

Parachutes

A Rush of Blood to the Head

X&Y

Mylo Xyloto

Ghost Stories

A Head Full of Dreams

 

Globally anyway...

Edited November 28, 20223 yr by gustavothehuman

2 minutes ago, Klein said:

Surprised nobody mentionned Fearless, an album with over 20M units. 

Lover for the late 2010s too.

Most impactful: Born To Die 

Shania’s Come On Over is probably the answer for women.  Overall Pink Floyd’s Dark side of the moon.

 

other notable eras include: Jagged Little Pill, Let Go, Ray of Light, Fearless, and Future Nostalgia. 

Let Go

Oops I did it again

Edited November 28, 20223 yr by Trent W

6 minutes ago, Breakdown said:

Biggest overall:

Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen (1984)

- 30M+ ww sold

- #1 all around the world (#1 year end US)

- 17x Platinum in the US & NZ, 14x Platinum in Australia, Diamond in Canada

- 7 Singles that all went Top 10 on the Hot 100 (the most amount along with Thriller and Rhythm Nation; only surpassed by Drake in 2021)

- massively successful global stadium tour

 

By pop girl:

Idk, maybe Jagged Little Pill or Come on Over

mte  

2 minutes ago, byzantium said:

Shania’s Come On Over is probably the answer for women.  Overall Pink Floyd’s Dark side of the moon.

I'd go with this as well. 

Let Go

1 minute ago, byzantium said:

Shania’s Come On Over is probably the answer for women.  Overall Pink Floyd’s Dark side of the moon.

 

other notable eras include: Jagged Little Pill, Let Go, Ray of Light, Fearless, and Future Nostalgia. 

Wait Come on Over didn’t have #1 hits?

 

If then that’s it.

 

also

 

From what I remember reading Thriller(single) never went #1, but idk if some other singles of that album went #1.

 

If not, then Thriller is all time

Breakaway

Loser (considering how well is doing it streams-wise)

Edited November 28, 20223 yr by Roberto

3 minutes ago, Trent W said:

Wait Come on Over didn’t have #1 hits?

 

If then that’s it.

 

also

 

From what I remember reading Thriller(single) never went #1, but idk if some other singles of that album went #1.

 

If not, then Thriller is all time

Billie Jean went #1. 
 

It’s definitely Come on Over and then Jagged Little Pill. 

5 minutes ago, Trent W said:

Wait Come on Over didn’t have #1 hits?

 

If then that’s it.

 

also

 

From what I remember reading Thriller(single) never went #1, but idk if some other singles of that album went #1.

 

If not, then Thriller is all time

Thriller had Billie Jean and Beat It