FWIW.. this is a list of the top 10 selling debut albums of all time...
Not that sales translates into a great album (especially when the cds are purchased by crazy teenie boppers)
1. Boston "Boston" (17 million)
2. Hootie & The Blowfish, "Cracked Rear View" (16 million)
3. Guns N' Roses, "Appetite for Destruction" (15 million)
4. (tie) Back Street Boys, "Back Street Boys"; Meat Loaf, "Bat Out of Hell" (14 million)
5. (tie) Britney Spears, "Baby One More Time"; Whitney Houston, "Whitney Houston" (13 million)
6. (tie) Pearl Jam, "Ten"; matchbox twenty, "Yourself or Someone Like You" (12 million)
7. Jewel, "Pieces of You" (11 million)
8. (tie) 'N Sync, "'N Sync"; Van Halen, "Van Halen"; George Michael, "Faith" (10 million)
9. (tie) Will Smith, "Big Willie Style"; Boyz II Men, "Cooleyhighharmony"; Garth Brooks, "Garth Brooks"; Beastie Boys, "License To Ill"; Mariah Carey, "Mariah Carey"; Billy Ray Cyrus, "Some Gave All"; Ace of Base, "The Sign" (9 million)
10. (tie) Norah Jones, "Come Away With Me"; Lauryn Hill, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill; Christina Aguilera, "Christina Aguilera"; Stone Temple Pilots, "Core"; Nelly, "Country Grammar," Linkin Park, "Hybrid Theory"; Toni Braxton, "Toni Braxton" (8 million)