List of the biggest selling R&B/Hip Hop albums of all time in the United States

This is a list of best-selling R&B/Hip Hop albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

1. Michael Jackson - Thriller (Epic Records, 1982) - 28 times platinum
2. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (Arista Records, 1992) - 17 times platinum
3. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (Arista Records, 1985) - 13 times platinum
4. Prince - Purple Rain (Warner Bros., 1984) - 13 times platinum
5. Boyz II Men - II (Motown Records, 1994) - 12 times platinum
6. Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause Atlantic Records, 1998)- 11 times platinum
7. TLC - CrazySexyCool (LaFace Records, 1994) - 11 times platinum
8. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (LaFace Records, 2003) - 11 times platinum
9. Mariah Carey - Music Box (Columbia Records, 1993) - 10 times platinum
10. MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (Capitol Records, 1990) - 10 times platinum
11. Mariah Carey - Daydream (Columbia Records, 1995) - 10 times platinum
12. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (Motown Records, 1976) - 10 times platinum
13. Eminem - The Eminem Show (Aftermath Records, 2002) - 10 times platinum
14. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death - (Bad Boy Records, 1997) - 10 times platinum
15. Usher - Confessions (LaFace Records, 2004) - 10 times platinum
16. Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (Columbia Records, 1990) - 9 times platinum
17. Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (Motown Records, 1991) - 9 times platinum
18. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (Aftermath Records\Interscope Records, 2000)- 9 times platinum
19. Whitney Houston - Whitney (Arista Records, 1987) - 9 times platinum
20. Tupac Shakur - All Eyez On Me (Death Row Records, 1996) - 9 times platinum
21. Will Smith - Big Willie Style (Columbia Records, 1997) - 9 times platinum
22. Tupac Shakur - Greatest Hits (Death Row Records, 1998) - 9 times platinum
23. R. Kelly - R. (Jive Records, 1998) - 8 times platinum
24. Toni Braxton - Secrets (LaFace Records, 1996) - 8 times platinum
25. Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (LaFace Records, 1993) - 8 times platinum
26. Destiny's Child - The Writing's on the Wall (Columbia Records, 1999) - 8 times platinum
27. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse Records, 1998) - 8 times platinum
28. Michael Jackson - Bad (Epic Records, 1987) - 8 times platinum
29. Nelly - Country Grammar (Universal Records, 2000) - 8 times platinum
30. Michael Jackson - Dangerous (Epic Records, 1991) - 7 times platinum
31. Michael Jackson - HIStory (Epic Records, 1995) - 7 times platinum
32. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (Epic Records, 1979) - 7 times platinum