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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9428288">Well I am almost 50 so my memories of big albums are a bit old lol. It was the first album that leapt to mind. But I was thinking more in terms of the albums impact and airplay than whether it sold over 10 million. Another thing that is different is albums overall do seem to have less impact but that is a whole other discussion. But it doens' even have to rise to the level of appetite. I remember pretty big albums from Linkin Park and System of a Down in the 2000s, as well as bands like My Chemical Romance. Granted not 15 million copies but still in the millions, still on teh radio, still something people were broadly being exposed to. By the way this isn't an attack on new music. It is more about the health of the rock landscape in the  mainstream culture. My point is just that rap, hip-hop, country, these all have a level of exposure that rock hasn't had in some time. I enjoyed having rock on the radio on TV as more than just classic hits. Obviously some of this is technology is changing. The lists on that page are kind of hard to read IMO lol. That other album 25 looks like it still did pretty good (17.4 million isn't too bad at all). Especially when you look at how low most other albums were by comparison in those decades.</blockquote>