Best-selling album in the USA by a group

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) by the Eagles (USA) has been certified for 38 million copies sold and streamed, as announced on 20 August 2018. The compilation album was released in 1976.

On 20 August 2018, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) had its multi-platinum status updated for the first time since 2006, when it was certified 29x platinum.

Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) features “Take It Easy” (No.12 on Billboard Hot 100), “Witchy Woman” (No.9), “Lyin’ Eyes” (No.2), “Already Gone” (No.32), “Desperado”, “One of These Nights” (No.1), “Tequila Sunrise” (No.64), “Take It to the Limit” (No.4), “Peaceful Easy Feeling” (No.22) and “Best of My Love” (No.1).

The Eagles – founded by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner, and later featuring Don Felder (who joined the aforementioned quartet on Their Greatest Hits), Timothy B Schmidt and Joe Walsh - were the top-selling American band of the 1970s and have sold more than 150 million albums worldwide. They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

On 20 August 2018, the RIAA also confirmed the Eagles’ Hotel California (1976) as the third-best-selling album in the USA (26x platinum).