Number of Albums Sold by

Rock ArtistsBy: Haley Shaneberger

Albums sold Years the album has

been out

YX

Nirvana

AC/DC:Back in Black 50,000,000 albums

32 years

Best rock band ever!

Guns N’ Roses (G N’ R):Appetite for Destruction

30,000,000 albums25 years

Love them too!

Pink Floyd:The Dark Side of the Moon

50,000,000 albums39 years

They are good too!

Nirvana:Nevermind

Album cover not appropriate

30,000,000 albums

21 years

Love their songs!

Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV 37,000,000

albums41 years

Great music!

Bon Jovi:Slippery When Wet

28,000,000 albums26 years

Love them!

20 25 30 35 40 450

10,000,000

20,000,000

30,000,000

40,000,000

50,000,000

60,000,000

AC/DC

Nirvana

Pink Floyd

G N’ R

Led Zeppelin

Bon Jovi

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Years

Nirvana

50,000,000 albums 32 years

1,562,500 albums 1 year

30,000,000 albums

25 years1,200,000 albums1 year

50,000,000 albums39 years

1,282,051.282 albums1 year

30,000,000 albums

21 years1,428,571.429 albums1 year

37,000,000 albums

41 years902,439.0244 albums1 year

28,000,000 albums

26 years 1,076,923.077 albums1 year

AC/DC

G N’ R

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

Bon Jovi

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200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000 AC/DC

G N’ RPink Floyd

Nirvana

Led Zeppelin

Bon Jovi

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NirvanaNirvana has sold

30,000,000 albums in 21 years, which means on

average they sold 1,428,571.429 albums in

1 year Led Zeppelin sold

37,000,000 albums in 41 years, which means

on average the sold 902,439.0244 albums

in 1 year.

Nirvana’s album has been out for the least amount of time and they have sold over 1 million copies. Led Zeppelin’s album has been out for the most time and has sold less the 1million copies.

AC/DC sold the most albums on average per year, with 1,562,500 albums in a year.