R.E.M. Albums Ranked By Sales

According to Billboard, Rhino, R.E.M. sold over 85,000,000 albums worldwide, including 20,500,000 in the United States and 8,496,000 in the United Kingdom. The best-selling album by R.E.M. is AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE, which sold over 18,000,000 copies.

1

AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE (1992)

R.E.M.

Sales: 18,000,000

Rank in 1992 : 4

Rank in 1990's : 36

Overall rank : 97

 

2

OUT OF TIME (1991)

R.E.M.

Sales: 12,000,000

Rank in 1991 : 11

Rank in 1990's : 81

Overall rank : 194

3

MONSTER (1994)

R.E.M.

Sales: 6,728,945

Rank in 1994 : 22

Rank in 1990's : 177

Overall rank : 476

4

IN TIME: THE BEST OF R.E.M. 1988-2003 (2003)

R.E.M.

Sales: 4,346,097

Rank in 2003 : 22

Rank in 2000's : 197

Overall rank : 908

5

GREEN (1988)

R.E.M.

Sales: 2,557,500

Rank in 1988 : 37

Rank in 1980's : 333

Overall rank : 1731

6

NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI (1996)

R.E.M.

Sales: 2,280,850

Rank in 1996 : 60

Rank in 1990's : 695

Overall rank : 1961

7

REVEAL (2001)

R.E.M.

Sales: 1,675,060

Rank in 2001 : 116

Rank in 2000's : 690

Overall rank : 2978

8

UP (1998)

R.E.M.

Sales: 1,557,140

Rank in 1998 : 124

Rank in 1990's : 1126

Overall rank : 3154

9

DOCUMENT (1987)

R.E.M.

Sales: 1,200,000

Rank in 1987 : 105

Rank in 1980's : 739

Overall rank : 3973

 10

AROUND THE SUN (2004)

R.E.M.

Sales: 1,056,283

Rank in 2004 : 130

Rank in 2000's : 1152

Overall rank : 4851

11

LIFES RICH PAGEANT (1986)

R.E.M.

Sales: 660,000

Rank in 1986 : 140

Rank in 1980's : 1409

Overall rank : 7696

12

MURMUR (1983)

R.E.M.

Sales: 600,000

Rank in 1983 : 138

Rank in 1980's : 1534

Overall rank : 8382

13

RECKONING (1984)

R.E.M.

Sales: 560,000

Rank in 1984 : 138

Rank in 1980's : 1603

Overall rank : 8747

 14

FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION (1985)

R.E.M.

Sales: 500,000

Rank in 1985 : 207

Rank in 1980's : 2038

Overall rank : 11758

15

THE BEST OF R.E.M. (1991)

R.E.M.

Sales: 470,000

Rank in 1991 : 286

Rank in 1990's : 3885

Overall rank : 13052

16

ACCELERATE (2008)

R.E.M.

Sales: 352,500

Rank in 2008 : 198

Rank in 2000's : 3369

Overall rank : 14198

17

PART LIES, PART HEART, PART TRUTH, PART GARBAGE 1982-2011 (2011)

R.E.M.

Sales: 137,500

Rank in 2011 : 286

Rank in 2010's : 2467

Overall rank : 21178

18

COLLAPSE INTO NOW (2011)

R.E.M.

Sales: 90,000

Rank in 2011 : 512

Rank in 2010's : 4322

Overall rank : 31609

19

SINGLES COLLECTION (1994)

R.E.M.

Sales: 60,000

Rank in 1994 : 997

Rank in 1990's : 10271

Overall rank : 36591

20

R.E.M. LIVE (2007)

R.E.M.

Sales: 22,500

Rank in 2007 : 1304

Rank in 2000's : 15378

Overall rank : 49573