It became the world's top-selling album of 1997 selling 19 million copies in over a year.

Though not a top-selling album, it inspired many musicians to pick up the Stick.

Earlier this week, a colleague asked me to guess who Billboard had just revealed as having the top-selling album in the country.

It was the top-selling album of 2009 and brought Swift much crossover success.

Furthermore, the year's five top-selling albums were released either in 1999 or in the first half of 2000.

Swift, who was just 20, is the youngest artist to have the year's top-selling album.

Eminem had the top-selling album last year, but there were no such contenders in 2011.

The album is amongst the top-selling albums of the decade.

The album was among the 100 top-selling albums of 1992.

It is expected to be the top-selling album this week, having already sold large quantities through advance sales.