Santana has landed a spot on Nielsen's list of the "Top 100 Recordings of the SoundScan Era." The list compiles sales figures of the best selling records since the chart keeping company launched their highly influential SoundScan service for tracking record sales.
Santana scored the number 11 position on the list with his release Supernatural. That album has moved 11,751,712 to date, according to the list.
The guitar god joins some elite company on the list, including Metallica's self-titled Black album at number one, Shania Twain's Come On Over at number two and Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill at number three.
Nielsen launched SoundScan on March 1, 1991 and it has since been the go-to source for calculating shipments of albums from distributors to retail sellers.
Top 10 Albums Of The SoundScan Era:
1. Metallica - Metallica - 15,896,7532. Shania Twain - Come On Over - 15,529,2163. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 14,856,7884. Backstreet Boys - Millennium - 12,227,5515. The Beatles - 1 - 12,214,5336. Various Artists - The Bodyguard (Soundtrack) - 12,068,5277. Santana - Supernatural - 11,751,7128. Creed - Human Clay - 11,657,5879. Bob Marley - Legend - 11,359,40910. 'N Sync - No Strings Attached - 11,145,749
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