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Today, Billboard.com announced that Pearl Jam's 1991 debut album "Ten" surpassed the 10 million U.S. sales mark, making it the 22nd album to reach the threshold since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.
In the week ending Feb. 17, the album sold nearly 4,000 copies, which brings its total sales to about 1,000 over 10 million.
"Ten" is the fourth album to hit 10 million U.S. sales since the start of 2012.
A full list of albums to have reached the 10 million sales mark can be found below: Artist, Title (Year of Release), Time To 10 Million1. Metallica, Metallica (1991), 337 weeks2. Shania Twain, Come On Over (1997), 96 weeks 3. Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill (1995), 66 weeks4. Backstreet Boys, Millennium (1999), 39 weeks5. The Beatles, 1 (2000), 227 weeks6. Whitney Houston/Soundtrack, The Bodyguard (1992), 72 weeks7. Santana, Supernatural (1999), 60 weeks8. Creed, Human Clay (1999), 93 weeks9. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Legend (1984), 18 years 10. *NSYNC, No Strings Attached (2000), 43 weeks11. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (2002), 259 weeks12. Celine Dion, Falling Into You (1996), 160 weeks 13. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), 343 weeks14. Britney Spears, . . . Baby One More Time (1999), 106 weeks15. Hootie & the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View (1994), 442 weeks16. Soundtrack, Titanic (1997), 263 weeks17. Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (1997), 226 weeks 18. Eminem, The Eminem Show (2002), 489 weeks19. Usher, Confessions (2004), 433 weeks20. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (2000), 617 weeks21. Adele, 21 (2011), 92 weeks22. Pearl Jam, Ten (1991), 21 years
However, I would like to add that "Vs." and "Vitalogy" are better albums.