I'm sorry, but please show me these stats.
Billboard.com has Led Zeppelin 4 at number 2 in all time sales...the Beatles "White Album" which is a compellation is sitting arround 10...it sat at number one of all time for studio albums for most of the last 14 year...held out of the top position by a greatest hits collection...which isnt a studio album.
And Led Zeppelin 2 and "Physical Grafitti" both sold more than the Beatles highest selling studio record which isnt even in the top 20...the rest of thier collection all fall in the top 100...where the beatles only have 3 more CDs on that list.
Its the number of Beatles albums that give them and advantage...Led Zep only had 9 and the beatles had 17.
Look at another stat...the Beatles have Shea stadium as thier largest croud...but a Led Zeppelin show in Bathe England drew a crowd bigger than Woodstock...and it is still on the record books...over 1/2 million and people paid for it...woodstock was a free show.
George Harrison has been quoted as being in awe of them...theres a clip of him saying that backstage at a Zeppelin show
Here is the RIAA compilings so...Thriller has sold 9 million since MJs death...having him killed was the best move that Sony corp ever made...lol..they are in order with millions sold.
29 EAGLES/THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975 EAGLES ELEKTRA
28 THRILLER JACKSON, MICHAEL LEGACY / EPIC
23 LED ZEPPELIN IV LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC
23 THE WALL PINK FLOYD COLUMBIA
22 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC EPIC
21 DOUBLE LIVE BROOKS, GARTH CAPITOL NASHVILLE
21 GREATEST HITS VOLUME I & VOLUME II JOEL, BILLY COLUMBIA
20 COME ON OVER TWAIN, SHANIA MERCURY NASHVILLE
19 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROS.
19 THE BEATLES BEATLES, THE APPLE
18 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION GUNS 'N ROSES GEFFEN
17 BOSTON BOSTON EPIC
17 THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK) HOUSTON, WHITNEY ARISTA
17 NO FENCES BROOKS, GARTH CAPITOL
16 THE BEATLES 1967 - 1970 BEATLES, THE APPLE
16 HOTEL CALIFORNIA EAGLES ASYLUM
16 PHYSICAL GRAFFITI LED ZEPPELIN SWAN SONG
16 GREATEST HITS JOHN, ELTON MCA
16 JAGGED LITTLE PILL MORISSETTE, ALANIS MAVERICK
16 CRACKED REAR VIEW HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH ATLANTIC
15 SUPERNATURAL SANTANA ARISTA
15 GREATEST HITS JOURNEY COLUMBIA
15 THE BEATLES 1962 - 1966 BEATLES, THE APPLE
15 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (SOUNDTRACK) BEE GEES RSO
15 BORN IN THE U.S.A. SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE COLUMBIA
15 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD HARVEST
14 BAT OUT OF HELL MEAT LOAF CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL
14 ROPIN' THE WIND BROOKS, GARTH CAPITOL
14 SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST HITS SIMON & GARFUNKEL COLUMBIA
14 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME SPEARS, BRITNEY JIVE
14 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE
14 METALLICA METALLICA ELEKTRA
13 TEN PEARL JAM EPIC
13 WHITNEY HOUSTON HOUSTON, WHITNEY ARISTA
13 PURPLE RAIN (SOUNDTRACK) PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION WARNER BROS.
13 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & E STREET BAND LIVE 1975 - '85 SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE COLUMBIA
13 MILLENNIUM BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE
13 GREATEST HITS 1974-1978 MILLER, STEVE BAND CAPITOL
12 KENNY ROGERS' GREATEST HITS ROGERS, KENNY LIBERTY
12 FORREST GUMP SOUNDTRACK EPIC
12 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC
12 NO JACKET REQUIRED COLLINS, PHIL ATLANTIC
12 HYSTERIA DEF LEPPARD MERCURY
12 II BOYZ II MEN MOTOWN
12 ABBEY ROAD BEATLES, THE APPLE
12 WIDE OPEN SPACES DIXIE CHICKS MONUMENT
12 HOT ROCKS ROLLING STONES, THE LONDON
12 SLIPPERY WHEN WET BON JOVI MERCURY
12 THE WOMAN IN ME TWAIN, SHANIA MERCURY NASHVILLE
12 LED ZEPPELIN II LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC
12 BREATHLESS KENNY G ARISTA
12 PIECES OF YOU JEWEL ATLANTIC
11 FALLING INTO YOU DION, CELINE 550 MUSIC
11 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES, THE CAPITOL
11 EAGLES GREATEST HITS VOLUME II EAGLES ASYLUM
11 DIRTY DANCING SOUNDTRACK RCA
11 HUMAN CLAY CREED WIND-UP RECORDS
11 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE KID ROCK LAVA
11 UP! TWAIN, SHANIA MERCURY NASHVILLE
11 HOUSES OF THE HOLY LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC
11 AEROSMITH'S GREATEST HITS AEROSMITH COLUMBIA
11 NO STRINGS ATTACHED 'N SYNC JIVE
11 CRAZYSEXYCOOL TLC LAFACE
11 JAMES TAYLOR'S GREATEST HITS TAYLOR, JAMES WARNER BROS.
11 TITANIC SOUNDTRACK SONY CLASSICAL
11 SPEAKERBOXXX / THE LOVE BELOW OUTKAST SO SO DEF
10 FAITH MICHAEL, GEORGE COLUMBIA
10 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE DION, CELINE 550 MUSIC/EPIC
10 PYROMANIA DEF LEPPARD MERCURY
10 THE STRANGER JOEL, BILLY COLUMBIA
10 COME AWAY WITH ME JONES, NORAH BLUE NOTE
10 PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM HAMMER CAPITOL
10 GREATEST HITS CLINE, PATSY MCA
10 UNPLUGGED CLAPTON, ERIC REPRISE
10 FLY DIXIE CHICKS MONUMENT
10 'N SYNC 'N SYNC RCA
10 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC
10 HYBRID THEORY LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS.
10 GREATEST HITS PETTY, TOM & THE HEARTBREAKERS MCA
10 TRAGIC KINGDOM NO DOUBT TRAUMA/INTERSCOPE
10 DOOKIE GREEN DAY REPRISE
10 NEVERMIND NIRVANA DGC
10 THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION MADONNA SIRE
10 LIKE A VIRGIN MADONNA SIRE
10 CAN'T SLOW DOWN RICHIE, LIONEL MOTOWN
10 LEGEND MARLEY, BOB & THE WAILERS ISLAND
10 TAPESTRY KING, CAROLE ODE
10 THE BEST OF THE DOORS DOORS, THE ELEKTRA
10 BEST OF THE DOOBIES DOOBIE BROTHERS WARNER BROS.
10 LIFE AFTER DEATH NOTORIOUS B.I.G. BAD BOY/ARISTA
10 THE LION KING SOUNDTRACK DISNEYLAND
10 SEVENS BROOKS, GARTH CAPITOL NASHVILLE
10 GARTH BROOKS BROOKS, GARTH CAPITOL
10 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) VAN HALEN WARNER BROS.
10 THE HITS BROOKS, GARTH LIBERTY
10 VAN HALEN VAN HALEN WARNER BROS.
10 OOPS!...I DID IT AGAIN SPEARS, BRITNEY JIVE
10 MUSIC BOX CAREY, MARIAH COLUMBIA
10 DAYDREAM CAREY, MARIAH COLUMBIA
10 CONFESSIONS USHER SO SO DEF