List of best-selling remix albums worldwide

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This page lists the best-selling remix albums worldwide.

Artist	Album	Year of release	Genre	Sales	Source
Michael Jackson	Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix	1997	Pop/R&B/Rock	6 million	[1]
Madonna	You Can Dance	1987	Dance-pop	5 million	[2] [3] [4]
Jennifer Lopez	J to tha L-O!: The Remixes	2002	Pop/Latin pop/R&B	3 million	[5]
P. Diddy	We Invented the Remix	2001	Hip-hop	2.5 million	[6]
Linkin Park	Reanimation	2002	Rap metal	2 million	[7]
Janet Jackson	janet. Remixed	1995	Soul, House, Pop	1.5 million	[8]
B'z	B'z The "Mixture"	2000	Hard Rock	1.5 million	[9]
Mariah Carey	The Remixes	2003	Dance-pop/R&B/Hip-hop	1 million	[10]
Madonna	Remixed & Revisited	2004	Dance-pop	1 million	[11]
Shakira	The Remixes	1999	Latin	1 million	[12]
Ayumi Hamasaki	Super Eurobeat presents Ayu-ro mix	2002	Eurobeat	0.8 million	[13]
Ayumi Hamasaki	ayu-mi-x II version Non-Stop Mega Mix	2000	Eurobeat	0.5 million	[13]

[edit] Notes

• Remix albums often feature newly recorded content in addition to remixes - classification as a "remix album" is based on what the bulk of the album includes and what it is promoted as. For instance, Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix by Michael Jackson features 8 remixes (from Jackson's HIStory album) and 5 new songs.
• The sales for janet. Remixed have also been estimated as 250,000 units ^[14]. Certifications globally are 123,900 units.
• Paula Abdul's "Shut Up And Dance: Mixes" released in 1990 was RIAA certified platinum for US sales of 1 million ^[15]

[edit] See also

• Best-selling music artist
• List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• List of most expensive music videos
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of number-one hits (United States)

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