R.E.M. albums and sales

R.E.M. sold over 44.5 million albums. The best-selling album by R.E.M. is AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE, which sold over 9.91 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, R.E.M. is the 64th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of R.E.M. have sold over 305,500 units, led by IN VIEW: THE BEST OF R.E.M. 1988-2003 with over 57,500 units sold.

R.E.M. albums ranked by sales

Click on any album to see detailed sales, certification history, sources and chart runs.

№		Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE R.E.M. 1992	1992	9,910,821	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 7 87 200
2		OUT OF TIME R.E.M. 1991	1991	9,611,829	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 13 92 212
3		MONSTER R.E.M. 1994	1994	6,728,945	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 22 152 407
4		IN TIME: THE BEST OF R.E.M. 1988-2003 R.E.M. 2003	2003	4,346,097	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 18 185 872
5		GREEN R.E.M. 1988	1988	2,557,500	Rank in 1988 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 34 314 1,742
6		NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI R.E.M. 1996	1996	2,280,850	Rank in 1996 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 58 681 1,997
7		REVEAL R.E.M. 2001	2001	1,675,060	Rank in 2001 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 112 696 3,125
8		UP R.E.M. 1998	1998	1,557,140	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 125 1,121 3,314
9		DOCUMENT R.E.M. 1987	1987	1,200,000	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 103 733 4,174
10		AROUND THE SUN R.E.M. 2004	2004	1,056,283	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 128 1,181 5,141
11		LIFES RICH PAGEANT R.E.M. 1986	1986	660,000	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 138 1,414 8,159
12		MURMUR R.E.M. 1983	1983	600,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 138 1,540 8,897
13		THE BEST OF R.E.M. R.E.M. 1991	1991	570,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 202 2,805 9,137
14		RECKONING R.E.M. 1984	1984	560,000	Rank in 1984 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 139 1,608 9,303
15		FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION R.E.M. 1985	1985	500,000	Rank in 1985 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 209 2,039 12,445
16		ACCELERATE R.E.M. 2008	2008	352,500	Rank in 2008 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 204 3,426 15,075
17		PART LIES, PART HEART, PART TRUTH, PART GARBAGE 1982-2011 R.E.M. 2011	2011	137,500	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 308 2,744 22,358
18		COLLAPSE INTO NOW R.E.M. 2011	2011	90,000	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 542 4,746 33,255
19		Eponymous R.E.M. 1998	1998	60,000	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,270 9,983 38,183
20		SINGLES COLLECTION R.E.M. 1994	1994	60,000	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,008 10,339 38,539
21		R.E.M. LIVE R.E.M. 2007	2007	22,500	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,335 15,806 52,209

R.E.M. videos ranked by sales

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№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		IN VIEW: THE BEST OF R.E.M. 1988-2003 R.E.M. 2003	2003	57,500	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 144 820 1,651
2		TOURFILM R.E.M. 1990	1990	57,500	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 43 319 1,658
3		THIS FILM IS ON R.E.M. 1991	1991	50,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 37 468 2,273
4		POP SCREEN R.E.M. 1990	1990	50,000	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 68 502 2,307
5		PERFECT SQUARE R.E.M. 2004	2004	40,500	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 173 1,222 2,474
6		ROADMOVIE R.E.M. 2005	2005	25,000	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 211 1,531 3,039
7		PARALLEL R.E.M. 2000	2000	25,000	Rank in 2000 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 92 1,709 3,217
8		SUCCUMBS R.E.M. 1987	1987	N/A	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 38 225 6,225

R.E.M. sales by country

R.E.M. album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by R.E.M. are the United States (20 million), the United Kingdom (8.78 million) and Germany (4.3 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	180,000	3
2	Australia	945,000	9
3	Austria	350,000	10
4	Belgium	200,000	5
5	Brazil	150,000	2
6	Canada	2,663,000	9
7	Denmark	175,000	5
8	Finland	48,209	2
9	France	1,200,000	4
10	Germany	4,300,000	9
11	Grecce	20,000	1
12	Ireland	127,500	4
13	Italy	140,000	5
14	Japan	167,150	8
15	Netherlands	525,000	5
16	New Zealand	105,000	8
17	Norway	204,212	5
18	Portugal	30,000	2
19	Spain	1,100,000	8
20	Sweden	490,000	7
21	Switzerland	450,000	9
22	United Kingdom	8,786,954	19
23	United States	20,000,000	13

R.E.M. video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by R.E.M. are the United Kingdom (150,000), the United States (150,000) and Australia (22,500).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	8,000	1
2	Australia	22,500	3
3	United Kingdom	150,000	4
4	United States	150,000	3