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Source: All About Jazz /Nelson Newswire

All music lovers have at least one album in their collection that they know all the words to (including all the backup vocals), just like movie buffs have that one DVD that seems to spend more time in the player than it does in its case. It’s these titles that initiate fans into that special group that loves that content to death. While these titles aren’t always traditional cult classics, their followings have become cult-like over time. Here, we explore just a handful of these titles and how they’ve continue to engage us well years after their initial release.

couldn’t have imagined how popular it would become over time. Today, four decades after its release, it continues to sell an average of more than 3,000 units a week. And during the week of its 40^th anniversary, it sold over 19,000 copies. The same goes for the Beatles’ 11th studio album, Abbey Road. Originally released in September of 1969, this pop classic continues to sell an average of 1,500 albums a week, while the top track “Here Comes The Sun,” continues to sell approximately 2,500 tracks a week.

Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 12th album Legend lives up to its name, having sold more than 11 million records in the U.S. to date. This year alone, it continues to sell an average of over 4,000 records each week. Michael Jackson’s Thriller isn’t just for Halloween—music fans continue to buy an average of 3,000 albums a week, even 30 years after its original release. These titles aren’t just timeless because of the legacies and personalities of the artists behind them. They’re legendary compositions that people continue to enjoy many years later. They’ve also gone on to become some of the best-selling albums of the past two decades.

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