I’m always taken aback by the sea change in album sales brought on by the digital revolution.

Consider that Adele’s 25 is the only album of the entire 2010’s to sell more than 10 million copies in the United States. Three 1983 albums achieved the same feat: Def Leppard’s Pyromania, Lionel Richie’s Can’t Slow Down, and ZZ Top’s Eliminator. That’s just one year of the decade. Twenty-four other albums reached the same milestone throughout the 80s.

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