This list is not about album sales, but about the greatness of a band. And this is why Velvet Underground is included. Their first four albums all make the list for greatest albums of all time. Yet amazingly, the band led by Lou Reed and John Cale very few copies of its first album, with 30,000 being considered as an optimistic estimate. Still, as Reed had said, their influence was so profound that each person who bought that album probably went on to form their own band. Just ask the members of Kings of Leon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, The Smiths and The Pixies.
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