Legend is a compilation album by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was released in May 1984 by Island Records. It is a greatest hits collection of singles in its original vinyl format and is the best-selling reggae album of all-time, with over 15 million copies sold in the United States and an estimated 28 million copies sold globally. In 2003, the album was ranked number 46 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. As of December 2017, it had spent a total of 500 nonconsecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart—the second longest run in history. According to the 20 September 2014 edition of the Billboard 200, nearly 56,000 albums had been sold since some earlier editions, bringing the new peak of the album to #5 on the chart. Currently, the album sells approximately 3,000 to 5,000 US copies per week.more »
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