Some Girls: The Rolling Stones' Best-Selling Album Worldwide, Released in 1978

While the Rolling Stones have countless platinum records, their most commercially successful studio album worldwide is Some Girls, released on June 9, 1978. It sold over 8 million copies globally, outpacing even classics like Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. in pure numbers. The album was a deliberate pivot back to raw, disco-tinged rock after the mixed reception of Black and Blue, and it gave the band their first and only U.S. #1 single with “Miss You.”

The session history behind Some Girls is almost as interesting as the