Legend (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)
| Legend | ||||
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| Released | 7 May 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1972–1983 | |||
| Genre | Roots reggae | |||
| Length | 51:01 | |||
| Label | Island, Tuff Gong (Reissue) | |||
| Producer | Chris Blackwell, Errol Brown, Bob Marley, Steve Smith, The Wailers | |||
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Legend is a compilation album by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was released on 7 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 more than 18 million copies sold in the US, more than 3.3 million in the UK (where it is the 17th-best-selling album) and an estimated 25 million copies sold globally. In 2003, the album was ranked number 46 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and maintained the ranking in a 2012 revised list.
As of June 2025, Legend has spent a total of 891 nonconsecutive weeks on the US Billboard 200 albums chart—the second-longest run in the chart's history. Also, as of June 2025, it has spent 1,190 weeks in the top 100 of the UK Albums Chart—the third-longest run in that chart's history.