You also need to factor in competition. A band of then had less competition, labels even bought up acts to bench them. Nowadays you can get yourself heard much easier so the 1 great band doesn't get to stand out for as long. People only have so much time to spread out across the different artist, labels had control then, now they don't.
You also mention their other songs that are just as good as hits, to you yes but if they weren't hits, they aren't hits. I have many underground artist I love who make songs that might be far superior to their actual hits but that is just my taste. If another sound wasn't mainstream at that time the song might of been a hit, which brings me back to the competition point i started with.
As for those lists, best selling albums, LOL! people don't buy albums any more, people stream music. Those lists will fade out into the past.
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