What album has gone platinum the most?

Michael Jackson's blockbuster album Thriller just keeps on getting bigger. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has certified the set at 33-times platinum in the U.S., extending Thriller's record as the highest certified album in history.
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What album went platinum the most?

The Albums With The Most Platinum Certifications Of All Time
  • Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 23x platinum.
  • Pink Floyd - The Wall - 23x platinum.
  • AC/DC - Back in Black - 22x platinum.
  • Garth Brooks - Double Live - 21x platinum.
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 20x platinum.
  • Shania Twain - Come On Over - 20x platinum.
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What is the most times a song has gone platinum?

“Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, has become the highest certified song ever by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), reaching 14-times platinum status in the U.S. — accumulating 14 million in equivalent song units.
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How many albums are diamond?

All 92 Diamond-Certified Albums Ranked From Worst to Best: Critic's Take – Billboard.
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Does Drake have any Diamond albums?

Drake doesn't yet have a Diamond album (an album that's sold 10 million or more copies), but his single “God's Plan” did reach the prestigious mark.
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Who sold 1 million albums in the first week?

The last album to move one million copies in one week was Swift's Reputation, which sold 1.238 million in 2017.
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What is the biggest selling album?

Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album.
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Who is the #1 selling artist of all time?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales. Second is Elvis Presley with almost 207 million sales, followed by Michael Jackson with 169.7 million.
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What does 5x Platinum mean?

Because a gold, or platinum — or, better still, multiplatinum — record means financial success. These awards, given by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), represent huge sales — 500,000 units for gold, 1 million for platinum, 2 million or more for multiplatinum, and 10 million for diamond.
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Who went platinum in 2021?

Olivia Rodrigo and Morgan Wallen topped the RIAA's 2021 gold and platinum awards, the organization announced on Wednesday, with both artists' latest albums attaining double-platinum status and Rodrigo's blockbuster “Drivers License” single being certified four-times platinum.
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Who first went platinum?

When the popularity of disco music led to a huge boom in music sales in the seventies, RIAA created the Platinum Award to celebrate more than one million sales of a single or album—and the first Platinum Single Award was earned by Johnnie Taylor's “Disco Lady.”
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Who got most Gold platinum?

Eminem now holds the record for the most RIAA Gold and Platinum certified singles after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced 73.5 million new Gold & Platinum Program certifications for the rapper.
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What is the #1 album of all time?

In 2018, The Eagles' greatest hits album, released in 1976, surpassed Michael Jackson's 1982 album "Thriller" to take the top spot on the Record Industry Association of America's (RIAA) list of the top selling albums of all time in the US.
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What rapper went diamond?

The Recording Industry Association of America crowned Eminem a Diamond King on Tuesday (March 8) when it announced that Marshall Mathers had reached yet another gilded career high when he became the number-one awarded musician for singles in the RIAA's Gold & Platinum certifications program thanks to 73.5 million new ...
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Who sold most albums in a single day?

Backstreet Boys, Millennium: 1,134,000

The album stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 10 non-consecutive weeks and broke records by selling 500,000 copies on its first day. It was the best selling album of 1999 and has sold 28 million copies worldwide.
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What is the fastest album to go diamond?

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" Is the Fastest-Selling Diamond Record of All Time.
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What is the fastest selling debut album of all time?

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The Arctic Monkeys have smashed the record for the fastest selling debut album of all time. The Sheffield band's Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not was released on 23 January and has sold more than 360,000 copies.
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Who went platinum first week?

"The Marshall Mathers LP," Eminem's third album, sold 1,760,000 copies in the first week after its release.
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Did Michael Jackson go diamond?

The latest to join the club is, somewhat surprisingly, Michael Jackson, whose album Bad has just earned its diamond certification after just under 3o years.
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Has Jay Z ever went diamond?

So far, only seven hip hop records have reached the Diamond status that signifies 10 million certified album units sold in the US. Such artists as Jay Z, Kanye West, Drake, and Dr. Dre, while having many other accolades imaginable, are yet to reach this milestone in their careers.
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Does Nicki Minaj Have a diamond record?

Nicki Minaj is only the second female rapper ever to score a diamond song. Her former rival, Cardi B, became the first to achieve this historic feat earlier this year when her 2017 hit “Bodak Yellow” surpassed 10 million sales in March 2021.
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Has Drake went diamond?

"God's Plan" by Drake

"God's Plan" was certified diamond on September 25, 2019.
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