What Were The 10 Best Selling Albums In The World In 2005?

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The answer is...

1. Coldplay, X&Y (8.3m)
2. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi (7.7m)
3. 50 Cent, The Massacre (7.5m)
4. Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business (6.8m)
5. Green Day, American Idiot (6.4m)
6. Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor (6.3m)
7. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (6.1m)
8. Eminem, Curtain Call (5.5m)
9. James Blunt, Back to Bedlam (5.5m)
10. Robbie Williams, Intensive Care (5.4m)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4865716.stm

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:59 (twenty years ago)

for a comparison here's the top 100 for just the U.S., which is a little out of date, because it's from November, but by the end of the year Mariah had ended up at #1:

http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/yearendcharts/2005/tlptitl.jsp

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

Im surprised U2 weren't in the global one yet Robbie Williams was.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)

the society of late capitalism blows

― davelus (davelus), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Madonna was #6 worldwide but not in the US Top 200?

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:28 (twenty years ago)

which is a little out of date, because it's from November

― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:29 (twenty years ago)

Guess who sold well at christmas time then...

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

SOUNDSCAN TOP 200 ALBUMS OF 2005

Sales period 1-2-2005 through 1-1-2006

1. CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 4,968,606
2. 50 CENT MASSACRE 4,852,744
3. CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 3,496,192
4. GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 3,360,394
5. BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 3,037,251
6. COLDPLAY X&Y 2,615,280
7. RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 2,511,209
8. STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 2,505,390
9. WEST*KANYE LATE REGISTRATION 2,413,580
10. GAME DOCUMENTARY 2,275,646
11. VARIOUS NOW 20 2,059,767
12. KILLERS HOT FUSS 2,040,933
13. VARIOUS NOW 19 1,971,716
14. NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 1,957,189
15. CHESNEY*KENNY ROAD & THE RADIO 1,817,196
16. JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 1,758,058
17. URBAN*KEITH BE HERE 1,713,571
18. FALL OUT BOY FROM UNDER THE CORK 1,654,320
19. SYSTEM OF A DOWN MEZMERIZE 1,645,980
20. UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 1,636,689
21. HILL*FAITH FIREFLIES 1,531,656
22. CIARA GOODIES 1,530,368
23. GORILLAZ DEMON DAYS 1,528,489
24. SUGARLAND TWICE THE SPEED OF 1,510,879
25. KEITH*TOBY HONKYTONK UNIVERSITY 1,446,821
26. NOW 18 NOW 18 1,400,063
27. EMINEM ENCORE 1,385,256
28. EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 1,381,896
29. LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 1,377,246
30. MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND STAND UP 1,333,781
31. YOUNG JEEZY LET'S GET IT 1,314,291
32. JONES*MIKE WHO IS MIKE JONES? 1,288,377
33. BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 1,229,916
34. WILSON*GRETCHEN HERE FOR THE PARTY 1,214,383
35. USHER CONFESSIONS 1,210,379
36. THOMAS*ROB SOMETHING TO BE 1,206,436
37. 3 DOORS DOWN SEVENTEEN DAYS 1,204,330
38. CHARLES*RAY GENIUS LOVES COMPANY 1,196,040
39. FOO FIGHTERS IN YOUR HONOR 1,144,881
40. DUFF*HILARY MOST WANTED COLLECTION 1,125,198
41. KELLY*R. TP.3 RELOADED 1,110,854
42. VARIOUS ARTISTS MUSIC FRM & INSPRD BY GET RICH 1,103,354
43. MADONNA CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR 1,102,802
44. CHESNEY*KENNY BE AS YOU ARE 1,078,559
45. IL DIVO IL DIVO 1,053,483
46. LUDACRIS RED LIGHT DISTRICT 1,041,939
47. KEITH*TOBY VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 1,023,188
48. TWAIN*SHANIA GREATEST HITS 1,018,991
49. WEEZER MAKE BELIEVE 995,790
50. DESTINY'S CHILD DESTINY FULFILLED 987,393
51. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE 982,117
52. GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 974,315
53. MCCARTNEY*JESSE BEAUTIFUL SOUL 972,672
54. FANTASIA FREE YOURSELF 972,230
55. AUDIOSLAVE OUT OF EXILE 968,981
56. WILSON*GRETCHEN ALL JACKED UP 947,388
57. LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ CRUNK JUICE 945,990
58. MCBRIDE*MARTINA TIMELESS 929,512
59. BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 922,397
60. MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 894,767
61. ADKINS*TRACE SONGS ABOUT ME 882,850
62. YING YANG TWINS UNITED STATE OF ATLANTA 874,038
63. PUSSY CAT DOLLS PCD 857,952
64. BIG & RICH HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR 857,945
65. AKON TROUBLE 852,673
66. CASH*JOHNNY LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH 847,645
67. DISTURBED TEN THOUSAND FISTS 844,525
68. MCGRAW*TIM LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING 840,385
69. NINE INCH NAILS WITH TEETH 838,920
70. ENYA AMARANTINE 836,052
71. BOW WOW WANTED 833,430
72. SYSTEM OF A DOWN HYPNOTIZE 831,680
73. U2 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOM 828,722
74. FRANKIE J ONE 817,792
75. SHAKIRA FIJACION ORAL 804,924
76. FOXX*JAMIE UNPREDICTABLE 799,425
77. STEWART*ROD VOL. 4-GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK 791,351
78. BON JOVI HAVE A NICE DAY 785,268
79. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SOUNDTRACK 773,150
80. JENNINGS*LYFE LYFE 268-192 767,954
81. DESTINY'S CHILD #1'S 766,058
82. BECK GUERO 758,023
83. T.I. URBAN LEGEND 751,894
84. STONE*JOSS MIND BODY & SOUL 751,222
85. CHESNEY*KENNY WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 750,004
86. DADDY YANKEE BARRIO FINO 747,412
87. BENTLEY*DIERKS MODERN DAY DRIFTER 745,924
88. PAISLEY*BRAD TIME WELL WASTED 744,893
89. LIFEHOUSE LIFEHOUSE 740,100
90. SIMPSON*ASHLEE I AM ME 735,718
91. COMMON BE 734,944
92. RAY SOUNDTRACK 727,143
93. STRAIT*GEORGE SOMEWHERE DOWN IN TEXAS 722,059
94. PRETTY RICKY BLUE STARS 712,279
95. STRAIT*GEORGE 50 NUMBER ONES 710,833
96. LOPEZ*JENNIFER REBIRTH 708,509
97. PAPA ROACH GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 706,798
98. BACKSTREET BOYS NEVER GONE 703,827
99. CROSSFADE CROSSFADE 702,319
100. WHITE STRIPES GET BEHIND ME SATAN 701,342
101. VARIOUS NOW 17 700,813
102. VARIOUS VOL. 4-TOTALLY COUNTRY 695,117
103. OMARION O 694,633
104. MARIO TURNING POINT 685,030
105. SMITH*WILL LOST & FOUND 681,403
106. BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 676,219
107. ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS MOVE ALONG 672,166
108. COLE*KEYSHIA WAY IT IS 664,892
109. BIG & RICH COMIN' TO YOUR CITY 663,156
110. KEYS*ALICIA UNPLUGGED 663,134
111. URBAN*KEITH GOLDEN ROAD 656,507
112. STAIND CHAPTER V 653,628
113. GARDEN STATE SOUNDTRACK 651,729
114. CROW*SHERYL WILDFLOWER 650,627
115. VALENTINO*BOBBY DTP PRESENTS BOBBY VALENTINO 643,441
116. KEM ALBUM II 637,374
117. LARRY THE CABLE GUY RIGHT TO BARE ARMS 633,644
118. SIMPLE PLAN STILL NOT GETTING ANY 630,452
119. SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE DEVILS & DUST 598,902
120. MUDVAYNE LOST & FOUND 598,772
121. ELLIOTT*MISSY COOKBOOK 596,649
122. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. DUETS: THE FINAL CHAPTER 588,814
123. SNOOP DOGG R&G (RHYTHM) 585,442
124. TURNER*TINA ALL THE BEST 580,523
125. WALL*PAUL PEOPLE'S CHAMP 576,568
126. MAYER*JOHN HEAVIER THINGS 575,011
127. LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 559,359
128. JAY-Z/LINKIN PARK COLLISION COURSE 558,604
129. HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS SILENCE IN BLACK & WHITE 558,423
130. RIMES*LEANN THIS WOMAN 557,475
131. THREE 6 MAFIA MOST KNOWN UNKNOWN 553,663
132. GROBAN*JOSH CLOSER 552,609
133. KEYS*ALICIA DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS 550,620
134. IL DIVO CHRISTMAS COLLECTION 544,369
135. BLACK EYED PEAS ELEPHUNK 541,693
136. SANTANA ALL THAT I AM 534,159
137. COOK*DANE RETALIATION 531,783
138. JONES*NORAH COME AWAY WITH ME 531,431
139. VARIOUS 2005 GRAMMY NOMINEES 530,951
140. KORN SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE 530,807
141. KRALL*DIANA CHRISTMAS SONGS 530,041
142. SEETHER KARMA & EFFECT 529,018
143. NELLY SUIT 528,817
144. MCENTIRE*REBA REBA #1'S 526,931
145. AC/DC BACK IN BLACK 526,778
146. BROOKS & DUNN HILLBILLY DELUXE 515,268
147. BEACH BOYS SOUNDS OF SUMMER: VERY BEST OF 513,634
148. LOS LONELY BOYS LOS LONELY BOYS 503,405
149. NALICK*ANNA WRECK OF THE DAY 496,101
150. PAISLEY*BRAD MUD ON THE TIRES 491,497
151. PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 488,735
152. COLDPLAY RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD 487,902
153. KIDZ BOP KIDS VOL. 7-KIDZ BOP KIDS 486,710
154. GREEN DAY INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! 483,119
155. BEATLES BEATLES 1 481,831
156. EVANS*FAITH FIRST LADY 481,520
157. MOTLEY CRUE RED WHITE & CRUE 473,186
158. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE PLANS 473,127
159. 112 PLEASURE & PAIN 467,512
160. YAYO*TONY THOUGHTS OF A PREDICATE FELON 460,911
161. LAMBERT*MIRANDA KEROSENE 460,393
162. EAGLES VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES 459,984
163. ROLLING STONES BIGGER BANG 459,620
164. EVANS*SARA REAL FINE PLACE 456,216
165. SEGER*BOB GREATEST HITS 456,193
166. DISNEY DISNEYMANIA 3 449,259
167. CREED GREATEST HITS 449,024
168. KEANE HOPES & FEARS 447,573
169. MCCARTNEY*PAUL CHAOS & CREATION IN THE BACK Y 447,505
170. BEE GEES NUMBER ONES 446,108
171. PAUL*SEAN TRINITY 444,137
172. MARS VOLTA FRANCES THE MUTE 442,525
173. CHARLES*RAY VERY BEST OF RAY CHARLES 442,242
174. LAVIGNE*AVRIL UNDER MY SKIN 438,570
175. TUPAC LOYAL TO THE GAME 438,540
176. MONTGOMERY GENTRY YOU DO YOUR THING 434,998
177. QUEEN GREATEST HITS 434,515
178. DAY*HOWIE STOP ALL THE WORLD NOW 434,356
179. BICE*BO REAL THING 433,387
180. KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 8 432,827
181. CELTIC WOMAN CELTIC WOMAN 432,041
182. STREISAND*BARBRA GUILTY PLEASURES 428,904
183. WONDER*STEVIE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 427,928
184. MCGRAW*TIM GREATEST HITS 424,391
185. BREAKING BENJAMIN WE ARE NOT ALONE 420,997
186. DEF LEPPARD ROCK OF AGES 420,030
187. WOMACK*LEE ANN THERES MORE WHERE THAT CAME FR 414,641
188. DEGRAW*GAVIN CHARIOT-STRIPPED 408,428
189. WEST*KANYE COLLEGE DROP OUT 407,333
190. OFFSPRING GREATEST HITS 401,228
191. CASH*JOHNNY 16 BIGGEST HITS 399,546
192. SLIM THUG ALREADY PLATINUM 399,404
193. SANTANA*JUELZ WHAT THE GAME'S BEEN MISSING 397,639
194. TWISTA DAY AFTER 397,316
195. STEWART*ROD STARDUST...GRT AMER SNGBK V3 396,225
196. AVENGED SEVENFOLD CITY OF EVIL 396,095
197. LONGEST YARD SOUNDTRACK 396,063
198. MESSINA*JO DEE DELICIOUS SURPRISE 394,121
199. JONES*NORAH FEELS LIKE HOME 394,013
200. SIGEL*BEANIE B.COMING 393,427

― Rodney's motives are beyond the comprehension of men (R. J. Greene), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

#43 (almost all of those sales in December, or so it seems) is still surprisingly low -- or maybe selling 6.3M copies worldwide (in only three months) is a surprisingly high number.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 31 March 2006 20:57 (twenty years ago)

I'm amazed the mars volta sold so much.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 31 March 2006 23:07 (twenty years ago)

Back in Black at #145 is kind of amazing.

― darin (darin), Friday, 31 March 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Was it remastered and reissued?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 31 March 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, but that was in 1994 according to Amazon.

― darin (darin), Friday, 31 March 2006 23:28 (twenty years ago)

...and Dark Side of the Moon and Beatles 1 rack up yet another half-mil each.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 31 March 2006 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Is there a hip-hop album that's showing signs of possibly being a back-catalog long-distance-runner the way DSOTM, Back in Black, or Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) are? (Ready to Die, maybe?)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 31 March 2006 23:52 (twenty years ago)

117. LARRY THE CABLE GUY RIGHT TO BARE ARMS 633,644
152. COLDPLAY RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD 487,902
170. BEE GEES NUMBER ONES 446,108

― remarkablunt (blunt), Saturday, 1 April 2006 00:16 (twenty years ago)

117. GWB's USA OST
152. more like 9 mil total then
170. did i miss anything ?

― wonderblunt (blunt), Saturday, 1 April 2006 00:19 (twenty years ago)

Is there a hip-hop album that's showing signs of possibly being a back-catalog long-distance-runner the way DSOTM, Back in Black, or Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) are? (Ready to Die, maybe?)

I would say Ready to Die is a good guess, despite the recent cease and desist put on it for sample shit. Also, maybe "Nation of Millions," "License to Ill," something by Eminem, Enter the 36 Chambers, umm.....

― regular roundups (Dave M), Saturday, 1 April 2006 01:13 (twenty years ago)

Oh, definitely License to Ill but probably not Paul's Boutique or Nations of Millions, though: where's the current radio play?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 1 April 2006 01:47 (twenty years ago)

163. ROLLING STONES BIGGER BANG 459,620

This is pretty wan for a Stones' album, even if it was released in September.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 1 April 2006 01:51 (twenty years ago)

THE WORLD SHOULD HAVE NUKED ITSELF IN '63

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Saturday, 1 April 2006 01:52 (twenty years ago)

I think people on this thread have pretty inflated expectations for what a new Madonna or Rolling Stones album will sell in the U.S. these days, based more on name recognition that the indications of recent history.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Saturday, 1 April 2006 02:23 (twenty years ago)

This clearly demonstrates without a doubt that Coldplay are fucking shite. Well, I think their music is probably a better indicator, but you know.

― Hat (Hat), Saturday, 1 April 2006 03:00 (twenty years ago)

10. Robbie Williams, Intensive Care (5.4m)

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― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 1 April 2006 03:10 (twenty years ago)

I knew that the Stones were rarely mega-sellers -- out of their studio albums, Wikipedia says Some Girls was their biggest at 6 mil, followed by Tattoo You at 4 -- but even considering the 1-2 mil range they've stayed in for the last two decades, the half-million number is very weak.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 1 April 2006 03:17 (twenty years ago)

As audited by the RIAA, the following is every hip-hop album to have sold 5 million+ copies in the US. (I don't count TLC, Shaggy or Kid Rock in this. If I did, KR would trump them all at 11m.) There are a bunch of caveats that need to be kept in mind here (take a look at a few SF/J noted when he compiled much the same), maybe the most interesting being that the RIAA counts double albums twice. The numbers in parenthesis note what year an album some of the RIAA multi-platinum milestones.

MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em 10 million (8m '90; 10m '91)
Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death 10 million (6m '97; 8m '98; 9m '99; 10m '00)
Outkast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 10 million (6m '03; 10m '04)
2 Pac, Greatest Hits, 9 million (6m '99; 9m '00)
2 Pac, All Eyez on Me 9 million (7m '96; 9m '98)
The Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill 9 million (4m '87; 5m '94; 8m '98; 9m '01)
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 9 million (7m '00; 8m '01; 9m '04)
Nelly, Country Grammar 9 million (5m '00; 8m '01; 9m '04)
Will Smith, Big Willie Style 9 million (1m '97; 4m '98; 6m '99; 9m '00)
Eminem, The Eminem Show 8 million (7m '02; 8m '03)
Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 8 million (3m '98; 7m '99; 8m '01)
P. Diddy and the Family, No Way Out 7 million (4m '97; 6m '98; 7m '00)
Vanilla Ice, To the Extreme 7 million
50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' 6 million (6m '03)
Dr. Dre Dr. Dre 2001 6 million (6m '00)
The Fugees, The Score 6 million (5m '96; 6m '97)
Nelly, Nellyville 6 million (5m '02; 6m '03)
50 Cent, The Massacre 5 million (5m '05)
DMX, And Then There Was X 5 million (4m '00)
Jay-Z, Hard Knock Life, Volume 2 5 million (3m '98; 4m '99; 5m '00)
Salt 'n Pepa, Very Necessary 5 million (1/2m '93; 3m '94; 5m '95)

Also, a few canonical crowd-pleasers and where they stand (I'd get more precide data but the RIAA site is fuxxored at the moment):

Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle 4 million (reached in '94)
Dr. Dre, The Chronic (reached in '93)
Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die 4 million
N.W.A., Straigt Outta Compton 2 million (reached in '92)
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions 1 million
De La Soul, Three Feet High and Rising 1 million

Compare to a few famous slow burners:

AC/DC, Back in Black (1m '80; 5m '84; 10m '90; 12m '96; 16m '97; 19m '01; 20m '04; 21m '05)
The Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975) (1m '76; 12m '90; 14m '93; 22m '95; 24m '97; 26m '99; 27m '00; 28m '02; 29m '06)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 1 April 2006 15:11 (twenty years ago)

P. Diddy and the Family, No Way Out 7 million (4m '97; 6m '98; 7m '00)

haha, did someone retroactively go back and change all mentions of "Puff Daddy"? although I have to say it is a little disturbing to see that that sold a couple mil more than the 5 million Life After Death sold as a double to get certified Diamond. I always knew those 2 albums were pretty close in sales but the sad fact is more people bought Puffy.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Saturday, 1 April 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

2, 3, 4, and 5 are all double albums, so Beastie Boys is the actual #2. Also The Eagles jumping from 14 to 21 million between '93 and '95 - I didn't realize that Unplugged special had such an impact.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Saturday, 1 April 2006 23:28 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I saw that leap and found it weird, too. Maybe it reflects note just lots of mid-nineties sales but perhaps a more careful (or sneakier) audit of past sales as well.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 1 April 2006 23:35 (twenty years ago)

i was in high school then - so i'm not surprised.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Saturday, 1 April 2006 23:46 (twenty years ago)

Also, the list above was generated from this list on the RIAA's website, which as you'll notice rounds down all album figures to the lowest whole million, then lists the ties alphabetically by artist. So Licensed to Ill might've actually sold a couple hundred thousand more or less than Country Grammar or Big Willie Style -- it's impossible to tell from their figures.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 1 April 2006 23:47 (twenty years ago)

I think the dominance of stuff from the mid-nineties onward has more to do with the advent of SoundScan than anything else. it's been widely speculated the The Chronic sold way more than its official sales figures, and I'd ilke to think that it sold at least as much as Chronic 2001.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Sunday, 2 April 2006 00:09 (twenty years ago)

it's been widely speculated the The Chronic sold way more than its official sales figures

But that came out after SoundScan started -- though doubtless hardly every outlet for sales was anywhere near covered initially.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 2 April 2006 00:19 (twenty years ago)

Some albums with mildly unusual back-catalog staying power:

De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising went gold in 1989 and platinum in 2000.
The Pixies' Doolittle went gold in 1995 and Surfer Rosa in 2005.
The Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks went gold in 1987 and platinum in 1992.
Eric B. & Rakim's Paid in Full went gold in 1987 and platinum in 1995.
Miles Davis' Kind of Blue went gold in 1993, platinum in 1997, and platnium X2 in 2002; Bitches Brew went gold in 1976 and platinum in 2003.
ABC's The Lexicon of Love went gold in 1995.
Adam and the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier went gold in 1994.
Dave Brucbeck's Time Out went gold in 1963 and platinum in 1997.
The Best of Leonard Cohen was released in 1975 and went gold in 2000.
Devo's Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo! went gold in 2001.
James Brown's Star Time went gold in 2005.
Lou Reed's New York went gold in 1997.
Roxy Music's Avalon went gold in 1992.
Morrissey's Bona Drag went gold in 2000.
Bjork's Debut went gold in 1994 and platinum in 2001.
Violent Femmes went gold in 1987 and platinum in 1991.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 2 April 2006 00:43 (twenty years ago)

(Go here for a searchable RIAA gold & platinum database.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 2 April 2006 00:44 (twenty years ago)

(Of course, some of the award dates may be a little misleading, since record companies undergo certification audits only when they feel like it.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 2 April 2006 00:47 (twenty years ago)

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