Its closest competitor is the Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 which is 29 times Platinum.

Michael Jackson’s Thriller also extended its lead as the biggest selling album of all time in the U.S., receiving its 33rd Platinum award indicating sales of over 33 million units. The Ultimate Hits – Garth Brooks (Released 11/6/07, Diamond 9/21/16)īad – Michael Jackson (Released 8/28/87, Diamond 2/16/17)Īll the Right Reasons – Nickelback (Released 10/4/05, Diamond 3/3/17) Licensed to Ill – Beastie Boys (Released 10/31/86, Diamond 3/4/15)Ĭhronicle: 20 Greatest Hits – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Released 9/5/85, Diamond 5/25/16)Ĭountry Grammar – Nelly (Released 7/27/00, Diamond 7/21/16) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins (Released 10/24/95, Diamond 8/28/12)Īll Eyez on Me – 2Pac (Released 2/13/96, Diamond 7/23/14) Greatest Hits – 2Pac (Released 11/24/98, Diamond 6/23/11)Įlvis’ Christmas Album – Elvis Presley (Released 11/1/70, Diamond 9/9/11) The best selling video is Rush in Rio with 700,000 copies sold, followed by R30 (500,000), and Snakes & Arrows (200,000). Admittedly a strange date to see on this list given that the country had bigger concerns than a Nickelback album, but albums from this day have been certified a total of 13 times platinum, and. The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem (Released 5/23/00, Diamond 3/9/11) The best selling album is Moving Pictures (4 million), followed by 2112 (3 million), and the first 'Greatest Hits' Chronicles (2 million). The Eminem Show – Eminem (Released 5/26/02, Went Diamond 3/7/11) Only two albums released since Januhave achieved the award, Adele’s 21 (Released 2/22/11, Diamond 11/28/12) and 25 (Released 11/20/15, Diamond 9/20/16).Ī total of 12 albums released by veteran artists before that date have been certified Platinum since the beginning of the decade: Taking a much faster path to ten million was Nickelback’s All the Right Reasons which was released on Octoand hit Platinum on November 16 of that year.ĭiamond certificates are much rarer today then in the past with the falling sales of the album as a format. It was last certified as nine-times Platinum on May 16, 2013. It was a long road for the album, which was released on August 18, 1987, having hit Platinum on November 9 of that same year and four-times Platinum before the end of 1987. and Warner Chappell donating 100 of the proceeds from the digital sales of. Michael Jackson ‘Bad’ and Nickelback ‘All The Right Reasons’ have been awarded the RIAA Diamond certification.īack in February, Michael Jackson’s Bad reached ten million in sales, garnering the Diamond award. On January 29th, Nickelback announced a charity initiative that has the band, along with Roadrunner Records, WEA Corp.

Nickelback album sales to date