Did any album ever went diamond?
• At least 14 in Argentina• Over 70 in Brazil• Over 100 in Canada• At least 1 in Colombia• Over 130 in France• At least 8 in Italy• Over 100 in Japan• At least 13 in Mexico• At least 24 in Poland• At least 1 in Russia• Over 110 in the United States:Year Artist Album Label Shipments (Sales) Certification[1][2]1982 Michael Jackson ThrillerEpic29,000,000 29× Platinum 1976 EaglesTheir Greatest Hits (1971-1975) Asylum29,000,000 29× Platinum 1971 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV Atlantic23,000,000 23× Platinum 1985 Billy Joel Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II Columbia11,500,000(Double album) 23× Platinum 1979 Pink Floyd The WallColumbia/Capitol11,500,000(Double album) 23× Platinum 1980 AC/DCBack in Black Atlantic22,000,000 22× Platinum 1998 Garth Brooks Double Live Capitol Nashville 10,500,000(Double album) 21× Platinum 1997 Shania Twain Come On Over Mercury Nashville (17,520,000)[4][5](Over-certified) 20× Platinum 1977 Fleetwood Mac RumoursWarner Bros.19,000,000 19× Platinum 1968 The Beatles The Beatles (White Album) Apple9,500,000(Double album) 19× Platinum 1987 Guns N' RosesAppetite for Destruction Geffen18,000,000 18× Platinum 1976 BostonBostonEpic Records17,000,000 17× Platinum 1990 Garth Brooks No FencesCapitol Nashville (9,010,000§(Over-certified) 17× Platinum 1992 Soundtrack / Whitney Houston The Bodyguard Arista(13,370,000§)[4][5](Over-certified) 17× Platinum 1995 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill Maverick(15,170,000)[4][5]16× Platinum 1976 EaglesHotel California Asylum16,000,000 16× Platinum 1974 Elton John Greatest Hits Polydor16,000,000 16× Platinum 1994 Hootie & the Blowfish Cracked Rear View Atlantic(11,565,000§)[4][6](Over-certified) 16× Platinum 1991 MetallicaMetallicaElektra(15,860,000)[5]16× Platinum 1975 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Swan Song8,000,000(Double album) 16× Platinum 1988 JourneyGreatest Hits Columbia15,000,000 15× Platinum 1973 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon Capitol(20,502,000)[7](Under-certified) 15× Platinum 1999 SantanaSupernaturalArista(12,990,000)[4][5](Over-certified) 15× Platinum 1977 Soundtrack / Bee GeesSaturday Night Fever RSO15,000,000 15× Platinum 1984 Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. Columbia15,000,000 15× Platinum 1973 The Beatles 1962-1966Capitol7,500,000(Double album) 15× Platinum 1978 John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John/Various Artists GreaseRSO 14,000,000+[19](Under-certified) 8× Platinum+Does not include sales from November 7, 1984 through March 1, 1991, the dates betweenthe album's last certification and the date Nielsen SoundScan began tracking album sales.[25]1997 Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys Jive(11,842,000)[4][6](Over-certified) 14× Platinum 1999 Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time Jive(12,186,000)[4][5](Over-certified) 14× Platinum 1991 Garth Brooks Ropin' the Wind Capitol Nashville (9,571,000§)[6](Over-certified) 14× Platinum 1977 Meat LoafBat Out of Hell Epic Records14,000,000 14× Platinum 1972 Simon & Garfunkel Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Columbia14,000,000 14× Platinum 1984 Prince and the Revolution Purple Rain Warner Bros.13,000,000 13× Platinum 1978 Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-78 Capitol13,000,000 13× Platinum 1999 Backstreet Boys MillenniumJive(13,800,000)[4][5](Under-certified) 13× Platinum 1991 Pearl JamTenEpic Records(10,001,000§)[5](Incomplete sales tracking) 13× Platinum 1985 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Arista13,000,000 13× Platinum 1986 Bruce Springsteen Live/1975-85Columbia4,333,333(Triple album) 13× Platinum 1969 The Beatles Abbey Road Apple12,000,000 12× Platinum 1986 Bon JoviSlippery When Wet Mercury Records 12,000,000 12× Platinum 1994 Boyz II Men IIMotown12,000,000 12× Platinum 1987 Def Leppard HysteriaMercury Records 12,000,000 12× Platinum 1998 Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces Monument(9,945,000)[4][8](Over-certified) 12× Platinum 1995 JewelPieces of You Atlantic(8,753,000)[4][9](Over-certified) 12× Platinum 1992 Kenny GBreathlessArista12,000,000 12× Platinum 1980 Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits Liberty12,000,000 12× Platinum 1969 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II Atlantic12,000,000 12× Platinum 1996 Matchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like You Atlantic12,000,000 12× Platinum 1985 Phil Collins No Jacket Required Atlantic12,000,000 12× Platinum 1995 Shania Twain The Woman in Me Mercury Nashville 12,000,000 12× Platinum 1972 The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1971 London6,000,000(Double album) 12× Platinum 1994 Soundtrack Forrest Gump Epic Records6,000,000(Double album) 12× Platinum 1980 AerosmithGreatest Hits Columbia11,000,000 11× Platinum 2000 The Beatles 1Capitol(12,233,000)[18](Under-certified) 11× Platinum 1967 The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Capitol11,000,000 11× Platinum 1996 Celine Dion Falling into You Epic Records(11,799,000)[4][10](Under-certified) 11× Platinum 1999 CreedHuman Clay Wind-up Records (11,640,000)[5](Under-certified) 11× Platinum 1982 EaglesEagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Asylum11,000,000 11× Platinum 1998 Kid RockDevil Without a Cause Atlantic Records (10,527,000)[4][6]11× Platinum 1973 Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy Atlantic11,000,000 11× Platinum 2000 'N SyncNo Strings Attached Jive(12,660,000)[4][5](Under-certified) 11× Platinum 1987 Soundtrack Dirty Dancing RCA11,000,000 11× Platinum 1997 Soundtrack TitanicEpic Records(11,146,000)[4][11]11× Platinum 1976 James Taylor Greatest Hits Warner Bros.11,000,000 11× Platinum 1994 TLCCrazySexyCoolLaFace11,000,000 11× Platinum 2003 OutkastSpeakerboxxx/The Love Below LaFace, Arista5,500,000(Double album) 11× Platinum 2002 Shania Twain Up!Mercury Nashville 5,500,000(Double album) 11× Platinum 2011 Adele21Columbia/XL(10,400,000)[5]10× Platinum 1977 Billy Joel The Stranger Columbia10,000,000 10× Platinum 2000 Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again Jive(10,404,000)[4][6]10× Platinum 1984 Bob Marley & The Wailers LegendIsland(11,260,000†)[5](Under-certified) 10× Platinum 1971 Carole King TapestryODE10,000,000 10× Platinum 1997 Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love Epic Records(10,711,000)[4][10](Under-certified) 10× Platinum 1983 Def Leppard PyromaniaMercury Records 10,000,000 10× Platinum 1999 Dixie Chicks FlyMonument Records 10,000,000 10× Platinum 1976 Doobie Brothers Best of The Doobies Warner Bros.10,000,000 10× Platinum 1970 Elvis Presley Elvis' Christmas Album(budget reissue of 1957 LP with altered track listing) RCA Camden/Pickwick10,000,000 10× Platinum 2002 EminemThe Eminem Show Aftermath(10,098,000)[12]10× Platinum 2000 EminemThe Marshall Mathers LP Aftermath(12,169,000)[4][12](Under-certified) 10x Platinum 1992 Eric Clapton UnpluggedReprise Records 10,000,000 10× Platinum 1989 Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Capitol10,000,000 10× Platinum 1994 Garth Brooks The HitsLiberty Records (7,821,000§)[3](Over-certified) 10× Platinum 1997 Garth Brooks SevensCapitol Records 10,000,000 10× Platinum 1987 George Michael FaithColumbia10,000,000 10× Platinum 1994 Green DayDookieReprise Records 10,000,000 10× Platinum 1990 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Boxed Set Atlantic Records 2,500,000(Quadruple album) 10× Platinum 2000 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory Warner Bros.(10,889,000)[4][13](Under-certified) 10× Platinum 1983 Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down Motown10,000,000 10× Platinum 1990 MadonnaThe Immaculate Collection Sire(7,305,000§)[4][10](Incomplete sales tracking) 10× Platinum 1984 MadonnaLike a Virgin Sire10,000,000 10× Platinum 1995 Mariah Carey DaydreamColumbia10,000,000 10× Platinum 1993 Mariah Carey Music BoxColumbia10,000,000 10× Platinum 1990 MC HammerPlease Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Capitol10,000,000 10× Platinum 1998 'N Sync*NSYNCRCA10,000,000 10× Platinum 1991 NirvanaNevermindDGC Records(9,044,000§)[10](Incomplete sales tracking) 10× Platinum 1995 No DoubtTragic Kingdom Trauma/Interscope Records 10,000,000 10× Platinum 2002 Norah Jones Come Away with Me Blue Note(10,910,000)[10](Under-certified) 10× Platinum 1967 Patsy Cline Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits Decca10,000,000 10× Platinum 1994 Soundtrack The Lion King Walt Disney Records (7,839,000)[11](Over-certified) 10× Platinum 1993 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits MCA10,000,000 10× Platinum 1976 Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life Motown10,000,000 10× Platinum 1987 U2The Joshua Tree Island10,000,000 10× Platinum 2004 UsherConfessionsArista(10,017,000)[12]10× Platinum 1984 Van Halen1984 (MCMLXXXIV) Warner Bros.10,000,000 10× Platinum 1978 Van HalenVan HalenWarner Bros.10,000,000 10× Platinum 1983 ZZ TopEliminatorWarner Bros.10,000,000 10× Platinum 1998 2PacGreatest Hits Interscope(5,000,000)[7](Double album) 10x Platinum 1985 The DoorsThe Best of The Doors Elektra5,000,000(Double album) 10× Platinum 1997 The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death Bad Boy Records/Arista5,000,000(Double album) 10× Platinum 1995 The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Virgin5,000,000(Double album) 10× PlatinumNotes[edit source | editbeta]†Only includes sales tracked by Nielsen SoundScan since March 1, 1991 and BMG Music Club sales, where available.[14]§Albums released near or soon after March 1, 1991, the date Nielsen SoundScan began tracking album sales, likely had a significant portion of their sales go untracked. When tracking began, Nielsen SoundScan only had about 40% coverage of album sales.[15]SoundScan initially did not track albums sold in supermarkets, and never tracked those sold through mail-ordermusic clubs such as Columbia House or BMG Music Club.[16][17]
