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WONDER WHAT'S NEXT has gone Platinum (1,000,000 copies), and THIS TYPE OF THINKING (COULD DO US IN) is Gold (500,000 copies).
100,000 albums sold to be certified Platinum according to the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) 50,000 for Gold 1,000,000 for Diamond. Something interesting: According to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) Albums sold: Gold: 500,000 Platinum: 1,000,000 Diamond: 10,000,000 Wow...what a huge contrast. Hope this was helpful.
In the US these albums went platinum- Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?; So Far, So Good... So What!; Rust in Peace; and Youthanasia. Also, Countdown To Extinction when double platinum.
23 million in the US 80 miillion Worldwide
An Amazing 23 Albums And running. (not counting the CDs with several artist such as "psychopathics from outer space 1, 2, & 3)
950,000 its first week in the US. Its now multi-platinum.
I think Dave quit in the early 90's and then returned to Slayer in 2002. He wasn't in the studio albums Divine Intervention, Diabolus In Musica, God Hates Us All, and the cover album Undisputed Attitude, and whatever other albums Slayer put out during that time.
WONDER WHAT'S NEXT has gone Platinum (1,000,000 copies), and THIS TYPE OF THINKING (COULD DO US IN) is Gold (500,000 copies).
100,000 albums sold to be certified Platinum according to the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) 50,000 for Gold 1,000,000 for Diamond. Something interesting: According to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) Albums sold: Gold: 500,000 Platinum: 1,000,000 Diamond: 10,000,000 Wow...what a huge contrast. Hope this was helpful.
In the US these albums went platinum- Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?; So Far, So Good... So What!; Rust in Peace; and Youthanasia. Also, Countdown To Extinction when double platinum.
23 million in the US 80 miillion Worldwide
An Amazing 23 Albums And running. (not counting the CDs with several artist such as "psychopathics from outer space 1, 2, & 3)
Dream Theater have no Platinum albums in the US, they do have three Platinum DVDs (100,000 copies shipped): Images & Words: Live in Tokyo/5 Years in a Livetime Live at Budokan Score Their highest selling album is Images & Words, and it has been certified Gold in the US (500,000 copies shipped).
In the US, 'Platinum' needs 1,000,000 sales
Way too many to list. Check the "related links" below for a list of albums that have sold over 5 million copies in the United States. There is also a searchable database where you can find out if a certain album has sold over 1 million copies (Platinum status) in the US.
45 million
About 1.000.000 copies