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In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of sales albums and singles have made.

Some other countries have similar schemes. See Gold album.

The best-selling album of all time is The Eagles' Greatest Hits, which has gone 28 times platinum, meaning it has sold 28 million copies.

1 List of artists with most platinum albums

These artists have the most gold and platinum albums (each album is counted only once even if the album was certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum):

  1. Elvis Presley (80)
  2. Barbra Streisand (46) (the female with the most multi-platinum titles)
  3. The Beatles (39)
  4. The Rolling Stones (38)
  5. Neil Diamond (37)
  6. Elton John (32)
  7. Kenny Rogers/First Edition (28)
  8. Frank Sinatra(26)
  9. Bob Dylan (28) (two with The BandThe Band was a Canadian- American rock and roll band. First making their name as Bob Dylan's backing group in the late 1960s, they later became highly influential in their own right, as progenitors of country rock and helping to repopularize traditional A)
  10. Willie NelsonWillie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, though he had already become famous as a 1960s songwriter. Biogra (24)
  11. George StraitGeorge Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country singer. Biography Strait was born in Poteet, Texas and grew up in Pearsall, Texas. His father, John, was a Junior High math teacher. The Straits would leave Pearsall on the weekends and the s (24) (all 24 have gone gold and platinum)
  12. Kiss (23)
  13. RushRush is an award-winning Canadian rock band comprised of bassist/ keyboardist/ vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer Neil Peart (pronounced: 'Peert') that has been consistently recording since 1973. The band was formed in the summer of 1 (22)
  14. AlabamaAlabama is a country music band that was started in 1969 but did not get a recording contract until 1977. They were the first successful country group act in modern times and are the most successful country group with more number one singles than any grou (22)

2 List of artists with most platinum singles

These artists as having the most gold and platinum singles.

  1. Elvis Presley (24+28)
  2. The Beatles (18+6)
  3. Whitney Houston (14+6)
  4. Janet Jackson (16+3)
  5. Elton John (13+6)
  6. Madonna (18)
  7. Michael Jackson (7+9)
  8. The Temptations (10+6)
  9. Mariah Carey (7+8)
  10. Aretha Franklin (15)


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