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20 minutes ago, Donquizote said:

Legends ONLY :sorry: 

Fixed it for you...

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A King :clap3: 

Seeing how long it took some to get 2 diamond certs it makes Adele back to back ones in this sales climate 10000x more impressive :jonny: 

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Honestly, I'm shocked it took so long for another MJ album to go Diamond, with streaming and the re-releases. But nevertheless, congratulations eternal King of Pop. :clap3: 

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4 hours ago, Kula said:

incredible how hard he fell from 30x platinum to 10x plat

It's impossible to re-do that tbh. Bad is under-certified in the US even at Diamond but did sell considerably less than Thriller. That being said, it's still Top 10 best-selling albums ever... it's all about scale, Michael is a huge album seller, but Thriller is a phenomenon that no act could expect to match. 

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2 hours ago, Letters From Adi said:

Shania :alexz: 

 

Mariah's debut should be eligible too.

when will they re-certify? :thing: 

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When will 'Mariah Carey' finally go diamond though :keir:

 

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I hope one day Taylor will be up there with Fearless and 1989, perhaps in 2020.

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2 hours ago, MardinBeksloy said:

I hope one day Taylor will be up there with Fearless and 1989, perhaps in 2020.

!!

 

but they're still pretty far from 10 million in the US :weeps: TS6 better give ha that Diamond cert!

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Bad is his best album and era. No competition!

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Legend :clap3:

 

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9 hours ago, Kula said:

incredible how hard he fell from 30x platinum to 10x plat

Not really a fall tbh, since no one else is 30X platinum :rip:

 

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11 hours ago, DivaCup said:

Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Extends Reign as Highest Certified Album in U.S. History

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Doug Morris, Rob Stringer, John Branca, Richard Story, L.A. Reid and Karen Langford.

 

Michael Jackson’s blockbuster album Thriller just keeps on getting bigger. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has certified the set at 33-times platinum in the U.S., extending Thriller’s record as the highest certified album in history.

 

That means Thriller -- released in 1982 -- has earned 33 million equivalent album units in the U.S. That sum blends traditional album sales (one album sale equals one unit), tracks sold from an album (10 tracks sold equals one unit) and on-demand audio and/or video streams (1,500 streams equals one unit).

 

A plaque commemorating the milestone was presented at the home of Epic Records chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid over Grammy weekend, where Sony Music CEO Doug Morris, Columbia Records chairman and incoming Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer, Sony president, commercial group Richard Story, attorneys Karen Langford and John Branca toasted the certification.

 

The RIAA revamped its Gold & Platinum Awards Program on Feb. 1, 2016, growing from a pure album sales certification process to one that includes tracks and streams. That same day, Thriller’s certification was raised from 30 million to 32 million.

 

Thriller continues to maintain its place as the highest-certified album ever, ahead of Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, with 29 million

 (It was last certified on Jan. 30, 2006.)

 

Simultaneous with Thriller’s raised certification, its follow-up, Bad, climbs to 10-times platinum (the RIAA’s Diamond award). Jackson is one of just 22 acts with more than one Diamond-certified album.

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Other artists with 2 Diamond albums:

  • Mariah Carey - Music Box and Daydream

  • Britney Spears - Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again

  • Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show

  • Billy Joel - The Stranger and Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II

  • Madonna - Like a Virgin and The Immaculate Collection

  • Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall

  • Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. and Live/1975–85

  • 2pac - All Eyez On Me and Greatest Hits

  • Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces and Fly

  • Adele - 21 and 25

  • NSYNC - NSYNC and No Strings Attached

  • Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys and Millennium

  • Celine Dion - Falling into You and Let's Talk About Love

  • Van Halen - Van Halen and 1984

  • Def Leppard - Pyromania and Hysteria

 

More than 2:

  • Eagles - 3

  • Shania Twain - 3

  • Led Zeppelin - 5

  • The Beatles - 6

  • Garth Brooks - 7

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Legends only...

I was wondering when they were going to get around to certifying Bad diamond.

 

I don't think Off the wall will make it though

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46 minutes ago, kishi said:

Bad is his best album and era. No competition!

Yes, memories of smooth criminal the video and having a white suit just like his to wear to church.

 

Another part of me deserved to be a #1 hit.

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