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11 hours ago, Planet Mars said:

Congrats and Whitney Houston also has 2 diamond albums. 'Whitney' should be on its way there as well.

Not sure I wanna dance with somebody is enough to push it to the SEA/TEA.

I don't think the other singles get much play.

 

Now bodyguard should probably be re-certified since I will always love you alone would send it to another cert

 

10 hours ago, drmkng said:

Britney is a legend :clap3:

Tis true...

11 hours ago, EnjoyTheSilence said:

Did Bad really sell 1M copies since 2013 ?

Well the thing that is DIFFERENT from Whitney is that when Whitney died I will always love you and maybe the greatest love of all probably got alot of spins. Also I wanna dance iwth somebody.

 

MJ's bad singles: smooth criminal, bad, man in the mirror and the way you make me feel are songs that definitely contributing to the SEA/TEA push for diamond.

 

11 hours ago, King Maxx said:

:clap3: Legend. Icon. King of Pop. Biggest artist of all time.

 

Off the Wall - 8x Platinum

Dangerous - 7x Platinum

HIStory - 7x Platinum

 

Hmm. Wonder if Off the Wall can reach Diamond as well. Probably not for a very long time.

So true.

I wonder if Rock with you and don't stop till you get enough are enough to get him 9x platinum with off the wall. Probably

Dangerous: LOOOOOOVE remember the time video (it almost gets me emotional) seeing that as a little tot. I don't know if those singles are enough.

History (would that count towards it since it's a GH or the parent album)

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10 hours ago, Kula said:

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

True but most people that achieve diamond status have a hard time doing it again and see a decline.

Keep in mind that it's also relative in that it was not 30x platinum in the 80s or 90s.

thriller was the definitive album that kept getting sales.

 

 

10 hours ago, Arthritis said:

 

Fixed it for you...

So I can understand you being shady towards the other girls but Madonna (the best selling female artist of all time is not a legend...gon' somewhere with that. 

Music history for females can literally be defined as BEFORE Madonna and AFTER Madonna

8 hours ago, Shendelzare said:

7 diamond albums!

 

:jonny:

The struggle for people to even achieve a 7x platinum album yet he has 7 diamond albums.

Gangsta.

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Just now, slw84 said:

 

 

 

So I can understand you being shady towards the other girls but Madonna (the best selling female artist of all time is not a legend...gon' somewhere with that. 

 

 

 

M8 i wasnt being shady towards anyone, was just including Mariah in the list, no matter where she placed.

 

 

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32 minutes ago, Arthritis said:

M8 i wasnt being shady towards anyone, was just including Mariah in the list, no matter where she placed.

 

 

Ok I must of misread it. My mistake.

I was about to say Madonna's legendary status can't be questioned LOL.

 

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Just now, slw84 said:

Ok I must of misread it. My mistake.

I was about to say Madonna's legendary status can't be questioned LOL.

 

I agree, just like most of the people on that list (minus maybe Shania tbh)

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2 hours ago, slw84 said:

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.

Smooth Criminal is such a legendary video. Hew else is dewing it?

 

APOM is a certified JAM!

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Slay MJ!!! No one will touch Thriller's certification status.

 

Garth Brooks was beast in 90s. Unfortunately, he  was never really global 

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4 hours ago, slw84 said:

Not sure I wanna dance with somebody is enough to push it to the SEA/TEA.

I don't think the other singles get much play.

 

Now bodyguard should probably be re-certified since I will always love you alone would send it to another cert

 

Tis true...

Well the thing that is DIFFERENT from Whitney is that when Whitney died I will always love you and maybe the greatest love of all probably got alot of spins. Also I wanna dance iwth somebody.

 

MJ's bad singles: smooth criminal, bad, man in the mirror and the way you make me feel are songs that definitely contributing to the SEA/TEA push for diamond.

 

So true.

I wonder if Rock with you and don't stop till you get enough are enough to get him 9x platinum with off the wall. Probably

Dangerous: LOOOOOOVE remember the time video (it almost gets me emotional) seeing that as a little tot. I don't know if those singles are enough.

History (would that count towards it since it's a GH or the parent album)

AHHH I see, thanks! I wonder if Madonnas true blue can go 9x platinum. Supposedly, many people say on the RIAA website that True Blue was certified 8X platinum in 1997, 2 years after it was certified 7X platinum. So if it's at 8M copies in 1997 then it may have been enough to push it to 9X? I know for sure it would be at least 8X. I've also seen some website claim True Blue has sold 9M copies. And TIC should be 11X platinum. Since 2001 it sold 1M copies through soundscan. Plus George Michaels Faith, according to Billboard, has sold 12M copies in the USA, and it's only certified diamond. It should be at least 11X 

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10 hours ago, Rusty said:

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. 

No shade but how can it be under certified if it was just certified?

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37 minutes ago, EnjoyTheSilence said:

No shade but how can it be under certified if it was just certified?

Tracking for Bad is awful, MJD estimated it was around 10.6M before Michael died:

 

10.6M by 2009

+ 550K by the end of 2011

+ 200-250K with Bad25 release and sales up until 2017

= ~11.3M in pure sales alone, w/out track additions to its certs like Thriller has

 

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2 hours ago, EnjoyTheSilence said:

AHHH I see, thanks! I wonder if Madonnas true blue can go 9x platinum. Supposedly, many people say on the RIAA website that True Blue was certified 8X platinum in 1997, 2 years after it was certified 7X platinum. So if it's at 8M copies in 1997 then it may have been enough to push it to 9X? I know for sure it would be at least 8X. I've also seen some website claim True Blue has sold 9M copies. And TIC should be 11X platinum. Since 2001 it sold 1M copies through soundscan. Plus George Michaels Faith, according to Billboard, has sold 12M copies in the USA, and it's only certified diamond. It should be at least 11X 

Alot of older albums are undercertified for some strange reason. I'm sure madonna has a few albums that could get recertified with SEA/TEA

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4 hours ago, Rusty said:

Tracking for Bad is awful, MJD estimated it was around 10.6M before Michael died:

 

10.6M by 2009

+ 550K by the end of 2011

+ 200-250K with Bad25 release and sales up until 2017

= ~11.3M in pure sales alone, w/out track additions to its certs like Thriller has

 

Ahhh I see, thank you! 

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3 hours ago, slw84 said:

Alot of older albums are undercertified for some strange reason. I'm sure madonna has a few albums that could get recertified with SEA/TEA

Yeah Imma have to sell myself to Warner bros so they can update it. The worst is like a prayer tho. It's only 4x plat. The single alone has sold 1.1M DIGITAL downloads, which would contribute a lot to the SEAs/TEAs. Plus with sales alone it should be 5X

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