Hector Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Quote The Eagles' greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to become history's best-selling album of all-time. The Recording Industry Association of America told The Associated Press on Monday that the Eagles' album -- "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" -- is now certified 38x platinum, which means sales and streams of the album have reached 38 million copies. The album was released in 1976 and pushes Jackson's "Thriller," which is 33x platinum, to second place. RIAA also said that the Eagles' "Hotel California," released in 1977, is now 26x platinum and makes it the third best-selling album of all-time. The last time RIAA tallied sales for the Eagles' greatest hits album was in 2006, when it said it was 29x platinum. Sales and streams for "Thriller" were last updated last year. Billboard Another title snatched Thriller still has the power to go 40X Platinum though Edited August 20, 2018 by Hector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoto Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Is it counted double because of that double albums rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONOPKA Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 amazing! glee really helped this album, when 'don't stop believing' was huge. congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynx Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, ONOPKA said: amazing! glee really helped this album, when 'don't stop believing' was huge. congrats Ot: Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Joannester Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Such a good band. 9 minutes ago, Rainsford said: Is it counted double because of that double albums rule? Their greatest hits albums only has like 10 tracks so no, it's not a double album if you mean that. It was also released before Hotel California (1975 vs 1976) so no streams are counted double or anything. Their streams aren't all that however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umich Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 17 minutes ago, ONOPKA said: amazing! glee really helped this album, when 'don't stop believing' was huge. congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 wow and how? Double albums getting certified what songs got that many streams? hotel california??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELE2125 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hotel California 26xPlatinum? Adele is shookT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agenor Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, slw84 said: wow and how? Double albums getting certified what songs got that many streams? hotel california??? Not a double album, only 10 songs, "Hotel California" not included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, Agenor said: Not a double album, only 10 songs, "Hotel California" not included. then how did it go from 29x platinum to 38x platinum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agenor Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, slw84 said: then how did it go from 29x platinum to 38x platinum. The last certification was 12 years ago, so in the meantime a lots of things started counting - digital songs downloads, streaming, youtube... and I'm sure it's one of the best selling catalog albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, Agenor said: The last certification was 12 years ago, so in the meantime a lots of things started counting - digital songs downloads, streaming, youtube... and I'm sure it's one of the best selling catalog albums. good for them. Even i had their greatest hits. I just wasn't expecting such a huge boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homogenic Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Talent won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agenor Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 13 minutes ago, slw84 said: good for them. Even i had their greatest hits. I just wasn't expecting such a huge boost. Neither did I... I'm not gonna go into the conspiracy territory and presume they did some kind of cheating as Garth Brooks usually does when it comes to RIAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, ONOPKA said: amazing! glee really helped this album, when 'don't stop believing' was huge. congrats go eagles wonder what Lipstickalley thinks of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Wait hotel California too? That was 17 mil in 2013. Over certified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temporal Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, Agenor said: Neither did I... I'm not gonna go into the conspiracy territory and presume they did some kind of cheating as Garth Brooks usually does when it comes to RIAA. How does Garth cheat? OT: Wow, wig. It's not easy to snatch Thriller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaithe Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 well Thriller's still the best-selling album in the world so it ain't bothered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 28 minutes ago, Agenor said: Neither did I... I'm not gonna go into the conspiracy territory and presume they did some kind of cheating as Garth Brooks usually does when it comes to RIAA. Yeah I'm sure many legacy acts will follow suit considering new generations consumption of music went from cassettes to cds to digitals to streaming. Next, Janet, Prince, Beyonce and Britney need to update their stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamless Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, ONOPKA said: amazing! glee really helped this album, when 'don't stop believing' was huge. congrats Sweetheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thuggin Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Agenor said: Not a double album, only 10 songs, "Hotel California" not included. What? No Hotel California? I don’t know any of these songs. Who is buying this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookinIn Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, ONOPKA said: amazing! glee really helped this album, when 'don't stop believing' was huge. congrats you can’t be serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liberalmusiclover Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 2 hours ago, ONOPKA said: amazing! glee really helped this album, when 'don't stop believing' was huge. congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agenor Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 20 minutes ago, Temporal said: How does Garth cheat? OT: Wow, wig. It's not easy to snatch Thriller! Sales of his albums are inflated, actual Nielsen sales numbers are much lower than certifications. "Sales" usually come from his site. He actually stopped reporting his sales to Nielsen. He is an Amazon exclusive when it comes to digital downloads, they purchased his album "In Pieces" and then gave it away for free to all of their Amazon Prime members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanel Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 This is US only. Thriller and a few other albums are far and away better sellers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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