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EAGLES EAGLES / THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975 RHINO August 20, 2018 ALBUM 38

EAGLES

Title: EAGLES/THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975

Label: RHINO

Certification Date: August 20, 2018

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 38
MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER EPIC RECORDS August 20, 2021 ALBUM 34

MICHAEL JACKSON

Title: THRILLER

Label: EPIC RECORDS

Certification Date: August 20, 2021

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 34
EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA RHINO August 20, 2018 ALBUM 26

EAGLES

Title: HOTEL CALIFORNIA

Label: RHINO

Certification Date: August 20, 2018

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 26
AC/DC BACK IN BLACK COLUMBIA December 6, 2019 ALBUM 25

AC/DC

Title: BACK IN BLACK

Label: COLUMBIA

Certification Date: December 6, 2019

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 25
LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN IV ATLANTIC November 8, 2021 ALBUM 24

LED ZEPPELIN

Title: LED ZEPPELIN IV

Label: ATLANTIC

Certification Date: November 8, 2021

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 24
THE BEATLES THE BEATLES APPLE February 21, 2019 ALBUM 24

THE BEATLES

Title: THE BEATLES

Label: APPLE

Certification Date: February 21, 2019

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 24
BILLY JOEL GREATEST HITS VOLUME I & VOLUME II COLUMBIA October 26, 2011 ALBUM 23

BILLY JOEL

Title: GREATEST HITS VOLUME I & VOLUME II

Label: COLUMBIA

Certification Date: October 26, 2011

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 23
PINK FLOYD THE WALL COLUMBIA January 29, 1999 ALBUM 23

PINK FLOYD

Title: THE WALL

Label: COLUMBIA

Certification Date: January 29, 1999

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 23
GARTH BROOKS DOUBLE LIVE CAPITOL NASHVILLE November 1, 2006 ALBUM 21

GARTH BROOKS

Title: DOUBLE LIVE

Label: CAPITOL NASHVILLE

Certification Date: November 1, 2006

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 21
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH CRACKED REAR VIEW RHINO May 21, 2018 ALBUM 21

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH

Title: CRACKED REAR VIEW

Label: RHINO

Certification Date: May 21, 2018

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 21
FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS WARNER BROS. October 3, 2014 ALBUM 20

FLEETWOOD MAC

Title: RUMOURS

Label: WARNER BROS.

Certification Date: October 3, 2014

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 20
SHANIA TWAIN COME ON OVER MERCURY NASHVILLE November 15, 2004 ALBUM 20

SHANIA TWAIN

Title: COME ON OVER

Label: MERCURY NASHVILLE

Certification Date: November 15, 2004

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 20
GARTH BROOKS NO FENCES PEARL RECORDS, INC. February 14, 2020 ALBUM 18

GARTH BROOKS

Title: NO FENCES

Label: PEARL RECORDS, INC.

Certification Date: February 14, 2020

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 18
GUNS N' ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION GEFFEN September 23, 2008 ALBUM 18

GUNS N' ROSES

Title: APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

Label: GEFFEN

Certification Date: September 23, 2008

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 18
POST MALONE & SWAE LEE SUNFLOWER (SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE) REPUBLIC RECORDS May 31, 2023 SINGLE 18

POST MALONE & SWAE LEE

Title: SUNFLOWER (SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE)

Label: REPUBLIC RECORDS

Certification Date: May 31, 2023

Format: SINGLE

Certified Units: 18
WHITNEY HOUSTON THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK) RCA RECORDS November 17, 2017 ALBUM 18

WHITNEY HOUSTON

Title: THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK)

Label: RCA RECORDS

Certification Date: November 17, 2017

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 18
BOSTON BOSTON EPIC November 20, 2003 ALBUM 17

BOSTON

Title: BOSTON

Label: EPIC

Certification Date: November 20, 2003

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 17
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN IN THE U.S.A. COLUMBIA May 25, 2022 ALBUM 17

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Title: BORN IN THE U.S.A.

Label: COLUMBIA

Certification Date: May 25, 2022

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 17
ELTON JOHN GREATEST HITS ISLAND April 28, 2016 ALBUM 17

ELTON JOHN

Title: GREATEST HITS

Label: ISLAND

Certification Date: April 28, 2016

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 17
LIL NAS X OLD TOWN ROAD (FEAT. BILLY RAY CYRUS) COLUMBIA November 29, 2022 SINGLE 17

LIL NAS X

Title: OLD TOWN ROAD (FEAT. BILLY RAY CYRUS)

Label: COLUMBIA

Certification Date: November 29, 2022

Format: SINGLE

Certified Units: 17
THE BEATLES THE BEATLES 1967 - 1970 EMI August 27, 2010 ALBUM 17

THE BEATLES

Title: THE BEATLES 1967 - 1970

Label: EMI

Certification Date: August 27, 2010

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 17
ALANIS MORISSETTE JAGGED LITTLE PILL MAVERICK July 29, 1998 ALBUM 16

ALANIS MORISSETTE

Title: JAGGED LITTLE PILL

Label: MAVERICK

Certification Date: July 29, 1998

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 16
BEE GEES SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (SOUNDTRACK) CAPITOL November 16, 2017 ALBUM 16

BEE GEES

Title: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (SOUNDTRACK)

Label: CAPITOL

Certification Date: November 16, 2017

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 16
IMAGINE DRAGONS RADIOACTIVE KIDINAKORNER / INTERSCOPE RECORDS April 28, 2023 SINGLE 16

IMAGINE DRAGONS

Title: RADIOACTIVE

Label: KIDINAKORNER / INTERSCOPE RECORDS

Certification Date: April 28, 2023

Format: SINGLE

Certified Units: 16
LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI SWAN SONG January 30, 2006 ALBUM 16

LED ZEPPELIN

Title: PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

Label: SWAN SONG

Certification Date: January 30, 2006

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 16
METALLICA METALLICA ATLANTIC RECORDS / ELEKTRA RECORDS December 13, 2012 ALBUM 16

METALLICA

Title: METALLICA

Label: ATLANTIC RECORDS / ELEKTRA RECORDS

Certification Date: December 13, 2012

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 16
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS LEGEND ISLAND May 23, 2014 ALBUM 15

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

Title: LEGEND

Label: ISLAND

Certification Date: May 23, 2014

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 15
DRAKE GOD'S PLAN YOUNG MONEY / CASH MONEY / REPUBLIC RECORDS December 8, 2022 SINGLE 15

DRAKE

Title: GOD'S PLAN

Label: YOUNG MONEY / CASH MONEY / REPUBLIC RECORDS

Certification Date: December 8, 2022

Format: SINGLE

Certified Units: 15
JOURNEY GREATEST HITS COLUMBIA April 22, 2008 ALBUM 15

JOURNEY

Title: GREATEST HITS

Label: COLUMBIA

Certification Date: April 22, 2008

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 15
PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON HARVEST June 4, 1998 ALBUM 15

PINK FLOYD

Title: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Label: HARVEST

Certification Date: June 4, 1998

Format: ALBUM

Certified Units: 15
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