- I didn't take into account the stupid RIAA rules such as counting the sales of a double-album twice...etc (for example The Wall is 23x platinum but here it's only 11x platinum).
1956
MY FAIR LADY (original cast) : 3x platinum (at least 5 million sold)
ERNIE FORD - Hymns : platinum
CAROUSEL (soundtrack) : platinum
HARRY BELAFONTE - Calypso : gold (at least 1 million)
HARRY BELAFONTE - Belafonte : gold
ELVIS PRESLEY - Elvis : gold
ELVIS PRESLEY - Elvis Presley : gold
FRANK SINATRA - Songs For Swingin' Lovers : gold
FRANK SINATRA - This Is Sinatra : gold
THE KING & I (soundtrack) : gold
1957
ELVIS PRESLEY - Christmas Album : 3x platinum
FRANK SINATRA - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra : platinum (2 million sold)
JOHN COLTRANE - Blue Train : gold (2 million)
NAT KING COLE - Love Is The Thing : platinum
MUSIC MAN (original cast) : platinum
ELVIS PRESLEY - Loving You : gold
JOHNNY MATHIS - Warm : gold
MANTOVANI - Films Encores : gold
RAY CONNIFF - 'S Marvelous : gold
WEST SIDE STORY (original cast) : gold
1958
ELVIS PRESLEY - Golden Records : 6x platinum
JOHNNY MATHIS - Merry Christmas : 5x platinum
JOHNNY MATHIS - Greatest Hits : 3x platinum
ERNIE FORD - Star Carol : platinum
VAN CLIBURN - Tchaikovsky Concerto : platinum
FRANK SINATRA - Sings For Only The Lonely : gold (1 million)
FRANK SINATRA - Come Fly With Me : gold (1 million)
KINGSTON TRIO - Kingston Trio : gold
MITCH MILLER & THE GANG - Sing Along : gold
HENRY MANCINI - Peter Gunn : gold
1959
MILES DAVIS - Kind Of Blue : 4x platinum (at least 6 million sold)
ELVIS PRESLEY - Golden Records vol. 2 : 2x platinum
DAVE BRUBECK - Time Out : platinum (at least 2 million)
JOHNNY MATHIS - Heavenly : platinum
RAY CONNIFF - Christmas With Conniff : platinum
MARTY ROBBINS - Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs : platinum
JOHN COLTRANE - Giant Steps : uncertified (1 million)
JOHNNY MATHIS - More Greatest Hits : gold
FRANK SINATRA - Come Dance With Me : gold
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (original cast) : gold
1960
MILES DAVIS - Sketches Of Spain : gold (2 million)
ELVIS PRESLEY - His Hand In Mine : platinum
ELVIS PRESLEY - G.I. Blues : platinum
KINGSTON TRIO - Sold Out : gold
FRANK SINATRA - Nice 'N Easy : gold
RAY CONNIFF - Memories : gold
MITCH MILLER & THE GANG - Sentimental Sing Along : gold
THE PLATTERS - Encore Of Golden Hits : gold
MANTOVANI - Exodus : gold
BILLY VAUGHN - Theme From A Summer Place : gold
1961
WEST SIDE STORY (soundtrack) : 3x platinum
ELVIS PRESLEY - Blue Hawaii : 3x platinum
JOHN COLTRANE - My Favorite Things : uncertified (1 million)
ELVIS PRESLEY - Something For Everybody : gold
HARRY BELAFONTE - Jump Up Calypso : gold
JOAN BAEZ - Volume 2 : gold
FRANK SINATRA - All The Way : gold
LAWRENCE WELK - Calcutta : gold
MITCH MILLER & THE GANG - Holiday Sing Along : gold
HENRY MANCINI - Breakfast At Tiffany's : gold
1962
RAY CHARLES - Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music : gold (3 million sold)
PETER, PAUL & MARY - Peter, Paul & Mary : 2x platinum
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - The Lonely Bull : gold (2 million)
TONY BENNETT - I Left My Heart In San Francisco : platinum
NAT KING COLE - Ramblin' Rose : platinum
RAY CONNIFF - We Wish You A Merry Christmas : platinum
RAY CHARLES - Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music, vol. 2 : gold
RAY CHARLES - Greatest Hits : gold
JOAN BAEZ - In Concert : gold
THE MUSIC MAN (soundtrack) : gold
1963
NAT KING COLE - The Christmas Song : 6x platinum
FRANK SINATRA - The Sinatra Christmas Album : gold (2 million)
ELVIS PRESLEY - Golden Records vol. 3 : platinum
BOB DYLAN - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan : platinum
THE BEACH BOYS - Little Deuce Coupe : platinum
PATSY CLINE - The Patsy Cline Story : platinum
ANDY WILLIAMS - Christmas Album : platinum
BARBRA STREISAND - The Barbra Streisand Album : gold
BARBRA STREISAND - The Second Barbra Streisand Album : gold
THE BEACH BOYS - Surfin' U.S.A. : gold
1964
THE BEATLES - Meet The Beatles ! : 5x platinum
THE BEATLES - Hard Day's Night : 4x platinum
THE BEATLES - Beatles' 65 : 3x platinum
THE BEATLES - Second Album : 2x platinum
THE BEATLES - Something New : 2x platinum
THE BEATLES - Introducing The Beatles : uncertified (2 million sold)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (soundtrack) : 2x platinum
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS : South Of The Border : gold (2 million)
BARBRA STREISAND - People : platinum
MARY POPPINS (soundtrack) : gold
1965
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (soundtrack) : gold (11 million sold)
THE BEATLES - Rubber Soul : 6x platinum
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - Whipped Cream & Other Delights : gold (6 million)
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - Going Places : gold (at least 4 million)
THE BEATLES - Help! : 3x platinum
VINCE GUARALDI - A Charlie Brown Christmas : 3x platinum
JOHN COLTRANE - A Love Supreme : gold (2 million)
THE BEATLES - VI : platinum
BOB DYLAN - Highway 61 Revisited : platinum
THE ROLLING STONES - Out Of Our Heads : platinum
1966
THE BEATLES - Revolver : 5x platinum
THE MONKEES - The Monkees : 5x platinum
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - What Now My Love : gold (4 million)
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Sounds Of Silence : 3x platinum
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme : 3x platinum
BOB DYLAN - Blonde On Blonde : 2x platinum
THE ROLLING STONES - Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) : 2x platinum
THE BEATLES - Yesterday And Today : 2x platinum
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - S.R.O. : gold (at least 2 million)
FRANK SINATRA - Sinatra At The Sands 1965 : gold (2 million)
1967
THE BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band : 11x platinum
PATSY CLINE - Greatest Hits : 10x platinum
THE BEATLES - Magical Mystery Tour : 6x platinum
BARBRA STREISAND - A Christmas Album : 5x platinum
BOB DYLAN - Greatest Hits : 5x platinum
THE MONKEES - More Of The Monkees : 5x platinum
THE DOORS - The Doors : 4x platinum
JIMI HENDRIX - Are You Experienced ? : 4x platinum
ELVIS PRESLEY - How Great Thou Art : 3x platinum
JOHNNY CASH - Greatest Hits : 2x platinum
1968
THE BEATLES - The Beatles : 9x platinum
IRON BUTTERFLY - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida : 4x platinum
JOHNNY CASH - At Folsom Prison : 3x platinum
FRANK SINATRA - Greatest Hits : 2x platinum (3 million)
JIMI HENDRIX - Electric Ladyland : 2x platinum
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bookends : 2x platinum
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - The Graduate (soundtrack) : 2x platinum
JANIS JOPLIN - Cheap Thrills : 2x platinum
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - The Beat Of The Grass : gold (2 million)
THE DOORS - Waiting For The Sun : platinum
1969
THE BEATLES - Abbey Road : 12x platinum
LED ZEPPELIN - II : 12x platinum
LED ZEPPELIN - I : 8x platinum
CROSBY, STILLS & NASH - Crosby, Stills & Nash : 4x platinum
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 4x platinum
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Green River : 3x platinum
JOHNNY CASH - At San Quentin : 3x platinum
CHICAGO - Chicago Transit Authority : 2x platinum (3 million)
THE ROLLING STONES - Let It Bleed : 2x platinum
THE WHO - Tommy : 2x platinum
1970
ELVIS PRESLEY - Christmas Album : 10x platinum
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water : 8x platinum
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG - Deja Vu : 7x platinum
LED ZEPPELIN - III : 6x platinum
SANTANA - Abraxas : 5x platinum
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - Greatest Hits : 5x platinum
THE BEATLES - Let It Be : 4x platinum
BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid : 4x platinum
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Cosmo's Factory : 4x platinum
VAN MORRISON - Moondance : 3x platinum (4 million sold)
1971
LED ZEPPELIN - IV : 23x platinum
CAROLE KING - Tapestry : 10x platinum
THE ROLLING STONES - Hot Rocks : 6x platinum
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG - 4 Way Street : 4x platinum
THE CARPENTERS - Carpenters : 4x platinum
JANIS JOPLIN - Pearl : 4x platinum
THE WHO - Who's Next : 3x platinum (4 million)
MARVIN GAYE - What's Going On : gold (4 million)
THE ROLLING STONES - Sticky Fingers : 3x platinum
CAT STEVENS - Teaser & The Firecat : 3x platinum
1972
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Greatest Hits : 14x platinum
NEIL YOUNG - Harvest : 4x platinum (5 million)
ELVIS PRESLEY - Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden : 3x platinum
THE CARPENTERS - A Song For You : 3x platinum
DEEP PURPLE - Machine Head : 2x platinum (3 million)
STEVIE WONDER - Talking Book : uncertified (3 million)
CHICAGO - V : 2x platinum (3 million)
NEIL DIAMOND - Hot August Night : 2x platinum
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Amazing Grace : 2x platinum
YES - Fragile : 2x platinum
1973
PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon : 15x platinum (20 million)
LED ZEPPELIN - Houses Of The Holy : 11x platinum
JOHN DENVER - Greatest Hits : 9x platinum
THE BEATLES - 1967-1970 : 8x platinum
THE BEATLES - 1962-1966 : 7x platinum
ELTON JOHN - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road : 7x platinum
THE CARPENTERS - The Singles 1969-1973 : 7x platinum
JANIS JOPLIN - Greatest Hits : 7x platinum
ELVIS PRESLEY - Aloha From Hawaii : 5x platinum
BREAD - The Best Of Bread : 5x platinum
1974
ELTON JOHN - Greatest Hits : 16x platinum
SANTANA - Greatest Hits : 7x platinum
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG - So Far : 6x platinum
BAD COMPANY - Bad Company : 5x platinum
NEIL DIAMOND - His 12 Greatest Hits : 4x platinum
PAUL MCCARTNEY & THE WINGS : Band On The Run : 3x platinum
THE BEACH BOYS - Endless Summer : 3x platinum
GRATEFUL DEAD - Skeletons From The Closet : 3x platinum
AEROSMITH - Get Your Wings : 3x platinum
JOHN DENVER - Back Home Again : 3x platinum
1975
AEROSMITH - Toys In The Attic : 8x platinum
LED ZEPPELIN - Physical Graffiti : 8x platinum
PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here : 6x platinum (7 million)
FLEETWOOD MAC - Fleetwood Mac : 5x platinum (7 million)
CHICAGO - Greatest Hits : 5x platinum (7 million)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born To Run : 6x platinum
AMERICA - History-Greatest Hits : 4x platinum (5 million)
EAGLES - One Of These Nights : 4x platinum
CAT STEVENS - Greatest Hits : 4x platinum
KISS - Alive : gold (4 million)
1976
EAGLES - Greatest Hits 71-75 : 29x platinum
BOSTON - Boston : 17x platinum
EAGLES - Hotel California : 16x platinum
JAMES TAYLOR - Greatest Hits : 11x platinum (15 million)
DOOBIE BROTHERS - Best Of : 10x platinum
PETER FRAMPTON - Comes Alive : 8x platinum (9 million)
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Chronicle : 8x platinum
LINDA RONSTADT - Greatest Hits : 7x platinum
STEVIE WONDER - Songs In The Key Of Life : 5x platinum (at least 7 million)
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - Night Moves : 6x platinum
1977
FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours : 19x platinum
BEE GEES - Saturday Night Fever : 15x platinum
MEAT LOAF - Bat Out Of Hell : 14x platinum
BILLY JOEL - The Stranger : 10x platinum
JACKSON BROWNE - Running on Empty : 7x platinum
ELTON JOHN - Greatest Hits Vol 2 : 5x platinum
FOREIGNER - Foreigner : 5x platinum
PINK FLOYD - Animals : 4x platinum
QUEEN - News Of The World : 4x platinum
KANSAS - Point Of Know Return : 4x platinum
1978
GREASE (soundtrack) : 8x platinum (16 million)
STEVE MILLER BAND - Greatest Hits 1974-1978 : 13x platinum
VAN HALEN - Van Halen : 10x platinum
BOSTON - Don't Look Back : 7x platinum
FOREIGNER - Double Vision : 7x platinum
BILLY JOEL - 52nd Street : 7x platinum
THE ROLLING STONES - Some Girls : 6x platinum
THE CARS - The Cars : 6x platinum
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - Stranger In Town : 6x platinum
BARBRA STREISAND - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 : 5x platinum
1979
PINK FLOYD - The Wall : 11x platinum (13 million)
MICHAEL JACKSON - Off The Wall : 8x platinum
EAGLES - The Long Run : 7x platinum
AC/DC - Highway To Hell : 7x platinum
LED ZEPPELIN - In Through The Out Door : 6x platinum
VAN HALEN - Van Halen II : 5x platinum
FOREIGNER - Head Games : 5x platinum
WAYLON JENNINGS - Greatest Hits : 5x platinum
BEE GEES - Spirits Having Flown : platinum (5 million)
SUPERTRAMP - Breakfast In America : 4x platinum
1980
AC/DC - Back In Black : 22x platinum
KENNY ROGERS - Greatest Hits : 12x platinum
AEROSMITH - Greatest Hits : 11x platinum
REO SPEEDWAGON - Hi Infidelity : 9x platinum
BILLY JOEL - Glass Houses : 7x platinum
CHRISTOPHER CROSS - Christopher Cross : 5x platinum
NEIL DIAMOND - The Jazz Singer (soundtrack) : 5x platinum
BARBRA STREISAND - Guilty : 5x platinum
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - Against The Wind : 5x platinum
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - The River : 5x platinum
1981
JOURNEY - Escape : 9x platinum
FOREIGNER - 4 : 6x platinum
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap : 6x platinum
STEVIE NICKS - Bella Donna : 5x platinum
PHIL COLLINS - Face Value : 5x platinum
BARBRA STREISAND - Memories : 5x platinum
ALABAMA - Feels So Right : 4x platinum
LOVERBOY - Get Lucky : 4x platinum
RUSH - Moving Pictures : 4x platinum
THE ROLLING STONES - Tattoo You : 4x platinum
1982
MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller : 29x platinum
EAGLES - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 : 11x platinum
ERIC CLAPTON - Time Pieces/Best Of Eric Clapton : 7x platinum
FOREIGNER - Records : 7x platinum
MEN AT WORK - Business As Usual : 6x platinum
ALABAMA - Mountain Music : 5x platinum
JOHN MELLENCAMP - American Fool : 5x platinum
HANK WILLIAMS, JR. - Greatest Hits : 5x platinum
LIONEL RICHIE - Lionel Richie : 4x platinum (5 million)
WILLIE NELSON - Always On My Mind : 4x platinum
1983
LIONEL RICHIE - Can't Slow Down : 10x platinum (13 million)
ZZ TOP - Eliminator : 10x platinum
DEF LEPPARD - Pyromania : 10x platinum
THE POLICE - Synchronicity : 8x platinum
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - Sports : 7x platinum
BILLY JOEL - An Innocent Man : 7x platinum
JOURNEY - Frontiers : 6x platinum
FLASHDANCE (soundtrack) : 6x platinum
THE BIG CHILL (soundtrack) : 6x platinum
QUIET RIOT - Metal Health : 6x platinum
1984
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born In The U.S.A. : 15x platinum
PRINCE - Purple Rain : 13x platinum (14 million)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Legend : 10x platinum (14 million)
MADONNA - Like A Virgin : 10x platinum
VAN HALEN - 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) : 10x platinum
FOOTLOOSE (soundtrack) : 9x platinum
CYNDI LAUPER - She's So Unusual : 6x platinum
WHAM! - Make It Big : 6x platinum
CHICAGO - 17 : 6x platinum
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER - Christmas : 6x platinum
1985
WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston : 13x platinum
PHIL COLLINS - No Jacket Required : 12x platinum
BILLY JOEL - Greatest Hits Vol. 1&2 : 11x platinum
DIRE STRAITS - Brothers In Arms : 9x platinum
JIMMY BUFFETT - Songs You Know By Heart : 7x platinum
THE CARS - Greatest Hits : 6x platinum
JOHN MELLENCAMP - Scarecrow : 5x platinum
HEART - Heart : 5x platinum
ZZ TOP - Afterburner : 5x platinum
TEARS FOR FEARS - Songs From The Big Chair : 5x platinum
1986
BON JOVI - Slippery When Wet : 12x platinum (14 million)
BEASTIE BOYS - Licensed To Ill : 9x platinum (11 million)
TOP GUN (soundtrack) : 9x platinum
MADONNA - True Blue : 7x platinum
VAN HALEN - 5150 : 6x platinum
METALLICA - Master Of Puppets : 6x platinum
GENESIS - Invisible Touch : 6x platinum
JANET JACKSON - Control : 5x platinum (6 million)
THE POLICE - Every Breathe You Take - The Singles : 5x platinum
PAUL SIMON - Graceland : 5x platinum
1987
GUNS N' ROSES - Appetite For Destruction : 18x platinum
DIRTY DANCING (soundtrack) : 11x platinum (13 million)
DEF LEPPARD - Hysteria : 12x platinum
U2 - The Joshua Tree : 10x platinum (12 million)
GEORGE MICHAEL - Faith : 10x platinum
WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney : 9x platinum
MICHAEL JACKSON - Bad : 8x platinum
WHITESNAKE - Whitnesnake : 8x platinum
INXS - Kick : 6x platinum
AEROSMITH - Permanent Vacation : 5x platinum
1988
JOURNEY - Greatest Hits : 15x platinum
FLEETWOOD MAC - Greatest Hits : 8x platinum
METALLICA - ...And Justice For All : 8x platinum
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - Hangin' Tough : 8x platinum
BOBBY BROWN - Don't Be Cruel : 7x platinum
BON JOVI - New Jersey : 7x platinum
PAULA ABDUL - Forever Your Girl : 7x platinum
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER - A Fresh Aire Christmas : 6x platinum
TRACY CHAPMAN - Tracy Chapman : 6x platinum
GUNS N' ROSES - G N' R Lies : 5x platinum
1989
JANET JACKSON - Rhythm Nation 1814 : 6x platinum (9 million)
GARTH BROOKS - Garth Brooks : 8x platinum
AEROSMITH - Pump : 7x platinum
DON HENLEY - The End Of Innocence : 6x platinum
MOTLEY CRUE - Dr. Feelgood : 6x platinum
MILLI VANILLI - Girl, You Know It's True : 6x platinum
MICHAEL BOLTON - Soul Provider - 6x platinum
THE LITTLE MERMAID (soundtrack) : 6x platinum
SKID ROW - Skid Row : 5x platinum
CHICAGO - Greatest Hits 1982-1989 : 5x platinum
1990
GARTH BROOKS - No Fences : 15x platinum
MC HAMMER - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em : 10x platinum
MADONNA - The Immaculate Collection : 10x platinum
MARIAH CAREY - Mariah Carey : 9x platinum
VANILLA ICE - To The Extreme : 7x platinum
C+C MUSIC FACTORY - Gonna Make You Sweat : 5x platinum
THE BLACK CROWES - Shake Your Money Maker : 5x platinum
WILSON PHILLIPS - Wilson Philipps : 5x platinum
AC/DC - The Razors Edge : 5x platinum
VAN MORRISON - Best Of Van Morrison : 4x platinum
1991
METALLICA - Metallica : 15x platinum
PEARL JAM - Ten : 13x platinum
GARTH BROOKS - Ropin' The Wind : 12x platinum
NIRVANA - Nevermind : 10x platinum
BOYZ II MEN - Cooleyhighharmony : 9x platinum
U2 - Achtung Baby : 8x platinum
MICHAEL BOLTON - Time, Love & Tenderness : 8x platinum
NATALIE COLE - Unforgettable : With Love : 8x platinum
MICHAEL JACKSON - Dangerous : 7x platinum
GUNS 'N ROSES - Use Your Illusion II : 7x platinum
1992
WHITNEY HOUSTON - The Bodyguard (soundtrack) : 17x platinum
KENNY G - Breathless : 12x platinum
ERIC CLAPTON - Unplugged : 10x platinum
BILLY RAY CYRUS - Some Gave All : 9x platinum
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Core : 8x platinum
GARTH BROOKS - The Chase : 7x platinum
QUEEN - Greatest Hits : 6x platinum
ALAN JACKSON - A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love) : 6x platinum
GEORGE STRAIT - Pure Country : 6x platinum
WYNONNA JUDD - Wynonna : 5x platinum
1993
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - Greatest Hits : 10x platinum
MARIAH CAREY - Music Box : 10x platinum
ACE OF BASE - The Sign : 9x platinum
TONI BRAXTON - Toni Braxton : 8x platinum
SHERYL CROW - Tuesday Night Music Club : 7x platinum
COUNTING CROWS - August & Everything After : 7x platinum
AEROSMITH - Get A Grip : 7x platinum
PEARL JAM - Vs. : 7x platinum
JANET JACKSON - Janet : 6x platinum (7 million)
ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits : 6x platinum
1994
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Cracked Rear View : 16x platinum
BOYZ II MEN - II : 12x platinum
TLC - CrazySexyCool : 11x platinum
THE LION KING (soundtrack) : 10x platinum
GARTH BROOKS - The Hits : 10x platinum
GREEN DAY - Dookie : 10x platinum
EAGLES - Hell Freezes Over : 8x platinum
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - Greatest Hits : 8x platinum
KENNY G - Miracles : The Holiday Album : 8x platinum
LIVE - Throwing Copper : 8x platinum
1995
ALANIS MORISSETTE - Jagged Little Pill : 16x platinum
SHANIA TWAIN - The Woman In Me : 12x platinum
JEWEL - Pieces Of You : 12x platinum
MARIAH CAREY - Daydream : 10x platinum
NO DOUBT - Tragic Kingdom : 10x platinum
WAITING TO EXHALE (soundtrack) : 7x platinum
ALAN JACKSON - Greatest Hits Collection : 6x platinum
BONE THUGS 'N HARMONY - E. 1999 Eternal : 4x platinum (6 million)
R. KELLY - R. Kelly : 5x platinum
GARTH BROOKS - Fresh Horses : 5x platinum
1996
MATCHBOX TWENTY - Yourself Or Someone Like You : 12x platinum
CELINE DION - Falling Into You : 11x platinum
TONI BRAXTON - Secrets : 8x platinum
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - Crash : 7x platinum
SPACE JAM (soundtrack) : 6x platinum
LEANN RIMES - Blue : 6x platinum
THE FUGEES - The Score : 6x platinum
2PAC - All Eyez On Me : 4x platinum (6 million)
SUBLIME - Sublime : 5x platinum (6 million)
METALLICA - Load : 5x platinum
1997
SHANIA TWAIN - Come On Over : 20x platinum
BACKSTREET BOYS - Backstreet Boys : 14x platinum
TITANIC (soundtrack) : 11x platinum
CELINE DION - Let's Talk About Love : 10x platinum
WILL SMITH - Big Willie Style : 9x platinum
GARTH BROOKS - Sevens : 8x platinum
SARAH MCLACHLAN - Surfacing : 8x platinum
SPICE GIRLS - Spice : 7x platinum
PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY - No Way Out : 7x platinum
SAVAGE GARDEN - Savage Garden : 7x platinum
1998
DIXIE CHICKS - Wide Open Spaces : 12x platinum
KID ROCK - Devil Without A Cause : 11x platinum
'N SYNC - 'N Sync : 10x platinum
GARTH BROOKS - Double Live : 8x platinum
LAURYN HILL - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill : 8x platinum
FAITH HILL - Faith : 6x platinum
CITY OF ANGELS (soundtrack) : 5x platinum
BRANDY - Never Say Never : 5x platinum
CELINE DION - These Are Special Times : 5x platinum
2PAC - Greatest Hits : 5x platinum
1999
SANTANA - Supernatural : 15x platinum
BRITNEY SPEARS - ...Baby One More Time : 14x platinum
BACKSTREET BOYS - Millenium : 13x platinum
CREED - Human Clay : 11x platinum
DIXIE CHICKS - Fly : 10x platinum
CHRISTINA AGUILERA - Christina Aguilera : 8x platinum
FAITH HILL - Breathe : 8x platinum
DESTINY'S CHILD - The Writing's On The Wall : 8x platinum
CELINE DION - All The Way... A Decade Of Song : 7x platinum (8 million)
RICKY MARTIN - Ricky Martin : 7x platinum (8 million)
2000
'N SYNC - No Strings Attached : 11x platinum (13 million)
EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP : 9x platinum (12 million)
THE BEATLES - 1 : 10x platinum (12 million)
BRITNEY SPEARS - Oops!...I Did It Again : 10x platinum
LINKIN PARK - Hybrid Theory : 10x platinum
NELLY - Country Grammar : 9x platinum
BACKSTREET BOYS - Black And Blue : 8x platinum
O BROTHER, WHERE ARE THOU ? (soundtrack) : 8x platinum
ENYA - A Day Without Rain : 7x platinum
SHAGGY - Hotshot : 6x platinum (7 million)
2001
ALICIA KEYS - Songs In A Minor : 6x platinum (7 million)
CREED - Weathered : 6x platinum
NICKELBACK - Silver Side Up : 6x platinum
'N SYNC - Celebrity : 5x platinum
PINK - Missundaztood : 5x platinum
STAIND - Break The Cycle : 5x platinum
KID ROCK - Cocky : 5x platinum
BRITNEY SPEARS - Britney : 4x platinum (5 million)
JOSH GROBAN - Josh Groban : 4x platinum (5 million)
DESTINY'S CHILD - Survivor : 4x platinum (5 million)
2002
NORAH JONES - Come Away With Me : 10x platinum
EMINEM - The Eminem Show : 8x platinum (10 million)
AVRIL LAVIGNE - Let Go : 6x platinum
NELLY - Nellyville : 6x platinum
DIXIE CHICKS - Home : 6x platinum
SHANIA TWAIN - Up! : 5x platinum
ELVIS PRESLEY - 30 #1 Hits : 5x platinum
COLDPLAY - A Rush Of Blood To The Head : 4x platinum
8 MILE (soundtrack) : 4x platinum
MAROON 5 - Songs About Jane : 4x platinum
2003
50 CENT - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' : 6x platinum (8 million)
EVANESCENCE - Fallen : 7x platinum
JOSH GROBAN - Closer : 5x platinum
OUTKAST - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below : 5x platinum
LINKIN PARK - Meteora : 4x platinum (5 million)
BEYONCE - Dangerously In Love : 4x platinum
TOBY KEITH - Shock'n Y'All : 4x platinum
ALICIA KEYS - The Diary Of Alicia Keys : 4x platinum
ALAN JACKSON - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 : 6x platinum (4 million)
MICHAEL JACKSON - Number Ones : 3x platinum (4 million)
2004
USHER - Confessions : 10x platinum
KELLY CLARKSON - Breakaway : 6x platinum
GREEN DAY - American Idiot : 5x platinum
RASCAL FLATTS - Feels Like Today : 5x platinum
GRETCHEN WILSON - Here For The Party : 5x platinum
GUNS 'N ROSES - Greatest Hits : 5x platinum
EMINEM - Encore : 4x platinum (5 million)
NORAH JONES - Feels Like Home : 4x platinum
SHANIA TWAIN - Greatest Hits : 4x platinum
KENNY CHESNEY - When The Sun Goes Down : 4x platinum
2005
NICKELBACK - All The Right Reasons : 8x platinum
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Some Hearts : 7x platinum
MARIAH CAREY - The Emancipation Of Mimi : 6x platinum
50 CENT - The Massacre : 5x platinum
BLACK EYED PEAS - Monkey Business : 3x platinum (4 million)
COLDPLAY - X&Y : 3x platinum
MARY J BLIGE - The Breakthrough : 3x platinum
KENNY CHESNEY - The Road And The Radio : 3x platinum
MICHAEL BUBLE - It's Time : 2x platinum (3 million)
EMINEM - Curtain Call: The Hits : 2x platinum (3 million)
2006
TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift : 5,2 million
RASCAL FLATTS - Me And My Gang : 4,9 million
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (soundtrack) : 4,9 million
DAUGHTRY - Daughtry : 4,7 million
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - FutureSex/LoveSounds : 4,3 million
FERGIE - The Dutchess : 3,8 million
HANNAH MONTANA (soundtrack) : 3,7 million
BEYONCE - B' Day : 3,2 million
AKON - Konvicted : 3 million
SUGARLAND - Enjoy The Ride : 2,9 million
2007
JOSH GROBAN - Noel : 5,4 million
ALICIA KEYS - As I Am : 3,8 million
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 : 3,4 million
KID ROCK - Rock 'N Roll Jesus : 3,4 million
EAGLES - Long Road Out Of Eden : 3,3 million
MILEY CYRUS - Hannah Montana 2 : 3,3 million
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Carnival Ride : 3,2 million
LINKIN PARK - Minutes To Midnight : 3,1 million
RIHANNA - Good Girl Gone Bad : 2,7 million
AMY WINEHOUSE - Back To Black : 2,5 million
2008
TAYLOR SWIFT - Fearless : 6,5 million
LADY GAGA - The Fame : 4,4 million
LIL WAYNE - Tha Carter III : 3,7 million
NICKELBACK - Dark Horse : 3,2 million
BEYONCE - I Am... Sasha Fierce : 3 million
COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends : 2,8 million
ZAC BROWN BAND - Foundation : 2,8 million
TWILIGHT (soundtrack) : 2,7 million
AC/DC - Black Ice : 2,2 million
SUGARLAND - Love On The Inside : 2,2 million
2009
SUSAN BOYLE - I Dreamed A Dream : 4 million
BLACK EYED PEAS - The E.N.D. : 3,1 millon
ANDREA BOCELLI - My Christmas : 2,7 million
EMINEM - Relapse : 2,2 million
MICHAEL BUBLE - Crazy Love : 2,1 million
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Play On : 2,1 million
HANNAH MONTANA - THE MOVIE : 2 million
JUSTIN BIEBER - My World : 1,9 million
JAY-Z - The Blueprint 3 : 1,9 million
MICHAEL JACKSON - This Is It : 1,7 million
2010
EMINEM - Recovery : 4,2 million
TAYLOR SWIFT - Speak Now : 3,9 million
LADY ANTEBELLUM - Need You Now : 3,8 million
JUSTIN BIEBER - My World 2.0 : 3 million
JASON ALDEAN - My Kinda Party : 2,3 million
MUMFORD & SONS - Sigh No More : 2,1 million
KATY PERRY - Teenage Dream : 2 million
SUSAN BOYLE - The Gift : 2 million
NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday : 1,7 million
RIHANNA - Loud : 1,6 million
2011
ADELE - 21 : 6,5 million
MICHAEL BUBLE - Christmas : 2,5 million
LADY GAGA - Born This Way : 2,1 million
LIL WAYNE - Tha Carter IV : 2 million
DRAKE - Take Care : 1,4 million
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,3 million
LADY ANTEBELLUM - Own The Night : 1,3 million
JUSTIN BIEBER - Under The Mistletoe : 1,2 million
BEYONCE - 4 : 1,1 million
COLDPLAY - Mylo Xyloto : 1,1 million
But it was first certified by the RIAA in 1994 
and 
are totally different albums