Sales of albums, RIAA certification

[adi760]

Yo
I would like to make list of albums that reached gold/platinum/multi-platinum status and album who reached enough sales results, but dont have certification cuz of label. So if u have any info share it.

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now - Gold (920,000)
2Pac - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. - Platinum (1,639,584)
2Pac - Me Against the World - 2x Platinum (3,524,567)
2Pac - All Eyez on Me - Diamond
Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - 4x Platinum
2Pac - R U Still Down? (Remember Me?) - 4x Platinum
2Pac - Greatest Hits - Diamond
2Pac - Until the End of Time - 4x Platinum
2Pac - Better Dayz - 3x Platinum
2Pac - Loyal to the Game - Platinum

2Pac + Outlawz - Still I Rise - Platinum

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 6x Platinum (7,885)
50 Cent - The Massacre - 5x Platinum
50 Cent - Before i Self Destruct - Gold

Above the Rim (Soundtrack) - 2x Platinum

Belly (Soundtrack) - Gold

Big Pun - Capital Punishment - Platinum
Big Pun - Yeeeah baby - Gold

Bizzy Bone - Heaven'z Movie - Gold

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Creepin' Come On Ah Come Up - 3x Platinum
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal - 4x Platinum
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - The Art of War - 4x Platinum
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - The Collection: Volume One - Platinum
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - BtnhResurrection - Platinum
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Greatest Hits - Platinum
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Strength & Loyalty - Gold

Bulworth (Soundtrack) - Platinum

Coolio - Fantastic Voyage - Platinum
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise - 3x Platinum
Coolio - My Soul - Gold

Craig Mack - Funk da World - Gold

Death Row Greatest Hits - Platinum

DJ Quik - Quik is the Name - Platinum
DJ Quik - Way 2 Fonky - Gold
DJ Quik - Safe + Sound - Gold
DJ Quik - Rhythm-Al-Ism - Gold

DMX - It's Dark and Hot is Hell - 4x Platinum (4,674)
DMX - Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood - 3x Platinum
DMX - ...And Then There Was X - 5x Platinum
DMX - The Great Depression - Platinum
DMX - The Grand Champ - Platinum

Dr. Dre - The Chronic - 3x Platinum (5,2)
Dr. Dre - 2001 - 6x Platinum (7,329)

E-40 - In a Mayor Way - Platinum
E-40 - Tha Hall of Game - Gold
E-40 - The Element of Surprise - Gold
E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card - Gold

Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It - 2x Platinum
Eazy-E - 5150: Home 4 tha Sick - Gold
Eazy-E - It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa - 2x Platinum
Eazy-E - Eternal E - Gold
Eazy-E - Str8 Off tha Streetz of Muthappuckin Compton - Gold

Eminem - The Slim Shady LP - 4x Platinum
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers - Diamond
Eminem - The Eminem Show - Diamond
Eminem - Encore - 4x Platinum (5,133)
Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits - 2x Platinum (3,710,000)
Eminem - Recovery - 2x Platinum
Eminem - Recovery - 3x Platinum
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 2x Platinum (2,244,000 copies)

Flesh-n-Bone - T.H.U.G.S. - Gold

Foxy Brown - Ill Na Na - Platinum
Foxy Brown - Chyba Doll - Platinum
Foxy Brown - Broken Silence - Gold

Friday (Soundtrack) - 2x Platinum

Fugees - The Score - 6x Platinum

G-Unit - Beg for Mercy - 2x Platinum

Gridlock'd (Soundtrack) - Gold

Gang Related (Soundtrack) - 2x Platinum

Ja Rule - Venni, Vetti, Vecci - Platinum
Ja Rule - Rule 3:36 - 3x Platinum
Ja Rule - Pain is Love - 3x Platinum
Ja Rule - The Last Temptation - Platinum
Ja Rule - R.U.L.E. - Gold

Jay-Z - Resonable Dount - Platinum
Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 - Platinum
Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life - 5x Platinum
Jay-Z - Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter - 3x Platinum
Jay-Z - The Dynasty: Roc La Familia - 2x Platinum
Jay-Z - The Blueprint - Platinum
Jay-Z - The Blueprint: The Gift & The Curse - 3x Platinum
Jay-Z - The Black Album - 3x Platinum
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come - 2x Platinum
Jay-Z - American gangster - Platinum
Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 - Platinum
Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grain - 2x Platinum

Juvenile - 400 Degreez - 4x Platinum
Juvenile - Tha G Code - Platinum
Juvenile - Project English - Gold
Juvenile - Juve the Great - Platinum
Juvenile - Reality Check - Gold

Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted - Platinum
Ice Cube - Kill At Will - Platinum
Ice Cube - Death Certificate - Platinum
Ice Cube - The Predator - 2x Platinum
Ice Cube - Lethal Injection - Platinum
Ice Cube - Bootlegs & B-Sides - Gold
Ice Cube - War & Peace Vol. 1 - Platinum
Ice Cube - War & Peace Vol. 2 - Platinum
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later - Gold

Ice-T - Rhyme Pays - Gold
Ice-T - Power - Platinum
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster - Gold
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say - Gold
Ice-T - Home Invasion - Gold

Krayzie Bone - Thug Mentality - Platinum

Kurupt - Streetz iz a Mutha - Gold

Ludacris - Back for the First Time - 3x Platinum
Ludacris - Word of Mouf - 2x Platinum
Ludacris - Chickien & Beer - Platinum
Ludacris - The Red Light District - 2x Platinum
Ludacris - Release Therapy - Platinum
Ludacris - Theater of the Mind - Gold
Ludacris - Battle of Sexes - Gold

Luniz - Operation Stackola - Platinum

Mack 10 - Mack 10 - Gold
Mack 10 - Based on a True Story - Gold
Mack 10 - The Recipe - Gold

MC Eiht - We Come Strapped - Gold

MC Ren - Kizz My Black Azz - Platinum

Murder was the Case (Soundtrack) - 2x Platinum

N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton - 2x Platinum
N.W.A. - 100 Miles and Runnin' - Platinum
N.W.A. - Efil4Zaggin - Platinum
N.W.A. - Greatest Hits - Gold
N.W.A. - The N.W.A. Legacy: 1988-1998 - Platinum

N.W.A. and the Posse - N.W.A. and the Posse - Gold

Nas - Illmatic - Platinum
Nas - It Was Written - 2x Platinum
Nas - I Am... - 2x Platinum
Nas - Nastradamus - Platinum
Nas - Stillmatic - Platinum
Nas - God's Son - Platinum
Nas - Street's Discipline - Platinum
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead - Gold
Nas - Nas - Gold

Next Friday (Soundtrack) - Gold

Onyx - Bacdafucup - Platinum

OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Platinum
OutKast - ATLiens - 2x Platinum
OutKast - Aquemini - 2x Platinum
OutKast - Stankonia - 4x Platinum
OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Diamond (11,400)
OutKast - Idlewild - Platinum

Petey Pablo - Diary of a Sinister: 1st Entry - Gold
Petey Pablo - Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry - Gold

Shady XV - Gold

Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle - 4x Platinum (6,137)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather - 2x Platinum
Snoop Dogg - Da Game is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told - 2x Platinum
Snoop Dogg - No Limit Top Dogg - Platinum
Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Meal - Platinum
Snoop Dogg - Paid tha Cost to Be tha Bo$$ - Platinum
Snoop Dogg - R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) - Platinum
Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment - Gold

Spice 1 - Spice 1 - Gold
Spice 1 - Amerikkka's Nightmare - Gold
Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote - Gold

Street is Watching (Soundtrack) - Platinum

Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food - 2x Platinum

Tha Eastsidaz - Tha Eastsidaz - Platinum
Tha Eastsidaz - Duces 'n Trayz... The Old Fashioned Way - Gold

The Game - The Documentary - 2x Platinum

The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die - 4x Platinum
The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death - Diamond
The Notorious B.I.G. - Born Again - 2x Platinum
Yhe Notorious B.I.G. - Duets: The Final Chapter - Platinum

The Re-Up - Platinum

Too Short - Born to Mack - Gold
Too Short - Life is... Too Short - 2x Platinum
Too Short - Short Dog's in the House - Platinum
too Short - Shorty the Pimp - Platinum
Too Short - Get in Where You Fit in - Platinum
Too Short - Coctails - Platinum
Too Short - Gettin' It (Album Number 10) - Platinum
Too Short - Can't Stay Away - Gold
Too Short - Too Nasty - Gold

TRU - Tru 2 da game - 2x Platinum
TRU - Da Crime Family - Gold

Tupac: Resurrection (Soundtrack) - Platinum

Westside Connection - Bow Down - Platinum
Westside Connection - Terrorist Threats - Gold

Wu-tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Platinum
Wu-tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever - 4x Platinum
Wu-Tang Clan - The W - Platinum
Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag - Gold

Yukmouth - Thugged Out - The Albulation - Gold

[Hack Wilson - real]

shady XV went gold??

[adi760]

Yep, it's double disc so sold 250k.

[HighEyeCue]

a lot of those Death Row albums are under-certified...same goes for some of the Em albums...last time I checked 2001 was at 7.5 million

[adi760]

Yep, I think that Dogg Food and Murder Was the Case are 3x Platinum right now.

[Heinz]

No Crooked I?

[doggfather]

No Crooked I?

[Sccit]

a lot of those Death Row albums are under-certified...same goes for some of the Em albums...last time I checked 2001 was at 7.5 million

money.....they dont certify shit like they used 2

[Hack Wilson - real]

i bet Doggystyle and the Chronic are both are at least 5 mill if not 7-8 ish

[adi760]

In () u got sales. Chronic should be 5x Platinum and Doggystyle 6x.

[TraceOneInfinite]

Yep, I think that Dogg Food and Murder Was the Case are 3x Platinum right now.

I was always impressed that the Dogg Food album sold 2X.  That was really a testament to the popularity of Snoop and Death Row at the time, because the album really offered very little for women, and casual pop music fans.

[Sccit]

Yep, I think that Dogg Food and Murder Was the Case are 3x Platinum right now.

I was always impressed that the Dogg Food album sold 2X.  That was really a testament to the popularity of Snoop and Death Row at the time, because the album really offered very little for women, and casual pop music fans.

LETS PLAY HOUSE WAS PRETTY COMMERCIAL

[adi760]

Dogg Food was released in October 95' and after 3 months in January they reached 2x Platinum. I'm sure they sold somethin like 3,3k.

[GangstaBoogy]

How the fuck did MC Ren go platinum?

[bouli77]

yeah death row's sound was pretty polished. it actually appealed to a lot of r&b listeners who were otherwise not fucking with rap because of the melodic appeal and the fact that they used session musicians. if you browse the comment sections on youtube of a lot of death row / g-funk songs you'll get a lot of this. I remember Mary J. Blidge being interviewed and basically saying how she admired Dre for putting a p-funk twist on rap. and Death Row's R&B roster was also a testament to that.

for Dogg Food, the singles sound smooth as can be : New York New York and Let's Play House. other songs such as I Don't Like to Dream about Getting Paid, Riding, Slipping & Sliding, Smooth were also smooth. I think Dogg Food is the perfect blend between a G-Funk and a more rugged sound, with basic gangsta bragadoccio and also straight emceeism. even rugged / hardcore songs like Respect / Cyco Lic No / Some Bomb Azz Pussy have a strong melodic structure.

but yeah I was always amazed that Dogg Food was able to go double plat, I know it was backed by the Death Row machine, but with the Time Warner Controversy, and the fact that both Kurupt and Daz were not as charismatic as Snoop and Dre, it's a trip that they pushed 2 mil even though at that time it was easier than today.

I think MC Ren went platinum off the strength of NWA and Ruthless Records. Almost Everything they touched at that time went either platinum or gold.