Gold & Platinum-1964-1995

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:43 pm

Bonnie Raitt

7----Gold and Platinum

3----Album Awards

It took Bonnie 18 years to win her first Platinum Award Nick of Time

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:24 am

Elton John

31----Gold and Platinum

20----Album Awards

Real Name----Reginald Dwight

Elton donates all royalties from his singles in America and England to AIDS research.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:15 am

R.E.M.

10----Platinum and Gold

6----Album Awards

this group started in Athens Georgia

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:24 pm

Meat Loaf

3----Gold and Platinum

3----Album Awards

Marvin Lee Aday----(Meat Loaf)

Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell this album is RIAA-certified five times Platinum.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:47 pm

Hootie and the Blowfish

2----Gold and Platinum

2----Album Awards

A group of University of South Carolina kids
Their #1 Album Cracked Rear View was #1 for eight weeks
They were the 1995 Best New Artist Grammy winners.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:24 pm

Tears for Fear

5----Gold and Platinum

3----Album Awards

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:14 am

10,000 Maniacs

4----Gold and Platinum

3----Album Awards

These are the Days------Probably the only pop hit ever to be invoked by a Republican govenor (New Jersey's Christine Whitman) at a college graduation ceremony.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:02 pm

Don Henley

4----Gold and Platinum

2----Album Awards

As a solo he has sold over 10 million albums and as lead sing of the Eagles
over 60 million

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:25 pm

Janet jackson is the top female Gold-Platinum recipient in history.......17

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:38 pm

Sheryl Crow

2----Gold and Platinum

2----Album Awards

Sheryl started writing songs at the age of 13 after going to her first concert(Peter Frampton)
Crow appeared at Woodstock II August 1994

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:11 pm

Sonny and Cher..........I got you babe...............1966

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:19 pm

The Smashing Pumpkins

3----Gold and Platinum

2----Album Awards

Came out of Chicago in 1989

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:57 pm

Dave Matthews Band

3---- Gold and Platinum

2----Album Awards

Mathtews was born in South Africa

"Under the Table and Dreaming" stayed on the chart for 102 weeks,peaking at #11

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:18 pm

Boyz II Men

4----Gold and Platinum

4----Album Awards

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:15 pm

Between 1964-1995,Alanis Morissett's Jagged Little Pill was the biggest-selling album to that date by a female artist,and the most successful debut album by a solo singer,male or female.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:20 pm

Up until August 23,1994 BoyzII Men'sII was the best selling album in Motown Records' History----12 million

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:41 pm

The biggest selling Album of the 80s was Michael Jackson's Thriller--(25 million)

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:31 am

The highest selling debut album by a male solo artist is Meat Loafs Bat Out of Hell (13 million)

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:02 am

Bruce Springsteen and the E.Street Band's LIVE 1975-1785 is the highest-certified live album in music history---(12 Million)

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:38 am

Kris Kristofferson --the only Oxford University scholar with Gold and Platinum albums to his credit.