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Hootie & The Blowfish’s “Cracked Rear View” has been certified 21 million sold.

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/

Select the "Top Tallies" link at the top.

Saw a previous comment requesting Nevermind be moved to the 30-39 million records section without any specification, so I'll try to do this as good as I can.

Replace the previous citation for Nevermind^[1] with this one.^[2] As for Hybrid Theory I didn't find a citation to go with the 32 million copies claim, but a quick Google search digs up at least three links that mention this?

From Kerrang!: https://www.kerrang.com/linkin-park-the-inside-story-of-hybrid-theory

From Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/linkin-park-hybrid-theory-20th-anniversary-edition/

From Loudwire: https://loudwire.com/linkin-park-hybrid-theory-facts/ Carlinal (talk) 20:52, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=The+Stranger#search_section

as included in The Stranger wikipedia article.

tyvm. 38.73.253.217 (talk) 15:48, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I want to bring some information about The Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall. According to Pink Floyd's website, DSOTM sold 50 million copies, citing https://www.pinkfloyd.com/tdsotm50/. Also, according to BestSellingAlbums.org and Sony Music Japan, The Wall sold 33 million copies. https://bestsellingalbums.org/album/36336. Youcanlaugh (talk) 20:42, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Following the discussion on Talk:List of best-selling music artists, I think we should have the same discussion here too. The methodology that was previously used on best-selling music artists was found to violate WP:OR and I'm guessing the current methodology for this article does the same as well and needs to updated. Want to see other editors before making adjustments to it. Erick (talk) 03:34, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]