The Eagles\u2019 1976 album \u201cTheir Greatest Hits 1971-1975″ is the bestselling album of all-time in the U.S. It has officially sold over 40 million units.<\/b>
\nTake it easy \u2026 and go quadruple diamond. The Eagles\u2019 1976 album \u201cTheir Greatest Hits 1971-1975\u201d the bestselling album of all time in the U.S., has officially sold over 40 million units. That\u2019s according to new certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
It was also announced on Thursday that the band\u2019s 1976 record \u201cHotel California\u201d has been certified 28x platinum, maintaining its position as the third bestselling album in the U.S.
The second? That\u2019s Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller,\u201d which was certified 34x diamond in 2021.
The RIAA tracks U.S. sales and streaming equivalents. Certifications must be applied for and go through a third-party audit.
RIAA\u2019s diamond status was once equivalent to selling 10 million albums or songs, but in 2013 the company began incorporating streaming from YouTube, Spotify and other digital music services to determine certification. Now 1,500 streams of an album is equivalent to an album sale.
\u201cTheir Greatest Hits 1971-1975\u2033 was originally released almost exactly 50 years ago, on Feb. 17, 1976. To celebrate the anniversary and the new RIAA certification, the band is released a crystal-clear, 180-gram vinyl edition of the album.
\u201cIn an age, in a culture, where everything seems to become more ephemeral, by the day, it is gratifying to have been part of something that endures, even for fifty years,\u201d founding member, drummer and singer Don Henley shared in a written statement to The Associated Press. \u201cWe are amazed and grateful.\u201d
It\u2019s a good time to be the Eagles. On Friday, the band will launch 12 final shows at Las Vegas\u2019 Sphere, setting a record for longest-running residency at the state-of-the-art venue. According to a press release, since launching their residency on Sept. 20, 2024, \u201cEagles \u2013 Live In Concert At Sphere\u201d has entertained over 700,000 fans across 44 performances.
The Eagles, who formed in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, mastered the mix of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll and country music. Their hits \u2014 including but certainly not limited to \u201cHotel California\u201d and \u201cTake It Easy\u201d \u2014 became part of the soundtrack of that decade. They broke up in 1980, coming back together 14 years later with Henley and Glenn Frey as the only remaining original members. Frey died in 2016.
The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and was a Kennedy Center honoree in 2016.<\/p>\n