The Eagles' greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson's "Thriller¹" to become history's best-selling album of all-time in the U.S.

 

老鹰乐队精选集唱片超过迈克尔·杰克逊的《Thriller》成为美国史上最畅销唱片。

 

The Recording² Industry Association of America told The Associated Press on Monday that the Eagles' album - "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" - is now certified³ 38x platinum⁴, which means sales and streams of the album have reached 38 million copies.

 

The album was released in 1976 and pushes Jackson's "Thriller," which is 33x platinum, to second place.

 

RIAA also said that the Eagles' "Hotel California," released in 1977, is now 26x platinum and makes it the third best-selling album of all-time.

 

The last time RIAA tallied⁵ sales for the Eagles' greatest hits album was in 2006, when it said it was 29x platinum. Sales and streams for "Thriller" were last updated last year.

 

"We are grateful for our families, our management, our crew, the people at radio and, most of all, the loyal fans who have stuck with us through the ups and downs of 46 years. It's been quite a ride," Don Henley said in a statement.

 

RIAA's platinum status was once equivalent to selling one million albums or songs, but in 2013 the company began incorporating streaming from YouTube, Spotify and other digital music services to determine certification for albums and songs.

 

Now 1,500 streams of an album is equivalent to an album sale. Also, 10 song downloads = 1 album sale.

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