Kako veste kdaj ste glasbeno zares uspešni? Zelo dober pokazatelj je na primer kako dobro se prodaja vaš album.
Ena od največjih potrditev, da je album zares dobro prodajan, je da dobi status platinastega albuma. Kaj pomeni, če je album platinasti? To pomeni, da se je album prodal v milijonski nakladi. Nekateri najbolj uspešni glasbeniki so uspeli svoje albume prodati celo v več milijonski nakladi, kar pomeni, da je bil ta album večkratno platinast.
Pa si poglejmo kako uspešni so bili v prodaji svojih album trije velikani: AC/DC, Led Zeppelin in Metallica. Največkrat prodani album je album Back in Black od AC/DC, album je postal platinast kar 25 krat. Sledi album Led Zeppelin IV od Led Zeppelin, ki je bil platinast 23 krat in pa album Metallica (The Black Album) od Metallice, ki je bil do danes platinast 16 krat.
V vseh izdajah skupaj pa močno vodi skupina Led Zeppelin, ki se lahko pohvali, da je skupaj dosegla kar 111 platinastih izdaj. AC/DC so v skupni izdaji dosegli “samo” 74 platinastih izdaj.
AC/DC
Back in Black / 25 X Platinum
Highway to Hell / 7 X Platinum
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap / 6 X Platinum
The Razors Edge / 5 X Platinum
Who Made Who / 5 X Platinum
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) / 4 X Platinum
High Voltage / 3 X Platinum
Live / 3 X Platinum
Live – Collector’s Edition / 2 X Platinum
Black Ice / 2 X Platinum
Ballbreaker / 2 X Platinum
Let There Be Rock / 2 X Platinum
Bonfire / Platinum
Flick of the Switch / Platinum
Fly on the Wall / Platinum
’74 Jailbreak / Platinum
Stiff Upper Lip / Platinum
Powerage / Platinum
If You Want Blood You’ve Got It / Platinum
Blow Up Your Video / Platinum
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin IV / 23 X Platinum
Physical Graffiti / 16 X Platinum
Led Zeppelin II / 12 X Platinum
Houses of the Holy / 11 X Platinum
Led Zeppelin / 10 X Platinum
Led Zeppelin I / 8 X Platinum
Led Zeppelin III / 6 X Platinum
In Through the Out Door / 6 X Platinum
The Song Remains the Same / 4 X Platinum
Presence / 3 X Platinum
Mothership / 2 X Platinum
BBC Session / 2 X Platinum
The Complete Studio Recordings / 2 X Platinum
Remasters / 2 X Platinum
Early Days & Latter Days: Vol. 1 & 2 / Platinum
How the West Was Won / Platinum
Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume 1 / Platinum
Coda / Platinum
Metallica
Metallica (The Black Album) / 16 X Platinum
And Justice for All / 8 X Platinum
Ride the Lightning / 6 X Platinum
Master of Puppets / 6 X Platinum
Load / 5 X Platinum
S&M / 5 X Platinum
Garage Inc. / 5 X Platinum
Kill ‘Em All / 3 X Platinum
Reload / 3 X Platinum
Death Magnetic / 2 X Platinum
St. Anger / 2 X Platinum
Hardwired… To Self-Destruct / Platinum
Garage Days Re-Visited / Platinum
