What is the Heaviest multi-platinum album ever?

at an alleged 15 million, Highway to Hell

I thought Back in Black was their top seller?!

And by your own admission, couldn't it also be argued that Metallica is heavier than AC/DC? (I can't believe I just wrote that.)

"heavy" is a very subjective term. I never really considered AC/DC 'heavy' since they're more just rock 'n roll.

how many albums did Far Beyond Driven sell?

(and please nobody read into the 'just rock 'n roll' comment it wasn't a dig)

Has to be the black album, no?

(the slipknot debut was not multi-platinum)

Back in Black is in the top ten, I think, but I don't think it's as heavy as Highway.

Sodom's "Agent Orange"?

Do Sabbath have any multi-platinums? If so, it's that.

It's gotta be either Me Against the World or Wu-Tang Forever. (They're both multiplatinum in the US, I checked.)

UH ZEPPELIN, PEOPLE!

Never heard of 'em

Nah. It's gotta be Paranoid! (unless Master of Reality has gone m/p, that is.)

Artist
BLACK SABBATH Title
MASTER OF REALITY Certification Date
07/26/2001 Label
WARNER BROS.
Award Description
2.00x MULTI PLATINUM Format
ALBUM Category
GROUP Type
ST

Led Zeppelin Four and Back in Black probably win.

I would think a buncha quite heavy albums have managed to hit platinum in Germany (hence my Sodom suggestion, though I googled about a bit, and it turns out I was wrong: it only went platinum once)

Anyways, here's a database for American sales stats: http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php (for simplicity's sake, select "Multi-platinum" from the Award-dropdown)

So, uh, for the time being I'm tempted to say "Master of reality" or "Master of Puppets". Slipknot's debut IS 2x platinum. Maybe they'll really hit it out of the park if they call their next album "Master of hell"

Master of Reality then. Can't get much heavier. Makes Master of Puppets and Back in Black sound like something from Dick's Picks.

NIN's The Downward Spiral has to be one of the noisiest!

Artist
SLIPKNOT Title
SLIPKNOT Certification Date
02/05/2005 Label
ROADRUNNER
Award Description
2.00x MULTI PLATINUM Format
ALBUM Category
GROUP Type
ST

And their followup, Iowa, is probably the only platinum record with blastbeats on it.

2x platinum after a
ll? well then that settles it, Slipknot might be a shitty record but certainly heavier than any sabbath or ac/dc.

I'm going with And Justice For All.

ahem. note I'm not saying best album, but didn't Far Beyond Driven go at least one platinum?

"well then that settles it, Slipknot might be a shitty record but certainly heavier than any sabbath or ac/dc."

i agree. certainly the noisiest too.

FAR BEYOND DRIVEN? ANYBODY...ANYBODY HAVE THE SALES? it debuted at #1 on Billboard!

It's gotta be either Me Against the World or Wu-Tang Forever. (They're both multiplatinum in the US, I checked.)

-- Tuomas, Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:09 PM (Yesterday)

CUT IT OUT ALREADY DUDE, DON'T GO ALL "GEIR OF ANTI-METAL" ON US

surely Meat Loaf is the heaviest multi-platinum artist ever

FAR...BEYOND....DRIVEN....can SOMEBODY PROVIDE...THE SALES

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=3145

PANTERA – Far Beyond…: 1,308,380
PANTERA – Vulgar Display…: 1,781,674

(both albums count as single platinum, if I understand these things correctly)

Wow, I'm actually quite surprised that Vulgar sold more, especially with how well FBD debuted.

TBH I don't really think of the 4th Zeppelin album as "heavy" per se.

I don't suppose Osmium is multiplatinum, even after 37 years.

http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/2003/images/109.jpg

http://www.pandoracd.co.kr/shop/file/PAN/RNB-19-S.jpg

Osmium: not even listed on the RIAA site.

Pantera is not heavier than Metallica. Did the Slipknot record outsell Justice?

Nevermind, it didn't.

well, i guess the answer would be 'master of puppets', which is heavier in terms of sound and production if not in aggressive intent

...than '...and justice'

Master of Reality makes both of those sound like Deja Vu Vols. II and III.

Absofuckinglutely!

well into the void has one of the hugest riffs off all time, so i see where you lads are coming from

as far as Pantera not being heavier than Metallica, it really depends on what you define as heavy. I'd consider them "heavier", but definitely not "better".

plus Slipknot isn't heavy

i thought slipknot was heavy?

BJO is a slayer fan

I need to listen to Iowa again. I remember being surprised by the blastbeats when it came out, and thinking it might turn a whole generation of mall rockers on to the delights of Napalm Death et al. But it was never gonna happen, was it?

I stand by my take of two years ago.