Metallica Receives Multi-Platinum Certifications
Metallica’s self-titled fifth album (aka “The Black Album”) has been certified 20 times platinum (sales of 20 million copies) while the band’s third full-length effort, “Master Of Puppets” has been certified eight times platinum (sales of eight million copies).
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Master Of Puppets
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) certification of “Metallica” puts the album on the same level as Green Day’s “Dookie” and Shania Twain’s “Come On Over.”
“Master Of Puppets,” the last album to feature bassist Cliff Burton, was released in 1986. “Metallica” (“The Black Album”) dropped five years later.
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