who holds the record for most platinum albums
The Beatles Elvis Presley AC/DC
title: Elvis Presley text: 146.5 million certified album sales in the U.S., third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. He holds the records for most gold albums (117, more than twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), most platinum albums (67), and most multi-platinum albums (27). His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the most gold singles (54) and the fourth-most platinum singles (27, behind Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and Chris Brown). A vast number of recordings have been issued under Presley's name. The total number of his original master title: The Beatles text: the Beatles have four Multi-Platinum albums, four Platinum albums, eight Gold albums and one Silver album. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. The best-selling band in history, the Beatles have sold more than 800 million physical and digital albums . They have had more number-one albums on the UK charts, fifteen, and sold more singles in the UK, 21.9 million, than any other act. In 2004, "Rolling Stone" ranked the Beatles as the best artist of all time. They ranked number one on "Billboard" magazine's list of the all-time most successful Hot 100 title: Barbra Streisand discography text: has certified sales of more than 68.5 million albums, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. With 52 gold and 31 platinum albums, Streisand exceeds all other female singers and all other recording artists other than Elvis Presley. She is the only female artist to have achieved fourteen multi-platinum albums, including the soundtrack for her film "A Star Is Born". Her recordings have earned her eight Grammy Awards and the Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award and Legend Award. According to "Billboard", Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums (11). "Billboard" also recognizes Streisand as title: The Beatles (album) text: of nine weeks at the top. In all, "The Beatles" spent 186 weeks on the "Billboard" 200. The album has sold over 9.5 million copies in the United States alone and according to the Recording Industry Association of America, "The Beatles" is the Beatles' most-certified album, at 19-times platinum. All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted. Lead singer credits per Castleman and Podrazik's 1976 book "All Together Now". The Beatles Guest musicians Session musicians Production Original release 1987 reissue 2009 reissue 2018 reissue Footnotes Citations Sources Further reading The Beatles (album) The Beatles, also known as The White Album, title: Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) text: Billboard 200 as of August 2018. The album has also been number one on the "Billboard" Top Pop Catalog Albums chart for 15 non-consecutive weeks and has spent 465 weeks on the chart. The album has the distinction of being the first album to receive the RIAA platinum award, which was introduced in 1976 to recognize albums that shipped one million copies in the United States. It received its certification on February 24, 1976, a week after its release. In August 1990 it was certified 12×platinum, and it then became the best-selling album of the 20th century in the United