▁a ▁single . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁made ▁its ▁debut ▁on ▁the ▁Best ▁S elling ▁Pop ▁LP ' s ▁chart ▁in ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁The ▁Billboard ▁dated ▁April ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁and ▁eventually ▁spent ▁three ▁weeks ▁at ▁number ▁one . ▁It ▁had ▁its ▁last ▁appearance ▁there ▁over ▁ 1 0 ▁years ▁later , ▁in ▁the ▁July ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁issue , ▁which ▁marked ▁its ▁ 4 9 0 th ▁non - con sec utive ▁week ▁there , ▁a ▁record ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁number ▁of ▁weeks ▁on ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁pop ▁albums ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁that ▁it ▁held ▁for ▁ 1 5 ▁years ▁until ▁P ink ▁F loyd ' s ▁The ▁Dark ▁Side ▁of ▁the ▁Moon ▁reached ▁ 4 9 1 ▁weeks ▁there ▁in ▁the ▁issue ▁dated ▁October ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁Johnny ' s ▁Great est ▁H its ▁received ▁Gold ▁cert ification ▁from ▁the ▁Rec ording ▁Indust ry ▁Association ▁of ▁America ▁for ▁sales ▁of ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁and ▁Pl atin um ▁cert ification ▁for ▁reaching ▁the ▁one ▁million ▁mark ▁was ▁awarded ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁initially ▁only ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁mon a ural ▁format ▁but ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁with ▁a ▁b anner ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁original