Beastie Boys’ ‘Licensed To Ill’ Goes Diamond
The Recording Industry Association of America has just certified the Beastie Boys‘ debut album
The Recording Industry Association of America has just certified the Beastie Boys‘ debut album Licensed to Ill, Diamond. That’s 10 million copies sold, a huge feat for any recording artist these days. 1986 classic now becomes the seventh hip-hop album to ever reach this milestone and, the first hip-hop album one from the 80s to reach as well. And in case you were wondering, the other six albums were:
Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (11.4 million)
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP (11 million)
Eminem – The Eminem Show (10.3 million)
The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death (10.2 million),
MC Hammer – Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em (10 million),
2Pac – All Eyez on Me (10 million)
