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1. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which band holds the record for best-selling DEBUT album of all time?
The No. 10 selling album of all time, and best-selling debut, with certified sales of twenty-one million, is 1994's "Cracked Rear View," by Hootie & The Blowfish.
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2. What group's two records from 1976 are both now among the three biggest-selling albums of all time?
Issued in February 1976, "Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" was the biggest-selling album of all time, until it was overtaken by Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Then in August 2018, the Eagles reclaimed the top spot. Their 1976 album of new material, "Hotel California," released in December of that year, currently ranks as No. 3 all time.
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3. What classification does the RIAA give to albums that have sold at least ten million copies?
In 1999, the RIAA introduced the Diamond certification to acknowledge albums with sales of at least ten million units. All of the albums among the all-time Top 50 have sold at least twelve million copies.
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4. What band served as session musicians for more than half the tracks on Michael Jackson's "Thriller"?
For 1983's "Thriller," producer Quincy Jones brought in session musicians Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and Steve Porcaro, who achieved great success in 1982 as the band Toto. The four musicians played on five of "Thriller's" nine tracks, and Steve Porcaro co-wrote "Human Nature."
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5. Whose "Black Album" is nestled in the Top 50 alongside colorful Beatles records like the "White," "Red," and "Blue" albums?
Much like 1968's "The Beatles," 1991's "Metallica" has a monochromatic cover, with the band's name and a snake barely visible on the black cover, leading the record (which served as Metallica's commercial breakthrough) to be called "The Black Album."
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