Gold/Platinum

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Date: March 6, 1992
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: A BLITZ OF SALT 'N PEPA
Label: PolyGram

Date: January 15, 1992
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: A BLITZ OF SALT 'N PEPA
Label: PolyGram

Date: September 30, 1997
Certification: Quadruple Platinum Album(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: VERY NECESSARY
Label: PolyGram

Date: September 30, 1997
Certification: Triple Platinum Album(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: VERY NECESSARY
Label: PolyGram

Date: September 23, 1994
Certification: Double Platinum Album(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: VERY NECESSARY
Label: PolyGram

Date: March 30, 1994
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: VERY NECESSARY
Label: PolyGram

Date: February 25, 1994
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: VERY NECESSARY
Label: PolyGram

Date: July 15, 1988
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: HOT, COOL AND VICIOUS
Label: Next Plateau/London

Date: May 17, 1988
Certification: Gold Physical Single(s)
Artist: SALT ‘N PEPA
Title: PUSH IT
Label: London

Date: May 29, 1997
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: VERUCA SALT
Title: EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU
Label: Outpost/Universal

Date: October 19, 1995
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: VERUCA SALT
Title: AMERICAN THIGHS
Label: DGC/MCA Records

Date: September 22, 2017
Certification: Quadruple Platinum Album(s)
Artist: Blue Rodeo
Title: Greatest Hits - Volume 1
Label: WEA

Date: November 25, 1992
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: QUEEN
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: Warner

Date: October 27, 1997
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: BROOKS AND DUNN
Title: THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION
Label: BMG

Date: August 1, 1979
Certification: Double Platinum Album(s)
Artist: ABBA
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: November 11, 2004
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: NANA MOUSKOURI
Title: GOLD: GREATEST HITS
Label: UNIVERSAL

Date: July 30, 1987
Certification: Eight Times Platinum Album(s)
Artist: EAGLES
Title: THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975
Label: Elektra

Date: February 14, 1994
Certification: Double Platinum Album(s)
Artist: TOM PETTY
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: MCA

Date: November 1, 1977
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: April 18, 2000
Certification: Double Platinum Album(s)
Artist: BROOKS AND DUNN
Title: THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION
Label: BMG

Date: May 1, 1982
Certification: Double Platinum Album(s)
Artist: APRIL WINE
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: July 27, 2006
Certification: Double Platinum Album(s)
Artist: CRAZY FROG
Title: CRAZY FROG PRESENTS CRAZY HITS
Label: UNIVERSAL RECORDS

Date: April 17, 1990
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: CHICAGO
Title: GREATEST HITS - 1982-89
Label: Reprise

Date: July 25, 1995
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: GIPSY KINGS
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: Columbia

Date: December 1, 1978
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
Title: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST HITS
Label

Date	Certification	Artist / Title	Label
March 6, 1992	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA A BLITZ OF SALT 'N PEPA	PolyGram
January 15, 1992	GOLD ALBUM(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA A BLITZ OF SALT 'N PEPA	PolyGram
September 30, 1997	QUADRUPLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA VERY NECESSARY	PolyGram
September 30, 1997	TRIPLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA VERY NECESSARY	PolyGram
September 23, 1994	DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA VERY NECESSARY	PolyGram
March 30, 1994	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA VERY NECESSARY	PolyGram
February 25, 1994	GOLD ALBUM(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA VERY NECESSARY	PolyGram
July 15, 1988	GOLD ALBUM(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA HOT, COOL AND VICIOUS	Next Plateau/London
May 17, 1988	GOLD PHYSICAL SINGLE(S)	SALT ‘N PEPA PUSH IT	London
May 29, 1997	GOLD ALBUM(S)	VERUCA SALT EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU	Outpost/Universal
October 19, 1995	GOLD ALBUM(S)	VERUCA SALT AMERICAN THIGHS	DGC/MCA Records
September 22, 2017	QUADRUPLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	Blue Rodeo Greatest Hits - Volume 1	WEA
November 25, 1992	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	QUEEN GREATEST HITS	Warner
October 27, 1997	GOLD ALBUM(S)	BROOKS AND DUNN THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION	BMG
August 1, 1979	DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	ABBA GREATEST HITS
November 11, 2004	GOLD ALBUM(S)	NANA MOUSKOURI GOLD: GREATEST HITS	UNIVERSAL
July 30, 1987	EIGHT TIMES PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	EAGLES THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975	Elektra
February 14, 1994	DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	TOM PETTY GREATEST HITS	MCA
November 1, 1977	GOLD ALBUM(S)	OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN GREATEST HITS
April 18, 2000	DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	BROOKS AND DUNN THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION	BMG
May 1, 1982	DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	APRIL WINE GREATEST HITS
July 27, 2006	DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	CRAZY FROG CRAZY FROG PRESENTS CRAZY HITS	UNIVERSAL RECORDS
April 17, 1990	GOLD ALBUM(S)	CHICAGO GREATEST HITS - 1982-89	Reprise
July 25, 1995	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	GIPSY KINGS GREATEST HITS	Columbia
December 1, 1978	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	SIMON AND GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST HITS

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