Gold/Platinum

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Date: August 8, 2006
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: POISON
Title: GREATEST HITS 1986 - 1996
Label: EMI

Date: December 1, 1991
Certification: Gold Video
Artist: EURYTHMICS
Title: EURYTHMICS GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: May 7, 1986
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: GEORGE STRAIT
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: MCA Records

Date: May 1, 1979
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: BOB DYLAN
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: March 29, 1996
Certification: Triple Platinum Album(s)
Artist: EURYTHMICS
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: RCA

Date: December 10, 1992
Certification: Double Platinum Album(s)
Artist: EURYTHMICS
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: RCA

Date: February 16, 1987
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: PolyTel

Date: November 9, 2011
Certification: Gold Dvd
Artist: DEEP PURPLE
Title: LIVE AT MONTREUX 1996
Label: EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT

Date: April 23, 2003
Certification: Gold Dvd
Artist: QUEEN
Title: GREATEST VIDEO HITS 1
Label: HOLLYWOOD

Date: February 1, 1977
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: CONWAY TWITTY
Title: GREATEST HITS VOL. 2
Label

Date: September 30, 1997
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: BILLY JOEL
Title: GREATEST HITS VOL. III
Label: Columbia

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

Date: June 1, 1981
Certification: Nine Times Platinum Album(s)
Artist: KENNY ROGERS
Title: KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: August 27, 2003
Certification: Triple Platinum Album(s)
Artist: STEVE MILLER
Title: GREATEST HITS 1974-1978
Label: EMI

Date: April 1, 1978
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: PAUL SIMON
Title: GREATEST HITS, ETC.
Label

Date: January 28, 1999
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: 2 PAC
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: DeathRow/Interscope

Date: March 1, 1994
Certification: Platinum Video
Artist: ABBA
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: November 7, 1989
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: ANNE MURRAY
Title: GREATEST HITS - VOLUME II
Label: Capitol

Date: December 1, 1982
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
Title: GREATEST HITS VOLUME II
Label

Date: December 13, 2004
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: SHANIA TWAIN
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: ISLAND RECORDS

Date: November 1, 1978
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: STEELY DAN
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: December 9, 1999
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: CHER
Title: GREATEST HITS
Label: WEA-U.K.

Date: March 20, 1995
Certification: Gold Album(s)
Artist: WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
Title: GREATEST HITS VOLUME II
Label: Attic

Date: February 1, 1984
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: KENNY ROGERS
Title: TWENTY GREATEST HITS
Label

Date: July 21, 2005
Certification: Platinum Album(s)
Artist: ALAN JACKSON
Title: GREATEST HITS VOL. II
Label: RLG

Date	Certification	Artist / Title	Label
August 8, 2006	GOLD ALBUM(S)	POISON GREATEST HITS 1986 - 1996	EMI
December 1, 1991	GOLD VIDEO	EURYTHMICS EURYTHMICS GREATEST HITS
May 7, 1986	GOLD ALBUM(S)	GEORGE STRAIT GREATEST HITS	MCA Records
May 1, 1979	GOLD ALBUM(S)	BOB DYLAN GREATEST HITS
March 29, 1996	TRIPLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	EURYTHMICS GREATEST HITS	RCA
December 10, 1992	DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	EURYTHMICS GREATEST HITS	RCA
February 16, 1987	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL GREATEST HITS	PolyTel
November 9, 2011	GOLD DVD	DEEP PURPLE LIVE AT MONTREUX 1996	EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT
April 23, 2003	GOLD DVD	QUEEN GREATEST VIDEO HITS 1	HOLLYWOOD
February 1, 1977	GOLD ALBUM(S)	CONWAY TWITTY GREATEST HITS VOL. 2
September 30, 1997	GOLD ALBUM(S)	BILLY JOEL GREATEST HITS VOL. III	Columbia
September 22, 2017	QUADRUPLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	Blue Rodeo Greatest Hits - Volume 1	WEA
June 1, 1981	NINE TIMES PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	KENNY ROGERS KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS
August 27, 2003	TRIPLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	STEVE MILLER GREATEST HITS 1974-1978	EMI
April 1, 1978	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	PAUL SIMON GREATEST HITS, ETC.
January 28, 1999	GOLD ALBUM(S)	2 PAC GREATEST HITS	DeathRow/Interscope
March 1, 1994	PLATINUM VIDEO	ABBA GREATEST HITS
November 7, 1989	GOLD ALBUM(S)	ANNE MURRAY GREATEST HITS - VOLUME II	Capitol
December 1, 1982	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN GREATEST HITS VOLUME II
December 13, 2004	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	SHANIA TWAIN GREATEST HITS	ISLAND RECORDS
November 1, 1978	GOLD ALBUM(S)	STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS
December 9, 1999	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	CHER GREATEST HITS	WEA-U.K.
March 20, 1995	GOLD ALBUM(S)	WEIRD AL YANKOVIC GREATEST HITS VOLUME II	Attic
February 1, 1984	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	KENNY ROGERS TWENTY GREATEST HITS
July 21, 2005	PLATINUM ALBUM(S)	ALAN JACKSON GREATEST HITS VOL. II	RLG

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