Bob Marley and the Wailers’ greatest hit compilation Legend – The Best Of Bob Marley and the Wailers was certified 18X Platinum on December 6, signifying sales and streams equivalent of 18 million units recorded in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
This includes 13 million in pure album sales and 5 billion streams in the country, according to data from Billboard’s sales tracker Luminate.
The 14-track album—released via Island Records in 1984, three years after Marley died from cancer at 36—was first certified Gold and Platinum on June 22, 1988. By 1999, it reached Diamond status, marking 10 million sales—a first for any reggae album.
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