Posted on 01/23/2026 12:38:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
For years, the Eagles have had the bestselling U.S. album of all time. Now, the classic rock legends have made history once more, as Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 becomes the first album to receive a quadruple diamond certification from the RIAA for U.S. sales exceeding 40 million.
With this new certification, Eagles now lead the second-highest-certified RIAA album, Michael Jackson's 34x platinum Thriller, by 6 million units. The band also claims the third-bestselling album in RIAA history with Hotel California, which has been updated to 28 million certified units.
Eagles' 'Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975' Has Been Making History for Decades
Released in February 1976, Eagles' Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 became the first album to receive an RIAA platinum certification, which was introduced the same year. The album spent five weeks atop the Billboard 200 and was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2017 for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." A sequel, Eagles Greatest Hits Vol. 2, arrived in 1982 and earned the band another diamond certification, despite their displeasure with the release.
For all the geography enthusiasts reading this: If you laid 40 million vinyl records side by side, they would stretch 7,575 miles — approximately the distance from Eagles' hometown of Los Angeles to Cairo, Egypt.
I would say I had about half of the albums there.
The smoker you drink....
That must’ve been a great show!
I. Don't. Care.
My Maserati does 185.
“Don Henley’s gonna tell me how to vote. I don’t f***ing think so, OK? I got two words for Don Henley, Joe f***ing Walsh, OK!? Thanks for calling, Don! How long’s your pony tail now? OK!”
-Dennis Leary
Neither. Do. I.
It was just a factoid.
Life’s Been Good is a great song.
Ugh 8 tracks -the absolute worse audio platform. Fidelity worse than AM radio and it would cut out in the middle of a song when track ran out of tape and pick up CLOSE to where it cut out. Just awful.
I don’t know how many hours I spent at Peaches back then.
When this album was released, we had high school teachers who were into The Eagles.
My dad had Quadrophonic 8-Tracks, wouldn’t that kind of defeat the purpose?
The one person missing from the list, Randy Meisner started that song but needed help from Frey and Henley to finish it.
Really? How so I’d not heard that. Was it similar to a Tull track?
The best comment that describes my feelings about the Eagles was when the dude in Big Lebowski said, “I had a rough night and I hate the fin’ Eagles, man”.
Those were the days!
BTTT!!!
My dad had Quadrophonic 8-Tracks”
Hoo boy what a combo, leaves me speechless.
It was a good show, but the stadium venue is not the best. My favorite concerts were small venues where I was right up front and there was better sound. Those I remember being among the best were Eric Clapton, Moody Blues, Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band.
It was a good show, but the stadium venue is not the best.
Most people there were too stoned to care.
Beautiful.
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