OutKast's iconic double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, recently received recognition from the RIAA for selling 13 million certified units.
Michael “Blue” Williams, who has managed the hip-hop duo through their successful career, addressed the claim of Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, as the best-selling album of all time. Clarifying the distinction, Blue explains that it holds the title of “best-selling RIAA,” in the US, emphasizing its success within the American market.
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Michael “Blue” Williams, who has managed the hip-hop duo through their successful career, addressed the claim of Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, as the best-selling album of all time. Clarifying the distinction, Blue explains that it holds the title of “best-selling RIAA,” in the US, emphasizing its success within the American market.
#hiphop #hiphopnews #music #musicnews #rapnews #sohh #sohhdotcom #sohhnews #outkast #speakerboxxthelovebelow #blue #manager #riaa #us #bestselling #onemusicfest
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00:00 [inaudible]
00:05 right? It's about auditing. They audited it.
00:09 It was a double office. So that's 13 million, right?
00:14 But that was us only. So is it best selling us only?
00:17 Is it best selling of all time worldwide?
00:19 It's best selling R I double a, but you are R I double a us.
00:24 The numbers that we made just here, the rest of the world is just bigger.
00:27 So there's another 5 million, 4 million sold around the world.
00:31 How did they come out of the blue and just announce that?
00:35 How come we didn't notice before?
00:37 I guess it was a 20 something anniversary.
00:40 Every September is a bucket anniversary.
00:44 We drop a lot of outcasts in September.
00:46 Love of those bigger box. We always drop it somewhere right there.
00:51 So every September is usually some announcement or some certification.
00:54 So it was just like, Oh shit.
00:56 Yeah, I was reminding my business when they was like,
00:58 "Oh shit, it's working."