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Jewel's debut album "Pieces of You" was initially a commercial failure. Two years later her first single "Who Will Save Your Soul" finally received airplay and the album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200. It was certified 12X platinum and is one of the best selling debut albums of all time.
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John Cena's debut rap album "You Can't See Me" was certified platinum in October 2010, five years after its release
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Twenty One Pilots has the first album in which every individual song on the album is certified Gold, Platinum or multi-Platinum in the Digital Era.
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The 1980 film "Xanadu" was a box office flop inspiring the creation of the Golden Raspberry award for worst film but the soundtrack was certified double platinum in the US and was a worldwide commercial success.
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The new PNC bank headquarters in Pittsburgh will be the greenest sky rise ever built and exceed current criteria for a LEED Platinum certified building. Some of the features will enable the tower's heating and cooling systems to operate in a "net-zero-energy state" up to 30% of the year.
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The AC/DC Ringtone Version of "Back in Black" has been certified platinum twice by the RIAA.
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The soundtrack of 'Forrest Gump' is certified 12x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA,
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Shaquille O’Neal's debut rap album "Shaq Diesel" sold over a million copies and is certified platinum
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I learned Static-X recorded, mixed, and mastered their platinum-certified debut album, "Wisconsin Death Trip," for $50,000. The music video for the second single off the record cost $250,000.
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2014 was the first year ever with ZERO platinum-certified records since the inception of platinum certification in 1976.
