", although released after his death are considered part of the discographical canon as they were projects Presley himself knew about in the planning stages. [ 1 ] All other releases are included in the posthumous sections, and obviously allcompact disc box setswere also released after Presley's death. Without including album reissues, during this period of 1954 to 1978 American Presley releases consisted of 102 singles, 30extended-play singles, 70 albums onRCA Records, four albums on thePickwickbudget label, and five singles on theSun Recordslabel.
1 RIAA Certifications and sales 2 Albums 2.1 Studio albums 2.2 Soundtracks 2.3 Live albums 2.4 Compilations 2.5 Budget issues 2.6 Extended plays 2.7 Box sets 2.8 Posthumous compilations 3 Follow That Dream Records 4 Singles 4.1 The 1950s 4.2 The 1960s 4.3 The 1970s 4.4 Posthumous singles 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links [edit] RIAA Certifications and sales
TheRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA) first began tracking sales of Elvis Presley in 1958, who didn't receive his firstGold Albumaward until 1960. In August 1992, he was awarded with 110 gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums and singles, the largest presentation of gold and platinum record awards in history. According to the latest data from the RIAA website, Elvis has a total of 159 gold, platinum and multi-platinum album awards by the organization. [ 2 ]
According to RIAA, he has sold over 129.5 million albums units only in the United States, making him the best selling solo albums artist of all time in this country, second overall, behindThe Beatles. [ 3 ] According to RCA estimations, he isthe best selling artist of all time, with sales to over 1 billion records worldwide in all formats (600 million only in the United States).
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