Beatles White Album Becomes 4th Highest Selling In U.S.The RIAA announced today that the Beatles infamous White Album has been certified 24x Multi-Platinum™ moving it into fourth spot on its all-time sales list past Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II, no slouch itself at 23 million copies sold. The White Album is also the top multi-disc set of all time and is actually the Beatles best-selling album by a fairly good measure, with their second highest tally being attained by their The Beatles 1967-70 album holding down 18th sp...
The Week In Music History Feb 3 - 9The week in music history brought to you by FEB 3: Sadly, 60 years ago today Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, as well as the pilot, died in a plane crash on the way to Fargo, ND. Holly rented the plane because the bus they had been using was having heating issues and had already broken down twice in freezing conditions. Shortly after the plane took off it crashed into a corn field near Mason City, Iowa. 😢 FEB 4: Happy Birthday to Alice Cooper, born today in 1948! Cooper was b...
The Week In Music History Jan 27-Feb 2, '19The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 27: On this day in 1956, "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis was released by RCA Records. The song would sell 300,000 copies in its first week and would go on to sell over a million copies. It was Elvis' first Gold RIAA Award! JAN 28: Today in 2009, Billy Powell, longtime keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away from a heart attack at age 56. Powell became a roadie for the band in 1970. During a break at a 19...
A Brief History of Autograph CollectingThe desire to collect written works and signatures of people has been around since ancient Roman times. Many people went to great lengths to preserve the manuscripts of Aristotle and thank goodness they did! Because of the value they placed on the written word we’re able to study Aristotle’s teachings today. The first autograph book – or “book of friends” – was compiled in 1466. Autographs of friends and people a person knew would be obtained to show others who you knew. Some inscribers also ...
Woodstock's 50th: Peace, Love and... Music!Just this past week on August 15, 50 years ago, the legendary Woodstock festival kicked off. Held on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains just northwest of New York City from August 15–18, 1969, it made a lasting impression on its attendees and also led the way for festivals that followed. While the security issues, weather and sporadic sound problems informed concert promoters on how to produce future fests, the largely peace-loving crowd enjoyed an amazing and once-in-a lifetime experien...
Have We Had Enough Of Silly Love Songs?Love songs help tell a story – our stories. They help us remember that feeling of first love, first heartbreak, last love, and everything in between. Songs build associations between feelings and events. So, it is no wonder that love songs are often found at the top of the charts. So it’s no surprise that the first song to hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 when the chart debuted in 1958 was Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool”. It was written by Sharon Sheeley, who penned the song in res...
The Week In Music History Feb 10 - 16The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com FEB 10: Happy Birthday to Roberta Flack born today in 1937!🎂🎶 She is the only solo artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year two consecutive years - 1973 & 1974. FEB 11: Happy Birthday to Sheryl Crow, born today in 1962!🎂🎶🎸 She has sold over 50 million records and has won 9 Grammys. Crow began her career as a music teacher playing her own music on the weekends. She wrote a few jingles before becoming a backup...
Eddie Van Halen Isolated Guitar TracksIn honor of Eddie Van Halen's birthday today, January 26, here's a few tracks of his guitar work, isolated so you hear him alone. While many know him for his speedy fretwork, double picking and hammer-on/harmonic work, he is also a great riff master. Eddie's terrific songwriting chops shine through in his great rhythm guitar parts for Van Halen's tunes. Check out some samples below on "Runnin' With The Devil", "Little Guitars" and "Somebody Get Me A Doc...
Oasis Isolated Noel Gallagher Guitars and VocalsListen to Noel Gallagher of Oasis on all his guitar tracks (acoustic and rhythm electric parts) on their classic hit "Wonderwall". Great parts that add up to make a great track underneath Liam's vocal. And just for extra fun (and because many non-Oasis fans think Liam sings all their songs!), here is Noel's great vocal track from "Don't Look Back In Anger" isolated as well. These videos work in the U.S. but note that they may not work in other countries. For more c...
The Hardest Diamonds: 10M+ Selling Hard Rock AlbumsHere's an interesting chart showing the biggest selling hard rock/metal albums of all time, as measured by RIAA certified U.S. sales figures. AC/DC continues to reign supreme in the genre with their brilliant 1980 release Back In Black. Already a double diamond RIAA award winner, can it go for the triple? You will find more infographics at Statista For more content like this, updates on our latest arrivals plus a discount code, subscribe to our MusicGoldmine bi-weekly newsletter here.
Vinyl Making A Comeback?We love vinyl! Turns out other people do too. Check out this chart that shows the pretty significant resurgence of vinyl record sales in the U.S. In fact, vinyl sales grew a healthy 14.6% from 2017 to 2018. Further, this comes after years of steady increases that started around 2006 as well. While the biggest story of music consumption continues to be around the growth of streaming services like Spotify, it's nice to see that our turntables will still be useful for at least some years to ...
The Week In Music History Jan 20-26, '19The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 20: Happiest of birthdays to Paul Stanley of KISS! Stanley was born in 1952. As writer and co-writer, he has penned many of KISS' highest-charting singles.Stanley joined Gene Simmons' band Wicked Lester in the early 1970s and the rest is history, or is it KISStory? 🎉💥 JAN 21: Born on this day in 1938, DJ Wolfman Jack! He became interested in radio as a child after he received a radio from his father. In 1960, he began...
Beatles White Album Becomes 4th Highest Selling In U.S.
The RIAA announced today that the Beatles infamous White Album has been certified 24x Multi-Platinum™ moving it into fourth spot on its all-time sales list past Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II, no slouch itself at 23 million copies sold. The White Album is also the top multi-disc set of all time and is actually the Beatles best-selling album by a fairly good measure, with their second highest tally being attained by their The Beatles 1967-70 album holding down 18th sp...
The Week In Music History Feb 3 - 9
The week in music history brought to you by FEB 3: Sadly, 60 years ago today Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, as well as the pilot, died in a plane crash on the way to Fargo, ND. Holly rented the plane because the bus they had been using was having heating issues and had already broken down twice in freezing conditions. Shortly after the plane took off it crashed into a corn field near Mason City, Iowa. 😢 FEB 4: Happy Birthday to Alice Cooper, born today in 1948! Cooper was b...
The Week In Music History Jan 27-Feb 2, '19
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 27: On this day in 1956, "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis was released by RCA Records. The song would sell 300,000 copies in its first week and would go on to sell over a million copies. It was Elvis' first Gold RIAA Award! JAN 28: Today in 2009, Billy Powell, longtime keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away from a heart attack at age 56. Powell became a roadie for the band in 1970. During a break at a 19...
A Brief History of Autograph Collecting
The desire to collect written works and signatures of people has been around since ancient Roman times. Many people went to great lengths to preserve the manuscripts of Aristotle and thank goodness they did! Because of the value they placed on the written word we’re able to study Aristotle’s teachings today. The first autograph book – or “book of friends” – was compiled in 1466. Autographs of friends and people a person knew would be obtained to show others who you knew. Some inscribers also ...
Woodstock's 50th: Peace, Love and... Music!
Just this past week on August 15, 50 years ago, the legendary Woodstock festival kicked off. Held on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains just northwest of New York City from August 15–18, 1969, it made a lasting impression on its attendees and also led the way for festivals that followed. While the security issues, weather and sporadic sound problems informed concert promoters on how to produce future fests, the largely peace-loving crowd enjoyed an amazing and once-in-a lifetime experien...
Have We Had Enough Of Silly Love Songs?
Love songs help tell a story – our stories. They help us remember that feeling of first love, first heartbreak, last love, and everything in between. Songs build associations between feelings and events. So, it is no wonder that love songs are often found at the top of the charts. So it’s no surprise that the first song to hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 when the chart debuted in 1958 was Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool”. It was written by Sharon Sheeley, who penned the song in res...
The Week In Music History Feb 10 - 16
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com FEB 10: Happy Birthday to Roberta Flack born today in 1937!🎂🎶 She is the only solo artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year two consecutive years - 1973 & 1974. FEB 11: Happy Birthday to Sheryl Crow, born today in 1962!🎂🎶🎸 She has sold over 50 million records and has won 9 Grammys. Crow began her career as a music teacher playing her own music on the weekends. She wrote a few jingles before becoming a backup...
Eddie Van Halen Isolated Guitar Tracks
In honor of Eddie Van Halen's birthday today, January 26, here's a few tracks of his guitar work, isolated so you hear him alone. While many know him for his speedy fretwork, double picking and hammer-on/harmonic work, he is also a great riff master. Eddie's terrific songwriting chops shine through in his great rhythm guitar parts for Van Halen's tunes. Check out some samples below on "Runnin' With The Devil", "Little Guitars" and "Somebody Get Me A Doc...
Oasis Isolated Noel Gallagher Guitars and Vocals
Listen to Noel Gallagher of Oasis on all his guitar tracks (acoustic and rhythm electric parts) on their classic hit "Wonderwall". Great parts that add up to make a great track underneath Liam's vocal. And just for extra fun (and because many non-Oasis fans think Liam sings all their songs!), here is Noel's great vocal track from "Don't Look Back In Anger" isolated as well. These videos work in the U.S. but note that they may not work in other countries. For more c...
The Hardest Diamonds: 10M+ Selling Hard Rock Albums
Here's an interesting chart showing the biggest selling hard rock/metal albums of all time, as measured by RIAA certified U.S. sales figures. AC/DC continues to reign supreme in the genre with their brilliant 1980 release Back In Black. Already a double diamond RIAA award winner, can it go for the triple? You will find more infographics at Statista For more content like this, updates on our latest arrivals plus a discount code, subscribe to our MusicGoldmine bi-weekly newsletter here.
Vinyl Making A Comeback?
We love vinyl! Turns out other people do too. Check out this chart that shows the pretty significant resurgence of vinyl record sales in the U.S. In fact, vinyl sales grew a healthy 14.6% from 2017 to 2018. Further, this comes after years of steady increases that started around 2006 as well. While the biggest story of music consumption continues to be around the growth of streaming services like Spotify, it's nice to see that our turntables will still be useful for at least some years to ...
The Week In Music History Jan 20-26, '19
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 20: Happiest of birthdays to Paul Stanley of KISS! Stanley was born in 1952. As writer and co-writer, he has penned many of KISS' highest-charting singles.Stanley joined Gene Simmons' band Wicked Lester in the early 1970s and the rest is history, or is it KISStory? 🎉💥 JAN 21: Born on this day in 1938, DJ Wolfman Jack! He became interested in radio as a child after he received a radio from his father. In 1960, he began...
