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If the parameters are extended to reflect any albums that moved more than two million copies in 2014, the list only adds one name: the &#8220;Frozen&#8221; soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>But insofar as the RIAA constantly certifies albums and singles, it did issue new multi-platinum certifications to a handful of other albums.  It issued a recap of those certifications in a press release Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The list follows:<\/p>\n<p>2 PAC &#8211; Until the End of Time &#8211; 4x platinum<br \/>\n2 PAC &#8211; Better Dayz &#8211; 3x platinum<br \/>\n2 PAC &#8211; All Eyez on Me &#8211; 10x platinum<br \/>\nJason Aldean &#8211; Night Train &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nBeyonce &#8211; Beyonce &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nGarth Brooks &#8211; Ultimate Hits &#8211; 6x platinum, 7x platinum<br \/>\nLuke Bryan &#8211; Crash My Party &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nEagles &#8211; Hell Freezes Over &#8211; 9x platinum<br \/>\nEminem &#8211; MMLP2 &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nFleetwood Mac &#8211; Rumours &#8211; 20x platinum<br \/>\nFlorida Georgia Line &#8211; Here&#8217;s to the Good Times &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nJimi Hendrix &#8211; Are You Experienced &#8211; 5x platinum<br \/>\nImagine Dragons &#8211; Night Visions &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nElton John &#8211; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road &#8211; 8x platinum<br \/>\nLorde &#8211; Pure Heroine &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nBob Marley &#038; The Wailers &#8211; Legend &#8211; 11x, 12x, 13x, 14x and 15x platinum<br \/>\nBruno Mars &#8211; Unorthodox Jukebox &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nOne Direction &#8211; Up All Night &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nOne Direction &#8211; Take Me Home &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nP!nk &#8211; Truth About Love &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nOtis Redding &#8211; The Very Best of Otis Redding &#8211; 2x platinum<br \/>\nSoundtrack &#8211; Frozen &#8211; 2x platinum, 3x platinum<br \/>\nTaylor Swift &#8211; 1989 &#8211; 2x platinum, 3x platinum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[183,1047],"tags":[3472,2886,3475,58,3474,432,761,1372,3473,640,598,562,145],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lorde, Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan Albums Certified Multi-Platinum in 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"That 2014 was a rough year for new album releases has already been established. 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