Toppling 'The Wall': The Farce Of Double-Counting In The RIAA's All-Time Platinum List [And Statistics]

Reading the New York Times obituary of Pink Floyd's Richard Wright yesterday, I came upon a statistic that the newspaper ran unquestioningly that ticked me off, as it always does when I see similar statements in print: Pink Floyd’s 1979 album, “The Wall,” eventually sold 23 million copies in the United States. No, it didn't, I grumbled to myself. It's a double-album—by RIAA math, that means it sold about 11.5 million. SNARL! There are many things wrong with the Recordin...

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