OutKast have hit plenty of major career milestones since their founding in 1992, but they recently hit their biggest yet, at least numerically.
On Friday (September 29), the duo’s 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was certified 13x platinum, meaning it has sold 13 million copies, by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). This makes it the largest-selling rap album ever in the United States.
The OutKast platter, which contains the duo’s massive single “Hey Ya,” surpassed Eminem‘s The Eminem Show, which was certified 12x platinum in 2022.
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