Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I & II RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum Award

Guns N' Roses RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum combo album award for Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II, which were released jointly on Sept. 17, 1991. The albums were certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for three million copies sold on Jan. 7, 1992 and Dec. 2, 1991, respectively. Illusion I contributed "November Rain", "Don't Cry" and a roaring version of  Paul McCartney & Wings "Live And Let Die" to the list of classic GNR tracks Illusion II featured "Civil War", "You Could Be Mine", a cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", and the epic "Estranged". The albums hit #2 and #1 respectively on both the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and UK chart, and landed in the top 10 in many other markets worldwide. Use Your Illusion I also picked up a Grammy award nomination for "Live And Let Die". By 1997 both albums had reached RIAA certified sales of over seven million. See images above for the RIAA sales certification data of the pair of albums*. Mouse Over to Zoom/Click to