The Wall's 23× Platinum Certification in the US

As of March 4, 1999, Pink Floyd’s The Wall is certified 23× Platinum by the RIAA, making it one of the best-selling albums in American history. That number represents 23 million equivalent album units, a milestone achieved more than 19 years after its original release in 1979.

The double album kept selling steadily through the 1980s and 1990s, helped by the 1982 film and constant radio play of tracks like “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2