Matchbox 20, Yourself or Someone Like You (1996, 12x Platinum) for not even trying to fudge a “Songs From and Inspired By” collection, but unless you’re really never gonna let go of the late ‘90s, you don’t need this in your life.Ĩ7. ![]() No better testament to the world-swallowing phenomenon that was Titanic than the score going Diamond: Celine Dion’s signature love theme “My Heart Will Go On” is the only song here not a James Horner instrumental, and you have to wait until the very end to get to it. Various Artists, Titanic Soundtrack (1997, 11x Platinum) “How You Ever Gonna Know” is one of his most pristine pop/rock efforts, though, and kudos to Garth for being the first country megastar to recognize the potential in swagger-jacking Jimmy Buffett (“Two Pina Coladas”), beating Alan Jackson to the punch by a half-decade.Ĩ8. Professional but slightly pandering, down to its definitively C&W magazine-pose of an album cover. Garth Brooks, Sevens (1997, 10x Platinum) Human Clay at least has some riffs, and “Higher,” a bro hymn as righteous as the sun coming out five minutes before kickoff.Ĩ9. Creed, Human Clay (1999, 11x Platinum)Ĭlose, but not quite the nadir of post-grunge alt-rock it’s often made out to be – that’d probably be Weathered, the Creed album after this one. It gets better from there, but not, like, a lot. Nickelback, All the Right Reasons (2005, 10x Platinum)Īll the Right Reasons opens with the not-misleadingly titled “Follow You Home,” featuring singer Chad Kroeger’s promise that trying to murder him would merely slow down his stalking efforts, and follows that with “Fight for All the Wrong Reasons,” in which Kroeger testifies that he’d leave his toxic relationship of “favorable slavery” if only his girlfriend would stop going down on him. Until then, all we can say about Breathless is that it’s not actively unpleasant to listen to.ĩ1. Some day, a smooth-jazz scholar will make the rounds informing us about why Kenny G was actually a genre innovator and stealth underground influence, shaming us for all the thoughtless jokes made at his expense over the years. (Each album’s year of release and most-recent platinum certification as of Dec. Read our list here, which now also welcomes REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity and Taylor Swift’s Fearless - finally certified Diamond on Aug. That’s not counting compilations - including greatest-hits collections, live albums, and certain soundtracks - unless the set is comprised mainly of contemporary material. (The Dirty Dancing soundtrack, for instance, includes seven contemporary songs and five old ones, so it’s in, but Garth Brooks’ The Ultimate Hits - itself certified diamond earlier this week - has only four new songs in 34 tracks, so it’s out.) It’s still a whopping 92 albums, though, ranging nearly 60 years back to Elvis Presley’s Elvis’ Christmas Album. To honor the exclusive club that Adele joined with her latest sales achievement, we’ve ranked every one of the RIAA-certified diamond albums. THE OTHER EXAMPLE SHOWN IS A HEART SHAPED LOOP NECKLACE WORTH GBP10,000.Adele's '25' Hits Diamond Status in Less Than a Year ![]() SO FAR THERE IS ONLY ONE COMPLETE SUITE OF THE NEW TYPE OF DIAMONDS, A NECKLACE FOR GBP3,240, EARRINGS FOR GBP1,220, BROOCH FOR GBP1,180, BRACELET FOR GBP267, AND RING FOR GBP525. THE NEW STONES WILL STILL BE EXPENSIVE, BUT IN TIME YOU WILL GET A LARGER STONE FOR YOUR MONEY BY BUYING PRINCESS-CUT DIAMONDS. COMPLETELY NEW TOOLS WERE NECESSARY, AND THESE TOO WERE DESIGNED BY MR NAGY. ![]() ![]() THE BACK OF THE PRINCESS STONE IS CUT INTO GROOVES, ANGLED AND SPACED WITH GREAT ACCURACY TO GET THE FULL REFRACTION OF LIGHT. MR NAGY'S TECHNIQUE IS TO CUT FLAT SLENDER STONES, ALL OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN SO THAT NOW DIAMONDS WILL BE SOLD ACCORDING TO SURFACE AREA INSTEAD OF BY WEIGHT. THE PROCESS, WHICH HE HAS CALLED THE PRINCESS CUT, GIVES BRILLIANCE AND REFLECTION WITHOUT SUBMERGING TWO-THIRDS OF THE STONE, SAS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY NECESSARY. All rights reservedīackground: FOR 500 YEARS THE CRAFT OF DIAMOND CUTTING REMAINED UNCHANGED UNTIL RECENTLY, WHEN MR ARPAD NAGY, A HUNGARIAN-BORN DIAMOND MERCHANT AND PRECISION ENGINEER WORKING IN LONDON, UK, PERFECTED A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR CUTTING THE STONES. MODEL WEARING SUITE, PAN FROM BROOCH AND RING TO NECKLACE AND EARRINGS FROM MODEL WEARING HEART-SHAPED NECKLACE TO ANOTHER MODEL WEARING COMPLETE SUITE SV MR ARPAD NAGY PLACES HEART-SHAPED NECKLACE ON MODELĬU PAN. SV SECURITY GUARD GUARDS ENTRANCE TO EXHIBITIONĬU SUITE CONSISTING OF NECKLACE, BROOCH, EARRINGS, AND RINGĬU HEART-SHAPED PRINCESS-CUT LOOP DIAMOND NECKLACE, VALUED GBP10,000 SCU POLISHING AND EXAMINING NEWLY CUT DIAMOND
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