Leaning towards double platinum, actually. Remember that the awards are all about shipments. Anyway, it's accreditation is probably being delayed (along with a few other albums) in order to be timed with the release of their new album.
most U2 albums probably due for recertification in US, Joshua Tree was certified diamond in 1995, must be selling 100,000 a year since? Certainly over 11M by now?
in the UK, ATYCLB is only certified as 2x platinum (600k) as of december 2000, and had strong sales throughout 2001. sales are at least twice this.
I am certain that in the UK ATYCLB was certfied as 3 x platinum - even though the database may only show 2x. I also think it was very close to 1.2 m sales a couple of years ago so should have shipped enough for 4x platinum Mike