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October 8, 1988 – Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” album slipped off of Billboard’s Hot 200

OCTOBER 8, 1988 - Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" album slipped off of Billboard's Hot 200

OCTOBER 8, 1988 – Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” album slipped off of Billboard’s Hot 200 Album Chart after a record breaking 741 weeks. With an estimated 50 million copies sold, it is the band’s most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide. Their first #1 LP in the US, it has twice been remastered and re-released, and has been covered in its entirety by several other acts. It spawned two singles, “Money” and “Time.” In addition to its commercial success, “The Dark Side of the Moon” is one of Pink Floyd’s most popular albums among fans and critics, and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time.

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