Word: multiplatinum
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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Such excursions, meaningful as they may have been to Dylan personally or artistically, took their toll on his audience. Never a multiplatinum artist -- his most popular record, Desire, has sold only 1.5 million copies to date -- Dylan could no longer fine-tune the zeitgeist all by himself, and his records were perceived as too personal or, worse, increasingly marginal. "What are they playing that guy for?" sneered a Manhattan saleswoman recently when a Dylan medley came on the radio. One playing of Empire Burlesque and all such questions become academic. Listen up. You too, Mr. Jones...