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Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter.

From the 1960s to the 1980s, Diamond was one of the more successful pop music performers, scoring a number of hits. As critic William Ruhlmann writes, “as of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart.”[1] As of May 2005 he has sold 120 million records worldwide, including 48 million records in the U.S.[2]

Though his record sales declined somewhat after the 1980s, Diamond continues to tour successfully, and maintains a very loyal following. Diamond’s songs have been recorded by a vast array of performers from many different musical genres.

Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, and then in 2000 was given its Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been eligible for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame since 1989, but has thus far been ignored.

In 2008 Neil Diamond scored his first ever Billboard number one album with “Home Before Dark”, the album also became his first studio album to get to number one in the UK.

1	Sweet Caroline full track	1,268
2	Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon full track	479
3	Solitary Man full track	421
4	Cracklin' Rosie full track	394
5	Song Sung Blue full track	374
6	Cherry, Cherry full track	350
7	America full track	316
8	Forever in Blue Jeans full track	315
9	Hello Again full track	240
10	Love on the Rocks full track	238
11	I'm a Believer full track	190
12	Pretty Amazing Grace full track	188
13	Holly Holy full track	187
14	Shilo full track	186
15	Kentucky Woman full track	185

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FEDER4TION wrote:
Tuesday morning

Dude needs to button that shirt up

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wattersm wrote:
8 days ago

I've been spinning some Neil Diamond records that I just picked up, he's a great singer.

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suzqs wrote:
15 days ago

You don't last 40 minutes in that business, let alone 40 years, without a lot of talent and Neil has that! Last night's concert was outstanding!

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lostlady7 wrote:
20 days ago

By the way,70s haircuts are over dude!

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lostlady7 wrote:
20 days ago

Sorry friend,he may be old but he still has got it.Go to one of his concerts like I just did this year and you will see.He was fantastic,and beautiful in everything he did.Loved it! I would go again.Well worth it!!!!

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ilikepasta wrote:
last month

neil is so old.

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shiveringjemmy wrote:
last month

The Glasto set was fabulous, viewed with full glass of red wine in the comfort of my settee. Thou he didn't play my current fav, If I Don't See You Again. This song is responsible for making me blub on public transport. Pathetic!

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JakeJustice wrote:
last month

I just downloaded a vinyl rip of the 1966 album "the Feel of Neil Diamond" good stuff...

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girl_from_oz wrote:
June 2008

Neil Diamond just did an amazing set at Glastonbury

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mackeral0 wrote:
June 2008

TAP. ROOT. MANUSCRIPT.

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sparkster64 wrote:
June 2008

Ahh, Neil Diamond -- my very first pop concert! 1977, maybe? With my mom and her boyfriend (naturally). And, man, did it blow us away when everyone held their lighters up high in the darkened convention center! LOL Anyway, Neil Daimond has penned a lot of good pop -- and the voice!

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Cotnbaugh wrote:
June 2008

He always rocks. I have only seen him once though.

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ATLviaSTLUSA wrote:
June 2008

JeremyAce4 you're right,that was disrespectful to those bands and I apologize,but you gotta admit that the artist I mention should be no brainers,along with Steely Dan & Supertramp.

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suikodee wrote:
June 2008

Hot + sexy deep voice... classic!

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JeremyAce4 wrote:
June 2008

i agree that Neil deserves Hall of Fame consideration, but I think you can hardly describe REM and Talking Heads as crappy. They were pretty influential and had many hits.

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ATLviaSTLUSA wrote:
June 2008

another artist that is long overdue for R&R Hall of Fame, which shows how fucked up that shit is!crappy bands like r.e.m.,talking heads are in but Moody Blues,Neil D.& Rush are not.stupid!

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bluetooth38 wrote:
June 2008

Neil Diamond is still one of the all time favorites that I like and is still bringing out good Albums.

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realdiamondgirl wrote:
June 2008

saw him last night in manchester, for the 8th time in 33 years, still as professional, slick and amazing as ever, rock on neil!

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LarkCGN wrote:
June 2008

Truly deserved ... his voice is still soooo wonderful

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Tr1xx wrote:
June 2008

He's still got a great voice. It's good to see he's getting so much publicity at present

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