On this day in 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus becomes the first country artist to ship 5 million copies of his debut album, with the latest certification of Some Gave All. The album included Cyrus’ break out hit breakthrough song “Achy Breaky Heart”.

The album would be Certified 9× Platinum by the RIAA.

On this day in 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus’  debut album Some Gave All, which featured “Achy Breaky Heart”, landed at #1 on the Country Albums Chart.  Some Gave All would wind up the best-selling album of 1992 in the US with 4,832,000 copies. To date, the album has been certified 9× Multi-Platinum.