<Tr> <Th> United States (RIAA) </Th> <Td> 4 × Platinum </Td> <Td> 4,000,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <P> sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone </P> <P> In 1987 the heirs of Giacomo Puccini charged in a lawsuit that the climactic phrase in "Music of the Night" closely resembled a similar phrase in the sequence "Quello che tacete" from Puccini's opera Girl of the Golden West . The litigation was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount . </P>

The phantom of the opera by andrew lloyd webber