Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite (album) 1973, platinum and 2× Platinum on May 20, 1988, 3× Platinum on July 15, 1999, and 5× Platinum on August 1, 2002, by the RIAA. On April 15, 2016, the BPI certified the album Silver for sales of 60,000 units. "Aloha from Hawaii" is a two-disc set—only the second such release of Presley's career (the first being 1969's double set "From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis", which contained one album each of studio and concert recordings). It was initially released only in quadraphonic sound, becoming the first album in the format to top the "Billboard" album chart. The album
Aloha diminishes the terms original meaning and reduces it to the more superficial expression of "Good wishes". Anthropologist Francis Newton states that "Aloha is a complex and profound sentiment. Such emotions defy definition". Hawaiians believe the concept to be unique, with no English equivalent. Aloha Aloha (; ) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a simple greeting but has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians. A greeting of love and compassion; also means "to be in the presence of the divinity" or in the presence of ("alo") the