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An album that becomes Platinum twice over, for example, an album which has sold 2,000,000 copies in the United States, is said to be "Double Platinum", or sometimes "Multi-Platinum". Since 2013 in the U.S., [ 13 ] and 2014 in the UK [ 22 ] and Germany, [ 23 ] streaming of songs counts towards certification of singles with 150 streams being the ...
For albums released until September 24, 1999, the thresholds are 250,000 for Gold and 500,000 for Platinum. For albums released between September 25, 1999, and December 31, 2002, the thresholds are 150,000 for Gold and 300,000 for Platinum. Also, for Jazz albums, the thresholds are 10,000 for Gold and 20,000 for Platinum.
Reflecting growth in record sales, the Platinum award was added in 1976, for albums that sold one million units and for singles selling two million units. [6] [7] The Multi-Platinum award was introduced in 1984, signifying multiple Platinum levels of albums and singles. [8]
Her "4" and "Lemonade" albums both have reached four-times platinum status while "B'Day" reached five-times platinum, and her self-titled album reached six-times platinum status. Her 2022 album ...
The following is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the album must have achieved at least a diamond certification from the RIAA. The albums released prior ...
Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the single would receive Diamond and the whole album could be certified Platinum, [7] thus creating a combined total of 11 million certified units without any sales.
Platinum record for Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982), the best-selling album of all time. This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs.
Best-selling album of 2024, accomplished in under 48 hours Biggest U.S. sales week of Swift’s career, surpassing 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Largest first-week vinyl sales (859,000) in the Nielsen era