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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. Diamond-award is applicable to titles released on/after January 1, 2013. [18] ^ IV Hungarian sales figures provided refer to "Pop ...
A Gold record is a song or album that sells 500,000 units (records, tapes, and compact discs). The award was launched in 1958; [5] originally, the requirement for a Gold single was one million units sold and a Gold album represented $1 million in sales (at wholesale value, around a third of the list price). [6]
Diamond awards, honoring those artists whose sales of singles or albums reached 10,000,000 copies, were introduced in 1999. [ 9 ] In the 20th century, and for a part of the first decade of the 21st, it was common for distributors to claim certifications based on their shipments – wholesale to retail outlets – which led to many ...
He went on to achieve critical success with the influential albums Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982). His sixth album, Purple Rain (1984), was recorded with his new backing band the Revolution , and was also the soundtrack to the film of the same name in which he starred.
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 ...
[8] [9] It would eventually be certified Diamond for sales of ten million copies alone in the United States, topped the charts in every country it charted and would go on to sell 20 million copies worldwide, joining her debut as one of the best-selling albums of all time. [9]
The album is the band's best-selling release to date with 18 million units sold worldwide, including 10 million in the US resulting in a diamond certification from the RIAA. [11] Lead single " Photograph " reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double platinum.
Diamonds and Pearls was released in the United States on October 1, 1991, and two days later internationally. [16] It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, number two on the UK Albums Chart, and number one on the Billboard Top R&B Albums and the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia.