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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 ...
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 ...
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] In 1975, the additional requirement of 500,000 units sold was added for Gold albums. [6]
This is list of albums that have been certified Gold, Platinum, and Diamond by Music Canada. Certification is based on the following table: Certification is based on the following table: Certification
The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold, platinum and diamond).
The following diamond-certified albums in Canada have sold at least one million units (individual CDs, tapes or LPs) as determined by Canadian Recording Industry Association, the national music recording sales certification agency. [1] The first million-selling album in Canada was declared in May 1978 as Rumours by the British band Fleetwood Mac.
In the United Kingdom, the album didn't chart on the main albums chart because compilation albums were excluded from the main albums chart from January 1989. [106] Instead, the album reached the top on the official compilation albums chart and stayed there for 11 weeks, spending 60 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 and for a total of 107 ...
Their first album in 11 years, Sonic Boom, was released in 2009. [1] The band released their 20th studio album, Monster, on October 9, 2012. [3] To date, Kiss has had 25 million copies certified by the RIAA in the United States. [4] The band has 30 gold albums as of July 2015.