What does it mean when an album goes multi-platinum?
Because a gold, or platinum — or, better still, multiplatinum — record means financial success. These awards, given by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), represent huge sales — 500,000 albums for gold, 1 million for platinum, 2 million or more for multiplatinum.
How many albums is considered platinum?
1,000,000
RIAA GOLD & PLATINUM AWARDS
| Certification | Minimum Units | Date Established |
|---|---|---|
| Gold® | 500,000 | 1958 |
| Platinum® | 1,000,000 | 1976 |
| multi-Platinum® | 2,000,000 (in increments of 1,000,000 thereafter) | 1984 |
| Diamond® | 10,000,000 and counting | 1999 |
What is 6x platinum?
6x Platinum Single 1 480,000 units Album 2 After May 1 2008 480,000 units Album 2 Before May 1 2008 600,000 units.
What does 2x platinum mean?
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”.
How many albums is diamond?
It’s still a whopping 92 albums, though, ranging nearly 60 years back to Elvis Presley’s Elvis’ Christmas Album. Read our list here, which now also welcomes REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity and Taylor Swift’s Fearless — finally certified Diamond on Aug. 17 and Dec. 11 of 2017, respectively — to its ranks.
What is a diamond album?
It’s worth celebrating whenever we get a brand new, RIAA-certified diamond-selling album — indicating sales (and streaming equivalent sales) of ten million units — because for a while, it looked like we might never get another one again.
What is 9x platinum?
According to RIAA, the song is now Certified 9x platinum, which is 9 MILLION SALES. That is a lot. The only song to have more accolades is ‘Stressed Out’, which is currently 10x Platinum. So it’s not far behind.
Who has a Diamond song?
Diamond certification
| Song | Artist(s) | Release year |
|---|---|---|
| “I Gotta Feeling” | The Black Eyed Peas | 2009 |
| “Party Rock Anthem” | LMFAO feat Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | 2011 |
| “Call Me Maybe” | Carly Rae Jepsen | 2011 |
| “Poker Face” | Lady Gaga | 2008 |
What makes an album “Platinum?
What Makes an Album “Platinum” In the United States, platinum certification means that an album has sold 1 million copies or that a single has sold 2 million copies.
What does it mean when an album is certified multi-platinum?
The RIAA introduced multi-platinum certification in 1984 to acknowledge album sales higher than 1 million; the association also offers “diamond” certification for albums selling 10 million copies or more. But the RIAA does not automatically certify music sales.
What is the meaning of quadruple?
Definition of quadruple. (Entry 1 of 3) transitive verb. : to make four times as great or as many. intransitive verb. : to become four times as great or as numerous.
How many albums have been certified 20-times platinum?
Here is the full list of all nine albums that have been certified at least 20-times platinum, as well as how many plaques they’ve earned thus far. I am a music journalist based in New York City. My byline has appeared in The Huffington Post, Billboard, Mashable, Noisey, The Hollywood Reporter,