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For albums released before 1 July 2009, sales exceeding 10,000 and 20,000 for Gold and Platinum awards, respectively. Physical albums only; when combined with digital sales, thresholds are 15,000 for Gold and 30,000 for Platinum, whereby the digital sales are counted as 1/10 actual digital sales (10 downloads = 1 unit).
Since then, they have achieved 24 gold records and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records. According to the RIAA, Rush's sales statistics also place them third behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum albums by a rock band. [1] As of 2022, Rush ranks 84th in US album sales with 26 million units sold. [2]
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 ...
Along with albums, digital albums, and singles there is another classification of music release called "Video Longform." This release format includes DVD and VHS releases, and certain live albums and compilation albums. The certification criteria are slightly different from other styles. [27] [28] Gold: 50,000 copies; Platinum: 100,000 copies
RIAA Certifications depend on how many units a single has received. A single being streamed 150 times equals one unit. Digital singles are certified: 500,000 units = Gold status; 1,000,000 units = Platinum status; 2,000,000+ units = Multi-Platinum status; 10,000,000 units = Diamond status; 20,000,000+ units = Multi-Diamond status
Up! sold over 5.4 million copies, [9] yet was certified 11 times platinum (diamond) by the RIAA for being a multi-disc release with over 100 minutes in length (see RIAA certification). [8] [22] Nevertheless, as Twain's third diamond album, it made her the only artist to have three consecutive diamond RIAA certified albums. [11]
With today’s announcement, Eminem becomes the top certified singles artist in our program’s history and adds a rare third Diamond Album to his many creative accomplishments.
The album itself was certified platinum by the RIAA. [5] With the release of the album, Green was the biggest artist-songwriter in the first quarter of the year. [10] In August of the same year, a deluxe edition of the album was released, launching the album back to the top ten of the Billboard 200. [4]