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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 ]
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 equivalent of 1 unit sold. [22] [24] Since February 2016, RIAA includes on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in Gold and Platinum Album Award. The program counts ...
In addition, there is a time limit for an album in one of the categories to reach gold and platinum, which is in one calendar year (for example: albums released on July 1, 2006, has only until June 30, 2007, for a Gold or Platinum award). ^ VI Malaysian sales figures provided refer to albums released after 1 July 2009. For albums released ...
In 2000, the RIAA created its Premios de Oro y Platino Awards to celebrate Latin music, specifically albums and songs that are more than 50 percent Spanish language.
The highest threshold is "Platinum record" and was then awarded to singles that sold more than 1 million units. [11] For singles released after 1 January 1989, the number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver records was dropped to 600,000 units (Platinum), 400,000 units (Gold) and 200,000 units (Silver).
An early version of the song was called 'Starlight' Temperton recorded the demo for what would become “Thriller” on a two-track Revox tape machine in his cluttered German apartment.
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 ]
During her Friday night concert in Philadelphia, Taylor Swift ended a minor lyric debate about the "eagles t-shirt" mentioned in "Gold Rush."