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Multi-Platinum means 2,000,000+ certification units; From 2004 through July 2006, the certification level was 100,000 downloads for Gold and 200,000 for Platinum. When the RIAA changed the certification standards to match retail distribution in August 2006, all Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards for a digital release were withdrawn.
In 1976, RIAA introduced the platinum certification, first awarded to the Eagles compilation album Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) on 24 February 1976, [6] and to Johnnie Taylor's single "Disco Lady" on 22 April 1976. [7] [8] As music sales increased with the introduction of compact discs, the RIAA created the Multi-Platinum award in 1984 ...
In February 2016, RIAA updated its certification criteria for album-level awards to combine streaming and track sales using the formula for album-equivalent unit. [24] Gold: 500,000 units; Platinum: 1,000,000 units; Multi-Platinum: 2,000,000 units (increments of 1,000,000 thereafter) Diamond: 10,000,000 units
Later came the Platinum Award (1,000,000), Multi-Platinum Award (2,000,000 plus) and the Diamond Award (10,000,000 plus). Certifications must be applied for by the artist’s teams.
Songs and albums earn RIAA Gold certifications if they sell a minimum of 500,000 units. Titles that reach 1 million units sold earn Platinum certifications. Multi-Platinum certifications are ...
The RIAA's Gold & Platinum program was originally created to honor artists and track sound recording sales. Now, it has become the premier program to celebrate achievements within the music industry.
As a result of the RIAA's methodology of counting each disc in a multi-disc set as one unit toward certification, most double albums on the list—such as Pink Floyd's The Wall and Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below—have been certified with a number double the number of copies sold. Such albums have the shipments of copies, not discs ...
Created by the RIAA in 1958 to honor artists and create a standard to measure the commercial success of a sound recording, the Gold & Platinum Awards Program is the industry’s premier barometer ...