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Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the single would receive Diamond and the whole album could be certified Platinum, [7] thus creating a combined total of 11 million certified units without any sales.
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 ...
Sales accumulated during its first full week of availability, which went from Thursday to Wednesday, totaled 813,000 copies, which remains the most an album has sold in its first week on sale. [70] 25 sold 439,000 copies in its second week. [79] 25 sold 450,000 copies in its fifth week. [80]
The album has appeared on many “Best of 2023” lists, including Us Weekly’s. The album’s lead single, “I Remember Everything” (a collab with Kacey Musgraves), debuted at No. 1
Diamond awards, honoring those artists whose sales of singles or albums reached 10,000,000 copies, were introduced in 1999. [ 9 ] In the 20th century, and for a part of the first decade of the 21st, it was common for distributors to claim certifications based on their shipments – wholesale to retail outlets – which led to many ...
2,000,000+ (in increments of 1,000,000 thereafter) units: Multi-Platinum album; 10,000,000 units: Diamond album; Starting from February 1, 2016, each album unit may be one of the following: [15] [16] Each permanent digital album or physical album sale; 10 tracks from the album downloaded; 1,500 on-demand audio or video streams of songs from the ...
The sale of second-hand albums and singles continues into the 2020s, with many record stores having a used section, as well as pawn shops such as CeX, Cash Generator, Cash Converters, [40] and the emergence of eBay, MusicMagpie, Alibris and other dedicated websites.
Timeline of the highest-selling album record Year record set Artist Album Record-setting sales (millions) Total sales (millions) Ref(s) 1945 Various Artists Oklahoma! (78 rpm album) 0.5 1.0 [216] [217] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [218] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [219] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5