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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).
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 ...
YouTube Creator Awards, commonly known as YouTube Play Buttons or YouTube Plaques, are a series of awards from the American video platform YouTube that aim to recognize its most popular channels. They are based on a channel's subscriber count but are offered at the sole discretion of YouTube.
Groupings are based on different benchmarks; the highest being for at least 20 million units, and the lowest being for multi-disc albums certified at least 10 times platinum and single-disc albums that have been certified at least 10 times platinum but with sales figures lower than 10,000,000.
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
On December 1, 2020, YouTube Music replaced Google Play Music as Google's primary brand for music streaming. In April 2023, the service expanded its offerings to include support for podcasts [2] shortly before Google Podcasts was shut down. YouTube Music also features a premium tier that provides several benefits to paying subscribers.
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.
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