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2. List of music recording certifications - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Music recording certification - Wikipedia

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   Modern awards often use CDs instead of records. Most gold and platinum records are actually vinyl records which have been vacuum metallized and tinted, while trimmed and plated metal "masters", "mothers", or "stampers" (metal parts used for pressing records out of vinyl) were initially used. The music in the grooves on the record may not match ...

4. Matrix number - Wikipedia

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   Stamped matrix number on a vinyl album with the film score for Diamonds are forever. A matrix number is an alphanumeric code (and on occasion, other symbols) stamped or handwritten (or a combination of the two) into the run-out groove area of a phonograph record. This is the non-grooved area between the end of the final band on a record's side ...

5. RIAA certification - Wikipedia

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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]

6. List of record charts - Wikipedia

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   A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music judging by the popularity during a given period of time. Although primarily a marketing or supermarketing tool like any other sales statistic, they have become a form of popular media culture in their own right.

7. Catalog number (music) - Wikipedia

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   Catalog number 811 767-1, used by RSO Records, next to the center hole on a vinyl LP record. A catalog number is an identification number assigned to a music release by a record label.

8. Record collecting - Wikipedia

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   A shelf of collected vinyl records. Record collecting is the hobby of collecting sound recordings, usually of music, but sometimes poetry, reading, historical speeches, and ambient noises. Although the typical focus is on vinyl records, all formats of recorded music can be collected.

9. Cut-out (recording industry) - Wikipedia

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   Two different ways of marking cut-out records on LP jackets. When LPs were the primary medium for the commercial distribution of sound recordings, manufacturers would cut the corner, punch a hole, or add a notch to the spine of the jacket of unsold records returned from retailers; these "cut-outs" might then be re-sold to record retailers or other sales outlets for sale at a discounted price.