What is the highest certification for a record?
RIAA GOLD & PLATINUM AWARDS
| Certification | Minimum Units | Date Established |
|---|---|---|
| Gold® | 500,000 | 1958 |
| Platinum® | 1,000,000 | 1976 |
| multi-Platinum® | 2,000,000 (in increments of 1,000,000 thereafter) | 1984 |
| Diamond® | 10,000,000 and counting | 1999 |
What’s higher than Platinum record?
Gold Record Awards were established by the RIAA in 1958. Platinum Awards were added in 1976, multi-platinum awards in 1984 and diamond awards in 1999.
What’s better platinum or diamond record?
The award levels are Silver (20,000+), Double Silver (40,000+), Gold (75,000+), Double Gold (150,000+), Diamond (200,000+), Platinum (400,000+) and Double Platinum (800,000+).
How are records certified?
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards (see music recording certification).
What is platinum record?
Because a gold, or platinum — or, better still, multiplatinum — record means financial success. These awards, given by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), represent huge sales — 500,000 albums for gold, 1 million for platinum, 2 million or more for multiplatinum.
What’s a Diamond album?
It’s worth celebrating whenever we get a brand new, RIAA-certified diamond-selling album — indicating sales (and streaming equivalent sales) of ten million units — because for a while, it looked like we might never get another one again.
What is a Diamond Certified song?
The RIAA gives diamond certifications to songs that have gone platinum 10 times. The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and “Starboy” are the most recent songs to receive the honor.
What’s a diamond album?
How does a song go diamond?
The RIAA bestows a diamond award upon those songs that have moved at least 10 million equivalent units, combining actual sales and equivalent units comprised of streams. Older tracks typically sell better, while newer ones benefit from non-stop stream activity.
Who has sold the most records of all time?
The Beatles
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales. Second is Elvis Presley with almost 207 million sales, followed by Michael Jackson with 169.7 million.
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