✪ “Led Zeppelin” (Video Longform) – 1.3 million sold. ✪ “The Beatles” (Album) – 19 million sold. ✪ “The Beatles 1967-1970” (Album) -17 million sold. ✪ “The Beatles 1962-1966” (Album) – 15 million sold.
Platinum is a symbol of true love, purity, rarity and strength. These qualities of platinum are equivalent to the ideals of eternal true love. All over the world, engagement rings, wedding bands and anniversary rings made in platinum symbolize the everlasting endurance of love.
All of these physical singles have sold over four million copies according to either reliable third-party claims or RIAA multi-
platinum certifications.
Physical singles.
| Song | "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
|---|
| Artist(s) | Elton John |
|---|
| Release year | 1997 |
|---|
| Claimed sales (million) | 8.84 |
|---|
| No. of times Platinum | 11× |
|---|
United States
| Media | Gold | Diamond |
|---|
| Album | 500,000 | 10,000,000 |
| Single | 500,000 | 10,000,000 |
| Music video | 50,000 | 1,000,000 |
Only 34 songs in history have been certified diamond by the RIAA, which is an award given to songs that have gone 10x platinum.
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Gold means 500,000
certification units.
Platinum means 1,000,000
certification units.
Standard singles are certified:
- Gold when it ships 500,000 copies.
- Platinum when it ships 1,000,000 copies.
- Multi-Platinum when it ships at least 2,000,000 copies.
What is another word for platinum?
| metallic | brass |
|---|
| iron | leaden |
| metal | metallical |
| metallurgic | mineral |
| ory | pewter |
How much money does an artist make from going platinum? Totalling to $250,000 per song per day! While new artists (think small, unknown, new ones) make maybe around $865 per single, if it gets streamed that is.
According to Pierre Bradshaw, who worked 6 years at MCA/Universal Music, a band with a hit song can bring in anywhere from $10 thousand to $50 thousand per performance. And the actual members of the band get to keep around 85% to 90% of that. (Their manager usually gets a 10% to 15% cut.)
Diamond (both american and normal) is costlier than a platinum. Diamond can be considered as an investment but platinum is not. But of course both are costlier for a common man. Average-grade industrial diamonds are worth about their weight in platinum.
This Is the Best-Selling Platinum Artist of All Time, and It Isn't The Beatles
- Alabama – 20. Platinum albums: 20.
- AC/DC – 20. Platinum albums: 20.
- Neil Diamond – 21. Platinum albums: 21.
- Elton John – 27. Platinum albums: 27.
- The Rolling Stones – 28. Platinum albums: 28.
- Barbra Streisand – 30.
- Garth Brooks – 30.
- George Strait – 33.
What Does It Mean When Music “Goes Gold” or “Goes Platinum”? “Going Gold” is the music industry's parlance for selling 500,000 copies of an album. “Going Platinum” means the album has gone to the next step, doubling the sales to 1 million copies.
Top 10 artist who received diamond status for their songs
- UPTOWN FUNK FT.
- POKER FACE & BAD ROMANCE BY LADY GAGA.
- CRUISE BY FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE.
- THRIFT SHOP BY MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS.
- DARK HORSE & FIREWORK BY KATY PERRY.
- NOT AFRAID & LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE BY EMINEM.
- BABY BY JUSTIN BIEBER.
- CANDLE IN THE WIND BY ELTON JOHN.
Spotify pays roughly $0.006 to $0.0084 per stream. 1M streams would render a payout of roughly $6,000 - 8,400. Keep in mind that the audio track needs to be more than 30-seconds in length, and the user has to stream a minimum of 30-seconds of the track.
1. Eminem – “The Marshall Mathers LP” – DIAMOND – 11.3 million copies. 5. Kid Rock – “Devil Without A Cause” – DIAMOND – 11 million copies.
Ranking the Seven Rap Albums That Went Diamond
- OutKast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
- 2Pac, All Eyez on Me.
- Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP.
- The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death.
- Eminem, The Eminem Show. Image via Hypetrak.
- 2Pac, Greatest Hits. Image via Discogs.
- MC Hammer, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. Image via Poprescue.
List of All Hip-Hop Albums that Earned Diamond Status in U.S.
- Eminem – “The Marshall Mathers LP” – DIAMOND – 11.3 million copies.
- Outkast – “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” – DIAMOND – 11.2 million copies.
- Notorious B.I.G. – “Life After Death” – DIAMOND – 11.1 million copies.
- 2 Pac – “Greatest Hits” – DIAMOND – 11 million copies.
Most gold and platinum records are actual vinyl records that are dipped in metallic paint. Since they are normal records then they will actually play! If you have a turntable or lathe that accommodates a 14-inch disc (the size of lacquer masters) you can play them.
In November 2011, Drake released his second studio album, Take Care becoming diamond and debuted at number one in both the United States and Canada, becoming his second album to achieve this feat.
Cardi B's breakout hit “Bodak Yellow”
has just been certified 9x-
Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It marks
highest certified single by a female
rapper.
Most Certified Albums (Units Sold)
- Eminem – 46 million;
- Tupac – 36.5 million;
- Jay Z – 27.5 million;
- Kid Rock – 23.5 million.
What Does It Mean When Music “Goes Gold” or “Goes Platinum”? “Going Gold” is the music industry's parlance for selling 500,000 copies of an album. “Going Platinum” means the album has gone to the next step, doubling the sales to 1 million copies.
What Does It Mean When Music “Goes Gold” or “Goes Platinum”? "Going Gold" is the music industry's parlance for selling 500,000 copies of an album. "Going Platinum" means the album has gone to the next step, doubling the sales to 1 million copies.
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