gold album
Half-million copies sold
A gold album is a music recording that has achieved a certified level of sales or streams, typically 500,000 units in the United States.
The threshold varies by country.
Record labels and artists display gold record plaques as symbols of commercial success: Their debut went gold within six weeks.
Higher certifications include platinum and diamond.
- platinumDense precious silvery metal
- certifiedOfficially declared valid
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- record labelMusic publishing and distribution company
- music industryCommerce around songs
sales · first week sales · million · RIAA · debut · chart · hit · number one · artist · recording artist · release · breakthrough · disc · label · studio · streaming · singles · tracks
- AlbumsThriller, Rumours, Pet Sounds, OK Computer, Abbey Road
- music chartsBillboard Hot 100, number one, chart-topper, top ten, pop charts