multi-platinum

Millions of copies

Multi-platinum describes a recording that has sold multiple times the threshold for platinum certification—typically two million or more copies in the United States.

The term signals exceptional commercial success: Their debut album went multi-platinum within a year.

It functions as both adjective and noun: a multi-platinum artist, The single achieved multi-platinum.

certification

album

Unified collection of recordings

recordPreserved account or achievement
salesRevenue from goods moved
RIAAMusic industry trade group

gold · diamond · certified · chart · million · copies · units · shipment · threshold · award

success

hit

Successful contact or strike

blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
bestsellingHighest in sales
chart-toppingRanking first in sales

smash · mainstream · commercial · breakthrough · crossover · superstar · phenomenon · runaway success · record-breaking · dominating

artists

Adele

British singer, one name

DrakeAdult male duck
EminemSlim Shady's identity
MadonnaChrist's mother, or pop icon

Taylor Swift · Beyonce · Ed Sheeran · Michael Jackson · Whitney Houston · Mariah Carey · Beatles · Eagles · Celine Dion · Garth Brooks

albums

Thriller

Record-breaking 1982 album

Back in BlackReturning clad in noir
RumoursUnconfirmed stories passed around
BodyguardPersonal protection agent

Titanic · Saturday Night Fever · Purple Rain · Abbey Road · Hotel California · 21 · 1989 · Jagged Little Pill · Appetite for Destruction · Nevermind

multi-platinum

album

hit

Adele

Thriller

multi-platinum

Opposites

Categories

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