platinum album

Major sales milestone

A platinum album is a recording that has sold at least one million copies, as certified by industry organizations like the RIAA in the United States.

The threshold varies by country—in the UK, 300,000 sales qualifies.

Her debut went platinum within six weeks.

Multi-platinum indicates multiple millions sold.

The term extends to singles and streaming equivalents.

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