As of Sep. 2 2012 T.I.'s No Mercy Album has sold over 900,000 copies it is certified platinum by the RIAA.
In the US, 'Platinum' needs 1,000,000 sales
For an album to 'go gold' sales must exceed 500,000. I believe this is world wide sales but am not 100%.
The recording industry first gave platinum awards (one million in sales) in 1976. Johnny Taylor's hit song "Disco Lady" was the first. Many earlier songs have sold one million copies but are not recognized.
Notorious BIG released his first album called, "Ready to Die" on September 13, 1994. It was one of the best hit in which gave him number 13 on the top 200 of the Billboard charts. It also gave him many recognition such as winning Platinum and getting many great reviews from Rolling Stones and much more.
A Platinum record is one million copies sold of a single or an album. A gold record is 500,000 copies sold single or album. Silver is only used in some countries.
Going platinum is selling 1,000,000 albums.
It means Justin bieber's album has a large number of sales (the album has been purchased by many people) so if many people buy it. it became'd a record Never Say Never (the remixes) was at billboard no.1 position the album was the no.1 album bought by the people so it became's a record in the selling of album so we say record sales
One million copies.
There's no such thing as a bronze album level relating to the number of record sales. Most countries use the levels Gold and Platinum, with some adding Diamond as the highest sales level. Only one country (the UK) measures record sales starting with a Silver level, which is the lowest measure anyone currently uses.
An album will reach Platinum status in the Philippines after 15,000 are sold. This is the limit set by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.
As of Sep. 2 2012 T.I.'s No Mercy Album has sold over 900,000 copies it is certified platinum by the RIAA.
1 million albums must be sold for platinum status A gold album is a music album that has sold a minimum number of copies (in the United States, currently 500,000 sales). Originally applied to LP records, this RIAA certification is now most commonly awarded for compact disc sales. A larger number of sales qualifies for the award of a "platinum album" (in the U.S., currently 1,000,000 sold), or "diamond album" (in the U.S., currently 10,000,000 sold). Similar awards are less commonly quoted for individual recordings (singles), videos, and increasingly for DVDs. In the UK the number of sales needed for gold and platinum status are 300,000 and 600,000
How many album sales does Young Dro have?
Many artists' album sales will rise posthumously. Most recently, Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson have had soaring album sales.
for it to go gold - 500,000 copies has to be soldto go PLATINUM - 1,000,000 copies has to be soldto go diamond - 10,000,000 copies has to be sold
1,000,000.