Going platinum is selling 1,000,000 albums.
One million copies.
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.
3x platinum
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
181,000 copies in its first week 3rd Platinum album
In the US, 'Platinum' needs 1,000,000 sales
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.
One Million (1,000,000)
well right now he's at 700,000 but something tells me he will be platinum very soon.
His record sales total in the millions. He has god and platinum records over the span of at least 20 plus years. The man is a star whether critics want to admit it or not.
The RIAA has established the benchmark for a Gold Record as the sale of 500,000 units (with 1,000,000 sales being a Platinum Record and 10,000,000 being Diamond).
As of Novemeber 2012 they have had over 250 record sales. 50 VHS sales from 1992- 1998 and over 200 physical and digital downloads afterwards.