2.5 MILLION COPIES
This is NOT correct at all. Doesn't anyone check these answers? RIAA certification is as follows:
Currently, the RIAA certification criteria for albums are:
As you can see "platinum" is NOT "2.5 million" copies.
One million copies.
It's difficult to say, but various complations, greatest hits albums, original studio albums, and live albums amount to something like 450 albums released in the USA. However not all did well, and many haven't been certified yet due to lack of sales data because sales was not always accurately tracked in the 50's, 60's and 70's. However he is certified for about 81 albums, 81 Gold and a heap of platinum status albums.
(sales of 1,000,000 units, U.S. only) The Essential 2x Platinum, Piano Man 4x Platinum, Streetlife Serenade 1x Platinum, Turnstiles 1x Platinum, The Stranger 9x Platinum, 52nd Street 7x Platinum, Glass Houses 7x Platinum, Songs In The Attic 3x Platinum, An Innocent Man 7x Platinum, Greatest Hits Volume I and Volume II 20x Platinum, The Bridge 2x Platinum, Kohuept 1x Platinum, Storm Front 4x Platinum, River of Dreams 5x Platinum, Greatest Hits Volume III 1x Platinum, Complete Hits Collection 1x Platinum (16/sixteen) From: http://www.billyjoel.com/biography
U.S. sales: 227,000
Probably around 6 to 7 million copies if you include the sales from all the other countries around the world where the song didn't receive a "Gold" or "Platinum" certification.Real, certified, and provable sales are below:Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA)[25]Platinum 70,000^ Canada (Music Canada)[26]2× Platinum 200,000^ France (SNEP)[27]Platinum 1,086,000[28]New Zealand (RIANZ)[29]Gold 7,500* United Kingdom (BPI)[30]Gold 500,000^ United States (RIAA)[31]Platinum+Gold+Gold (MT) 3,700,000+[32]Total available sales: 5,563,500 *sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alone
Going platinum is selling 1,000,000 albums.
In the US, 'Platinum' needs 1,000,000 sales
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.
100,000 are required in order to become a platinum contributor.
maybe am sales recognise viewing through how many it hasn't from before when it wont have so many
It's difficult to say, but various complations, greatest hits albums, original studio albums, and live albums amount to something like 450 albums released in the USA. However not all did well, and many haven't been certified yet due to lack of sales data because sales was not always accurately tracked in the 50's, 60's and 70's. However he is certified for about 81 albums, 81 Gold and a heap of platinum status albums.
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
Platinum has 78 of each. Plutonium has 94 of each. There is no "platanium".
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