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certified silver, gold, and platinum in turn. An album that becomes
Platinum twice over, for example, an album which has sold 2,000,000 copies in the United States, is said to be "Double Platinum", or sometimes "Multi-Platinum". Since 2013 in the U.S., and 2014 in the UK and Germany, streaming of songs counts towards certification of singles with 150 streams being the equivalent of 1 unit sold. Since February 2016, RIAA includes on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in Gold and Platinum Album Award. The program count both sales and streams for single and album certifications.
386:(IMPALA) was founded in April 2000 to grow the independent music sector and promote independent music in the interests of artistic, entrepreneurial and cultural diversity. IMPALA launched sales awards in 2005 as the first sales awards recognising that success on a pan-European basis begins well before sales reach one million. The award levels are Silver (20,000+), Double Silver (40,000+), Gold (75,000+), Double Gold (150,000+), Diamond (200,000+), Platinum (400,000+) and Double Platinum (800,000+).
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Individual plaque-makers produced their awards according to available materials and techniques employed by their graphic arts departments. The plaques, depending on size and elaborateness of design, cost anywhere between US$ 135 and $ 275, most often ordered and purchased by the record label that
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1192:from the original on 23 September 2017
1129:"Gold & Platinum: Platinum Awards"
396:List of music recording certifications
63:List of music recording certifications
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1083:from the original on 20 January 2022
986:. New York: William Morrow. p.
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3268:Global Recording Artist of the Year
3236:Highest-grossing live music artists
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1317:IFPI Denmark: Guld og platin (2014)
1165:from the original on 9 January 2016
1109:from the original on 9 January 2016
191:At the industry level, in 1958 the
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1380:Kreisler, Lauren (22 June 2014).
1057:from the original on 3 April 2023
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888:from the original on 24 July 2021
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3429:Music recording certifications
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3241:Highest-grossing concert tours
1103:"Story of Gold & Platinum"
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137:Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
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1643:. 12 March 1998. p. 65.
1212:"Goodbye, 2004. Hello, 2005!"
1184:Price, Jeff (28 April 2011).
948:Gold: A Cultural Encyclopedia
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55:Music recording certification
3390:Record production portal
2206:Independent UK record labels
1637:"All That Music is Not Gold"
946:Venable, Shannon L. (2011).
736:List of best-selling singles
312:on 24 February 1976, and to
36:Gold Record (disambiguation)
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3258:Most-attended concert tours
1581:"Certification Definitions"
1384:. Official Charts Company.
1354:. July 2014. Archived from
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1499:"Certification Criteria"
1258:Alex Pham (9 May 2013).
978:Shelton, Robert (1986).
390:Certification thresholds
276:for his arrangement on "
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2154:Disney Music Publishing
1674:Certification of Awards
1525:"History of the Awards"
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3231:Highest-paid musicians
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1611:"Les certifications"
1014:White, Adam (1990).
907:Bret, David (2014).
378:IMPALA certification
294:Catch a Falling Star
207:Victor recording by
164:for being the first
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3329:Largest music deals
3207:Best-selling albums
3040:The Country Network
2819:Irish Singles Chart
2468:Musical instruments
1475:. 1 February 2016.
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808:. 15 January 1982.
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