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What Is a Gold Record These Days?

May 19, 2009
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There was a time when a "Gold Record" meant that you had sold a certain number of vinyl albums. Of course, that has changed. I was curious what it means in this digital age.

These awards from the Recording Industry Association of America now include other music formats.

GOLD means 100,000 Internet downloads or 500,000 albums, CDs, ringtones or singles. (Do they still make singles?)

PLATINUM means 200,000 Internet downloads or 1,000,000 albums, CDs, ringtones or singles.

Multiplatinum 400,000 Internet downloads or 2,000,000 albums, CDs, ringtones or singles.

DIAMOND means 10,000,000 albums, CDs, or singles - No ringtones or downloads. I'm OK with no ringtones, but downloads seems a pretty legitimate format by now.