what does it mean when a cd goes platinum?

Question

what does it mean when a cd goes platinum?

Answer 1

A platinum album/single is a certification awarded to a recording by the music industry based on a minimum number of copies sold (the number varies). In the United States, a platinum disc is an award for 1 million copies sold.

Answer 2

It sells one million copies. When a CD goes Gold, that means was sold 500,000 times. After platinum, CD's can go multi-platinum, and once they sell 10 million units, they are certified diamond. All of these rules and created by the RIAA, or the Recording Industry Association of America. This is only for albums. Singles have a different way of being categorized. Normal singles have the same number of units to be called gold (500,000), platinum (one million) or diamond (10 million). Digital singles, or singles sold off of iTunes or Rhapsody have the same names, but different amount of units sold. Gold (100,000 downloaded), platinum (200,000 downloaded), and multi-platinum (400,000 downloaded.)