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Number of records which must be sold to reach Gold status:
500,000
Source: The Wall Street Journal, 6/2/2007
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Year the RIAA formalized the selection criteria for gold status albums:
1958
Before the RIAA formalized the criteria for what constitutes a gold status album - 500,000 copies sold - labels could and would confer gold status to whichever albums they pleased. Platinum status was added in 1976.
Source: The Wall Street Journal, 6/2/2007
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Number of records that must be sold to reach Platinum status:
1 million
Source: The Wall Street Journal, 6/2/2007
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Number of albums certified as Gold or Platinum in 2006:
407
Compared to 976 in 1999 and 515 in 1990.
Source: The Wall Street Journal, 6/2/2007
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