RIAA certification

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of sales albums and singles have made. (Some other countries have similar schemes. See Gold album.) Certification is not automatic; for an award to be made, the record label must pay a fee to have the sales of the recording audited.

Related Topics:
United States - Recording Industry Association of America - Album - Singles - Gold album - Record label

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• RIAA Certification of 100,000 units: Oro album.
• RIAA Certification of 200,000 units: Platino album.
• RIAA Certification of 400,000 units: Multi-Platino album.
• RIAA Certification of 500,000 units: Gold record & Gold album.
• RIAA Certification of 1,000,000 units: Platinum album.
• RIAA Certification of 10,000,000 units: Diamond album.

The Oro, Platino, and Multi-Platino certifications are given only to recordings of which over 50% of the content is in the Spanish language. http://www.riaa.com/gp/lospremios/default.asp

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Multi-disc albums get counted once for each disc within the album http://www.riaa.com/gp/certification/criteria.asp.

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The best-selling album of all time is The Eagles' Greatest Hits, which has gone 28 times platinum, meaning it has sold 28 million copies.

Related Topics:
The Eagles - Greatest Hits

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