RIAA GOLD & PLATINUM AWARDS

Certification	Minimum Units	Date Established
Gold®	500,000	1958
Platinum®	1,000,000	1976
multi-Platinum®	2,000,000 (in increments of 1,000,000 thereafter)	1984
Diamond®	10,000,000 and counting	1999

What is higher than Platinum in music?

These awards, given by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), represent huge sales — 500,000 units for gold, 1 million for platinum, 2 million or more for multiplatinum, and 10 million for diamond.
 

What is the highest award a song can get?

List of certifications

• 500,000 units: Gold album.
• 1,000,000 units: Platinum album.
• 2,000,000+ (in increments of 1,000,000 thereafter) units: Multi-Platinum album.
• 10,000,000 units: Diamond album.

What is the highest rank in music?

The platinum certification was introduced in 1976 for the sale of one million units for albums and two million for singles, with the gold certification redefined to mean sales of 500,000 units for albums and one million for singles.

What’s the highest record plaque?

In the recording industry, the highest honor is receiving a Platinum Record award from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Who has a diamond record?

The RIAA gives diamond certifications to songs that have gone platinum 10 times. Only 97 songs in history have been certified diamond and 19 artists have multiple songs on the list. Bruno Mars has the most with six, followed by Post Malone and Drake with five apiece.
 

Is there a level above Platinum?

Some multiplayer video games feature a hierarchy of players that uses precious metal names to distinguish the various levels of skill, often progressing from Bronze to Silver, to Gold, to Platinum, then to Diamond.

Has Beyonce gone diamond?

For starters, unlike Adele, Taylor Swift or Usher, Beyoncé has no diamond-selling albums (not even her double-album I Am … Sasha Fierce, which would’ve had to sell only 5 million to earn that certification).
 

Who has most diamond albums?

Garth Brooks holds the record for most diamond-certified albums, with nine. Others with three or more albums that have reached diamond status include The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Shania Twain and the Eagles.
 

Does Drake have diamond songs?

Drake’s “God’s Plan” was certified diamond in 2019. The rapper received a second diamond certification in 2020 as a featured artist on Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode,” and a third in 2021 as a featured artist on Future’s “Life Is Good.” He added two more to his total in 2022 for “Hotline Bling” and “One Dance.”

What is higher Platinum or gold in music?

“Going Gold” is the music industry’s parlance for selling 500,000 copies of an album. “Going Platinum” means the album has gone to the next step, doubling the sales to 1 million copies.
 

What is certified diamond in music?

The RIAA gives diamond certifications to songs that have gone platinum 10 times.
 

What is diamond status in music?

The RIAA bestows a diamond award upon those songs that have moved at least 10 million equivalent units, combining actual sales and equivalent units comprised of streams. Older tracks typically sell better, while newer ones benefit from non-stop stream activity.