platinum record

noun

: a platinum phonograph record awarded to a singer or group whose album has sold at least one million copies compare gold record

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Off the strength of that song, their debut album would then become the first platinum record for a female rap group. Joe Kwaczala, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025 There are T-shirts and turntables for sale, and the walls are covered with music posters and platinum record awards. Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024 In the 15-second preview, Elliott is chilling at the studio surrounded by platinum record plaques (holding a bag of Doritos, of course) when her phone rings with a call she’s been waiting for. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2023 During Twain’s performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden in July, Kotb came on stage to gift the superstar a double diamond platinum record of her 1997 breakthrough album Come on Over, which is now the highest-selling album by a female artist in country-music history. Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for platinum record

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First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of platinum record was in 1978

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“Platinum record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platinum%20record. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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platinum record

noun
: a platinum phonograph record awarded to a singer or group whose album has sold at least one million copies
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