Talk:Gold album
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Hmmmm. The RIAA certification page is a great idea, but it wasn't a replacement for this one. Other countries have gold albums too! I'm finding out exactly what the standards are for gold in Australia. Andrewa 12:40, 31 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Doesn't Platinum indicate 1 million, and Gold 500,000 across the world? And why is this page located at Gold album and not Platinum album. I tried to fix this by moving the page to RIAA certification, which is a good page, but too US-centric. Maybe record rankings or something like that? Lypheklub 17:46, Aug 31, 2003 (UTC)
- Hmmmm. I'm inclined to leave Gold album as a head word (that's what it's called in a dictionary, not sure what the technical name is in an encyclopedia). It's the natural place people will look if they want information about awards. Many people who don't even know that the RIAA even exists use the term "Gold album" in everyday speech, never bothering to think about the infrastructure that must be behind it. A redirect is IMO a little off-putting under those circumstances, we are essentially telling the reader "Daddy knows best" which isn't very welcoming. They know what question they have asked. I'd like to answer them as affirmingly as possible.
- I'm checking my facts on the meaning of "Gold album" etc, but no, I don't think it does mean that at all. Certainly it wasn't the case a few years ago. That's why I wrote what I did in the original article. Watch this space. Andrewa 20:56, 31 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Even if we don't redirect Gold album to RIAA certification, i think it is all right to say platinum is 1 mil. and gold is 500k. That's rudimentary information all over the world. -- Lypheklub 20:59, Aug 31, 2003 (UTC)
- What is the source of your information? In Australia, Gold is 35,000 acording to the certification body ARIA, see http://www.aria.com.au/accredindex.htm for my source. You may not agree with these standards, but that's irrelevant. Andrewa 00:09, 1 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Early "Gold Album" Standard
The first RIAA gold album standard was for $1,000,000 worth of albums sold. I would imagine that this is the first standard set in 1958. At the time, most record sales were 45 RPM singles, which were often under fifty cents; 33 RPM albums were often $3.00 - $5.00 and generally sold well only if an artist and several songs on the album became fairly popular.
Rlquall 13:16, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)