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gold record

British  

noun

  1. a former name for gold disc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Martindale, who received a gold record for the recording, performed the piece on Ed Sullivan’s popular Sunday-night variety show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

The group has been defiant and prolific, producing 15 full-length albums — one gold record, “Punk in Drublic,” among them — 17 EPs and countless seven-inch records.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

“I Do, I Do” provided his biggest hit single, “My Cup Runneth Over,” a gold record winner in 1967.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2023

It would be the first of his two holiday-themed albums and would spend four weeks at No. 1, earning gold record status when sales topped $1 million.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2022

The same can be said of the novel after the best-seller, the album that follows the gold record, or the proverbial sophomore jinx.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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