gold record
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He started recording in 1962, then earned his first gold record in 1969 with the single “Little Woman.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 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
With it, the regional rapper scored his only gold record and consequently found mainstream success.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023
White began drumming at nine years old, and featured on his first gold record, Donny Hathaway's Live, at just 16.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2023
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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