platinum disc

noun

1. (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
2. (in the US) an album or single certified to have sold one million copies Compare gold disc silver disc

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In the albums market, none of the year's new releases were popular enough to be awarded a platinum disc, representing 300,000 sales.

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Only one British album released since the start of 2020, Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia, has sold the 300,000 copies required to be awarded a platinum disc.

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They sold more than 35 million albums and were awarded the world's first ever platinum disc for their LP Wheels of Fire.

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Freya Ridings' single Lost Without You won a platinum disc last summer after soundtracking a pivotal moment in the villa.

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What I think is a platinum disc turns out to be a 22-times platinum disc: “To commemorate the sale of more than 22 million copies of the album The Wall.”