platinum disc

British

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

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2019

Since it was established in 2008, all but one winner has scored a platinum disc for their debut album.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2016

A: I received a platinum disc from my work on the reissue of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” album.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2015

It may be a while longer before Menswear get that elusive platinum disc.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2012

Edison introduced the first successful microphone transmitter, in which a small platinum disc connected to the diaphragm pressed with varying force against a disc of carbon, each disc forming part of the circuit.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald

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