gold record
noun
: a gold phonograph record awarded to a singer or group whose single record or album has sold at least 500,000 copies
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Gold and diamond With the rise of streaming and decline in sales of physical copies, the recording industry has modified its criteria for gold record status.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Federal agents seized his ranch, recording studio, instruments, sound equipment, gold records and more.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 23 Dec. 2025
Max’s late father, a music executive, left behind walls filled with gold records, while his mother, Annie Bassin, remembers strapping headphones to her belly while pregnant.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
Forty gold records, 28 platinum and 16 double platinum certifications.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Federal agents seized his ranch, recording studio, instruments, sound equipment, gold records and more.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 23 Dec. 2025
Max’s late father, a music executive, left behind walls filled with gold records, while his mother, Annie Bassin, remembers strapping headphones to her belly while pregnant.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
Forty gold records, 28 platinum and 16 double platinum certifications.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Gold record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20record. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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