For those who still don't know, a gold disc is a kind of reward that is offered to an artist because a single or an album has reached a certain number of copies worldwide. It is also called certification disk. This bonus is given by an official organization which is responsible for verifying the thresholds to be reached for the number of sales.
Since the creation of these awards, they have been classified under different sales thresholds, albums or singles. However, this kind of bonus is characterized under 4 different discs including silver, gold, platinum, and finally diamond. It should be noted that each nation has its own certification methods regarding the denomination, the specific certification conditions and the sales thresholds. However, these criteria may change over time depending on the market for music records.
The evaluation of an artist for France
In France, it is the SNEP (Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique) and the UPFI (Union of Independent French Phonographic Producers) who certify the artists of the awards for the sale of their products. The first French gold records were officially awarded in 1973. Since then, the certification thresholds have varied greatly depending on the record market. But taking into account the crisis of the record, it turns out that the thresholds have dropped since 2006. From 2016, some rules have changed over time and the evaluation of artists and its products have been done in partnership with GFK (GrowthFromKnowledge). Also, given the considerable evolution of computer technology, the verification bodies have taken streaming into account.
Regarding the method of calculation to reward artists in France, since 2016, the SNEP and its evaluation partners have integrated the number of streaming listens into its calculation base. To do this, they add the number of listens for each title of an album and subtract half of the most listened title, then divide the result obtained by 1,500. The final value obtained is called “equivalent-sales”. This is added to the total number of sales in order to obtain each artist's score for their certification.
The value of the thresholds and the artist who has the most gold records in the world
Regarding the thresholds, since April 25, 2018, following a case of cheating on streaming, the evaluating entities have concluded to take into account only streams that come from a subscriber account. From then on, the DVD sales threshold to have a gold disc is 5,000. For a platinum disc, you must have 10,000. For a 2xPlatinum disc, you need at least 20,000. For a disc 3xPlatinum, the total number of sales of an album must be at the sum of 30,000 and for a diamond disc, it must reach 40,000.
According to "The Guinnes Book of Records", there are only four artists and bands who have sold more than 335,000,000 records worldwide. These artists include Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Madonna. It is important to know that the greatest of all time is Elvis Presley. He is also called King who died on August 16, 1977. For his case, he is the only one to have sold a billion records around the world. The official website of the best artist has stated that 60% of these sales were made in the United States and 40% of them were made by the rest of the world.
Las certificados de ventas en discos de oro platino y double platino el que más tiene es Elvis por mucho que duela que vayan a menphis a su museo y lo verán se pudo a ver echo lo mi con Michael Jackson el rey del pop pero es lamenta que no tenga museo propio.