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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Forty gold records, 28 platinum and 16 double platinum certifications.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Their indie folk band, The Hypsonics, released a gold record 12 years earlier, but just as their collective music career was about to take flight, Jennifer became pregnant with their now 12-year-old daughter, Stevie (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport).
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Amid towering speakers, gold records, stacks of videotapes, Sony Trinitrons, overflowing ashtrays, and a bar stocked with tequila and a lineup of squat green Dom Pérignon bottles sent over by the labels, the Les Garland Show streamed.
—Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
Today, the gold record is in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Their indie folk band, The Hypsonics, released a gold record 12 years earlier, but just as their collective music career was about to take flight, Jennifer became pregnant with their now 12-year-old daughter, Stevie (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport).
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Amid towering speakers, gold records, stacks of videotapes, Sony Trinitrons, overflowing ashtrays, and a bar stocked with tequila and a lineup of squat green Dom Pérignon bottles sent over by the labels, the Les Garland Show streamed.
—Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
Today, the gold record is in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Gold record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20record. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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