The RIAA® Gold® and Platinum® Awards program was launched in 1958 in an effort to create a standard by which to measure sales of a sound recording. In the beginning, there was only a Gold® album award for the sale of 500,000 copies. As the industry grew, other awards were developed. The Platinum® award (1,000,000 sold) was created in 1976 and with the advent of the compact disc and the subsequent increase in sales, the Multi-Platinum™ award was created in 1984. On March 16, 1999, the RIAA® launched the Diamond® Awards, honoring sales of 10 million copies or more of an album or single.
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Fresh Prince:
Artist Title Cert. Date Label Award Desc. Format Category Type
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE HE'S THE DJ, I'M THE RAPPER 05/31/88 JIVE G ALBUM DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE HE'S THE DJ, I'M THE RAPPER 07/21/88 JIVE P ALBUM DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE HE'S THE DJ, I'M THE RAPPER 09/30/88 JIVE M (2) ALBUM DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE ROCK THE HOUSE 12/01/88 JIVE G ALBUM DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE PARENTS JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND 02/24/89 RCA G SINGLE DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE AND IN THIS CORNER ... 01/08/90 JIVE G ALBUM DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE SUMMERTIME 07/18/91 JIVE G SINGLE DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE SUMMERTIME 07/30/91 JIVE P SINGLE DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE HOMEBASE 09/19/91 JIVE P ALBUM DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE HOMEBASE 09/19/91 JIVE G ALBUM DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE RING MY BELL 11/26/91 JIVE G SINGLE DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM 09/17/93 JIVE G SINGLE DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE CODE RED 01/14/94 JIVE G ALBUM DUO Std
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE HE'S THE DJ, I'M THE RAPPER 02/01/95 JIVE M (3) ALBUM DUO Std
Will Smith:
Artist Title Cert. Date Label Award Desc. Format Category Type
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 12/22/97 COLUMBIA P ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 12/22/97 COLUMBIA G ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 04/08/98 COLUMBIA M (2) ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 07/28/98 COLUMBIA M (3) ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 09/29/98 COLUMBIA M (4) ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL GETTIN' JIGGY WITH IT 11/18/98 COLUMBIA G SINGLE SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 02/02/99 COLUMBIA M (5) ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 02/26/99 COLUMBIA M (6) ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL WILD WILD WEST 08/04/99 COLUMBIA G SINGLE SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL WILLENNIUM 12/17/99 COLUMBIA M (2) ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL WILLENNIUM 12/17/99 COLUMBIA P ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL WILLENNIUM 12/17/99 COLUMBIA G ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 01/10/00 COLUMBIA M (8) ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL THE WILL SMITH MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION 04/18/00 COLUMBIA G VIDEO LONGFORM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BIG WILLIE STYLE 07/20/00 COLUMBIA M (9) ALBUM SOLO Std
SMITH, WILL BORN TO REIGN 07/26/02 COLUMBIA G ALBUM SOLO Std