Editing RIAA certification (section)

===Records===
* 500,000 units: Gold album
* 1,000,000 units: Platinum album
* 2,000,000+ (in increments of 1,000,000 thereafter) units: Multi-Platinum album
* 10,000,000 units: Diamond album

Starting from February 1, 2016, each album unit may be one of the following:<ref name="album streams">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/riaa-debuts-album-award-streams/ |title=RIAA Debuts Album Award With Streams |work=RIAA |date=February 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="certification unit">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ALBUM-AWARD-RIAA-AND-GRF-CERTIFICATION-AUDIT-REQUIREMENTS.pdf |title=RIAA and GR&F Certification Audit Requirements RIAA Album Award|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]}}</ref>
# Each permanent digital album or physical album sale;
# 10 tracks from the album downloaded;
# 1,500 on-demand audio or video streams of songs from the album.

====Multi-disc====
Multi-disc albums are counted once for each disc within the album if it is over 100 minutes in length or is from the vinyl era. For example, [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]' ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'' (running time of 121:39) and [[OutKast]]'s ''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]'' (running time of 134:56), both [[double album]]s, were counted twice, meaning each album was certified diamond after 5&nbsp;million copies were shipped. [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Wall]]'' and [[the Beatles]]' ''[[The Beatles (album)|White Album]]'', both vinyl-era, are also counted as double even though their running times are under the minimum requirement. Rules may or may not apply depending on most recent staff within the Distributions position.

====Latin====
{{Anchor|Spanish}}
Since 2000, the RIAA also awards ''Los Premios de Oro y de Platino'' (Gold and Platinum Awards in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]) to [[Latin music (genre)|Latin]] albums, which are defined by the RIAA as a type of product that features at least 51% of content in Spanish.<ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/keystatistics.php?content_selector=research-about|title=About|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=August 12, 2015}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of certifications, showing name and units required<ref name=Spanishlow/><ref name=spanishsingles>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/riaa-updates-latin-gold-platinum-program/|title=RIAA Updates Latin Gold & Platinum Program|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=November 14, 2016|publisher=RIAA|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008110059/http://www.riaa.com/riaa-updates-latin-gold-platinum-program/|archive-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col"| Certification
! scope="col"| Units required<br />(as of December 20, 2013)
! scope="col"| Units required<br />(before December 20, 2013)
|-

! scope="row"| ''Disco de Oro''
| 30,000
| 50,000
|-

! scope="row"| ''Disco de Platino''
| 60,000
| 100,000
|-

! scope="row"| ''Disco de Multi-Platino''
| 120,000
| 200,000
|-

! scope="row"| ''Disco de Diamante''
| 600,000
| 1,000,000
|-
|}

'''Note:''' The number of sales required to qualify for Oro and Platino awards was higher prior to January 1, 2008.<ref name=Spanishlow>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=B5127985-CDB2-C7AD-ADF1-E33023D88A0C|last=Lamy|first=Jonathon|title=Country Takes The Crop|date=February 14, 2008|access-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102061735/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=B5127985-CDB2-C7AD-ADF1-E33023D88A0C|archive-date=November 2, 2013|publisher=RIAA}}</ref> The thresholds were 100,000 units (Oro) and 200,000 units (Platino). All Spanish-language albums certified prior to 2008 were updated to match the current certification at the time.<ref name=Spanishlow/><ref name=Spanish2000>{{cite press release |url= http://riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=9E48CA58-B85D-DE3D-4947-2CB0F2194F64&searchterms=Los%20Premios%20De%20Oro%20y%20Platino&terminclude=&termexact= |title=RIAA Launches 'Los Premios de Oro y De Platino' to Recognize Top Latin Artists|date=January 25, 2000 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=February 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715181238/http://riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=9E48CA58-B85D-DE3D-4947-2CB0F2194F64&searchterms=Los%20Premios%20De%20Oro%20y%20Platino&terminclude=&termexact=|archive-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> "[[La Bomba (Azul Azul song)|La Bomba]]" by Bolivian group [[Azul Azul]] is the only single to receive a Latin certification based on shipments before the creation of the Latin digital singles awards in 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RMEAAAAMBAJ|title=Latin Notas|last=Cobo|first=Leila|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|volume=113|issue=33|page=32|date=August 18, 2001|access-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> The ''Disco de Diamante'' award was introduced after the RIAA updated the thresholds for Latin certifications on December 20, 2013. The ''Disco de Diamante'' is awarded to Latin albums that have been certified 10× Platinum.<ref name = diamante>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-diamante-awards|title=Diamante Awards|publisher=RIAA|access-date=January 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web|title=History of the Awards|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=historyx|website=RIAA|access-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701162808/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=historyx|archive-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref>