Platinum Record

The RIAA's four official certification requirements are 500,000 units (Gold), 1 million units (Platinum), 2 million units (Multi-Platinum), and 10 million units (Diamond, a level reached by such royalty as Led Zeppelin, Mariah Carey, Outkast, and Garth Brooks).

Billboard reports the single from the “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse” soundtrack is now 17 times platinum - the equivalent of 17 million copies sold - surpassing Lil Nas X's “Old Time Road,” which was 15x platinum.

RIAA GOLD & PLATINUM CERTIFICATON LEVELS

A platinum certification is awarded when a song or album reaches one million EAUs. Following the RIAA's conversion rates, this translates to between 1.25–3.75 billion streams. Recent Platinum-certified albums include: Purpose by Justin Bieber.

Garth Brooks Garth Brooks has received seven Diamond awards for seven individual albums from the RIAA for selling over ten million units each, a feat only he can claim, and is the No. 1 selling solo artist in U.S. history certified by the RIAA with over 138 million album sales.

1. Elvis Presley. You can't really act surprised when you see Elvis Presley at the top of this list. You know, there's a reason why they called him "The King." You wanted to know who has the most platinum records, and here he is!

These awards, given by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), represent huge sales - 500,000 units for gold, 1 million for platinum, 2 million or more for multiplatinum, and 10 million for diamond.

According to the RIAA, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975), the first album ever to go platinum, has now done so 38 times, meaning it's sold more than 38,000,000 copies.

The RIAA gives diamond certifications to songs that have gone platinum 10 times. Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road" is the most recent song to receive the rare certification. Listen to the complete playlist on Insider's Spotify.

Elvis Presley Elvis Presley is the artist with the most platinum albums.

Elvis Presley Elvis Presley is the artist with the most platinum albums.

Elvis Presley The only audited measure of record sales in the United States is certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Since the RIAA introduced its awards on 14 March 1958, Elvis Presley holds the record for the most platinum certificates for both albums and singles with 82.