The reach Every major pop girl's last album went platinum, its just been a slow year for releases. There will be many more platinum albums in the future.
Sam smith is on 720k and still selling around 30k per week after 4 months. With 9 weeks left and December boosts he could very well hit a million in 2014.
Hmm. Adele will, Taylor will next time, some already released albums will, and some big stars will. But tbh in a few years time we may have to deal with this. Time to lower Platinum certification to 500k-700k methinks.