Album sales nowadays are low and they keep getting lower every year. Obviously, this year has the worst album sales yet. At this rate, will gold end up being the new platinum?

Isn't it already? since anything over a 100k tends to be considered a hit

Unfortunately, yes
People need to start buying albums and stop downloading them illegally, like really.

Single sales will always be 1,000,000 for platinum but album sales I could see going down to 500k or 750k for platinum

No, I think the RIAA will adjust certifications before that happens. As long as the big pop stars are still getting platinum albums I don't see a reason to adjust them yet.

Ikr!! That's not even supporting your favorite artists when you do illegal downloads.

With Adele still around I doubt it

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Yeah, i can see gold being 250k and platinum 500k

its currently around 700k. Beyoncé doing 2m @ $15.99 is like 4x platinum to me.

this album is bigger than anything in her career in term of value since Dangerously In Love

This tbh.

RIAA should've changed Platinum certification to 500k a LONG time ago.

Haven't they already put streaming into certifications? I don't think they'll shift them

It already is...

Either that or Track Equivalent Album sales will be counted.

It needs to be like the british ones. Silver Gold & Platinum

100,000. So Taylor could go Diamond in 1 week.

They've already decreased Platinum in Canada from 100k to 80k

Not sure if it will happen in the US though...

Hopefully never!

No they'll change certifications again just like they did in the mid 2000's