Gold and platinum discs are a common way of measuring success in the music industry. These are awarded once a record surpasses certain sales or consumption levels. Gold and Platinum USA lists every gold and platinum record awarded in the United States. This volume covers albums.

Gold and platinum discs are a common way of measuring success in the music industry. These are awarded once a record surpasses certain sales or consumption levels. Gold and Platinum USA lists every gold and platinum record awarded in the United States. This volume covers singles.

Gold and platinum discs are a common way of measuring success in the music industry. These are awarded once a record surpasses certain sales or consumption levels. Gold and Platinum USA lists every gold and platinum record awarded in the United States. This volume covers music videos.

Identifies every recording artist in the 20th-century whose music has been certified as gold or platinum.

A comprehensive, chronological listing of the Top Ten albums in the U.S. and the U.K., from 1960 through the present day, includes monthly charts, accompanied by photographs, information on the albums, and artist trivia. Original. IP.

To create this book, Moy has drawn on a lifetime of interest in coins and precious metals, leading up to his 2006 confirmation as director of the U.S. Mint. Under his tenure, demand for American gold bullion coins multiplied more than fivefold, from less than 330,000 ounces in 2007 to 1,800,000-plus ounces in 2009, and counting. The U.S. Mint went from a major producer to the world's largest producer of gold, silver, and platinum coins, with bullion coins accounting for the majority of the Mint's revenues.

Much recent economic work on the music industry has been focused on the impact of technology on demand, with predictions being made of digital copyright infringement leading to the demise of the industry. In fact, there have always been profound cyclical swings in music media sales owing to the fact that music always has been, and continues to be, a discretionary purchase. This entertaining and accessible book offers an analysis of the production and consumption of music from a social economics approach. Locating music within the economic analysis of social behaviour, this books guides the reader through issues relating to production, supply, consumption and trends, wider considerations such as the international trade in music, and in particular through divisions of age, race and gender. Providing an engaging overview of this fascinating topic, this book will be of interest and relevance to students and scholars of cultural economics, management, musicology, cultural studies and those with an interest in the music industry more generally.