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go gold

(of an audio recording) To sell enough copies to achieve "gold" status. (The necessary total varies from country to country.) Our band had much more clout with the record label once our album went gold.
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go gold

(of a recording) achieve sales meriting a gold disc.
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The title track, a cover of a Hank Williams classic, earned the band a spot on the Top 40 charts, and the album went gold.
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A second album, utilizing African rhythms and pop melodies, went gold in Portugal.
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Her debut album, 1995's Tails, went gold and Top 30 and spun off the Top 20 hit "Do You Sleep?
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st of Ed Sheeran knows a hit when he hears one, so he snapped up Devon's Jamie Lawson to be the first signing his Gingerbread Man label, and in no time, Jamie's tearjerker Wasn't Expecting That went gold and earned him an Novello award.
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The new album was released on the continent and went gold and platinum.
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Before its next album, the Dru was heard on the soundtrack to "Def Jam's How To Be A Player" with "Big Bad Mamma," a #10 R&B hit from Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill, and the soundtrack to "Soul Food" with the Babyface-penned "We're Not Making Love No More," a #2 R&B/Top 15 Pop hit that also went gold.
Dru Hill's ``Hits,'' Hip-Hop Group's First ``Best Of'' Collection, Features Four #1 R&B Smashes -- ``In My Bed,'' ``Never Make a Promise,'' ``How Deep is Your Love'' and Sisqo's ``Incomplete''
Their own career saw a resurgence in 1984 with Solid, which went gold and produced the number one "SOLID" (number 12 on the pop charts), "Outta the World," and "Babies.
The Royal Entertainment Group, a Subsidiary of IBAC Corporation, Announces Its First Concert Event at the Pine Bluff Convention Center Auditorium the Legendary Singing and Song Writing Team of Ashford & Simpson on Saturday May 28, 2005
He released around 80 albums, 24 of which went gold.
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He announced that his new album, ``Room for Squares,'' went gold (half-million copies sold) on Wednesday and then joked that he's been gold on Napster for quite a while, referring to the Internet's free music-downloading service.
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Produced by Tom Dowd in a relaxed Miami atmosphere, the album went gold and hit #1 on the charts.
Two-CD Deluxe Edition Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Eric Clapton's Classic 1974 Solo Album 461 Ocean Boulevard; Double CD Edition Features Previously Unreleased Live Recordings
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