Zvichipiwa rugwaro rwunonongedzera pamusoro pemikomborero yeRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA), ndiudzei kuti marekodhi mangani anofanira kutengeswa kuti awane mubayiro.
Context:MuUnited States, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) inopa zvitupa zvichienderana nenhamba yemaalbamu uye ma singles anotengeswa kuburikidza nemisika yekutengesa uye mimwe misika. Dzimwe nyika dzine mibairo yakafanana (ona chitupa chekurekodha mimhanzi). Chitupa hachingoerekani chaitika; kuti chipo chipiwe, chikwata chokurekodha chinofanira kutanga chikumbira chitupa. Kuongorora kwacho kunoitwa pachishandiswa mari inenge yaendeswa pashure pokunge yadzorerwa (kazhinji kacho chirevo chemubhadharo wemhizha chinoshandiswa), iyo inosanganisira maalbum anotengeswa zvakananga kune vatengesi uye vanongotengesa kamwe chete, vanotengesa zvakananga kune vatengi (makirabhu emimhanzi uye vanotengesa netsamba) uye dzimwe nzvimbo dzekutengesa.  Rondedzero uye zvinodiwa  Mubairo weplatinamu nokuda kwealbum GHV2 yaMadonna Chinyorwa cheGoridhe rwiyo kana kuti dambarefu rinotengesa mazana mashanu ezviuru zvemazana (zvinyorwa, matepi, uye maCD). Mubairo wakatangwa muna 1958; pakutanga, chinodiwa cheGoridhe imwe chete yaive miriyoni imwe yakatengeswa uye dambarefu reGoridhe raimiririra $ 1 miriyoni mukutengesa (pamutengo wekutengesa, chinenge chetatu chemutengo wakanyorwa). Muna 1975, chinodikanwa chokuwedzera chemayuniti 500 000 akatengeswa chakawedzerwa nokuda kwamabhendi eGold. Ichiratidza kukura mukutengesa zvinyorwa, mubairo wePlatinum wakawedzerwa muna 1976, nokuda kwamaalbham anokwanisa kutengesa mamiriyoni maviri, uye ma singles anotengesa mamiriyoni maviri. Mubairo weMulti-Platinum wakatangwa muna 1984, uchireva mazinga akawanda ePlatinum emaalbamu nema singles. Muna 1989, miganhu yekutengesa kwevasina kuroorwa yakaderedzwa kusvika pa500,000 yegoridhe uye 1,000,000 yePlatinum, ichiratidza kuderera kwekutengesa kwevasina kuroorwa. Muna 1992, RIAA yakatanga kuverenga dhisiki rimwe nerimwe riri mumaseti akawanda sedhipatimendi rimwe chete rinotungamira kuchitupa. Zvichiratidzira kuwedzera kwekutengeswa kwemimhanzi, mubairo weDiamond wakatangwa muna 1999 nokuda kwamaalbham kana kuti ma singles anotengesa mamiriyoni gumi. Nemhaka yeiyi shanduko mumitemo, huwandu hwekutengesa hunobatanidzwa nechipo chakati hunoenderana nenguva iyo chipo chakaitwa.
Kubva muna 1989, rwiyo kana kuti dambarefu raifanira kudarika mwero wokutengesa we500,000 nokuda kweGold uye 1,000,000 nokuda kwePlatinum. Muna 1999 pashure pokukura mukutengesa nziyo, mubairo weDiamond wakatangwa nokuda kwenziyo kana kuti marimba akatengeswa anopfuura mauniti 10 000 000.