Njengoba kunombhalo oyisithenjwa mayelana nemiklomelo ye-Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), ngitshele ukuthi mangaki ama-albhamu okudingeka athengiswe ukuze uthole umklomelo.
Context:E-United States, i-Recording Industry Association of America (i-RIAA) inikeza izitifiketi ezisekelwe enanini lama-albhamu nama-single athengiswa ngokudayisa nakwezinye izimakethe ezisizayo. Amanye amazwe anemiklomelo efanayo (bheka isitifiketi sokuqopha umculo). Isitifiketi asizenzakaleli; ukuze kunikezwe umklomelo, ilebuli yokurekhoda kufanele iqale icele isitifiketi. Ukuhlola kwenziwa ngokumelene nokuthunyelwa okuphelele ngemuva kokubuyiselwa (ngokuvamile isitatimende somculi somculi sisetshenziswa), okubandakanya ama-albhamu athengiswa ngqo kubathengisi nabathengisi, ukuthengiswa okuqondile kubathengi (amakilabhu omculo kanye nokuhlelwa kweposi) nezinye izitolo.  Incazelo neziqu  Umklomelo we-platinum we-albhamu ethi GHV2 kaMadonna I-Gold record ingoma noma i-albhamu ethengisa izingxenye ezingu-500,000 (amarekhodi, amakhasethi, nama-compact disc). Umklomelo wethulwa ngo-1958; ekuqaleni, imfuneko ye-Gold single kwakuyiyunithi eyodwa yezigidi ezithengisiwe futhi i-albhamu yeGold imele u- $ 1 million ekuthengisweni (ngenani lokuthengisa, cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yentengo yohlu). Ngo-1975, kwanezelwa imfuneko eyengeziwe yamayunithi angu-500,000 athengisiwe kuma-albhamu eGold. Ebonisa ukukhula kokuthengiswa kwamarekhodi, kwanezelwa umklomelo wePlatinum ngo-1976, wama-albhamu akwazi ukuthengisa amayunithi ayisigidi, nama-single athengisa amayunithi ayizigidi ezimbili. Umklomelo we-Multi-Platinum wethulwa ngo-1984, okukhombisa ama-albhamu nama-single amaningi asezingeni le-Platinum. Ngo-1989, imingcele yokuthengiswa kwama-single yancishiswa yaba ngu-500,000 weGold no-1,000,000 wePlatinum, okubonisa ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwama-single. Ngo-1992, i-RIAA yaqala ukubala i-disc ngayinye eqoqweni lama-multi-disc njengeyunithi eyodwa ekuqinisekiseni. Ukubonisa ukukhula okwengeziwe ekuthengisweni komculo, umklomelo weDiamond wasungulwa ngo-1999 wama-albhamu noma ama-single athengisa amayunithi ayizigidi eziyishumi. Ngenxa yalezi zinguquko ezindinganisweni, izinga lokuthengiswa elihambisana nomklomelo othile lincike ekutheni lowo mklomelo wenziwa nini.
Kusukela ngo-1989, ingoma noma i-albhamu kwakudingeka idlule umkhawulo wokuthengisa ka-500,000 weGolide no-1,000,000 wePlatinamu. Ngo-1999 ngemuva kokukhula kokuthengiswa komculo, kwethulwa umklomelo weDiamond wezingoma noma ama-albhamu athengiswe ngaphezu kwamayunithi ayi-10.000.000.