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silver disc
noun
- (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies Compare gold disc platinum disc
Example Sentences
Tinashe's song has yet to sell the equivalent of 200,000 copies in the UK - the threshold for a silver disc.
Meanwhile, only one of the shortlisted records - The Last Dinner Party's Prelude To Ecstasy - has been popular enough to receive a silver disc, representing 60,000 copies sold in the UK.
To celebrate the anniversary and raise money for community charity Back on Track, Joyce is raffling off the silver disc he received to mark the sale of 60,000 copies of the album.
With sales hit first by the MP3 music file, then by streaming services such as Spotify and Deezer, the silver disc is now seen as unfashionable in many circles.
At the same time, only one British debut album - KSI's Dissimulation - sold the 60,000 copies required to be awarded a silver disc.
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