platinum
plat nuhm
- n a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
- In South Africa, where a platinum album means sales of 50,000 units, kwaito records regularly sell more than 100,000.
- A new nation-building force might be just what the military needs, writes joe Klein In His Next Lifetime After years of platinum hits, Jay-Z says he's retiring from rap.
- Her second, Like a Virgin, which includes five of her own songs, has gone quadruple platinum at 4.