Why The Definition Of A Platinum Album Needs To Change In 2015

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When Taylor Swift released new album1989this fall, the most remarkable factwasn’t its first-week sales of 1.3 million–the first platinum debut for any artist since the last time she did it withRed–but that it was the only platinum album, period, by a solo act to that point in 2014.

As much asthe episode illustrates Swift’s tremendous success, it also underscores the need to change the definition of pl...