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According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), these are the sales needed for a release to be certified:
                                    GOLD      PLATINUM
Single                           500,000     1 million     
EP                                500,000     1 million     
Album                           500,000     1 million     
Multi-disc set                 500,000     1 million     
Music video single             25,000      50,000     
Long form video                50,000     100,000     
Multi-box video                 50,000     100,000     



Eric has received 10 gold awards for KISS recordings and one for non-KISS recordings

Eric has received four platinum awrds for KISS recordings and one for non-KISS recordings

Eric has received one double platinum award for a KISS recording

Eric has received four gold awards for KISS long-form videos

Eric has received three platinum awards for KISS long-form videos

Lightning

  • No awards issued
Unmasked
  • Certified gold, July 30, 1980
The Elder
  • No award issued
Creatures of the Night
  • Certified gold, May 9, 1994
Cuts Like a Knife (Bryan Adams)
  • Certified gold, May 31, 1983
  • Certified platinum, August 17, 1983
Lick It Up
  • Ceretified gold, December 22, 1983
  • Certified platinum, December 9, 1990
Animalize
  • Certified gold, December 3, 1984
  • Certified platinum, Decembr 12, 1984
Animalize, Live & Uncensored
  • Certified gold, February 12, 1986
  • Certified platinum, October 1, 1987
W.O.W. (Wendy O.Williams)
  • No award issued
Asylum
  • Certified gold, November 13, 1985
KISS Exposed
  • Certified gold, July 23, 1987
  • Certified platinum, October 1, 1987
Frehley's Comet (Ace Frehley)
  • No award issued
Crazy Nights
  • Certified gold, November 17, 1987
  • Certified platinum, February 18, 1988
Crazy Nights video
  • Certified gold, March 29, 1991
Live +1(Frehley's Comet)
  • No award issued
Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
  • Certified gold, February 1, 1989
  • Certified platinum, February 1, 1989
  • Certified double platinum, February 26, 1996
Hot in the Shade
  • Certified gold, December 20, 1989
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
  • No award issued
Revenge
  • Certifed gold, July 20, 1992
X-treme Close-Up
  • Certified gold, October 23, 1992
  • Certified platinum, June 6, 1995
The Rockheads
  • No award issued
Rockology
  • No award issued
KISS - The Box Set
  • Certified gold, December 18, 2001
20th Century Masters - DVD Collection
  • Certified gold, September 21, 2004
KISSology 2
  • Cerified gold, October 25, 2007
  • Certified platinum, October 25, 2007
  • Certified six times platinum, October 25, 2007

Statistics correct as of March 1, 2010
Source: www.riaa.com

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