Word: platinum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comedians when they need the punch line to a bosom joke. She might do a movie or a guest spot on Leno. But mostly, she's been a stately float in the Icon Parade -- the 50-tooth smile encased in antebellum shady-lady couture and a platinum hayloft of hair. Should we expect more of the only woman to have a theme park (Dollywood) named...
Turner and his co-partner, Mark Cerami, have discovered that if you're willing to ignore the heat, controversy translates into cash. Billboard has crowned Priority the industry's "hottest independent label." Priority's dozen rap artists have mined a rich vein of sales, including 13 gold records, 12 platinum and two double-platinum albums. Ice Cube's latest hit, The Predator, entered Billboard's pop and R.-and-B. charts in the No. 1 slots, the first time a rap album debuted at the top of both charts. From a bare-bones crew of three operating...
...Gold and platinum pushed higher in modest trade on the London bullion market with an upbeat, but cautious resumption of US trading after Friday's holiday. Financial Times, July...
Anyone who carries a charge card will take comfort in knowing that credit companies sometimes get socked with whopping bills too. For the American Express Company, makers of the popular green, gold and platinum cards, the latest numbers aren't pretty: $205 million in third-quarter losses. The red ink was the result of large-scale job reductions, severance payouts and other cuts caused by the recession. But contributing to the poor performance was a distinct drop in card use by American travelers, short on cash and intimidated by the high cost of travel abroad...
...Beatles as the most successful group in history, with more than 1 billion disks and tapes sold. McCartney is the most successful songwriter in the history of the U.S. record industry, having penned 32 No. 1 hits, vs. Lennon's 26. McCartney has racked up more gold and platinum disks (75) than any other performer in history. His song Yesterday is the most recorded ever, with more than 2,000 versions...