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37-726: Born in 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas , Johnny Cash is one of the bestselling recording artists of all time. Throughout his lifetime, he wrote and recorded music in a lot of different styles, including country , rockabilly , gospel , blues , and rock and roll , and he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , the Gospel Music Hall of Fame , the Country Music Hall of Fame , the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame , and

74-600: A green screen to take photos with Cash to take home. The site is wheelchair accessible. Group tour options are available. The Johnny Cash Museum does not own or operate any downtown parking but various nearby lots and garages are available. The Johnny Cash Museum chronicles Cash's life, from his early years and Air Force career to his personal life and music career, including memorabilia from his famous prison concerts. Exhibits are arranged in chronological order, with more than 1,000 artifacts on display, consisting of personal items, memorabilia, and interactive exhibits. One example

111-526: A " Uranium disc" granted by Hispavox and SGAE in 1980, Luis Miguel received in 1999 a " Lapislazuli disc" for his sales of over 1.7 million in Chile, and Luis Fonsi received the " Plutonium disc" from Universal Music Group recognizing the global sales of " Despacito " in 2017. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) was founded in 1933, and since 1996, has granted

148-607: A pair of glasses worn by Roy Orbison, a microphone used by Elvis Presley, and the drum set belonging to WS "Fluke" Holland – Cash's friend and drummer for 40 years. (The set was also the first full drum set used on the Grand Ole Opry stage.) Visitors can play video footage of Cash's collaborations with other legendary performers. An exhibit that focuses on his TV and movie career includes clips of Cash hosting his own variety show, clips of his appearances on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Hee Haw , and various props and costumes from

185-557: A world class collection." Additional published recognition by media sources include: Kingsland, Arkansas Kingsland , officially the City of Kingsland , is a small city in Cleveland County , south central Arkansas , United States. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area , and had a population of 447 at the 2010 U.S. census . It is known as

222-487: Is #5 on U.S. News & World Report's list of "Best Things to Do in Nashville" and is rated a kid-friendly site by Nashville Parent magazine. Additionally, the museum was on TripAdvisor's list of Top 25 Trending U.S. Attractions for Summer 2017 and also its list of Top 10 Trending U.S. Attractions for Fall 2017. Conde Nast Traveler (Worldwide) rates it the #1 Must Visit Museum for Music Lovers, and Forbes calls it

259-517: Is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications ). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials ( gold , platinum and diamond ). The threshold required for these awards depends upon

296-523: Is one of only six attractions in Nashville to earn a AAA Gem rating, and both National Geographic and Forbes rank it near the top of their lists for travel destinations. The museum has now been open for a decade and continues to welcome guests from all over the world. The Johnny Cash Museum was voted the Best Music Museum in the US in 2023 by USA Today/10 Best Reader's Choice Travel Awards. The museum

333-505: Is the "Progression of Sound" exhibit, which focuses on Cash's crossovers into different styles and genres of music on various types of recording media, including LPs , 8-tracks , and CDs . Another section focuses on Sun Records , the Memphis label that helped launch Cash's career – along with the careers of Elvis Presley , Jerry Lee Lewis , Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins . Besides items belonging to Cash, other items in this section include

370-844: The Memphis Music Hall of Fame . His trademark nickname – Man in Black – came from the signature all-black wardrobe he wore for performances. The original museum honoring the star – known as House of Cash – was in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The House of Cash had been closed for many years and had fallen into a state of disrepair, and appeared in Cash's music video " Hurt ". Cash's lakeside home in Hendersonville, that he lived in from 1968 until his death, burned in an accidental fire during renovations in 2007. Shannon and Bill Miller – personal friends of Cash – used their personal collection of memorabilia to found

407-499: The Recording Industry Association of America introduced its gold record award program for records of any kind, albums or singles , which achieved one million dollars in retail sales. These sales were restricted to U.S.-based record companies and did not include exports to other countries. For albums in 1968, this would mean shipping approximately 670,000 units; for singles the number would be 1,000,000. In 1976,

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444-452: The #1 Must See Nashville Destination. It is the #1 Pitch Perfect Museum according to National Geographic (Worldwide) and is one of the Top 10 Best Attractions in Nashville according to USA Today . Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore – a Tennessee native – called it a "world-class museum, a major tourist attraction, and a major tourist destination for the millions of people that love Johnny Cash –

481-577: The Great Depression to parents who were poor cotton farmers. The family moved when he was three. Cash returned to the town in March 1994, for the dedication of the new post office named in his honor. In May 2003, the 63-year-old main building at the Kingsland School was destroyed by fire. Damages were estimated to be over $ 2.1 million. The building's old pine, along with the varnish on the floors, oil on

518-630: The IFPI Platinum Europe Award for album sales over one million within Europe and (as of October 2009) the Middle East. Multi-platinum Europe Awards are presented for sales in subsequent multiples of one million. Eligibility is unaffected by time (from date of release), and is not restricted to European-based artists. The Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA) was founded in April 2000 to grow

555-449: The Line " – was put on display after being recovered from a European collector. The record is now certified double platinum . The final exhibit near the exit of the museum plays the music video for " Hurt " – Cash's cover of the popular Nine Inch Nails song and his final music video . The Johnny Cash Museum has received recognition from various travel-based organizations since its opening. It

592-531: The RIAA certified its first gold record, Perry Como 's hit single " Catch a Falling Star ". The Oklahoma! soundtrack was certified as the first gold album four months later. In 1976, RIAA introduced the platinum certification, first awarded to the Eagles compilation album Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) on 24 February 1976, and to Johnnie Taylor 's single " Disco Lady " on 22 April 1976. As music sales increased with

629-548: The RIAA introduced the platinum certification for the sale of one million units for albums and two million for singles, with the gold certification redefined for sales of 500,000 units for albums and one million for singles. No album was certified platinum prior to this year. The 1958 RCA Victor recording by Van Cliburn of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto would eventually be awarded a platinum citation, but this did not occur until two decades after its release. In 1999,

666-538: The US since 2013, and the UK and Germany since 2014. In the US and Germany, video streaming services like YouTube, VEVO , and Yahoo! Music also began to be counted towards the certification, in both cases using the formula of 100 streams being equivalent to one download. Other countries, such as Denmark and Spain, maintain separate awards for digital download singles and streaming. Other recording artists have received special and symbolic recognitions, including Raphael with

703-460: The United States, United Kingdom, Canada and France. The numbers in the tables are in terms of "units", where a unit represents one sale or one shipment of a given medium. Certification is often awarded cumulatively, and it is possible for one release to be certified silver, gold, and platinum in turn. An album that becomes Platinum twice over, for example, an album which has sold 2,000,000 copies in

740-592: The United States, is said to be "Double Platinum", or sometimes "Multi-Platinum". Since 2013 in the U.S., and 2014 in the UK and Germany, streaming of songs counts towards certification of singles with 150 streams being the equivalent of 1 unit sold. Since February 2016, RIAA includes on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in Gold and Platinum Album Award. The program count both sales and streams for single and album certifications. The plaques themselves contain various items under

777-548: The actual final retail sales figures. This became much less common once the majority of retail sales became paid digital downloads and digital streaming. In most countries, certifications no longer apply solely to physical media but now also include sales awards recognizing digital downloads (in the US and UK since 2004). In June 2006, the RIAA also certified the ringtone downloads of songs. Streaming from on-demand services such as Apple Music , Spotify , Tidal and Napster has been included into existing digital certification in

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814-422: The age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.20. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.96% under

851-401: The age of 18, 5.82% from 20 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 49, 20.81% from 50 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. There were 228 females and 219 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 20,536, and the median income for a family was $ 28,958. Males had a median income of $ 26,667 versus $ 16,250 for females. The per capita income for the town

888-599: The birthplace of musician Johnny Cash . His parents had a cotton farm there. In 1890 a two-story building was adapted for Kingsland's first public school. A new school was built in 1940 during the Great Depression as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects initiated by the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Country singer Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland in 1932 during

925-611: The current Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville. The museum opened to the public in 2013 with the restored original House of Cash sign as one of its exhibits. The museum is located in the busy South of Broadway (SoBro) neighborhood, in the heart of downtown Nashville at 119 3rd Ave S. It is open daily (except Thanksgiving and Christmas ) and charges admission for anyone 6 years and older. A museum expansion took place in 2016 to add interactive exhibits, such as technology centers to create mixes of Cash's songs and listen to covers of his music by dozens of artists. Visitors can also pose in front of

962-485: The diamond certification was introduced for sales of ten million units. In the late 1980s, the certification thresholds for singles were dropped to match that of albums. The first official designation of a "gold record" by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was established for singles in 1958, and the RIAA also trademarked the term "gold record" in the United States. On 14 March 1958,

999-672: The glass. Modern awards often use CDs instead of records. Most gold and platinum records are actually vinyl records which have been vacuum metallized and tinted, while trimmed and plated metal "masters", "mothers", or "stampers" (metal parts used for pressing records out of vinyl) were initially used. The music in the grooves on the record may not match the actual recording being awarded. Individual plaque-makers produced their awards according to available materials and techniques employed by their graphic arts departments. The plaques, depending on size and elaborateness of design, cost anywhere between US$ 135 and $ 275, most often ordered and purchased by

1036-425: The gold records awarded in 1956 by RCA Victor to Harry Belafonte for his album Calypso for being the first LP record album to sell more than one million copies and Elvis Presley for one million units sold of his RCA Victor single " Don't Be Cruel ". Also in 1956, Decca 's presented a gold record award to Jerry Lewis for the single " Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody ". At the industry level, in 1958

1073-501: The independent music sector and promote independent music in the interests of artistic, entrepreneurial and cultural diversity. IMPALA launched sales awards in 2005 as the first sales awards recognising that success on a pan-European basis begins well before sales reach one million. The award levels are Silver (20,000+), Double Silver (40,000+), Gold (75,000+), Double Gold (150,000+), Diamond (200,000+), Platinum (400,000+) and Double Platinum (800,000+). Below are certification thresholds for

1110-501: The introduction of compact discs, the RIAA created the Multi-Platinum award in 1984. Diamond awards, honoring those artists whose sales of singles or albums reached 10,000,000 copies, were introduced in 1999. In the 20th century, and for a part of the first decade of the 21st, it was common for distributors to claim certifications based on their shipments – wholesale to retail outlets – which led to many certifications which outstripped

1147-487: The movie Walk the Line as well as several of Cash's movies. Movie and show posters are also on display. According to Cash's family, he used a folded dollar bill threaded through the strings of his guitar to mimic a percussion sound in the years before he had a drummer. That Martin guitar – with the dollar bill still threaded through the strings – is on display at the museum along with numerous other artifacts, including: In May 2018, Cash's first gold record – " I Walk

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1184-526: The population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater than others, may exist for different music media (for example: videos versus albums, singles, or music download ). The original gold and silver record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize their sales achievements. The first silver disc

1221-466: The town. The population density was 401.4 inhabitants per square mile (155.0/km ). There were 211 housing units at an average density of 188.6 per square mile (72.8/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 63.98% White , 32.89% Black or African American , 0.22% Native American , 0.45% Asian , and 2.46% from two or more races. None of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 219 households, out of which 29.9% had children under

1258-492: The wood inside, and a gas heating system all contributed to the fierce blaze. Later, the fire was found to have resulted from arson. Two suspects, including a firefighter, were subsequently arrested. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km ), all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 447 people, 177 households, and 121 families residing in

1295-481: Was $ 9,500. About 28.0% of families and 33.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 42.9% of those under age 18 and 26.1% of those age 65 or over. Public education for elementary and secondary school students is provided by the Cleveland County School District , which includes students attending Kingsland Elementary School prior to graduating from Rison High School . The district

1332-478: Was awarded by Regal Zonophone to George Formby in December 1937 for sales of 100,000 copies of " The Window Cleaner ". The first literal gold record award was presented to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra by RCA Victor (for subsidiary label Bluebird Records ) on February 10, 1942, celebrating the sale of 1.2 million copies of the single, " Chattanooga Choo Choo ". Further examples of company awards are

1369-645: Was established by the July 1, 2004, consolidation of the Kingsland School District and the Rison School District . Kingsland High School closed in 2004. The film Come Morning (2011) featured Kingsland as its setting. Except for one scene filmed in New Edinburg, Arkansas , the rest of the film was shot entirely in Kingsland. Music recording certification Music recording certification

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