Platinum (disambiguation)
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Platinum may refer to:
Precious metals:
Music:
In entertainment:
Ships:
Other uses:
Precious metals:
- PlatinumPlatinumPlatinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
, the chemical element:- Platinum groupPlatinum groupThe platinum group metals is a term used sometimes to collectively refer to six metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table.These elements are all transition metals, lying in the d-block .The six...
, a collective name used for six chemical elements in the periodic table
- Platinum group
Music:
- Platinum, a music recording sales certificationMusic recording sales certificationMusic recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
that an album or single has sold a minimum number of copies - Platinum (Mike Oldfield album), a 1979 music album by Mike Oldfield
- Platinum (Casiopea album)Platinum (Casiopea album)-CD Track listing:-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Djavan - Vocal on A4*Background Vocal on A2, A5, B1 - Cedric Samson, Dina Miller, Amanda Blue, Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki*Background Vocal on A1 - Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki...
- Platinum (Dean Miller album)Platinum (Dean Miller album)Platinum is the title of the third studio album recorded, but only the second to be released, by American country music artist Dean Miller. It was released in 2005 on Koch Records. It followed an unreleased second album, Just Me, which he recorded in 2002 for Universal South Records...
- Platinum, a song by Snoop DoggSnoop DoggCalvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
. - Platinum (musical)Platinum (musical)Platinum is a musical with a book by Will Holt and Bruce Vilanch, music by Gary William Friedman, and lyrics by Holt. Set in a Hollywood recording studio, it centers on Lila Halliday, a star of 1940s and 50s movie musicals who is attempting a comeback...
, a 1979 Broadway musical - Platinum (quartet)Platinum (quartet)Platinum is a barbershop quartet, created in 1998 and the 2000 SPEBSQSA international quartet champions. They are famous for their long posts , particularly in their adaptation of the song Be Our Guest and in Clay Hine's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne, which is on Platinum's CD of the same...
, a championship barbershop quartet
In entertainment:
- Platinum Games, a Japan-based independent video game development company
- Pokémon PlatinumPokémon Platinumis a title in the Pokémon series of video games. It was developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is an enhanced remake of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in the same vein as Pokémon Yellow, Crystal, and Emerald were for their respective games...
, the third installation of the fourth generation of Pokémon - Platinum RangePlatinum rangeThe Platinum Range is a Sony PlayStation budget range in the PAL regions, notably Europe , Australia, New Zealand, India, and Africa...
, a budget package of PlayStation games - Platinum, one of the Metal MenMetal MenThe Metal Men are fictional characters that appear in comic books published by DC Comics. The characters first appeared in Showcase #37 and were created by writer Robert Kanigher and penciller Ross Andru...
, a comic book superhero group - Platinum (TV series)Platinum (TV series)Platinum is an American television series which aired on UPN in 2003.-Synopsis:Platinum is a family saga that follows two brothers who own and operate a record company called "Sweatback Entertainment" in the competitive world of rap and hip-hop...
, a short-lived 2003 television series on the UPN network - Platinum (film), a 1997 TV film featuring Maxim RoyMaxim RoyMaxim Roy is a Canadian actress from Quebec .-Career:Roy has worked in theater, film and television. Her breakthrough was the lead in a thirteen-episode TV series Au nom du Pere et du Fils. She then went on to do the sequel, Le Sorcier. She appeared in Love & Human Remains and in the television...
Ships:
- Platinum, a former name of the cruise ship MV Discovery
- Platinum, a former name of the private yacht DubaiDubai (yacht)Dubai is the name of a yacht currently owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai and the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates...
Other uses:
- Platinum, AlaskaPlatinum, AlaskaPlatinum is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 41 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Platinum is located at .-History:...
, a city - Platinum (color)Platinum (color)Platinum is a color that is the metallic tint of pale greyish-white resembling the metal platinum.The first recorded use of platinum as a color name in English was in 1918.-Platinum in human culture:2011 U.S. debt ceiling crisis...
, a greyish-white color - Platinum (theme), a user interface theme used in Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9
- Platinum Asset Management, the funds management business of Kerr NeilsonKerr NeilsonKerr Neilson is a successful Australian funds manager and co-founder of Platinum Asset Management.Neilson was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He started his financial management career in the investments department of Courtaulds in London...
- Platinum Party, a minor political party in British Columbia