Claim: The Only Exception received the platinum certification with 70,000 certified units or sales in Australia (a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 ) , while it received a 2x platinum in the United States with 2,000,000 certified units/sales.
Evidence: Platinum 70,000 2× Platinum 2,000,000 The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.