RIAA Certs: Tom Waits, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Gold

[rundmck]

amazing! Diamond is almost assured, it's surefire!

Lol, you're very indecisive. It can't be 'almost assured' AND 'surefire'

[tada]

amazing! Diamond is almost assured, it's surefire!

Lol, you're very indecisive. It can't be 'almost assured' AND 'surefire'

it was the graduation....from almost assured to...perfectly surefire though

[thebigham]

Newer albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been RIAA certified yet:

Numbers from the 4/14 chart:

Now 41 572k
Brantley Gilbert 511k
Breaking Dawn Sdtk. 500k
Now 40 689k
Bon Iver 435k

Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k.

[thebigham]

New RIAA certifications on the BB200:

Black Keys, Brothers 1xp

[thebigham]

New RIAA certifications on the 4/28 BB200:

One Direction Gold
Brantley Gilbert Gold

I tweeted both artists on Twitter about getting these albums certified with the RIAA.

[thebigham]

From the RIAA website:

Tobymac, Tonight Gold

[thebigham]

Newer albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been RIAA certified yet:

Numbers from the 4/28 chart:

Now 41 618k
Civil Wars 410k
Breaking Dawn Sdtk. 508k
Wale 411k
Now 40 696k

Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k.

Van Halen and Bruce Springsteen are both below 400k, but they may still be certified.

[thebigham]

New from the RIAA website:

Lionel Richie, Tuskegee 1xp

[marcsgirl85]

first platinum studio album in a quarter of a century since Dancing On The Cealing went 4x platinum

[thebigham]

Beastie Boys RIAA:

Licensed To Ill 9xp
Paul's Boutique 2xp
Check Yo Head 2xp
Hello Nasty 3xp
Ill Communication 3xp
Anthology: Sounds of Science 2xp
To The 5 Boroughs 1xp

Total: 22xp

[danbarj]

New from the RIAA website:

Lionel Richie, Tuskegee 1xp

This is amazing!!!! And so deserved! He was one of America's biggest stars and I am so glad to see him return to his glory!

[thebigham]

Lionel Richie RIAA

Endless Love Sdtk. Gold
Lionel Richie 4xp
Can't Slow Down 10xp
Dancing on the Ceiling 4xp
Back To Front 1xp
Louder Than Words Gold
Truly: The Love Songs Gold
The Definitive Collection 1xp
Coming Home Gold
Tuskegee 1xp *new*

Total: 23xp

[thebigham]

first platinum studio album in a quarter of a century since Dancing On The Cealing went 4x platinum

Not really. Back To Front went 1xp in 1992.

[Edu]

bigham
you forgot

"Ill Communication" (1994) , 3xPlatinum in 1998

so their RIAA total is 22xPlatinum.
And because their "Anthology" is a double album, they are certified for 21 million albums.

[thebigham]

^Thanks. I'll edit and the RIAA no longer counts double albums as 1 album for RIAA totals. They stopped that a long time ago.

[marcsgirl85]

Back To Front is a compilation not a studio album and diffintive is also platinum but I was talking purely studio albums

[thebigham]

^Ok. Thanks!

[marcsgirl85]

@Thebigham no problem

[thebigham]

New certs from the RIAA website:

Beach Boys, Sounds of Summer 3xp
Three Dog Night, Millennium Collection, 1xp
Rascal Flatts, Gold
Hunger Games Sdtk. Gold

[thebigham]

Rascal Flatts RIAA

Rascal Flatts 2xp
Melt 3xp
Feels Like Today 5xp
Me and My Gang 4xp
Still Feels Good 2xp
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 - not certified, should be 1xp
Unstoppable 1xp
Nothing Like You 1xp
Changed Gold *new*

Total: 18.5xp

[marcsgirl85]

congrats to all the artists that received new certs

[thebigham]

www.riaa.com:

RIAA Announces Eleven First-Time Gold & Platinum Award Recipients
April 19, 2012

Ellie Goulding, Fun., Gotye, One Direction, Outasight, Tyga, The Wanted & More Earn Premiere Certifications, While Adele, Mary J. Blige, Luke Bryan & Nickelback Albums Reach New Heights

WASHINGTON – Eleven musical acts joined the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA’s) celebrated Gold & Platinum club in March upon receiving their first RIAA certifications, according to the music group’s newest monthly tally.

Four budding bands earned their very first Gold AND Platinum awards for selling more than one million downloads of their respective popular songs. The talented cast features NYC indie pop band Fun. for “We Are Young” (Atlantic Records), Australian solo singer Gotye for “Somebody That I Used To Know” (Universal Republic), Cali rapper Tyga for “Rack City” (Universal Republic) and UK boy band The Wanted for “Glad You Came” (Mercury Records).

RIAA Gold download certifications, representing more than 500,000 in digital song sales, were awarded to seven first-time recipients in March. Gold plaques went to Interscope DJ Avicii for “Levels,” Columbia quartet Big Time Rush’s “Boyfriend,” Interscope songstress Ellie Goulding’s “Lights,” Syco Records pop band One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful,” Warner Bros. songster Outasight’s “Tonight Is The Night,” Reunion Records Christian group Tenth Avenue North’s “By Your Side” and Universal Republic rapper YC Worldwide’s “Racks.”

Speaking of hot hits, more than five million digital purchases of “Grenade” (Elektra, 2010) netted Bruno Mars March’s highest song certification: a 5x multi-Platinum award. “Grenade” and “Just the Way You Are” are Bruno’s two highest certified singles yet (both 5x multi-Platinum).

Foster the People, LMFAO and Kanye West each earned 4x multi-Platinum plaques for their respective tracks “Pumped Up Kicks” (Columbia), “Sexy And I Know It” (A&M) and “Heartless” (Def Jam), while 3x multi-Platinums were awarded to Adele and The Fray for “Set Fire To The Rain” (Columbia/XL Recordings) and “You Found Me” (Epic), respectively.

“In the Dark” by electropop singer Dev (full name Devin Star Tailes) and “Sail” by alt rock band AWOLNATION grew from Gold to Platinum in March, signifying one million paid downloads each.

On the album front, superb songstress Adele received March’s highest award, a 9x multi-Platinum certification for 21 (2011) selling more than nine million copies.

Jazz great Tony Bennett and country luminary Luke Bryan earned the month’s two Platinum album awards for their respective 2011 records Duets II (RPM/Columbia) and Tailgates & Tanlines (Capitol Nashville). These RIAA Platinum album awards mark Bennett’s third and Bryan’s first.

A variety of certifiably popular musicians upped their Gold album award ante in March: Mary J. Blige earned her 12th Gold for My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (Geffen/Matriarch, 2011), Nickelback took home their sixth for Here and Now (Roadrunner Records, Inc., 2011) and TobyMac earned his fourth for Tonight (Forefront Records, 2010).

In March the RIAA awarded a total of nine albums, 49 digital singles and one video longform certification. All certifications are calculated by Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman. Complete lists of all album, single, mastertone and video awards can also be accessed at www.riaa.com.

[thebigham]

Newer albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been RIAA certified yet:

Numbers from the 5/26 chart:

Nicki Minaj 435k
Now 41 658k
Madonna 456k
Civil Wars 431k
Pitbull 411k
Bon Iver 440k
Wale 419k
Breaking Dawn Sdtk. 517k
Red Hot Chili Peppers 544k

Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k.

[thebigham]

Donna Summer RIAA:

Love To Love You Baby Gold
A Love Trilogy Gold
Four Seasons of Love Gold
I Remember Yesterday Gold
Once Upon A Time Gold
Live and More 1xp
Bad Girls 2xp
On The Radio - GH - Vol. 1 & II 2xp
The Wanderer Gold
Donna Summer Gold
She Works Hard For The Money Gold

Total: 9xp

[thebigham]

New from the RIAA website:

Gotye Gold