RIAA Certs: Tom Waits, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Gold

by **alek** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:52 pm

Timmy94 wrote:@thebigham: You do a great job! Thanks a lot for that and keep on doing it ...

+1

Last FM <3 · by **nickf1** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:29 pm

thebigham wrote:Britney Spears RIAA

...Baby One More Time 14xp
Oops...I Did It again 10xp
Britney 4xp
In The Zone 2xp (should be 3xp)
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative 1xp
Blackout 1xp *new*
Circus 1xp
Femme Fatale 1xp

Total 34xp

+

Circus should be 2xp and Britney 5xp
and The Singles Collection maybe Gold in some time.

Hopefully that she will have in near future Total 38xp.

by **tada** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:52 pm

great certifications!

by **arab** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:34 am

thebigham wrote:Blackout 1xp *new*

The most exciting cert ever :cry:

by **Rub_rb** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:33 am

alek wrote:
thebigham wrote:
alek wrote:nicki-platinum ? , hope MDNA will be certified gold next month , celebration deserve to be platinum too, this GH will sell forever ..
Madonna's Celebration is nowhere near 1xp.
i know , and it was certified gold when it was so far to justify the certification ,could be, considering that it still selling very well..

It was certified when its sales were close to 250k cos it's a double album... But now total sales stand at 330k or so, I can't remember last official numbers. So, no, definitely not gonna reach Platinum ever.

As for MNDA, yes, it should be Gold by now... I don't know what are they waiting for...

by **alek** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:09 pm

Rub_rb wrote:
alek wrote:
thebigham wrote:
alek wrote:nicki-platinum ? , hope MDNA will be certified gold next month , celebration deserve to be platinum too, this GH will sell forever ..
Madonna's Celebration is nowhere near 1xp.
i know , and it was certified gold when it was so far to justify the certification ,could be, considering that it still selling very well..
It was certified when its sales were close to 250k cos it's a double album... But now total sales stand at 330k or so, I can't remember last official numbers. So, no, definitely not gonna reach Platinum ever.

As for MNDA, yes, it should be Gold by now... I don't know what are they waiting for...

nooo it was certified gold in 2009 , when the sales were like 140,000 copies -180,000 combined , now it s going to 380,000 copies , combined like 600,000 , but the fact is that its still selling so well , warner can certify it platinum ..madonna s last certification with Warner...

by **thebigham** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:28 pm

Sigh.

Celebration is a *1cd* and *2cd* album so you cannot double the sales for shipments.

The 1cd is the version that is always on sale.

It's a loooooooong way from 1xp.

by **alek** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:37 pm

thebigham wrote:Sigh.

Celebration is a *1cd* and *2cd* album so you cannot double the sales for shipments.

The 1cd is the version that is always on sale.

It's a loooooooong way from 1xp.

yes i know , celebration has sold almost 80,000 copies this year in us and still selling , and we have to wait the tour effect, i really think that the tour will help more celebration sales than MDNA...

by **thebigham** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:37 am

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

Numbers from the 7/7 chart:

Now 41 7010k
Pitbull 440k
Civil Wars 465k
Bruce Sprinsgteen 420k

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

by **greek_boy** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:30 pm

alek wrote:i still waiting for christina s GH

+1

by **thebigham** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:02 pm

Top RIAA Female Albums:

Shania Twain, Come on Over 20xp

Soundtrack/Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard 17xp

Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill 16xp

Britney Spears, Baby One More Time 14xp

Whitney Houston,"Whitney Houston 13xp

Shania Twain, The Woman In Me 12xp
Jewel, Pieces of You 12xp

Celine Dion, Falling Into You 11xp
Shania Twain, Up! (double album) 11xp

Carole King, Tapestry 10xp
Madonna, The Immaculate Collection 10xp
Madonna, Like A Virgin 10xp
Celine Dion, Let's Talk About Love 10xp
Mariah Carey, Music Box 10xp
Mariah Carey, Daydream 10xp
Norah Jones, Come Away With Me 10xp
Britney Spear, Oops...I Did It Again 10xp
Patsy Cline, Greatest Hits 10xp

Mariah Carey, Mariah Carey 9xp
Whitney Houston, Whitney 9xp
Adele, 21 9xp

Toni Braxton, Secrets 8xp
Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton 8xp
Christine Aguilera, Christine Aguilera 8xp
Faith Hill, Breathe 8xp
Sarah McLachlan, Surfacing 8xp

Madonna, True Blue 7xp
Bonnie Raitt, Luck of the Draw 7xp
Linda Ronstadt, Greatest Hits 7xp
Natalie Cole, Unforgettable 7xp
Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 7xp
Janis Joplin, Greatest Hits 7xp
Sheryl Crow, Tuesday Night Music Club 7xp
Enya, A Day Without Rain 7xp
Celine Dion, All The Way 7xp
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts 7xp

by **thebigham** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:05 pm

Top Female Artists by the RIAA:

1. Barbra Streisand: 71.5xp
2. Madonna: 64xp
3. Mariah Carey: 63.5xp
4. Whitney Houston: 57xp *new*
5. Celine Dion: 50xp
6. Shania Twain: 48xp
7. Reba McEntire 41xp
8. Britney Spears 34xp *new*
9. Linda Ronstadt 30xp
10. Enya 26.5xp

11. Janet Jackson 26xp
12. Faith Hill 25.5xp
13. Sade 23.5xp
14. Alanis Morrisette 20.5xp
15. Mary J Blige 20xp
16. Toni Braxton 19.5xp
17. Sara McLachlan 18.5xp
17. Jewel 18.5xp
18. Bonnie Raitt 17xp
18. Norah Jones 17xp
18. Amy Grant 17xp

Of course all/most of these women have under-certified albums.

by **Lioha** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:14 pm

thebigham wrote:Of course all/most of these women have under-certified albums.

as well as over-certified

by **GUS** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:46 pm

11. Janet Jackson 26xp

This is very unfair. I can't even look at the 26 next to her name

by **thebigham** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:34 pm

http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php ... ng-artists

Top Selling RIAA Artists:

Artist Certified Units in Millions

BEATLES, THE 177
PRESLEY, ELVIS 134.5
BROOKS, GARTH 128
LED ZEPPELIN 111.5
EAGLES 100
JOEL, BILLY 81.5
PINK FLOYD 74.5
JOHN, ELTON 72
AC/DC 71.5
STREISAND, BARBRA 71.5

JACKSON, MICHAEL 70.5
STRAIT, GEORGE 68.5
AEROSMITH 66.5
ROLLING STONES, THE 66
SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE 64.5
MADONNA 64
CAREY, MARIAH 63.5
METALLICA 60
HOUSTON, WHITNEY 57
VAN HALEN 56.5

Almost everyone above has under-certified albums.

by **brunosilva** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:21 pm

thebigham wrote:Sigh.

Celebration is a *1cd* and *2cd* album so you cannot double the sales for shipments.

The 1cd is the version that is always on sale.

It's a loooooooong way from 1xp.

It's like Celine's My Love. But Celine's album is not even gold and has sold 550k copies according to soundscan.

by **alek** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:16 pm

Confessions on a dancefloor has sold more than 1,709,000 copies according soundscan , only 1xp :cry:

by **Timmy94** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:35 pm

alek wrote:Confessions on a dancefloor has sold more than 1,709,000 copies according soundscan , only 1xp

Why should it be 2x Platinum? Do you think more than 300k copies are still left in the shops?

by **alek** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:02 pm

Timmy94 wrote:
alek wrote:Confessions on a dancefloor has sold more than 1,709,000 copies according soundscan , only 1xp
Why should it be 2x Platinum? Do you think more than 300k copies are still left in the shops?

read again and better , where i said that it should be 2xp , i only try to say that confessions on a dancefloor has sold so much more than the platinum certification, a lottttttttttt

if warner someday want to certificate confessions on a dancefloor 2xp ,it only need like 250,000 copies shipped more , because i guess that album has like 1,750,000 copies shipped in us or maybe more..but for sure it never will happen.. :cry:

by **thebigham** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:19 pm

^Will you two stay out of this thread!!!!!

I want this thread to be about new RIAA certifications.

Not two people arguing over what should be certified what.

For the millionth time, COADF is nowhere near 2xp. Not going to happen.

by **alek** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:22 pm

thebigham wrote:^Will you two stay out of this thread!!!!!

I want this thread to be about new RIAA certifications.

Not two people arguing over what should be certified what.

For the millionth time, ROL is nowhere near 2xp. Not going to happen.

ROL ? i never said that COADF should be 2xp ..

by **thebigham** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:23 pm

brunosilva wrote:
thebigham wrote:Sigh.

Celebration is a *1cd* and *2cd* album so you cannot double the sales for shipments.

The 1cd is the version that is always on sale.

It's a loooooooong way from 1xp.
It's like Celine's My Love. But Celine's album is not even gold and has sold 550k copies according to soundscan.

I know. I feel for the Celine fans.

Celine is not making any money for Sony right now so no new RIAA certifications.

Celine's last album certification was in 2008, over 4 years ago.

by **thebigham** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:25 pm

alek wrote:
thebigham wrote:^Will you two stay out of this thread!!!!!

I want this thread to be about new RIAA certifications.

Not two people arguing over what should be certified what.

For the millionth time, ROL is nowhere near 2xp. Not going to happen.
ROL ? i never said that COADF should be 2xp ..

You know what I meant. COADF...

Stop over-posting in this thread. You already have 6 posts on this page. ENOUGH

by **thebigham** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:07 pm

Look what was posted in the Elvis thread:

"A presentation from Sony of more RIAA awards for Elvis is scheduled during this year's Elvis week, on 15 August."

by **thebigham** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:47 pm

http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php ... tinum-news

RIAA Unveils Latest Certifications Tally On New Gold & Platinum Facebook Page
July 12, 2012

WASHINGTON—Many of music’s top artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, Gotye, Nicki Minaj and Carrie Underwood earned outstanding Gold & Platinum awards in June, as unveiled today in the Recording Industry Association of America’s newest monthly certifications PDF, posted exclusively to the RIAA’s brand new G&P Facebook page (www.facebook.com/GoldandPlatinum).

Fans are encouraged to “Like” the page to receive breaking artist award news, plaque presentation photos, certification-inspired playlists, a historical timeline dating back to the program’s 1958 launch, opportunities to win prizes like personalized G&P plaques and more. Check it out!

Celebrations were in order in June when The Black Eyed Peas earned the G&P Program’s highest digital single award EVER upon certifying Interscope track “I Gotta Feeling” 8x multi-Platinum. As a group, The Peas currently have more digital singles certified than any other band: 22 million.

Gotye also set a G&P record in June, becoming the first artist to release and certify a digital song 5x multi-Platinum in less than six months! We all know well which track it was: “Somebody That I Used To Know.” Go Gotye!

Certifiably popular songstresses Nicki Minaj and Carrie Underwood upped their album award ante in June. Nicki earned her second Platinum for “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” (Universal Republic), while Carrie received her fourth Gold for “Blown Away” (19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville).

“Whitney: The Greatest Hits” captured June’s top album award: a 5x multi-Platinum recognizing more than five million purchases of Houston’s 2000 Arista release. Having certified more than 57 million album sales, Whitney Houston is one of the most certified (not to mention cherished!) musicians in G&P history.

Evoking an often defining moment in an artist’s career, several supremely talented musicians earned their very first RIAA Gold or Platinum awards in June:

EMI Nashville crooner Eric Church and Universal Republic rock stars Florence + The Machine earned premiere Platinum album plaques for selling more than one million copies of their respective records “Chief” and “Lungs.”

First Platinum song certifications were awarded to country artists Lee Brice, Eric Church and Kip Moore, plus pop rockers Karmin and The Wanted, for their respective hot hits “A Woman Like You,” “Springsteen,” “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck,” “Brokenhearted” and “Glad You Came.”

Three golden acts received their first Gold single awards: Atlantic solo singer Hunter Hayes for “Wanted,” electronic band M83 for “Midnight City” and X Factor UK judge Nicole Scherzinger for “Right There.”

RIAA’s full June certifications PDF can be accessed at www.facebook.com/GoldandPlatinum. RIAA awarded 61 digital single and 12 album certifications in June. 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.