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Post by Rick Henry on May 5, 2006 17:59:23 GMT -5
 I just wanted to share this post I made today in the History of the Carpenters board. Hope you enjoy it. |
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Post by karlbrade on May 7, 2006 6:29:15 GMT -5
Hi rick
Found out that,Close to you,Carpenters,A song for you ,attained gold status in the uk in 1974.Have got some information on carpenters certifications will post when i find them.
karl.
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Post by Rick Henry on May 7, 2006 10:22:13 GMT -5
Hi Karl... My information on certifications in the UK came from the BPI web site which is the UK's equivalent to the U.S.'s RIAA. Unless the BPI made a mistake "Close To You", "Carpenters" and "A Song For You" have not reached gold (or even silver) status. Although BPI began certifying albums for sales in 1973 so the ealier Carpenters albums could have been missed.
I did look in my Decade booklet (from the Carpenters Fan Club) and they do list 1974 gold certifications for CTY, Carp and ASFY. They also list a platinum certification for "Horizon". Decade also does not list the 1978 gold certification for "Passage" or the 1977 ceritification for the compilation " Carpenters Collection".
At the time of their release "Close To You" (UK #23), "Carpenters" (UK #12) and "A Song For You" (UK #13) were popular but not huge sellers in the UK. Though with "Now And Then" (UK #2) Carpenters really gained momentum in the UK. "Horizon" (UK #1 for five weeks) is the Carpenters' biggest selling studio album in the UK.
*** Note... All the certifications listed in this thread and other threads have come from the official web sites for each country's music associations. I've seen other listings in the fan club book Decade - though I have a feeling the Decade book may be slightly incorrect. Although it seems that "Horizon" should have a platinum ceritification from BPI and "Singles 1969-1973" should have a multi-platinum certification. The BPI may possibly need to update their certifications. Could be both Decade and the official BPI are incorrect in some of their listings. |
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Post by Rick Henry on May 7, 2006 22:23:17 GMT -5
Hi rick Found out that,Close to you,Carpenters,A song for you ,attained gold status in the uk in 1974.Have got some information on carpenters certifications will post when i find them. karl. uk Hi Karl... I did a bit more resaerch on this and came to find out that by 1974 the albums "Close To You", "Carpenters" and "A Song For You" did sell enough copies to be certified gold in the UK. Though the BPI (the UK's official recording association) did not start certifying gold and platinum records until 1973 therefore these three albums (released before 1973) have yet to be certified by the BPI. Looks like the BPI needs to update their ceritifcations.
In a related issue the RIAA (the offical record association in the U.S.) finally updated their certifications in 1998 - that's when the Carpenters received over a dozen gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifiactions. |
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Post by karlbrade on May 8, 2006 11:29:18 GMT -5
Hi Rick
Just to say that the singles1969 1973 eventually sold nearly 2 million copies in the uk which should make this album/cd 6 times platinum.I also think there are some mistakes made in the decade book,it does not mention the passage album reaching gold status,but it does say all the carpenters albums between close to you to horizion reached gold status in canada .I think to reach gold album status in canada an album has to sell 50,000 copies.In uk an album has to sell 100,000 copies to achieve gold status and 300,000 to achive platinum status.
karl.
uk
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Post by Rick Henry on May 9, 2006 0:17:29 GMT -5
Hi Rick Just to say that the singles1969 1973 eventually sold nearly 2 million copies in the uk which should make this album/cd 6 times platinum.I also think there are some mistakes made in the decade book,it does not mention the passage album reaching gold status,but it does say all the carpenters albums between close to you to horizion reached gold status in canada .I think to reach gold album status in canada an album has to sell 50,000 copies.In uk an album has to sell 100,000 copies to achieve gold status and 300,000 to achive platinum status. karl. uk It does sound like the BPI needs to do some updating especially if "The Singles 1969-1973" is now 6 x platinums. What a great achievement. |
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