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Post by smoothie2 on Sept 26, 2004 23:56:13 GMT -5
me again..a question has come to mind that I'm sure maybe others have wondered about..If a record reaches "gold" or "platinum", or double platinum...I'm sure it has to do with the number of records sold...but say, ok. a song has to reach #9 or 17 on the song charts...and then it turns gold...or how do the number of sales connect up with the "metal status"? just wondering...and what is the highest status or rating a record can acheive? I guess I threw in several questions here, but one thought led to another..etc....  |
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Post by Rick Henry on Sept 27, 2004 0:06:14 GMT -5
Hi Smoothie, gold, platinum, etc. certifications are judged only by sales, not chart position. Here is a breakdown of quantities a Cd has to seel for each certification:
Gold album - 500,000
Platinum - 1,000,000
Multi-Platinum - for each subsequent million units sold a Multi-platinum (such as triple platinum would have sold three million).
Diamond - 10 million
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Post by Rob813 on Sept 27, 2004 18:38:51 GMT -5
So the general rule of thumb is the higher a song reaches in the charts, the more units it will sell. Thus a number 1 song will probably sell more than a number 20 song. I'm guessing on this, so if it's wrong would someone please tell me.
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Post by Rick Henry on Sept 27, 2004 21:13:41 GMT -5
So the general rule of thumb is the higher a song reaches in the charts, the more units it will sell. Thus a number 1 song will probably sell more than a number 20 song. I'm guessing on this, so if it's wrong would someone please tell me. This was at one point a general rule of thumb, that the higher a song reaches on the chart, pretty much meant the more it has sold. But since the mid-late 90's this has changed drastically. Nowadays the billboard singles chart is much more based on airplay than anything else. There are several album tracks on the chart. Even some of the biggest hits on the chart aren't actual single releases, such as Usher's "Burn" which was #1 on the singles chart about two months ago, the song is an album cut and still was #1. So, obviously "Burn" didn't sell anything because it isn't a single release, but it is a #1 hit. |
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Post by smoothie2 on Sept 27, 2004 23:12:18 GMT -5
???thanks for the info. Rick. Didn't know about the Diamond status.  |
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Post by Rick Henry on Nov 25, 2004 12:35:38 GMT -5
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Here's a little more about gold and platinum certifications. this is for the sales of the individual single.
From 1958 to 1988 the RIAA required sales of one million units for a GOLD single and two million copies for a platinum single (the platinum single was introduced in 1976).
In 1989 the RIAA lowered the certification requirements to 500,000 for a GOLD single and one million for platinum.
If the RIAA were to recertify the Carpenters' singles according to the 1989 standards the Carpenters would have ten platinum singles, with an additional two GOLD singles (those being "Goodbye To Love" and "Only Yesterday". I'm not sure about the sales of "It's Going To Take Sometime", "I Won't Last A Day Without You", "Solitaire", "There's A Kind Of Hush", and "Touch Me When We're Dancing" but these may have also sold enough to be certified GOLD as of the 1989 standards.
just my thoughts...
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Post by smoothie2 on Nov 25, 2004 22:58:04 GMT -5
?* hi Rick...Glad you had a good day today and had plenty of good eats. thanks again for the xtra info.....surely blows me away...how the C's racked up so many sales...There will surely not be any other duos quite like R. and K.! |
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