QuoteEffective Feb. 1, RIAA will include on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in Gold & Platinum (G&P?s) Album Award. The modernization of the program?s album rule follows a similar update made to digital single certifications in 2013, when the RIAA first added on-demand streams to its Digital Single Award. Collectively, this now means that the program?s iconic benchmarks ? 500,000 (Gold), 1,000,000 (Platinum) and 2,000,000 plus (multi-Platinum) ? will count both sales and streams for single and album certifications.
?For nearly six decades, whether it?s vinyl, CDs, downloads or now streams, the Gold & Platinum Program has adapted to recognize the benchmarks of success in an evolving music marketplace,? said Cary Sherman, Chairman and CEO, RIAA. ?We know that music listening ? for both for albums and songs ? is skyrocketing, yet that trend has not been reflected in our album certifications. Modernizing our Album Award to include music streaming is the next logical step in the continued evolution of Gold & Platinum Awards, and doing so enables RIAA to fully reward the success of artists? albums today.?
Seventeen titles, encompassing albums from dozens of music labels and spanning many genres, are included in the inaugural certifications for the newly expanded Album Award. RIAA is today awarding the following artists with new certifications: Alt-J ?An Awesome Wave? (Atlantic Records) Gold, Big Sean ?Dark Sky Paradise? (Def Jam Recordings) Platinum, Brett Eldredge ?Bring You Back? (Atlantic Nashville) Gold, Coldplay ?Ghost Stories? (Atlantic/Parlophone) Platinum, Elle King ?Love Stuff? (RCA) Gold, Fifth Harmony ?Reflection? (Epic) Gold, Halsey ?Badlands? (Astralwerks) Gold, Hozier ?Hozier? (Columbia) Platinum, Kendrick Lamar ?To Pimp a Butterfly? (Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope) Platinum, Michael Jackson ?Thriller? (Epic/Legacy) 32X Multi-Platinum, Miranda Lambert ?Platinum? (RCA Nashville) Platinum, Romeo Santos ?F?rmula Vol. 2? (Sony Latin) 11X Diamante/RIAA Latin G&P Program, Sam Hunt ?Montevallo? (MCA Nashville) 2X Multi-Platinum, Shawn Mendes ?Handwritten? (Island Records) Platinum, The Weeknd ?Beauty Behind the Madness? (XO/Republic Records) 2X Multi-Platinum, Vance Joy ?Dream Your life Away? (Atlantic Records) Gold and Wale ?Ambition? (Atlantic Urban) Gold.
After a comprehensive analysis of a variety of factors ? including streaming and download consumption patterns and historical impact on the program ? and also consultation with a myriad of industry colleagues, the RIAA set the new Album Award formula of 1,500 on-demand audio and/or video song streams = 10 track sales = 1 album sale. Also effective today, RIAA?s Digital Single Award ratio will be updated from 100 on-demand streams = 1 download to 150 on-demand streams = 1 download to reflect streaming?s enormous growth in the two plus years since that ratio was set.
http://www.riaa.com/riaa-debuts-album-award-streams/
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The fact that these flops still won't see a cert'....
This is disgusting btw :udontlookok:
Let me connect to Wifi and let B&P stream all day...
Quote1500 streams = 10 track sales = 1 album sale.
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So 1500 plays = 1 album
Which is 750 million plays of a song for a gold plaque
Get to work girls
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So what will the gorls say about I Bets now
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Quote from: INO9 on February 01, 2016, 11:52:58 AM
So what will the gorls say about I Bets now
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ddddddddd you look cute there tbh
So at the end of the day, Rih still has a platinum album in 2016
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QuoteAlso effective today, RIAA?s Digital Single Award ratio will be updated from 100 on-demand streams = 1 download to 150 on-demand streams = 1 download to reflect streaming?s enormous growth in the two plus years since that ratio was set.
Singles are harder to certify now though
QuoteModernizing our Album Award to include music streaming is the next logical step in the continued evolution of Gold & Platinum Awards, and doing so enables RIAA to fully reward the success of artists? albums today.?
I like. You still have to SMASH in order to get a plaque so not much has changed tbh
Nothing is really changing. Streaming is huge now.
Quote from: Jibola on February 01, 2016, 11:54:06 AM
Quote from: INO9 on February 01, 2016, 11:52:58 AM
So what will the gorls say about I Bets now
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ddddddddd you look cute there tbh
nnnnmmn
Thank!
Tryin out a lite ombre mess lol
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And big Sean is platinum now
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It makes sense tbh. This is how people listen to their music now, u have to change with the times.
Quote from: FAM? on February 01, 2016, 11:56:29 AM
Nothing is really changing. Streaming is huge now.
for singles
Albums were still based purely on sales
Kendrick and Big Sean weren't already platinum?
I think we overstate hip hop's selling power tbh.
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Adele is going to go beyond diamond at this rate
Quote from: ANIMMAI on February 01, 2016, 11:59:01 AM
Kendrick and Big Sean weren't already platinum?
I think we overstate hip hop's selling power tbh.
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big Sean was gold months ago
Dunno about Kendrick
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Oh this is about albers
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Feels like the 90's.
perfect let the games begin
But I wonder if the sales of a single only count after the album is released
INOJ is going platinum guys
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Quote from: Vonc2002 on February 01, 2016, 11:57:11 AM
It makes sense tbh. This is how people listen to their music now, u have to change with the times.
Quote from: INO9 on February 01, 2016, 11:52:58 AM
So what will the gorls say about I Bets now
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Glad my faves slayed when they did because this shit is a joke
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I don't like this. They could have done an extra streaming award.
Because now people will shove nothing but hits on a project and call it album. I can play track one 1500 times and it counts as the purchase of the whole album...
Quote from: Vonc2002 on February 01, 2016, 11:57:11 AM
It makes sense tbh. This is how people listen to their music now, u have to change with the times.
!!!!
Some people will say that this cheapens the whole thing, but people are streaming more than buying, so you have to acknowledge that and roll with the times.
Quote from: INO9 on February 01, 2016, 11:52:58 AM
So what will the gorls say about I Bets now
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Is I bets an album?
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They need to make a different cert' just like they did for short form and ringtones.
Going with the times is fine, but not mixing with an award that stood for sth already. It puts the success of albums on the same level, when really it's not comparable.
Just make a cert' for streams
Also it shouldn't be how often an album is played, but how many people it reached. When I rape my Two Eleven CD for 6 months straight it counts for nothing.
It is just not comparable.
Quote from: Rajesha on February 01, 2016, 12:14:01 PM
Also it shouldn't be how often an album is played, but how many people it reached. When I rape my Two Eleven CD for 6 months straight it counts for nothing.
It is just not comparable.
Start raping it on Apple Music Hun.
Quote from: Rajesha on February 01, 2016, 12:11:00 PM
Going with the times is fine, but not mixing with an award that stood for sth already. It puts the success of albums on the same level, when really it's not comparable.
Just make a cert' for streams
I agree.And the most popular artist, who are already selling well, will get the most streams.
SN-Bryson & Jeremih bout to get these platinum albums.And Taylor's going Diamond.
Quote from: Rajesha on February 01, 2016, 12:07:36 PM
Because now people will shove nothing but hits on a project and call it album.
People don't already do that?
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Quote from: ANIMMAI on February 01, 2016, 11:50:20 AM
Quote1500 streams = 10 track sales = 1 album sale.
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dkjsadldkjsakldjsad
where do they come up with this
This is the further killing "album tracks".
The Ariana's are pissed dsddddd they're wondering why she still aint got no damn cert
Quote from: SUPREME on February 01, 2016, 11:56:58 AM
And big Sean is platinum now
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Yasssssss
To put that 400,000 figure into perspective, it?s worth noting that Rihanna?s largest debut sales week to date was with her last album, Unapologetic. That record became her first to start at number one (and her only number one yet), and it sold just under 250,000 copies in its first week. That campaign was going strong at the time of the album?s release thanks to the massively-popular lead single ?Diamonds?, which was another number one hit for her.
Forbes is a bit confused :butim16robert:
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Let's get Hum' certified girls
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Tbh ppl shouldn't get certified based off of one hit. I think they should have to listen to the mess in full for it to count.
Ew nvm. here come these annoying ass stans
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Quote from: RIG on February 01, 2016, 01:04:17 PM
Ew nvm. here come these annoying ass stans
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yeah, it said starting feb 1
they're outta fcking luck
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Quote from: SUPREME on February 01, 2016, 11:56:58 AM
And big Sean is platinum now
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That's dope he deserves it.
i mean its good but i really feel like it counts for less now. shawn mendes who has only sold 300k is platinum now like lol
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Quote from: Jonovan on February 01, 2016, 01:40:30 PM
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what the heck man...
the music industry is finished
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Quote from: Jonovan on February 01, 2016, 01:40:30 PM
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Wtf oh hell naw
Quote from: Jonovan on February 01, 2016, 01:40:30 PM
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wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwv
im thinkin cec' is 'bouta be double plat' come r'lease
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Wtf
Y'all GOT to see this shit
https://mobile.twitter.com/chartnews/tweets
Truth Hurts is about to go Diamond omf :uhh:
I hope Black Pant' is gold now :welllol:
Quote from: Jonovan on February 01, 2016, 01:38:32 PM
i mean its good but i really feel like it counts for less now. shawn mendes who has only sold 300k is platinum now like lol
now see
bdndddddd
Wait TwoEleven
Is it time for some mess?
:plzstop:
https://twitter.com/httpscottie/status/694198627451932672
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Damn shame
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Slay Rih change the game a bits. Yall faves weren't going aluminum let alone platinum so cut the shit.
Quote from: Blues clue on February 01, 2016, 01:43:50 PM
im thinkin cec' is 'bouta be double plat' come r'lease
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Who?
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who really cares anymore or did anyone care in first place. These artists better build a core base to tour. Overseas club shows are huge circuit with like 40k a show. Thats bank
The music industry is a disgrace
Things sure has changed since when I was growing up.
Zzzzzzzzz
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