| Riaa Certification |
Article Index for Riaa |
Website Links For Riaa |
Information AboutRiaa Certification |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT RIAA CERTIFICATION | |
| recording industry association of america | |
| certification | |
|
In the , 2006 (Some other countries have similar schemes. See Music Recording Sales Certification .) Certification is not automatic; for an award to be made, the Record Label must pay a fee to have the sales of the recording audited. The audit is conducted against unit shipments (most often an artists' royalty statement is used), which includes albums sold directly to retailers and one-stops, direct to consumer sales (music clubs & mail order) and other outlets. Shipments that could potentially be returned to the label can not be counted. Contrary to popular belief, Nielsen SoundScan figures are not used in RIAA certification; the RIAA system predates Nielsen SoundScan and includes sales outlets Nielsen misses. Prior to Nielsen SoundScan, RIAA certification was the only audited and verifiable system for tracking music sales in the U.S.; it is still the only system capable of tracking 100% of sales (albeit as shipments less potential returns, not actual sales like Nielsen SoundScan). LIST OF CERTIFICATIONS Currently, the normal RIAA certifications for albums are:
The following certifications are given only to recordings of which over 50% of the content is in the Spanish Language {Link without Title} :
Multi-disc albums are counted once for each disc within the album, if the album is 100 minutes or more in total length. For example, each copy of and one 8-track Cartridge ) will only count once despite its being a double album. RECORDS ARTISTS WITH MOST GOLD, PLATINUM AND MULTI-PLATINUM SINGLES See Also: RIAA single certification Each Platinum or Multi-platinum single has already been certified Gold. # Elvis Presley (24G+28P, tops for Platinum, for a total of 52 Gold awards. Presley went Multi-platinum with 7 of them, the most for any artist or group.) # Madonna (25G+4P) # Mariah Carey (24G+12P) # Tommy James & The Shondells (23 Gold singles) # Janet Jackson (23 Gold single awards, only female with 26 gold) # The Beatles (18G - most for any group+6P) # Whitney Houston (14G+6P) # Elton John (13G+6P) # The Temptations (10G+6P) # George Michael (7G+2P) # Billy Joel (4G+2P) RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for singles by Billy Joel # Aretha Franklin (15G) Julio Iglesias has more platinum, gold, and the Guiness Diamond album for selling more records in more languages than any other musical artist in history (Spanish, German, Japanese, English, Italian, Portuguese, French, Tagalog...) SEE ALSO
REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|