List Of Every Rapper In Hip Hop History With A Platinum Album.

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Not going through every post.... but how do 11 have 11??? doesn't that seem like a pretty strange statistic in the midst of all this?
 
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Game only got 1? he was claiming that DA went double platinum and LAX went platinum :mjlol:
I know he is talking shyt about LAX but DA sold almost 400k in it's first week, no way it did not make platinum

Doctor's Advocate
Released: November 14, 2006
Label: Geffen/Interscope
Chart positions: 1 U.S., 2 CAN, 8 IRL, 21 UK, 28 AUS, 29 GER, 24 NO
RIAA certification: platinum
U.S. sales: 904,238
Worldwide sales: 1.5 million
Singles: "It's Okay (One Blood)", "Let's Ride", "Wouldn't Get Far", "Why You Hate The Game
 
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ISOMELO said:
A lot of this has to do with the process of certification and labels paying the RIAA. I mean albums like Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1.3 million sales as of 2009) still don't have Platinum status in the RIAA database. It's no doubt in my mind Infamous passed one million sales too yet no plaque. I wonder how much this has to do with Loud Records being defunct.

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Rozay will have like two platinum albums as time goes on. :manny:
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yea you actually have to submit and pay to get your sales audit... so if you or your company ain't doing it for you...... oh well


but it's not that much money.. so you'd think everyone would be doing it so they can have the plaque

i guess we shouldn't believe all those sales numbers out there... if it didn't come directly from riaa... i'm not sure how you'd even know besides what someone told you







Once the RIAA'S G&P Program team has approved an artist/label's request for certification, an independent sales audit of each title will occur by Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, an accounting firm that has audited titles for the RIAA for more than 30 years.

The audit calculates what product has been shipped for sale, net after returns, versus product used for promotional purposes, for the life of the release. When certifying audio and music video releases, the independent auditor is careful to survey the entire music marketplace. An artist's Gold® or Platinum® award represents sales through retail, record clubs, rack jobbers, and all other ancillary markets that legitimately distribute recorded music. Once a title’s sales has been audited and verified as having reached requisite levels, a formal certification report is issued and sent to the title's music label.

We are often asked why we don’t just use sales figures from SoundScan. SoundScan measures over-the-counter sales at music retail locations, while the RIAA®'s certification levels are based on unit shipments (minus returns) from manufacturers to a wide range of accounts, including non-retail record clubs, mail order houses, specialty stores, units shipped for Internet fulfillment or direct marketing sales, such as TV-advertised albums. Another difference is that SoundScan's archive only begins in 1991, while the RIAA has tracked artists' sales levels for more than 55 years.

The RIAA® certification program is open to member and non-member companies. RIAA® certification entitles the authorized record label to purchase official RIAA® award plaques bearing the trademarked RIAA® hologram seal from licensed plaque manufacturers.

Pricing:

All certification audits are conducted for a fee. If multiple sales levels are simultaneously certified, only one audit certification fee is charged. Companies requesting their initial certification audit must incur any travel expenses by the RIAA®'s independent auditor. The charge for certifications is $350 for RIAA® member companies. Non-members are charged $450 per certification, which must be pre-paid. Companies will be charged the full audit certification fee for any requests that do not meet the Gold® and Platinum® Program requirements. A 30-day time limit is set for pending certifications. If a full audit cannot be completed within this time, a charge of $100 will be rendered to member companies and $200 to non-member companies.

Companies must submit one copy of the audio or music video product upon certification request. All versions of the title's catalog must be represented.
 
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CashmereThoughts said:
"platinum" has always been a joke when they are going off "shipped" and not scanned. aside from that they were mailing plaques when sales was at like 800k
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edit: you're right

soundscan monitors over the counter sales.... check a person's soundscan for the real numbers






SoundScan monitors over-the-counter sales.

Billboard's albums and singles sales charts are compiled from the national sample of retail stores, mass merchant, and Internet sales reports collected and compiled by SoundScan. The RIAA is the record label trade group that certifies albums and singles gold (500,000 units shipped) or platinum (1,000,000 units).

The RIAA's certification levels are based on unit shipments (minus returns) from manufacturers to a wide range of accounts, including non-retail record clubs, mail order houses, and specialty stores, as well as units shipped for Internet fulfillment or direct marketing sales.
 
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ciubaca said:
Game only got 1? he was claiming that DA went double platinum and LAX went platinum :mjlol:
I know he is talking shyt about LAX but DA sold almost 400k in it's first week, no way it did not make platinum

Doctor's Advocate
Released: November 14, 2006
Label: Geffen/Interscope
Chart positions: 1 U.S., 2 CAN, 8 IRL, 21 UK, 28 AUS, 29 GER, 24 NO
RIAA certification: platinum
U.S. sales: 904,238
Worldwide sales: 1.5 million
Singles: "It's Okay (One Blood)", "Let's Ride", "Wouldn't Get Far", "Why You Hate The Game
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like movies, rappers are now naming worldwide numbers

riaa is an american only accounting
 
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