RIAA changes certification rules to include streams. 17 artists receive certs.

[Cladyclad]

wtf count as a stream?

listening to the whole album?

skimming?


also

can 1 user count as more than 1 listen?




this is so stupid

just keep digital/physical together & streaming separate

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

Rihanna Debuts At No. 27, Despite RIAA Platinum Status

It appears the RIAA and folks at Billboard don’t agree on how to measure Rihanna’s sales.

The singer will debut in the No. 27 slot on the Billboard 200 chart even though the RIAA has already certified ANTI platinum.

Billboard magazine has reported that ANTI moved 15,896 album equivalent units, including four million streams.

Reports say Samsung paid for the platinum-plus copies of the album as a download code made free to Tidal consumers.

ANTI is presently only available on Tidal and iTunes. Physical copies hit retail on Feb. 5.
So she flopped AND went platinum.

 

[Populair]

Entertainment/Interscope) Platinum, Michael Jackson “Thriller” (Epic/Legacy) 32X Multi-Platinum The Weeknd “Beauty Behind the Madness” (XO/Republic Records) 2X Multi-Platinum, .​

The GOAT & his heir apparent :lupeweeknd:....

So happy for Abel. ANOTHER platinum plaque .

 

[satam55]

Can we have a list for singles?

 

[satam55]

wtf count as a stream?

listening to the whole album?

skimming?


also

can 1 user count as more than 1 listen?




this is so stupid

just keep digital/physical together & streaming separate

This.

 

[daboywonder2002]

IDFWU=3x Platinum
Blessings= 2xPlatinum
Paradise=Gold
OMCCTW=Gold
I Know=Gold
Play No Games=TBD

helped boost up Sean's DSP sales What a Year

im confused. those are all singles. So if you only listen to the singles, it makes the album platinum??

 

[Jahbarri]

So how many streams Big Sean had? I guess IDFWU really pushed it over the top because he only sold 350k copies

only?

 

[NSSVO]

not if she hangs them on herself

lol

 

[daboywonder2002]

couldnt disagree more. If people supported these artists, they would with they wallets. More people in this world than ever before yet sales are lower than before and its a direct reflection of how bad the music is. Good music still sells - while not as much as the 90s and early 2000s, id prefer they just lower the certificate amount for albums. 250k for gold and 500k for platinum maybe..

Its free to stream, its not comparable to someone dropping $15-30 on a cd.. I dont like this shyt at all

people arent buying records like anymore. lets just face the facts. The artists shouldn't suffer because of that.

 

[itsyoung!!]

people arent buying records like anymore. lets just face the facts. The artists shouldn't suffer because of that.

did you not read my entire post before hitting reply ?

 

[daboywonder2002]

So are we all gonna act like artist won't pay programmer's money to create a software that streams 1000's of times per day to put up big numbers?

isnt it the same when record companies bought a whole bunch of cds/albums making it go plat.

 

[No1]

Can we have a list for singles?

nikka you think anybody is walking around with an article for every single certified in the past 30 years? You might as well ask me if I got the nude photos Marilyn Monroe used to send JFK. .

Side note: I forgot this part of the article which explains streams-->

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.
Click to expand...​

 

[Giselle]

I think Rihanna influenced this.

Also Rihanna sold 400k in one night on tidal, not including the million that she gave away (or that samsung paid for) .

Update: A TIDAL representative has reached out with the following clarifications to Kim’s comments. In regards to TIDAL’s “systems error,” Kim is “referring to a system error caused by Universal Music Group. The error was not something TIDAL caused.”

In regards to Kim’s comment that Billboard and Nielsen are not counting ANTI’s sales on TIDAL toward their totals, TIDAL has clarified with the following statement: “Billboard and Nielsen are counting ANTI’s sales on TIDAL towards their totals, [but] they aren’t counting the Samsung/Rihanna download code gift to fans. The 400k+ sales ofANTI via TIDAL will be counted by Billboard.”

Update 2: Another TIDAL rep further clarified the situation: “Of the 400K+ in global sales of ANTI via TIDAL, Billboard will only be counting US sales.”

Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’ Is Certified Platinum By the RIAA, But Not By ‘Billboard’ and Nielsen | SPIN

 

[Ms. Elaine]

So how many streams Big Sean had? I guess IDFWU really pushed it over the top because he only sold 350k copies

In total? Word?

 

[Buckeye Fever]

So, if i play an album on repeat 5 times, that's 5 streams?