RIAA now includes streaming music in digital gold, platinum awards

[Rohiggidy]

In yet another sign of a shifting music business landscape, the Record Industry Association of America today announced that it's now including streamed songs in its Gold & Platinum Program. Both audio and video song streams will now go towards the 500,000 (gold), 1,000,000 (platinum) and multi-platinum thresholds that must be met for an artist to earn a Digital Single Award certification. With the change, the RIAA says that 56 songs have immediately earned awards, including some old hits like Aerosmith's "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing" (platinum) and Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" (two-times platinum)— it's the first digital certification for both artists.

Audio apps being factored into the RIAA's tally include Spotify, Rdio, MOG, Rhapsody, Xbox Music, Muve, and others. On the video side, YouTube, Vevo, MTV.com, Yahoo Music, and other sites are counted. The formula being used here is also interesting: in the RIAA's eyes, 100 streams are equivalent to a single paid download. It made that determination after a year-long effort that involved numerous industry groups and artists. The association says its calculation is a "barometer of comparative consumer activity" and notes that the "financial value of streams and downloads were not factored into the equation." We've included the full list of artists and songs that just earned a digital award below, and more details await you at the RIAA's website.

 

[Big Mel]

explain what a stream is EXACTLY.

 

[Rohiggidy]

explain what a stream is EXACTLY.

bro its in the article second paragraph

 

[Big Mel]

short hair don't care

 

[daze23]

seems kinda weird since it doesn't even involve a purchase

 

[Big Mel]

we need to go back and award certifications to all the times i rewound songs on clue tapes.

 

[OG Talk]

explain what a stream is EXACTLY.

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words

Spoiler

 

[L. Deezy]

we need to go back and award certifications to all the times i rewound songs on clue tapes.

*tears*

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Big Mel]

that's more of a babbling Brooke.

 

[L. Deezy]

artists bout to be real fraudulent...

Interviewer: You dropped your new album back in March to a lukewarm response

Artist: Well I still went gold off Vevo. So I think it was a success this time out

 

[Rohiggidy]

artists bout to be real fraudulent...

Interviewer: You dropped your new album back in March to a lukewarm response

Artist: Well I still went gold off Vevo. So I think it was a success this time out

at least they are adopting to the current times unlike our criminal law

 

[L. Deezy]

at least they are adopting to the current times unlike our criminal law

vevo numbers can be manipulated tho...

 

[Never Broke Again]

artists bout to be real fraudulent...

Interviewer: You dropped your new album back in March to a lukewarm response

Artist: Well I still went gold off Vevo. So I think it was a success this time out

songs breh

nothin bout albums

Don't really see this having THAT big of an effect, ofcourse some dumb nikkas bout to run up in here screamin acting like they know everything. Just like when they changed the charts to adapt streaming and the-coli determined it was the end of music.

 

[Code Blue]

seems kinda weird since it doesn't even involve a purchase

Spotify, pandora, and other streaming companies pay for the right to stream music. Those companies then in turn bring in revenue through ads.

 

[Rohiggidy]

IDC about record sales....give me the crack for my headphones