Mister Gaga 21,883 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Can someone explain me how the system works? I'm confused. How can Bad Romance have 11X Platinium? It has 5.57 million copies sold + 6M from YouTube + 840k from Spotify = 12.4M Applause has 3X Platinium, but... 2.60 million copies sold + 2M from YouTube + 920K = 5.8M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPokeHerFace 2,564 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Only the streams coming from the US are counted towards RIAA certs, not the total ones. BR has over 600 million views, but not all of them are US; only the US-based ones are counted. Thus why the numbers are what they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 sales+us streams+airplay= 11x platinum 10x in sales is 10 million so bad romance got 6 million copies worth of streaming and airplay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 It has 5.57 million copies sold + 6M from YouTube + 840k from Spotify = 12.4M no thats not how it works it probably got a lot more streams on youtube i dont know the formula but 1 view doesnt = 1 copy sold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Gaga 21,883 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Only the streams coming from the US are counted towards RIAA certs, not the total ones. BR has over 600 million views, but not all of them are US; only the US-based ones are counted. Thus why the numbers are what they are. So, 460 million views are necessarily from the US. Because if not, the numbers don't close Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 @Gypsy Life ask this guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Gaga 21,883 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 no thats not how it works it probably got a lot more streams on youtube i dont know the formula but 1 view doesnt = 1 copy sold 100 million views = 1 million copies sold That's why i put 6 million for BR on YouTube Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPokeHerFace 2,564 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 So, 460 million views are necessarily from the US. Because if not, the numbers don't close Youtube Views + Spotify streams + streams from other music-streaming websites that all come from within the United States are counted towards RIAA certifications. So 5,570,000 copies are from pure sales, and 5,430,000 are sales-equivalent streams (like 100 views = 1 sale or whatever) from the sources I listed above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Life 118,907 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I'm sure only US streams count. Bad Romance's case is a huge mystery that we'll never understand until someone from RIAA clears it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fame Romance 10,517 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 sales+us streams+airplay= 11x platinum 10x in sales is 10 million so bad romance got 6 million copies worth of streaming and airplay Do they include airplay too? They didn't say anything about airplay for digital single certifications when they introduced it in 2013. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo 40,746 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 sales+us streams+airplay= 11x platinum 10x in sales is 10 million so bad romance got 6 million copies worth of streaming and airplay there's no airplay at all sis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Digital certifications differ from single certifications which are rarely done now. If you look at RIAA certifications some say single, some say album, and some say digital. Single certifications only count actual sales digital counts sales, YouTube and streaming. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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