Roc Nation announcing Good Girl Gone Bad 15M WW, 5x platinum in the US

[ViviLittleM 3]

I found again on ATRL someone who did it.

The Fame - 7x Platinum
4,600k Album Sales
2,130k TEA for 7,300k of Poker Face, 7,100k of Just Dance, 3,500k of Paparazzi, 2,600k of LoveGame and 800k of Starstruck.
300k SEA estimate based on the United States influence of The Fame's WW sales.
7,030 SEA+TEA

The Fame Monster - 3x Platinum
1,600k Album Sales
1,140k TEA for 5,600k of Bad Romance, 3,400 of Telephone and 2,400k of Alejandro
300k SEA estimate based on the United States influence of The Fame Monster's WW sales.
3,040k SEA+TEA

Born This Way - 3x Platinum
2,350k Album Sales
1,113k TEA for 4,000k of Born This Way, 1,000k of Judas, 3,000k of The Edge of Glory, 2,400k of Yoü and I and 725k of Marry the Night
230k SEA estimate based on the United States influence of Born This Way's WW sales.
3,693k SEA+TEA

ARTPOP - 1x Platinum
760k Album Sales
385k TEA for 2,600k of Applause and 1,250k of Do What U Want
187k SEA estimate based on the United States influence of ARTPOP's WW sales.
1,332 SEA+TEA

[Cheap thrills 1,282]

1 minute ago, ViviLittleM said:

US with RIAA

surely like:

The Fame - 4x platinum to 7x platinum
The Fame Monster - 1x platinum to 3x platinum
Born This Way - 2x platinum to 3 platinum
ARTPOP - Gold to 1x platinum

7.5x platinum to 14x platinum.

As much as I love streaming I just feel like streaming and Internet (because of leaks) ruined the music industry..

[Bad Bromance 5,809]

5 minutes ago, Cheap thrills said:

(Cough;cough) sales + Streams 

I honestly don't like the idea of Sales plus streams.

Yep, I hear ya, babe.  I don't like that one bit at all, either.

[Cheap thrills 1,282]

So with SPS poker face would have sold around 20M 

[Cheap thrills 1,282]

Imagine 5th Harmony without SPS 

[Bad Bromance 5,809]

3 minutes ago, Cheap thrills said:

So with SPS poker face would have sold around 20M 

More or less, yes.

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

How is she a fraud? We all know that Pokerface hasn't really sold 10 Million. We are in the era of units not album sales. Everyone has been updating their certifications. Yet everyone here praised Gaga to the heaven and back when she got a diamond certification for PF. 

[GloZell Green 11,723]

Lol love the album but it sold 10 MAX. 8.5 is the number we have rn

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

10 minutes ago, Cheap thrills said:

So with SPS poker face would have sold around 20M 

Nope Pokerface is already certified 10 million including streaming. It has only sold about 7.5 million. 

[Boyboi12 2,125]

27 minutes ago, Cheap thrills said:

Lol Rihanna ain't the sales queens Roc nation are clearly trying to make her sound bigger 

I believe that! They fabricate numbers 

[Higher 2,406]

15 minutes ago, just4fun said:

How is she a fraud? We all know that Pokerface hasn't really sold 10 Million. We are in the era of units not album sales. Everyone has been updating their certifications. Yet everyone here praised Gaga to the heaven and back when she got a diamond certification for PF. 

Piping hot tea. 

[Higher 2,406]

34 minutes ago, BrianxRyan said:

 

I'm so happy according to the RIAA ANTI IS DOUBLE PLATINUM!

Rihanna reign just won't let up.

[Harry 26,836]

I don't really understand why people say streaming ruins the industry  I totally agree that streaming services need to pay more to artists, but it seems like a natural step for me. Sure it completely changes the landscape of charts and certifications, but that doesn't really represent the actual economics and profits of the industry.

Record sales have been declining for years (maybe even decades) before anyone even knew what Spotify was due to online piracy. Most of my friends have Spotify subscriptions, and the majority of them have never bought an album. Before it became a 'thing', they would just listen illegally. At least they are contributing at all, right?

I think we're still very much in the baby stages of streaming, and as it grows it will (hopefully) become way more profitable for the industry. Artists being able to inflate their certifications like this doesn't mean the industry is dying, it's just bragging rights.

I never saw anyone on here being so worried about the "industry dying" when illegal downloads were killing sales year by year. Streaming at least contributes something. It's only now that artists people don't like are finding success in this new, particular avenue. I personally see it as a compromise to battle piracy that will only grow.

[Cheap thrills 1,282]

6 minutes ago, Harry said:

I don't really understand why people say streaming ruins the industry  I totally agree that streaming services need to pay more to artists, but it seems like a natural step for me. Sure it completely changes the landscape of charts and certifications, but that doesn't really represent the actual economics and profits of the industry.

Record sales have been declining for years (maybe even decades) before anyone even knew what Spotify was due to online piracy. Most of my friends have Spotify subscriptions, and the majority of them have never bought an album. Before it became a 'thing', they would just listen illegally. At least they are contributing at all, right?

I think we're still very much in the baby stages of streaming, and as it grows it will (hopefully) become way more profitable for the industry. Artists being able to inflate their certifications like this doesn't mean the industry is dying, it's just bragging rights.

I never saw anyone on here being so worried about the "industry dying" when illegal downloads were killing sales year by year. Streaming at least contributes something. It's only now that artists people don't like are finding success in this new, particular avenue. I personally see it as a compromise to battle piracy that will only grow.

True, I see it now. At least the streams contribute to the chart position and certifications

[GloZell Green 11,723]

"15M is just TEA+SEA WW.

Pure sales: 9M WW
Track sales:
Umbrella - 9.5M
Don't Stop the Music - 8M
Disturbia - 7.3M
Take a Bow - 4.5M
Shut Up & Drive - 3.0M
Hate That I Love You - 2.5M?
Rehab - 2.35M
Total = 37,150,000 / 10 = 3.715M TEA

Nearly 13M with sales+TEA. If you add shipments and streaming then it's around 15M"

Thanks to an ATRL member for this great breakdown. So you know.