Billboard Hot 100 - 11/20/10

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From RIAA:

In 2004, the RIAA amended its 45-year-old Gold and Platinum award program, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launched the Digital Sales award. Developed to recognize the significant sales of the burgeoning digital music market, 45 titles were included in the initial group of certifications, encompassing tracks from each major recording company and representing nearly every genre in music.

In 2006, the RIAA added a Digital Ringtone Award, recognizing the success of Mobile Mastertones. The new award was announced in partnership with CTIA—The Wireless Association, and Billboard.

Consistently each month since its inception, a number of artists are awarded Gold and Platinum Awards recognizing the success of their digital music.

As with the existing Gold and Platinum award program, all certifications for the Digital Sales award are audited by the firm of Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman.

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For a digital track to "go gold" or "go platinum" it still has to go through this process, regardless of what Soundscan says it has sold.

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Lol @ as485y saying #1's don't matter anymore. G0rl, just stop.

When it comes to Rihanna, people say she's a singles artist because of all the hit singles she garnered mainly during the GGGB era which doesn't quite make sense since that album sold almost 8 million WW. It wasn't as if the hit singles weren't being reflected in her sales.

Her previous eras performed well considering the hits she had at the time.

"Rated R" didn't sell as many copies simply because the ratio of hit singles that she had in GGGB weren't present during that era. If she had 6 #1 singles and only sold 1 million copies in the US then that would be bad but considering her first single tanked, the 2nd single was merely a quick blip in the charts and she had one solidified hit with RB, it was good enough.

Basically, labeling Rihanna a singles artist hardly makes any logical sense.

[musicissalvation]

Nov 14, 2010 17:20:11 GMT -5 @swella said:

Lol @ as485y saying #1's don't matter anymore. G0rl, just stop.

When it comes to Rihanna, people say she's a singles artist because of all the hit singles she garnered mainly during the GGGB era which doesn't quite make sense since that album sold almost 8 million WW. It wasn't as if the hit singles weren't being reflected in her sales.

Her previous eras performed well considering the hits she had at the time.

"Rated R" didn't sell as many copies simply because the ratio of hit singles that she had in GGGB weren't present during that era. If she had 6 #1 singles and only sold 1 million copies in the US then that would be bad but considering her first single tanked, the 2nd single was merely a quick blip in the charts and she had one solidified hit with RB, it was good enough.

Basically, labeling Rihanna a singles artist hardly makes any logical sense.

thank you, well put.

[$uperb@tDuDe]

Nov 14, 2010 17:20:11 GMT -5 @swella said:

Lol @ as485y saying #1's don't matter anymore. G0rl, just stop.

LOL