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| • "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" | Whitney Houston | 5x multi-Platinum |
• "Chief" | Eric Church | Platinum |
• "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" | Nicki Minaj | Platinum |
• "Lungs" | Florence + The Machine | Platinum |
• "Blackout" | Britney Spears | Platinum |
• "Blown Away" | Carrie Underwood | Gold |
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| • "Somebody That I Used To Know" | Gotye | 5x multi-Platinum |
• "We Are Young" | Fun. | 5x multi-Platinum |
• "Boyfriend" | Justin Bieber | 2x multi-Platinum |
• "So Good" | B.o.B. | Platinum |
• "Mercy" | Kanye West | Platinum |
• "One Thing" | One Direction | Gold |
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| "Like" Gold & Platinum on Facebook The RIAA recently launched a Gold & Platinum Program Facebook page! Want to impress your friends with knowledge of Gold & Platinum Program history? See new artist award pics? Listen to hit playlists of recently certified music? Then "Like" our new Facebook page today. G&P Facebook fans will also be the first to learn how to win exclusive prizes like personalized Gold & Platinum plaques! |
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Stars Sing Praises of Music Gifting The NARM-RIAA "Give the Gift of Music" initiative has debuted new videos from Katy Perry, Brandy, A Fine Frenzy, Perez Hilton, DJ Cassidy, Lisa Marie Presley and others highlighting the importance of giving and receiving music as a gift. The celebrities joined the ranks of more than 50 top musicians whose personal memories on meaningful musical gifts already reside on givethegiftofmusic.info. Visit the site to hear what Taylor Swift, Michael Bublé, Colbie Caillat, Kelly Clarkson, Rascal Flatts, Good Charlotte, Blake Shelton and many more have to say! |
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| Midyear Sales Milestones 2012 midyear U.S. music sales numbers revealed some positive news. According to Nielsen SoundScan, digital album and digital single sales were up 14 percent and 6 percent respectively at July 1. Adele's "21" and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" are midyear's bestselling album and digital song respectively – selling 3.7 million and 5.5 million. Impressively, Gotye's feat marks the first time a digital song has sold five million in a calendar year's first six months! At midyear, 47 digital tracks sold more than one million copies. 15 of those songs also sold two million downloads, six sold three million, three topped four million, and two sold five million copies (Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" (featuring Kimbra) and Fun.'s "We Are Young." |
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Digital Music Royalties Up
In 2012's first quarter, more than $100 million in royalties were paid to artists and music companies for the streaming of their digital tracks on Internet radio and other online services - the most digital royalties of any quarter yet! In total, $1 billion has gone to musicians and labels during the past 12 years since SoundExchange, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes digital performance royalties, was founded. |
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| According to Billboard.com the top digital downloads for the week of July 21 are: # 1 – "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
# 2 – "Wide Awake" by Katy Perry
# 3 – "Payphone" by Maroon 5 Feat. Wiz Khalifa
# 4 – "Whistle" by Flo Rida
# 5 – "Lights" by Ellie Goulding # 1 – "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry # 2 – "Fortune" by Chris Brown # 3 – "Some Nights" by Fun. # 4 – "Making Mirrors" by Gotye # 5 – "El Camino" by The Black Keys | | * Justin Bieber's "Believe" is the year's top selling album debut thus far. It sold 374,000 copies in just seven days! * In 2011, album sales at digital stores were virtually equal to sales at mass merchant physical retailers, according to Nielsen SoundScan. * Last year 1.3 billion songs were legally downloaded in the United States (listening to them each would take more than 8,000 years!). * Oklahoma rockers The Flaming Lips recently broke the Guinness World Record for most live shows in 24 hours: eight concerts! * New Hollywood Walk of Fame stars will go to musicians Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Hudson, Jane's Addiction, Janis Joplin, New Kids on the Block, Usher, Thalia and Luther Vandross in 2013. |
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| June: |
| | | | maroon5.com | | | | | • "That's Why God Made the Radio" | The Beach Boys | 6/5 |
• "Looking 4 Myself" | Usher | 6/8 |
• "Believe" | Justin Bieber | 6/19 |
• "Welcome To The Fishbowl" | Kenny Chesney | 6/19 |
• "Oceania" | The Smashing Pumpkins | 6/19 |
• "Living Things" | Linkin Park | 6/26 |
• "Overexposed" | Maroon 5 | 6/26 |
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| | | | officialflo.com | • "Fortune" | Chris Brown | 7/3 |
• "Uncaged" | Zac Brown Band | 7/10 |
• "Dance Again: The Hits" | Jennifer Lopez | 7/24 |
• "Handwritten" | The Gaslight Anthem | 7/24 |
• "God Forgives, I Don't" | Rick Ross | 7/31 |
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