Nicki Minaj 'Pink Print' Double Platinum, Future 'DS2' Gold, J Cole First 2 Albums Now Platinum

[Ghostdenithegawd]

back in the day a gold album represented $1 million in sales, not 500,000 copies sold

as album sales increased, the platinum, multi platinum, and diamond certifications were introduced

as sales decreased, they changed the standard of gold and platinum singles

you think albums going over a certain runtime always counted as two copies once sold?

RIAA certifications were always based on how the public consumed music. nothing has changed. the standard you niggas are used to was never set in stone

"but, but cheat codes!!!"

you think artists of the 90s and 2000s didn't have the advantage over artists 20-30 years prior?

stop it

Them niggas aint have to deal with the internet

They had it made compared to these new artist

I was skeptical at first but to bitch about niggas collecting what they deserve from the platform that stole it from them is stupid

I really wanna argue about this shit cause I have a valid point but you do to and I dont care so fuck it lol

So I win by default?

HAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!!!

 

[DOPEdweebz]

Drake & Friends about to sell 5 million like he Jay-Z in 98.

 

[layup23]

she can't sell like that anymore

 

[IceBergTaylor]

Someone should change the thread title. J. Cole's Sideline Story & Born Sinner are officially platinum now.

 

[MrCrookedLetter]

Someone should change the thread title. J. Cole's Sideline Story & Born Sinner are officially platinum now.

There you go @IceBergTaylor

 

[Ghostdenithegawd]

So does this mean yayo gona be plat he stalled out at 700k

 

[Tsotsi Cape Town]

So does this mean yayo gona be plat he stalled out at 700k

Remember when Stans used to always say "world wide sales?"

 

[Bcotton5]

lol at being double platinum and not even selling platinum

Come at me @Sion with the Im not paying for music argument. I dare you

PinkPrint sold a mill son

 

[Bcotton5]

@KillaCham @gee757 Ken Barbs we in this bitch!

 

[Bcotton5]

can C3 get the diamond it deserve though?

 

[Ghostdenithegawd]

So does this mean Michael Jackson albums are going to go triple rare space alien gem?

Mj about to go infinity stone

 

[IceBergTaylor]

Lmaoooo at Infinity Stone

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

can C3 get the diamon it deserve though?

See yall doin too damn much

 

[Mr.LV]

So does this mean Michael Jackson albums are going to go triple rare space alien gem?

Mj about to go infinity stone

Lol I just picked up Michael Jackson off the wall on cd at Walmart for 5 dollars, They had a row of them too,I came back a few days later and all of them were sold.

 

[Bcotton5]

can C3 get the diamon it deserve though?

See yall doin too damn much

how? that shit sold 4+ million in a time when 200k is plat

 

[saracenwire]

There is a massive difference between 2008 and today. There were 18 platinum albums released in 2008, there was just one last year. Taylor swift's album fearless sold 8 million records. Josh groban went triple platinum with a christmas album. Sales have basically been cut in half since then.

 

[Stew]

So does this mean Michael Jackson albums are going to go triple rare space alien gem?

Mj about to go infinity stone

Lol I just picked up Michael Jackson off the wall on cd at Walmart for 5 dollars, They had a row of them too,I came back a few days later and all of them were sold.

GOAT. I bought License To Ill a couple months ago for $5 from Walmart cause I know they didnt cuss. 1st time I ever bought some music from Walmart lol Might grab some ol skool RnB/Jazz shit. Ultimate hook up

 

[R.D.]

My nigga Cole got 3 platinum albums

Cole World....No motherfuvking snuggie bitch !!!!

 

[tompetrez3]

this formula is going to do more harm than good. The RIAA should created another division or whatever to deal with digital sales. IDGAF what you new rules supporters say digital sales do not equal physical sales in any form. i dont know why yall cant see a pattern of hyper inflation. this really cheapens out the music and artist even more. these platnium certifications will mean nothing soon. The RIAA and Big 4 is up to something.

also there are so many loopholes and grey area with this formula. it will no doubt create issues with lawsuits and compensation disputes on many fronts for artists and songwriters. Thats cool that these new school artists get to see the effects of this formula immediately but what about dead, inactive and artists that have been dropped from labels. songwriters and producers are going to expect royalty checks damn near daily. this will open a whole new ugly can of worms dealing with sample credits and estate issues. if yall think old bitter artists suing for throw away mixtape tracks is bad its going to nastier.

and also this will be an exploited system with lots of fraud

a 24 hour day there is 1440 minutes.

lets divide that by 3. 3 is the average length charting rap song

that leaves 480. that 480 is 480 times this song can be downloaded in a 24 hour span

if 10 downloads=1 sale then litterally a person can stream a song all day and help an artist sale 48 albums

now that isnt a bad thing if you are a stan but take your dickrider glasses off and be fair

people used to listen to albums and songs all day they bought and only counted towards total sales in a one time point of sale event

this new rules yall dickriding is jipping the system. they are equating that music intake as if a nigga walked in the record store and went to the counter 48 times in one day. BULLSHIT and UNBALANCED

heres where it gets even more fucked up

you are subscribed to a music service for 10 bucks a month. 10 divided by 31 is .33 cents a day

.33 would be the overhead cost to help an artist download his song 400+ times a day to help him sale 48 copies

so in other words the RIAA is saying that this consumer not only "went to the counter" with this album 48 times but bought ALL 48 copies for .33 cents. 48 fucking copies of an album for .33 cents how is anyone making anything?

48 physical copies of an album in a store would be $800

now lets say you are an artist under pressure from your label and social media about your sales figure

a dumb artist could by 10 music subscription accounts for 10 devices for only $100 a month.

a showboat artist could buy 100 music subscriptions and get a team with 100 devices for $1000 a month

now take them 48 daily sales and multiply that by 10 or a 100. thats 480 to 4800 A DAY

4800x7=33600k a week, 134,000 units a month from $1000 monthly investment of streaming

This means an artist is selling his albums each at 7/10 of a penny. no wonder rap is CHEAP and GENERIC

This is the same shit that happened during great depression and to germany in ww2. everyone will have platnium it will be worthless plaque and classification

these new rules werent thought out well and the formula is a ponzi scheme waiting to happen

 

[GetoBoy]

#NewRules