Rihanna's sophomore album, "A Girl Like Me", has officially been certified platinum by Billboard! Platinum sales certifies 1 million units sold! Congratulations Rihanna!
Rihanna's sophomore album, "A Girl Like Me", has officially been certified platinum by Billboard! Platinum sales certifies 1 million units sold! Congratulations Rihanna!
She hasn’t reached a million yet. The platinum status is for units she’s shipped to stores. In reality she has sold around 550,000-650,000 in the U.S.
Yeah, but she will go platinum US in a few weeks .. most people recieve their certifications before actually selling what's on the plaque because that's what's shipped. She's been platinum worldwide for a while now though.
You can see, on the plaque it says OVER 1 MILLION UNITS SOLD WORLDWIDE. She didnt sell 1 million in USA alone.
Billboard shows her as platinum as well. So did they change the rules again? Before it used to be units shipped to stores and now it's going to be for the world?
No. It's still shipped. This album sold 650k+ so far in the US, but it went platinum & gold in other countries too. So i guess with all the sales combined, she sold over 1 million worldwide.
No. It's still shipped. This album sold 650k+ so far in the US, but it went platinum & gold in other countries too. So i guess with all the sales combined, she sold over 1 million worldwide.
So, the plaque she received there (in photo) is not from the RIAA? If I'm not mistaken doesn't the RIAA have their own ceremony in which they present the plaque to the artists themselves?
It is, she's platinum on billboard, but I don't know if that plaque is from the RIAA since I've never heard of them placing other countries on the plaque and like a said before their supposed to have their own ceremony.