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Music News: Madonna's Celebration certified GOLD by RIAA
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Madonna's Celebration certified GOLD by RIAA
Celebration- the album has been certified Gold (the sale of 500,000 units. Units are defined as sales through retail outlets, record clubs, rack jobbers, and all ancillary markets that legally distribute music) by the RIAA ..(11/09/2009)
10xp: The Immaculate Collection & Like A Virgin
7xp: True Blue
5xp: Madonna -the album & Evita
4xp: Ray Of Light & Like A Prayer
3xp: Something To Remember, Bedtime Stories & Music
2xp: Erotica, I'm Breathless
1xp: Who That Girl, You Can Dance, GHV2, American Life & Confession On A Dance Floor
Gold: Hard Candy (2008) & Celebration (2009)
Top 20 RIAA Artists
1. BEATLES, THE 170xp
2. BROOKS, GARTH 128xp
3. PRESLEY, ELVIS 121xp
4. LED ZEPPELIN 111.5xp
5. EAGLES 100xp
6. JOEL, BILLY 79.5xp
7. PINK FLOYD 74.5xp
8. STREISAND, BARBRA 72.5xp
9. JOHN, ELTON 70xp
10. AC/DC 69xp
11. STRAIT, GEORGE 68.5xp
12. JACKSON, MICHAEL 67.5xp
13. AEROSMITH 66xp
14. ROLLING STONES, THE 65.5xp
15. SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE 64xp
15. MADONNA 64xp *new* Celebration Gold
17. CAREY, MARIAH 62.5xp
18. METALLICA 59xp
19. VAN HALEN 56.5xp
20. HOUSTON, WHITNEY 55xp *new* ILTY 1xp
Link: http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumd...able=tblTopArt
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This is for shipments right?
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(in shipments, a double CD counts as two copies)...
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Originally posted by fashadonia
(in shipments, a double CD counts as two copies)...
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Oh, that's why...
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The album actually sold near to 150,000 copies in the US. 
Worldwide: 1,176,500
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lol... COAD and American Life both only went 1x platinum?
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^Only?
American Life and COADF in the US elis... well, know the story.
I think it's not bad at all... considering. 
Gold: Hard Candy 
So ironic that this is one of the top selling american albums of 2008 WW. 
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
lol... COAD and American Life both only went 1x platinum?
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American Life was in the midst of her drama with the whole War, etc. whatever. So it suffered as did the Dixie Chicks at the time of their public comments about the war and Bush. I don't think it really sold 1 million though.
COAD is platinum, but it sold like 1.6 million.
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I don't think it really sold 1 million though.
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Me neither.
I think it's around 800,000.
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
lol... COAD and American Life both only went 1x platinum?
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These are their sales as of August 2009;
1,695,000, "Confessions on a Dance Floor" (2005)
675,000, "American Life" (2003)
Billboard
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Like A Prayer - only 4x?
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Confessions only 1.6m?! I thought it was a massive hit. I guess it's her US decline.
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Originally posted by bobbymfw
These are their sales as of August 2009;
1,695,000, "Confessions on a Dance Floor" (2005)
675,000, "American Life" (2003)
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Wow, I knew AL was a turning point in her American sales but I assumed it sold 1.5-2m and was certified 2x... That's a bigger drop than AFY to DJ.
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Originally posted by ashuduff
Confessions only 1.6m?! I thought it was a massive hit.
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It was. Around 9,000,000 copies WW. 
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I guess it's her US decline.
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No. It was American Life.
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It was. Around 9,000,000 copies WW.
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I think ashu meant that COAD's and HC's relatively low US sales are due to her US decline, not that they caused it.
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Whatever... i don't really think American Life caused it 100%.
It was one of the reasons, but... i think the American people just got tired of Madonna.
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Quote:
Originally posted by fashadonia
Celebration- the album has been certified Gold (the sale of 500,000 units. Units are defined as sales through retail outlets, record clubs, rack jobbers, and all ancillary markets that legally distribute music) by the RIAA ..(11/09/2009)
10xp: The Immaculate Collection & Like A Virgin
7xp: True Blue
5xp: Madonna -the album & Evita
4xp: Ray Of Light & Like A Prayer
3xp: Something To Remember, Bedtime Stories & Music
2xp: Erotica, I'm Breathless
1xp: Who That Girl, You Can Dance, GHV2, American Life & Confession On A Dance Floor
Gold: Hard Candy (2008) & Celebration (2009)
Top 20 RIAA Artists
1. BEATLES, THE 170xp
2. BROOKS, GARTH 128xp
3. PRESLEY, ELVIS 121xp
4. LED ZEPPELIN 111.5xp
5. EAGLES 100xp
6. JOEL, BILLY 79.5xp
7. PINK FLOYD 74.5xp
8. STREISAND, BARBRA 72.5xp
9. JOHN, ELTON 70xp
10. AC/DC 69xp
11. STRAIT, GEORGE 68.5xp
12. JACKSON, MICHAEL 67.5xp
13. AEROSMITH 66xp
14. ROLLING STONES, THE 65.5xp
15. SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE 64xp
15. MADONNA 64xp *new* Celebration Gold
17. CAREY, MARIAH 62.5xp
18. METALLICA 59xp
19. VAN HALEN 56.5xp
20. HOUSTON, WHITNEY 55xp *new* ILTY 1xp
Link: http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumd...able=tblTopArt
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Madonna- The2nd Best Selling Female Artist of All Time in the USA
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