I would be here for it, kinda. All sales period are reaching low points, because streaming/illegal listening is just the new thing. They need to find some way, because every song/album can't just hit low points to not being certified.
But these songs such as "Baby" going past Diamond is absurd, and there needs to be some limit or maybe only singles released after May 9, 2013.
Don't really see the issue... obviously it's going to make a big change in what certifications our faves have but they need to adjust with the times 100 streams = 1 download isn't bad either... I guess it's possible fans could abuse it but it'd take a while.
100 streams = 1 download and 1 million downloads = platinum, and they only count US streams, so... 100,000,000 streams are needed for platinum? "Baby" has 900M US streams?
That's because the RIAA has now decided to radically alter its formula for calculating Gold and Platinum certifications by incorporating streams. Specifically, 100 streams will equal one paid download or sale, according the freshly-jiggered formula. This looks like a change that affects singles, instead of albums, but we're awaiting RIAA comment on that apsect.
100 streams = 1 paid downloads or sales
Look like streaming is getting too big to be ignored. It will likely surpass Singles Download in 10 months at the current growth rate.
Summary of the 4 Big Revenue Drivers right now:
Streaming: $1,032.8 million USD (up 59%)
Singles Download: $1,623.6 million USD (up 6.7%)
Album Download: $1,204.8 million USD (up 12.5%)
Physical CD Album: $2,532 million USD (down 18.3%)
Because a video with 30,000,000 alone = 3,000,000 ala 3x Platinum?
your math is off by a 0
30,000,000 streams / 100 = 300,000 sales
And since this is RIAA certification, only USA Youtube Streams will count. A Youtube MV with 100 million worldwide views might only have 20 million USA views.
100 streams = 1 download isn't bad either... I guess it's possible fans could abuse it but it'd take a while.
