so now that streaming is becoming more and more popular, I know the RIAA has made certifications for songs. So how does it work? Does it go on top of the sales certification? Is it separate all together certification? Does it also include vevo streams?
youtube views are counted now. in one report there was a mention of one of Bieber's song as 12x platinum. As for Gangnam Style, we're looking at 500x platinum? maybe more?
51. 0 to 100 / The Catch Up - Drake
52. Black Widow - Iggy Azalea f/Rita Ora
53. Somethin' Bad - Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood
54. Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo f/2 Chainz
55. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
56. Wild Wild Love - Pitbull f/G.R.L.
57. Drunk On A Plane - Dierks Bentley
58. La La La - Naughty Boy f/Sam Smith
59. Royals - Lorde
60. Hold On We're Going Home - Drake
61. Demons - Imagine Dragons
62. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys
63. Sleepless - Radio Edit - Cazzette f/The High
64. I Will Never Let You Down - Rita Ora
65. 2 On - Tinashe f/ScHoolboy Q
66. Play It Again - Luke Bryan
67. Work - Iggy Azalea
68. Drunk In Love - Beyoncé f/Jay Z
69. Magic - Coldplay
70. Beachin' - Jake Owen
71. Timber - Pitbull f/Kesha
72. Safe And Sound - Capital Cities
73. Wake Me Up - Avicii f/Aloe Blacc
74. All Of Me (Tiësto's Birthday Treatment Remix) - John Legend f/Tiësto
75. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood
76. Take Me Home - Cash Cash f/Bebe Rexha
77. Bad - Radio Edit - David Guetta f/Showtek and Vassy
78. Let Her Go - Passenger
79. Birthday - Katy Perry
80. We Dem Boyz - Wiz Khalifa
81. Studio - ScHoolboy Q
82. Partition - Beyoncé
83. Love Someone - Jason Mraz
84. Roar - Katy Perry
85. The Man - Aloe Blacc
86. Bartender - Lady Antebellum
87. Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Ray Dalton
88. Sail - AWOLNATION
89. Tennis Court - Lorde
90. Let It Go - Idina Menzel
91. Cool Kids - Echosmith
92. Get Lucky - Radio Edit - Daft Punk f/Pharrell Williams
93. Trophies - Drake
94. Get Lost - Icona Pop
95. Burn - Ellie Goulding
96. The Monster - Eminem f/Rihanna
97. Show Me - Kid Ink f/Chris Brown
98. All Me - Drake f/2 Chainz and Big Sean
99. Hideaway - Kiesza
100. Don't Tell 'Em - Jeremih f/YG
1. Leave The Night On - Sam Hunt
2. Burnin' It Down - Jason Aldean
3. American Kids - Kenny Chesney
4. This Is How We Roll - Florida Georgia Line f/Luke Bryan
5. Dirt - Florida Georgia Line
1. Rude - MAGIC!
2. Fancy - Iggy Azalea f/Charli XCX (+1)
3. Stay With Me - Sam Smith (-1)
4. Problem - Ariana Grande f/Iggy Azalea
5. Latch - Disclosure f/Sam Smith (+1)
6. Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz (-1)
7. Summer - Calvin Harris (+1)
8. Chandelier - Sia (-1)
9. Maps - Maroon 5 (+1)
10. Break Free - Ariana Grande f/Zedd (-1)
11. Shower - Becky G
12. Classic - MKTO
13. Boom Clap - Charli XCX
14. Wasted - Tiësto f/Matthew Koma
15. Rather Be - Clean Bandit f/Jess Glynne (+1)
16. Wiggle - Jason Derulo f/Snoop Dogg (+2)
17. A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay (-2)
18. Riptide - Vance Joy (-1)
19. She Looks So Perfect - 5 Seconds Of Summer
20. Turn Down For What - DJ Snake & Lil Jon (+7)
21. Don't - Ed Sheeran (-1)
22. Stay High - Habits Remix - Tove Lo f/Hippie Sabotage (+1)
23. Sing - Ed Sheeran (-1)
24. Best Day Of My Life - American Authors (-3)
25. Dark Horse - Katy Perry f/Juicy J (+5)
I'll also be keeping track of each top 50 song's "trend": that is, the change in positions from 3 days ago to today. I can't do this for today as I have not yet logged 3 days of streaming data, so the first day this will be featured will be the 29th.
Youtube views does count toward certifications I believe.
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Specifically, the RIAA is awarding 11 Gold, 18 Platinum and 27 multi-Platinum new “combined” Digital Single Awards counting both downloads and streams. This includes streams from on-demand services like MOG, Muve Music, Rdio, Rhapsody, Slacker, Spotify, Xbox Music and others, plus video streaming services like MTV.com, VEVO, Yahoo! Music, YouTube and more.
26. Stolen Dance - Milky Chance (-2)
27. Love Runs Out - OneRepublic (-2)
28. All Of Me - John Legend
29. Happy - Pharrell Williams (+2)
30. Leave The Night On - Sam Hunt (-4)
31. Pompeii - Bastille (+3)
32. Me And My Broken Heart - Rixton
33. American Kids - Kenny Chesney (+3)
34. Burnin' It Down - Jason Aldean (-4)
35. Believe Me - Lil Wayne f/Drake (+11)
36. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (+6)
37. All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor (+1)
38. Ain't It Fun - Paramore (-1)
39. Trumpets - Jason Derulo (+6)
40. Really Don't Care - Demi Lovato f/Cher Lloyd (-1)
41. Money On My Mind - Sam Smith (-8)
42. I'm Ready - AJR (-2)
43. This Is How We Roll - Florida Georgia Line f/Luke Bryan (-2)
44. Dirt - Florida Georgia Line (-1)
45. Na Na - Trey Songz (+2)
46. Waves - Robin Schulz Radio Edit - Mr. Probz (-2)
47. V. 3005 - Childish Gambino (+2)
48. Latch - Acoustic - Sam Smith (-13)
49. Team - Lorde (+1)
50. Black Widow - Iggy Azalea f/Rita Ora (+2)
Ok, so since 12:00AM on Monday I'm gonna check YouTube views for the most popular hits and I'm gonna try to make a chart to see how worldwide views are going (with the difference that not all the videos belong to VEVO)
51. Not A Bad Thing - Justin Timberlake (-3)
52. Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo f/2 Chainz (+2)
53. 0 to 100 / The Catch Up - Drake (-2)
54. Hold On We're Going Home - Drake (+6)
55. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
56. Somethin' Bad - Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood (-3)
57. Drunk On A Plane - Dierks Bentley
58. Royals - Lorde (+1)
59. Wild Wild Love - Pitbull f/G.R.L. (-3)
60. 2 On - Tinashe f/ScHoolboy Q (+5)
61. Demons - Imagine Dragons
62. La La La - Naughty Boy f/Sam Smith (-4)
63. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (-1)
64. We Dem Boyz - Wiz Khalifa (+16)
65. Studio - ScHoolboy Q (+16)
66. Work - Iggy Azalea (+1)
67. Timber - Pitbull f/Kesha (+4)
68. Bad - Radio Edit - David Guetta f/Showtek and Vassy (+9)
69. Drunk In Love - Beyoncé f/Jay Z (-1)
70. Sleepless - Radio Edit - Cazzette f/The High (-7)
71. Wake Me Up - Avicii f/Aloe Blacc (+2)
72. Play It Again - Luke Bryan (-6)
73. Beachin' - Jake Owen (-3)
74. Birthday - Katy Perry (+5)
75. Magic - Coldplay (-6)
US Spotify 51-75
FGL has 2 in the top 5. 
You're most likely right.
I hope this does well.