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Originally posted by Hakunt
i read this like 4 times but my dumb ass don't get it. can someone explain this to me like i'm a five year old?
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So they could either certify it using this:
...Baby One More Time should be 14x Platinum
14.5 million shipped (probably more)
135k TEA
95k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
Oops!... I Did It Again should be 12x Platinum
11.8 million shipped (or 12 million)
155k TEA
65k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
Britney should be 6x Platinum
5.8 million shipped
170k TEA
65k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
In The Zone should be 4x Platinum
3.5 million shipped
400k TEA
85k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative should be 2x Platinum
1.9 million shipped
95k TEA
8,000 SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
Blackout should be Platinum
1.1 million shipped
590k TEA
75k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
Circus should be 2x Platinum
1.9 million shipped
875k TEA
105k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
The Singles Collection should be Gold
300k shipped
240k TEA
17k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
Femme Fatale should be 1x Platinum
1 million shipped
730k TEA
175k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
Britney Jean should be Gold
290k shipped
160k TEA
85k SEA estimate assuming 35% of its streams come from the United States
or they could take all single sales/streams from her singles and use them to certify GH:MP, so:
...BOMT - 14x P
OIDIA -12x P
Britney - 5x P
ITZ - 3x P
GH:MP - 3x P (~950K TEA, ~300 SEA)
Here's where it gets complicated. Any and all sales/streams can be applied to a compilation album if those sales/streams happen after the release of the compilation.
That means that her team could break up all digital sales of ...BOMT and then include all prior to 2004 to BOMT, all from 2004-2008 to GH:MP and all from now on to TSC. It's such a convoluted rule and was clearly designed to cheat the charts