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Originally posted by Starstruck.
Lol you do realize you have to pay to get them right?
No one uses them as receipts! only the press releases when an artist wants to boost about their achievements (especially nowadays since RIAA is sales + streams)
But yeah still congrats! Rihanna could snatch it anytime though if her label pays or when Katy re-certifies again.
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No one uses them as receipts - except everyone in the music industry. Every artist who is multi-platinum is introduced as a multi-platinum selling artist. Same with Grammy's but we won't mention the G-Word.
Don't pretend as if RIAA are some obscure organisation when they officially run the standard milestone measurements of commercial success in the US market.
The fee to certify is very small, you think Katy's being at one of the biggest record companies in the world cannot afford this? They certainly splashed out to get her to 72.5 certifications didn't they?
Taylor's overtaken Katy, because Taylor has numerous album tracks that can get certified Gold or Platinum because they sell.