[XTIANLOVESBRITNEY]

I miss the old days when the people buy cd's

[JDM]

Originally posted by Travis10

Just halve all the certifications:
Gold = 250,000
Platinum = 500K
4xPlatinum = 2 mil
Diamond = 5 mil
Double Diamond = 10 mil

That works for me, but the greedy assholes known as record labels would rather carry on and blame downloading and pass out lawsuits left and right, rather than come to realize CD sales are dead. Denial is a sad thing. At least some artists are on the right track (namely Trent Reznor.)

[Anthony K.]

Originally posted by CarCAL22

It wouldnt be fair to all the previous certified albums....

It's not like it never happened before.

[Exodus]

I don't think we should halve certifications. I think 75% is more sufficient.

750,000 for platinum makes more sense no?

[Green]

CHART DATE: 06/30/2008
LAST UPDATE: 06/30/2008 09:54:18
NOW IN: 30.57%

LW TW artist / album label power index
2 1 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 88,368
THA CARTER III
1 2 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 60,670
VIVA LA VIDA
-- 3 MOTLEY CRUE ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC/MOTLEY 47,712
SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES
3 4 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 44,177
SOUNDTRACK
-- 5 THREE 6 MAFIA COLUMBIA 29,599
LAST 2 WALK
5 6 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 18,578
HERE I STAND
-- 7 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 18,172
SOUND OF MADNESS
7 8 DISTURBED REPRISE 18,027
INDESTRUCTIBLE
8 9 PLIES SLIP-N-SLIDE 17,924
DEFINITION OF REAL
15 10 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 16,435
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
6 11 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 15,480
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
4 12 NOW 28 CAPITOL 11,179
VARIOUS ARTISTS
17 13 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 10,479
TAYLOR SWIFT
18 14 DUFFY MERCURY 9,868
ROCKFERRY
13 15 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 8,610
WEEZER (RED ALBUM)
14 16 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 8,423
3 DOORS DOWN
16 17 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 8,205
SPIRIT
-- 18 CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR FUELED BY RAMEN 7,916
ROTATION
-- 19 SIGUR ROS XL/BEGGARS 7,540
MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDLA
9 20 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 6,469
ONE OF THE BOYS
31 21 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 6,461
SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC
10 22 OFFSPRING COLUMBIA 6,200
RISE & FALL, RAGE & GRACE
20 23 SEX & THE CITY NEW LINE 6,009
SOUNDTRACK
22 24 N.E.R.D. INTERSCOPE 5,934
SEEING SOUNDS
41 25 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 4,704
ENJOY THE RIDE
34 26 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 4,690
WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS
-- 27 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJMG 4,555
TRILLA
21 28 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 4,520
E=MC2
23 29 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 4,405
EXCLUSIVE
-- 30 METRO STATION COLUMBIA 4,342
METRO STATION
42 31 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 4,239
COCO
-- 32 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 4,108
MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
29 33 ASHANTI UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 3,947
DECLARATION
-- 34 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 3,928
JUST LIKE YOU
25 35 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ATLANTIC 3,905
NARROW STAIRS
50 36 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD EPIC 3,676
POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE
45 37 BUN B RAP-A-LOT/ATLANTIC 3,675
II TRILL
32 38 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 3,514
CARNIVAL RIDE
24 39 TOBY KEITH UME/SHOW DOG 3,492
35 BIGGEST HITS
37 40 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 3,474
HARD CANDY
35 41 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 3,382
JONAS BROTHERS
26 42 JEWEL BIG MACHINE 3,378
PERFECTLY CLEAR
-- 43 JUNO RHINO 3,201
SOUNDTRACK
38 44 FLOBOTS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 3,176
FIGHT WITH TOOLS
12 45 JUDAS PRIEST EPIC 3,062
NOSTRADAMUS
36 46 FRANK SINATRA REPRISE 3,025
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
-- 47 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RAZOR & TIE 2,922
SOUNDTRACK
39 48 TOTAL CLUB HITS THRIVE 2,885
THRIVEMIX (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
-- 49 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 2,807
DAUGHTRY
-- 50 G. LOVE BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 2,804
SUPERHERO BROTHER

[madonnafan18]

Good grief, Katy is dropping, and I can't believe Lil Wayne is #1 again!

[Richard]

Ugh, hope Coldplay & Katy can manage to sell more

[Tightrope]

NO! Lil Wayne should NOT be #1!

[Anthony K.]

Originally posted by Tightrope

NO! Lil Wayne should NOT be #1!

I second that.

[NickLacheyFan]

CHART DATE: 06/30/2008
LAST UPDATE: 06/30/2008 12:45:52
NOW IN: 46.22%


LW TW artist / album label power index
1 1 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 123,910 kick his ass!
VIVA LA VIDA
2 2 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 104,322
THA CARTER III
3 3 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 66,796
SOUNDTRACK
-- 4 MOTLEY CRUE ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC/MOTLEY 56,157
SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES
-- 5 THREE 6 MAFIA COLUMBIA 37,879
LAST 2 WALK
-- 6 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 24,660
SOUND OF MADNESS
7 7 DISTURBED REPRISE 20,912
INDESTRUCTIBLE
5 8 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 20,266
HERE I STAND
6 9 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 19,197
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
8 10 PLIES SLIP-N-SLIDE 17,924
DEFINITION OF REAL
15 11 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 16,435
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
9 12 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 14,443
ONE OF THE BOYS
18 13 DUFFY MERCURY 13,092
ROCKFERRY
17 14 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 12,662
TAYLOR SWIFT
4 15 NOW 28 CAPITOL 12,230
VARIOUS ARTISTS
13 16 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 11,979
WEEZER (RED ALBUM)
-- 17 AMOS LEE BLUE NOTE 11,307
LAST DAYS AT THE LODGE
14 18 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 10,709
3 DOORS DOWN
-- 19 CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR FUELED BY RAMEN 10,579
ROTATION
16 20 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 10,077
SPIRIT
10 21 OFFSPRING COLUMBIA 9,593
RISE & FALL, RAGE & GRACE
31 22 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 8,748
SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC
22 23 N.E.R.D. INTERSCOPE 7,917
SEEING SOUNDS
-- 24 SIGUR ROS XL/BEGGARS 7,540
MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDLA
34 25 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 7,075
WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS
-- 26 METRO STATION COLUMBIA 6,890
METRO STATION
25 27 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ATLANTIC 6,805
NARROW STAIRS
-- 28 G. LOVE BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 6,648
SUPERHERO BROTHER
20 29 SEX & THE CITY NEW LINE 6,009
SOUNDTRACK
35 30 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 5,895
JONAS BROTHERS
38 31 FLOBOTS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 5,833
FIGHT WITH TOOLS
42 32 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 5,761
COCO
41 33 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 5,487
ENJOY THE RIDE
19 34 ALANIS MORISSETTE MAVERICK/REPRISE 5,308
FLAVORS OF ENTANGLEMENT
23 35 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 5,236
EXCLUSIVE
-- 36 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJMG 5,193
TRILLA
-- 37 JUNO RHINO 5,025
SOUNDTRACK
32 38 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 4,988
CARNIVAL RIDE
27 39 MY MORNING JACKET ATO 4,601
EVIL URGES
21 40 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 4,520
E=MC2
50 41 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD EPIC 4,505
POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE
29 42 ASHANTI UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 4,494
DECLARATION
26 43 JEWEL BIG MACHINE 4,471
PERFECTLY CLEAR
37 44 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 4,386
HARD CANDY
-- 45 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 4,225
DREAMING OUT LOUD
39 46 TOTAL CLUB HITS THRIVE 4,110
THRIVEMIX (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
-- 47 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 4,108
MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
-- 48 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 3,928
JUST LIKE YOU
-- 49 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 3,726
DAUGHTRY
12 50 JUDAS PRIEST EPIC 3,706
NOSTRADAMUS

[1-N-Only21]

Lil Wayne might go back to number one because of the BET AWARDS.

[madonnafan18]

I hope Coldplay blocks Lil Wayne from the #1 spot. Also, it's a shame Alanis is dropping pretty fast.

[NickLacheyFan]

^ Ashanti as well
Madonna isn't looking too good this week as well, though it's not the final numbers so we can't know what will happen till than.

[Tightrope]

Originally posted by 1-N-Only21

Lil Wayne might go back to number one because of the BET AWARDS.

Maybe..

Anyone have a sense that he released this on purpose at around the time of these awards?

[music135]

Hopefully Rihanna's BET award performance will boost her sales, its looking like she'll have a good sales week though Sadly Leona is dropping, but she's still doing ok, and if Natasha climbs into the top 50 this week I'll be happy

[madonnafan18]

Originally posted by NickLacheyFan

^ Ashanti as well
Madonna isn't looking too good this week as well, though it's not the final numbers so we can't know what will happen till than.

Madonna isn't doing so good, however, it looks like she won't have another huge drop this week.

[LOL!]

Originally posted by music135

Hopefully Rihanna's BET award performance will boost her sales, its looking like she'll have a good sales week though Sadly Leona is dropping, but she's still doing ok, and if Natasha climbs into the top 50 this week I'll be happy

Yeahh go Rihanna and 'BIT' goes for adds on the 15th so hopefully it will atleast stay top 50 until then

[LaidBackRelaxd04]

The biggest surprise is the leap that Kid Rock has been making lately. He may enter the top 10 this week with the surge "All Summer Long" has been making on the charts.

[NickLacheyFan]

CHART DATE: 06/30/2008
LAST UPDATE: 06/30/2008 14:21:13
NOW IN: 68.46%


LW TW artist / album label power index
1 1 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 151,590
VIVA LA VIDA
3 2 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 108,035
SOUNDTRACK
2 3 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 104,322
THA CARTER III
-- 4 MOTLEY CRUE ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC/MOTLEY 68,457
SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES
4 5 NOW 28 CAPITOL 47,875
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 6 THREE 6 MAFIA COLUMBIA 40,478
LAST 2 WALK
-- 7 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 34,225
SOUND OF MADNESS
5 8 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 34,104
HERE I STAND
6 9 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 30,756
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
17 10 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 25,270
TAYLOR SWIFT
11 11 JOURNEY FRONTIERS 24,854
REVELATION
15 12 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 23,995
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
7 13 DISTURBED REPRISE 20,912
INDESTRUCTIBLE
16 14 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 20,691
SPIRIT
8 15 PLIES SLIP-N-SLIDE 19,912
DEFINITION OF REAL
9 16 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 19,756
ONE OF THE BOYS
14 17 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 18,150
3 DOORS DOWN
18 18 DUFFY MERCURY 16,777
ROCKFERRY
13 19 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 13,601
WEEZER (RED ALBUM)
24 20 TOBY KEITH UME/SHOW DOG 13,141
35 BIGGEST HITS
41 21 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 11,331
ENJOY THE RIDE
-- 22 AMOS LEE BLUE NOTE 11,307
LAST DAYS AT THE LODGE
10 23 OFFSPRING COLUMBIA 11,260
RISE & FALL, RAGE & GRACE
32 24 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 11,074
CARNIVAL RIDE
23 25 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 10,600
EXCLUSIVE
-- 26 CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR FUELED BY RAMEN 10,579
ROTATION
35 27 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 10,301
JONAS BROTHERS
31 28 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 10,181
SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC
21 29 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 10,059
E=MC2
26 30 JEWEL BIG MACHINE 9,642
PERFECTLY CLEAR
39 31 TOTAL CLUB HITS THRIVE 9,152
THRIVEMIX (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
29 32 ASHANTI UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 9,067
DECLARATION
42 33 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,054
COCO
-- 34 METRO STATION COLUMBIA 8,879
METRO STATION
40 35 NOW 27 SBMG/COMMERICAL MUSIC GRP 8,557
VARIOUS ARTISTS
46 36 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 8,179
JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES
47 37 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 8,096
GOOD TIME
22 38 N.E.R.D. INTERSCOPE 7,917
SEEING SOUNDS
49 39 GARTH BROOKS PEARL RECORDS 7,777
ULTIMATE HITS
-- 40 SIGUR ROS XL/BEGGARS 7,540
MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDLA
-- 41 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 7,540
TROUBADOUR
-- 42 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RAZOR & TIE 7,490
SOUNDTRACK
50 43 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD EPIC 7,296
POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE
34 44 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 7,075
WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS
25 45 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ATLANTIC 6,805
NARROW STAIRS
-- 46 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 6,705
JUST LIKE YOU
-- 47 G. LOVE BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 6,648
SUPERHERO BROTHER
19 48 ALANIS MORISSETTE MAVERICK/REPRISE 6,496
FLAVORS OF ENTANGLEMENT
-- 49 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJMG 6,455
TRILLA
-- 50 JUNO RHINO 6,365
SOUNDTRACK

[RainMan]

Hope Rihanna can stay top ten for another week!