With the introduction of on-demand music services that include Spotify, Rhapsody, and YouTube, music streams have gradually become an integral part of the way in which music is listened to and shared. Thanks to the popularity of streaming music, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has just announced the integration of music streams to its Gold & Platinum Program.
Thanks to the newly-announced change, a total of 56 songs received inaugural certifications this week. Among the nearly 60 songs were Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie,” Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie,” and Ca$h Out “Cashin’ Out.”
“Including music streaming in Gold & Platinum awards marks the continued evolution of the industry’s premier program for recognizing artistic achievement, and it reflects the wide spectrum of ways consumers enjoy music from their favorite bands,” said Cary Sherman, Chairman & CEO, RIAA in a statement. “The music business, along with its incredible array of digital service partners, is offering fans more access to music than ever before. We’re thrilled that our awards will now more fully recognize artists’ commercial success today.”
Launched in the late ‘50s, the RIAA’s Gold & Platinum program was created “to honor artists and create a standard by which to measure the commercial success of a sound recording.”
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@KG360hiphop follow n about time
Only KG I know plays for the Celtics.
Now Ross can go platinum.
this is only for singles though so he may never get a platinum album
Hardly anyone in Hip Hop are going platinum with albums anymore
but they were when he came out
he supposed to be one of the top rappers. jay, kanye, wayne, eminem still doin it. kendrick about to do it. macklemore gonna do it before the end of the year.
We’ll see how this goes.
What about illegal streams? Can’t play it both ways, RIAA.
why? you think they count bootleg album sales?
Yeah, nigga, as a matter of fact I do.
Those mixtape and trackmasters/trap-a-holic releases let those old money label execs know how much hype their main releases are going to push.
About Damn time!!!!
Now with the streams, Lil Waynes singles will go diamond.
Think again you little shit!
My father’s been dead for 3 years. I am an accountant and I know wayne’s singles will go diamond.
Everyhting you say is bullshit. You’re not an accountant and Wayne will never have a diamond single.
I dunno about this shit.. now haters will also contribute to an artist’s success… haters will bump someone’s single just so they can hate on it… that’s how Lil Wayne gets so much views and comments online, his fans will always check for his shit but so will the haters, for the twisted reason that they can’t leave him the fuck alone(of course thats the case for a lot more artists)
#Progress. Bless
Bout. Damn. Time.
“5x plat off a snippet”
^ I can hear Jay now……….
That dude Psy is going to set a record for “Gangnam Style”. That fucking single is probably diamond by these new RIAA standards. Song is stupid as fuck…