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11/10/2006: "Latest world certification requirements"

Hey, Mariah chart fans

I just found some information, that I think everyone would be interested in. These are latest certification requirements for all the countries in the world with national recording associations. France's certifications have been lowered a lot, due to few artists reaching platinum status in the current market. Silver is now 35,000 (was 60,000), Gold is 75,000 (was 100,000) and Platinum is 200,000 (was 300,000). If The Emancipation of Mimi was released this year, it would be certified as a Platinum album, instead of a 2x Gold album. crying

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Source: IFPI Yearbook

Comments:

leonel | Saturday, November 18th

yo creo que en la argentina vendio mas discos angry, grr

MyMariah.tk | Sunday, November 12th

Thanks, Michael. I don't know where I read about the Phils certification. Maybe I'm imagining things, hehe. smile

Pls do an article about TEOM's possible upgrade to 7x platinum in the US, if you have any news about it. Thanks!

Michael | Saturday, November 11th

Yes, these certification levels only apply to 2006 releases. Albums that were released before 2006 (if they're re-certified) will be under the certification rules of when they were released.

Michael | Saturday, November 11th

Certifications are always shipments. I have never heard of certifications being based on actual sales, because they change so often. I heard actual sales for 'TEOM' in the Philippines surpassed what it's certified for, but I don't know the exact figure.

We do know it officially sold at least 30,000 units there, though. cool eh?

Thanks, for the comment MyMariah.tk

Jason | Saturday, November 11th

So, do these new cert levels only apply to 2006 releases?

MyMariah.tk | Saturday, November 11th

And as far as we Filipinos know, certifications in the Philippines are based on units sold, NOT units shipped. So Mariah has officially sold 30,000+ units of TEOM, but shipped a lot more than that, and God knows how many pirated copies have been made, too.