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Si wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:10 pm

cooperrocks wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:48 pm

Speaking of gold and platinum albums, isn't certification up to the record label and then they pay the RIAA to officially issue gold and platinum albums.

As I understand it, yes basically it is. Unless the record company seeks and pays for certification/recertification it doesn't happen.
If I remember a bunch of albums were re-certified (upgraded) at around the same time, long after they had actually sold the requisite number of copies, possible after a push by Brian Nelson to get it done.

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab ... ch_section

In other word's "The Squeaky Wheel" gets' the grease!

I've never been inclined to look into certifications because I can appreciate awards more if I don't have to seek them out.
As I understand it, the record label pays for the awards with the artist's royalties.

This is fascinating. I have an AC/DC Highway to Hell gold disc framed with a mounted card with all the band autographs (Brian, not Bon). I got it as a gift for my 40th Birthday, and was always wary of whether the autographs were genuine. Now, looking at the thing, and knowing the real individual track times, I am suspecting the record is not Highway to Hell at all! This is just a gift. If like Dennis, I was presented with a disc for writing and performing on a hit album, then discovered decades later the disc was someone else's music, I would be pretty miffed. Then again, if The Stones were getting the same one's, maybe I would see the funny side.

The record companies paid for the awards with the artist's royalties.

Dreary wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:18 am

The record companies paid for the awards with the artist's royalties.

That's pretty petty from the corporate standpoint.
Fine print in contract (I guess) but, that comes out of the Bands pocket.
Lame!