RIAA Adds Digital Streams To Gold & Platinum Awards
The Recording Industry Association of America is expanding its gold and platinum certification program to include song streams on the Internet. On-demand audio and/or video song streams will now be counted towards the 500,000 (Gold), 1,000,000 (Platinum) and 2,000,000 plus (multi-Platinum) thresholds required for G&P’s Digital Single Award certification. This includes streams from on-demand services like MOG, Muve Music, Rdio, Rhapsody, Slacker, Spotify, Xbox Music and others, plus video streaming services like MTV.com, VEVO, Yahoo! Music, YouTube and more. The first round of 56 combined digital single awards counting both downloads and streams go to artists like Eminem, Adele, Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen.
Including music streaming in Gold & Platinum awards marks the continued evolution of the industrys 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. The music business, along with its incredible array of digital service partners, is offering fans more access to music than ever before. Were thrilled that our awards will now more fully recognize artists commercial success today.
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