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Taylor Swift |
6x multi-Platinum |
| • I Dreamed A Dream |
Susan Boyle |
4x multi-Platinum |
| • The Fall |
Norah Jones |
Platinum |
| • Rated R |
Rihanna |
Platinum |
| • The Fame Monster |
Lady Gaga |
Platinum |
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Flo Rida |
4x multi-Platinum |
| • "Need You Now" |
Lady Antebellum |
2x multi-Platinum |
| • "Empire State of Mind" |
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys |
2x multi-Platinum |
| • "Fireflies" |
Owl City |
2x multi-Platinum |
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RIAA Celebrates Decade of G&P Hits
The RIAA has released a tally of the decade’s highest Gold and Platinum award achievements. Included in the RIAA’s 2000-2009 count are the artists who received the most G&P certifications, the best selling music releases and a timeline of notable decade dates.
The decade’s top certified artist is Beyonce tallying more than 64 million units. The most certified male is Michael Jackson at 49 million followed by the Eagles, the top group, at 47 million. The highest certified ringtone of the decade is Lil Wayne’s "Lollipop" at 5x multi-Platinum and the most certified digital song is Flo Rida's "Low," also 5x multi-Platinum.
Check out the complete decade tally here.
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Grammy Spotlight
Congratulations to all the winners at January's 52nd annual Grammy awards show.
Beyonce broke the Grammy record for most awards taken by a female artist in one night with six. Her awards included song of the year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and best contemporary R&B album for I Am…Sasha Fierce. Taylor Swift was close behind with four wins including album of the year for Fearless and best female country vocal performance for "White Horse."
The Black Eyed Peas took home three awards, including best pop vocal album for The E.N.D. while Lady Gaga took two -- The Fame as best electronic/dance album and "Poker Face" as best dance recording. Additionally, "Use Somebody" by rockers Kings of Leon won record of the year and country act Zac Brown Band took the best new artist nod.
In more good news, the 2010 Grammy ratings were the highest in six years with 25.8 million viewers! For a complete list of winners visit grammy.com.
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According to Billboard.com the top digital downloads for the week of March 6 are:
Albums:
# 1 – Soldier Of Love by Sade
# 2 – The E.N.D. by The Black Eyed Peas
# 3 – Need You Now by Lady Antebellum
Songs:
# 1 - "We Are the World 25: For Haiti" by Artists For Haiti
# 2 - "Imma Be" by the Black Eyed Peas
# 3 - "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train
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* Apple’s iTunes store sold its 10 billionth song in February, naming the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" the music store’s top selling download of all time. See the entire top 25 sold list at apple.com here.
* The Hope for Haiti Now charity album recently became the first all-digital record to top Billboard’s 200 chart. While not available in physical format, fans can purchase the album online at iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon MP3 and Napster.
* Taylor Swift now holds the record for best first-week download sales by a female artist. Her latest release "Today Was a Fairytale" sold 325,000 downloads in just one week to take the cake.
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Lady Antebellum |
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Corinne Bailey Rae |
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OK Go |
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Michael Buble |
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Nick Jonas & The Administration |
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The White Stripes |
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Jimi Hendrix |
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Usher |
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