RIAA Certification

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Originally Posted by BigBigLove

The independent audit required to gain RIAA certification/recertification for an album has to be paid for by the label -- this can sometimes cost many thousands of dollars. If an artist isn't actively promoting a release at that time, the minimal additional press exposure for the certification may not be deemed a worthy expense by the label, which is probably why you haven't seen Rumours get recertified (and why Landslide hasn't been certified, etc.).

I believe Landslide was certified gold a few years ago.