Live in Boston platinum

[blinker12]

I didn't see that anyone had posted this, but I could be wrong:

Live in Boston (the longform video) was certified gold and platinum in December. I think that means sales exceeding 100,000.

[Merf]

Originally Posted by blinker12

I didn't see that anyone had posted this, but I could be wrong:

Live in Boston (the longform video) was certified gold and platinum in December. I think that means sales exceeding 100,000.

Gold: 500,000

Platinum: 1,000,000

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Merf

Gold: 500,000

Platinum: 1,000,000

I <3 you.

Unfortunately, I think the certification is different for videos/DVDs. Where's Hayley?

[HomerMcvie]

I don't see ANYway LIB could've sold 1,000,000.
I don't think it's possible......

[MacMan]

Criteria is different for long form video. 50,000 is gold. 100,000 is platinum.

It was certified by the RIAA in December for both, but I think they can certify based on shippments after it reaches gold, not necessarily actual copies sold. So the 50,000 was reached in actual sales, but the platinum status was reached based on shipments.

[Tom]

What about Live at the Boston Tea Party?

[macfan 57]

Originally Posted by MacMan

Criteria is different for long form video. 50,000 is gold. 100,000 is platinum.

It was certified by the RIAA in December for both, but I think they can certify based on shippments after it reaches gold, not necessarily actual copies sold. So the 50,000 was reached in actual sales, but the platinum status was reached based on shipments.

Aren't there 2 DVD discs to the Live In Boston thing? This is the same as The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac. That was a 2 CD set. That has sold(according to Soundscan over a million copies). It should soon be certified as multi-platinum(2 million shipped). It was originally certified as platinum soon after its release. It is doubled(for RIAA certification purposes) because of the number of discs. At least that's what they do with CDs. I would think they do the same thing with DVDs. A short while ago, someone posted that LIB had sold 50,000 copies according to soundscan. If you double that because of the number of discs, that would explain why it's been certified platinum(100,000) even though it's only sold 50,000.

[MacMan]

I'm not sure if they count the dvd's the same as the count the cd's in a multi set package... And Billboard did post that LIB sold about 58,000 units, but those are soundscan numbers based on actual scanned sales. The RIAA combines sales and shippments to stores, record clubs or any other outlet that sells the music, so it's a combination of both. So in actual sales it's above 50,000 units, but in total sales and shippments it exceeds 100,000 units allowing it to be certified platinum.


This is from the RIAA site:

RIAA.COM

Music Video Longform

GOLD
Quantity:
50,000 units
Requirements:
*Defined as a title that has not been theatrically released prior to distribution.

PLATINUM
Quantity:
100,000 units
Requirements:
*Defined as a title that has not been theatrically released prior to distribution.

MULTI-PLATINUM
Quantity:
200,000 units
Requirements:
*Defined as a title that has not been theatrically released prior to distribution.
*Recertified at 100,000 unit sales level.

[David]

It all sounds like nothing but a lot of marketing hooey.

Rather than try to figure out the imbecilities of the recording industry, wouldn't you rather watch grass grow?

[jwd]

Originally Posted by David

Rather than try to figure out the imbecilities of the recording industry, wouldn't you rather watch grass grow?

Ummmm, no.

[mylittledemon]

I think since LIB actually counts as a 3 disc set. Therefore it would've sold just over 330,000 copies to become "platinum." I think that's correct. I may just be way off. If I am feel free to throw large, smelly blocks of cheese at me.

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I think since LIB actually counts as a 3 disc set. Therefore it would've sold just over 330,000 copies to become "platinum." I think that's correct. I may just be way off. If I am feel free to throw large, smelly blocks of cheese at me.

yeah you're way off....if you read up a few posts it says that a music dvd is gold at 50,000 and platinum at 100,000.....thats how i've always known it. and they're probably not going to count a cd as part of a dvd.