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This is a list compiling the highest certified digital singles in the United States, all of which have reached Diamond status and are kept track of by the Recording Industry Association of America. [1] RIAA Certifications depend on how many units a single has received. A single being streamed 150 times equals one unit. Digital singles are ...
Guy Peellaert's design for David Bowie's Diamond Dogs album. Peellaert was born into an aristocratic family, but left home at an early age. He studied fine arts in Brussels, and became heavily influenced by American and British pop culture, film noir and pulp literature, before making his debut as a decorator for theaters and comic strip artist.
Following controversy, later copies of the album have the genitals airbrushed out of the painting. [1] Dead Kennedys – Frankenchrist (1985) A poster inserted in the original record sleeve, H. R. Giger's Landscape #XX, or Penis Landscape, was a painting depicting rows of genitals in
Declared a Diamond record, signifying over 10 million global sales (or equivalent streams), on the 20th anniversary of its release it’s currently celebrating its 378th week (over seven full ...
A Gold record is a song or album that sells 500,000 units (records, tapes, and compact discs). The award was launched in 1958; [ 5 ] originally, the requirement for a Gold single was one million units sold and a Gold album represented $1 million in sales (at wholesale value, around a third of the list price). [ 6 ]
The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the album must have achieved at least a diamond certification from the RIAA. The albums released prior to March 1991 should be included with their certified units only, as their Nielsen SoundScan sales are not complete.
Seymour Stein, whose Sire Records launched Madonna’s career and signed such early punk rock and new wave icons as the Ramones and Talking Heads, died Sunday morning in Los Angeles after a long ...
Artists with album certifications prior to 2016 also do not get benefit of the inclusion of individual song downloads and streams. The highest-certified music artists do not necessarily mean the highest-selling music artists, due to the fact that certifications are not automatic and record companies have to apply.