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Just saw on Shout that RED WHITE AND CRUE has gone Platinum......pretty good for a cd thats only been out a lil over a month.
CRUE got presented with their platinum awards a few days ago
This is great news!!! CRUE IS BACK! [img]graemlins/devil.gif[/img]
Phew. Was worried that they were releasing yet another Greatest Hits package when I saw the title of this thread. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Good job, Crue.
Give them a couple more years. They are starting to turn into Kiss with the 3 greatest hits cds not to mention the Masters series or whatever that is which is essentially another greatest hits. The Box set sucks as everything on it has been released before. Do something new Crue.
now now, before we get too excited over this remember, this is how many units were shipped not sold. i?ve explained this before. if there is a big hype (i.e. reunion tour/reality show/scandle) around the band then the retailers will order extra units to have on hand. now they could order 1 million copies (meaning 1 million copies were shipped) but end up sending back 500,000 copies in 2 months time. (or with the case of ?new tattoo?, sell them off for $2.99 brand new) the crue still keep their platinum records because 1 million copies were shipped but in all reality they didn?t sell 1 million copies, at least not yet.
also take into account that since this is a 2 disc set, they only had to ship 500,000 copies to have it considered platinum.
Bill is correct. I think the platinum award was for Canada = 100,000 units. I saw them receive the plaques on a Much Music special on the Crue's tour yesterday.
Here is the specs directly from RIAA
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Gold & Platinum
Certification
The Process
The certification process begins with an independent sales audit of each title by Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, a highly respected accounting firm that has been auditing title sales for the RIAA? for more than 20 years.
The audit calculates what product has been shipped for sale, net after returns, versus product used for promotional purposes, for the life of the release. When certifying audio and music video releases, the independent auditor is careful to survey the entire music marketplace. An artist's Gold? or Platinum? award represents sales through retail, record clubs, rackjobbers, and all other ancillary markets that legitimately distribute music. Once a title?s sales has been audited and verified as having reached requisite levels, a formal certification report is issued and sent to the title's record company.
We are often asked why we don?t just use sales figures from SoundScan. SoundScan measures over-the-counter sales at music retail locations, while the RIAA?'s certification levels are based on unit shipments (minus returns) from manufacturers to a wide range of accounts, including non-retail record clubs, mail order houses, specialty stores, units shipped for Internet fulfillment or direct marketing sales, such as TV-advertised albums. The other difference is that SoundScan's archive is only a few years old, while the RIAA? has tracked artists' sales levels for more than 40 years.
The RIAA? certification program is open to member and non-member companies. RIAA? certification entitles the authorized record company to purchase official RIAA? award plaques bearing the trademarked RIAA? hologram seal from licensed plaque manufacturers.
All certification audits are conducted for a fee. If multiple sales levels are simultaneously certified, only one audit certification fee is charged. Companies requesting their initial certification audit must incur any travel expenses by the RIAA?'s independent auditor. The charge for certifications is $350 for RIAA? member companies. Non-members are charged $450 per certification, which must be pre-paid. Companies will be charged the full audit certification fee for any requests that do not meet the Gold? and Platinum? Program requirements. A 30-day time limit is set for pending certifications. If a full audit cannot be completed within this time, a charge of $100 will be rendered to member companies and $200 to non-member companies.
Requests for audio and music video certification may be made to the RIAA?. Companies must submit one copy of the audio or music video product upon certification request. All versions of the title's catalog must be represented.
The following information must also be made available:
Record Company
Label
Artist
Title
Configuration (single, shortform, album or music video)
Level (Gold?, Platinum? and/or Multi-Platinum?)
Selection or Catalog Number
Release Date
Now now we don't have the exact numbers........all we know is Platinum is what it is.
You have to admit their promotion and all for this tour and everything is doing a awesome job!
They seem to be in demand.