The new year hasn’t been a fabulous one thus far for Kanye West. A cryptocurrency is using his name and face, which he doesn’t appreciate the way Coinye had hoped he would. When he took legal action, the currency turned from homage to South Park-referencing insult. Two days ago, TMZ revealed that Kanye West is […]
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RIAA Including Digital Streams To Gold And Platinum Awards
May 9th, 2013 Grant Trimboli
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have announced that they will be adding digital streaming to Gold, Platinum and Diamond certifications. The business is set to include online streaming from MOG, Muve Music, Rdio, Rhapsody, Slacker, Spotify and Xbox Music. Video services include MTV.com, Yahoo! Music, YouTube and VEVO. The RIAA released a short […]
Lady Gaga sells over 20 million digital singles
March 18th, 2011 Melanie
Lady Gaga is the first musician to have accomplished selling over 20 million digital singles and is recognized by the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America) to have the most gold and platinum sales in history. “Just Dance” has gone platinum six times, “Poker Face” five times, and “Bad Romance” has reached platinum status four […]