Bailey Rae picks up platinum sales award

Source: Music Week

 

 

Corinne Bailey Rae has picked up her first Europe platinum award, for the eponymous debut album released in February.

 

Bailey Rae is one of five artists to pick up IFPI platinum Europe awards in June.

 

Johnny Hallyday album Ma Vérité also won its first platinum award for sales in Europe, buoyed by huge sales in his native France. During his 40-year career, Hallyday has racked up 33 number one singles in France.

 

Kaiser Chiefs debut Employment picked up an award for crossing the 2m sales mark in Europe, as did 50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. REM picked up an award for crossing the 3m sales mark with The Best Of REM 1988-2003

I never understand how these platinum european awards work, do they include british sales, because if they do i would have thought there'd be a lot more platinum albums

I never understand how these platinum european awards work, do they include british sales, because if they do i would have thought there'd be a lot more platinum albums

Well yes it does I think

 

You need 1,000,000 shipments to be certified platinum

 

Perhaps the lack of awards given is because record co.s don't apply for them?