In the UK do sales (As in someone going to a shop and buying a album/Downloading) count towards the chart?

 

Or is it shipments that go towards the chart?

 

If Shipments are what provides the chart with data, then surly the chart must be partially wrong? :unsure:

Sales go towards the chart, shipments go towards the certification of a single (i.e Gold, Platinum). If shipments were included in the chart, number ones would be selling hundreds of thousands of copies every week :lol:

Sales go towards the chart, shipments go towards the certification of a single (i.e Gold, Platinum). If shipments were included in the chart, number ones would be selling hundreds of thousands of copies every week :lol:

What he said :D

Oh right. :lol:

 

But still, If shipments count towards the Certificate then albums (Top 5) Would become Platinum in a few weeks? :unsure:

Certification are ones bought by shops - it would be very unprofitable for shops to buy millions of every release!

Oh right. :lol:

 

But still, If shipments count towards the Certificate then albums (Top 5) Would become Platinum in a few weeks? :unsure:

Hmm, you have a point. I'm not sure how that works tbh. I think they try to base the certifications as closely to sales as they can. I'll need someone else to come and correct me though :D

Certification are ones bought by shops - it would be very unprofitable for shops to buy millions of every release!

 

Yes but as Andre said, Leona for example will sell 300K+ this week alone so she must be shipping 450K+? Which would give her 1M shipment (3x Platinum) in about a Month? :o :unsure:

Edited November 13, 200717 yr by Jonny

This may help...

 

http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platintro.html

 

 

This may help...

 

http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platintro.html

 

I've seen that before. Not very helpful at all. And you have to be a member to look at it :blink:

BPI certified awards were originally introduced in April 1973 to measure the performance of individual records based on sales to the trade each week.

 

Qualification for albums was initially on the basis of revenue received by manufacturers, and in January 1978 the BPI abolished the old monetary system for albums and replaced it with a unit system.

 

This brought album awards into line with singles and also with other countries where qualification levels are based on unit sales.

 

Multi-platinum awards, introduced in February 1987, are any multiple of the platinum level, e.g. album quadruple platinum status = 1.2m.

 

http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platintro.html

So they are based on sales then? That makes more sence ^_^

No its based on Shipments

 

BPI certified awards were originally introduced in April 1973 to measure the performance of individual records based on sales to the trade each week.

Edited November 13, 200717 yr by ManicKangaroo

Well this is just Wayyyyy confusing then. :mellow:

 

Surly it would make more sence if they were based on sales. :unsure:

Yes but as Andre said, Leona for example will sell 300K+ this week alone so she must be shipping 450K+? Which would give her 1M shipment (3x Platinum) in about a Month? :o :unsure:

She'll be triple platinum by the end of next week, as the shops try and restock as quickly as they can.

 

so its based on how many copies the shops have bought?

I think it's all related. Certifications are based on how many the shops buy, but how many the shopies buy (trade sales) is based on how many the public buy (public demand). So when you have an album like Leona's which is in very high demand and very highly anticipated, it means she gets certified a lot quicker.