Posted June 18, 200817 yr Does anyone know how many CD albums are sold to achieve a Silver Disc please? Is it still 50,000 for a silver or less these days please? Also as a fan of Bobby Vee and The Searchers, both recently in the album charts, does anyone know the total album sales of both please?
June 18, 200817 yr Author Thanks... do you know the sales of the two I mentioned above please? Edited June 19, 200817 yr by SophieJB
June 19, 200817 yr I think these should all be higher amounts as it really doesnt take much to sell 60,000 or 100,000 copies....
June 19, 200817 yr I remember the olden days of silver having to shift 100,000 Gold having to shift 200,000 and Platinum 300,000 - actually, why has Platinum stayed the same and others gone down?
June 19, 200817 yr I remember the olden days of silver having to shift 100,000 Gold having to shift 200,000 and Platinum 300,000 - actually, why has Platinum stayed the same and others gone down? Yeah, something like this would even be better! I think it should be Silver (300,000), Gold (500,000) and Platinum (1 Million)
June 19, 200817 yr Also as a fan of Bobby Vee and The Searchers, both recently in the album charts, does anyone know the total album sales of both please? On this, you are better of asking in Dave's thread Top 40 Albums of 2008, which should be posted up today or tomorrow, when he is available.
June 19, 200817 yr it doesn't take that many sales to make silver does it, not much of an achievement :unsure: Edited June 19, 200817 yr by Glyn
June 19, 200817 yr I remember the olden days of silver having to shift 100,000 Gold having to shift 200,000 and Platinum 300,000 - actually, why has Platinum stayed the same and others gone down?the amounts have always been at the current levels, except before 1978 when they were based on monetary values rather than units shifted. Dotmusic used to have the levels showing as 100,000, 200,000 and 300,000 but they did this in error. Perhaps these incorrect figures were just copied over by people who saw those levels and thought they were correct? That said, the levels for albums which are released solely as budget albums is twice the normal sales levels, ie 120,000 for Silver, 200,000 for Gold and 600,000 for Platinum.
June 19, 200817 yr the amounts have always been at the current levels, except before 1978 when they were based on monetary values rather than units shifted. Dotmusic used to have the levels showing as 100,000, 200,000 and 300,000 but they did this in error. Perhaps these incorrect figures were just copied over by people who saw those levels and thought they were correct? That said, the levels for albums which are released solely as budget albums is twice the normal sales levels, ie 120,000 for Silver, 200,000 for Gold and 600,000 for Platinum. what makes a budget album a budget album? i've never understood. If they can release them at low prices why can't they release all albums at lower prices? (Is that a stupid question :lol:) Edited June 19, 200817 yr by Glyn
June 19, 200817 yr Author what makes a budget album a budget album? i've never understood. If they can release them at low prices why can't they release all albums at lower prices? (Is that a stupid question :lol:) Not a stupid question! What about the thousands of CDs given away in some newspapers and also on Computer magazine covers! It's as if they cost pennies to make yet we pay £8.99/£10.99 upwards for them! When does a music CD become a budget CD anyway?
June 19, 200817 yr Budget albums are albums that record dealers buy in for a list price of between 50p and £3.75 (£2.69 for cassettes). In addition, to ensure that the album isn't treated as a single, chart rules also state that the album must be "Over 25 minutes OR more than four songs where the format does not qualify as a “Maxi” single or remix single as defined by singles eligibility rules". After this there are albums called "mid-price" albums, £3.76 to £5.99 (£2.70 - £3.69 for cassettes) and full price albums, which are albums costing £6.00 or more (£3.70 for cassettes). Rules for download albums mention only a full price album, £3.75. Presumably download albums below this price aren't eligible at the moment. USB etc albums have a minimum price of £8.20 and again are classed as full price albums. As these are dealer prices the dealer can then sell the album for any price they wish, so an album selling for £3 isn't a budget album if the store paid £3.76 or more for the album and its sales will count towards the main chart. Mid Price and Full Price album sales are combined for chart purposes and Budget albums have their own chart. The sales requirements for certifications for budget albums applies to albums that were only released as a budget album. If the album starts life as, for example, a full price album, then moves down to mid price and then becomes a budget album it can be certified under the ordinary sales certification levels. Edited June 19, 200817 yr by Robbie
June 20, 200817 yr considering the certification requirements, the Uk market (in relation to its according population) is much stronger than the U.S. in terms of physical sales
June 20, 200817 yr So Coldplay Already Platinum :puke: And Duffy is 2 (Nearly 3) times Plainum :w00t:
June 20, 200817 yr Yeah, something like this would even be better! I think it should be Silver (300,000), Gold (500,000) and Platinum (1 Million) My suggestion would be S 100k, G 250k, P 500k. I think the levels for singles should be *reduced* though, given the change in sales patterns in recent years - say S 100k, G 200k, P 300k
June 20, 200817 yr Am i the only one who thinks they are fine as they are?? :unsure:I also think they are fine as they are. The last time the levels were reduced, in 1989, the amount of singles that would have qualified for awards under the OLD levels reached record levels within a few years. It ended up with certifications being handed out like confetti. One day sales will rise again and the amount of certifications will rise. 300k for Platinum is so low as to be a meaningless award. If levels do have to drop to create the illusion of success then I would say 500,000 for Platinum but let's hope that's not needed.
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