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I am surprised “Cruel Summer” and “Venus” have yet to go gold, both have well over 150m streams on Spotify and I’m guessing that the UK is where their biggest audience is.

Still waiting for that Shakespears Sister Platinum certification :cheeseblock:

It must have been a big seller in downloads as it only sold just under 200k originally so that’s an extra 1m since but only has just under 65m streams on Spotify.

Impressive for Ultrabeat to go 2x Platinum considering it sold less than 200k originally and *only* has close to 65m streams on Spotify. I guess it’s been a big seller on downloads?

Does anybody know how close “Stay” by Shakespears Sister is to Platinum status? It was on over 300,000 digital sales as of 2019.

It did so in September. I think because it’s the 30th anniversary of its release today that they made a post about it.

I’d love to see this have a much bigger revival :wub:

What are Hall & Oates doing at no.29? Has someone else released a version of Jingle Bell Rock this century and this was just a typo?

This is now double Platinum

Official Charts have reported it has sold 510,000 copies to date in its 23rd anniversary feature. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/madonna-music-single-flashback-2000/

I wonder how close “Stay” by Shakespears Sister is to Platinum or at least millionaire status. It was on 305k post-1994 sales in 2019 which put it at just shy of 800k in total.

Viva Forever :heart:

The main version on Spotify is the original version. Check out the version below that was HUGE in the UK. I was 10 at the time and I remember it being played a lot more than Man! I Feel like a Woman. Edit: For some reason the video wouldn’t play so here’s the link:

Yeah. Its Spotify numbers alone is close to 350m.

Richard Marx was being interviewed on TV this morning and made me look up on the BPI website to see how well “Right Here Waiting” has done, but was shocked to see it went Silver in 1989 but has yet to even go Gold in the digital age. Anyone else suprised by this?

Maybe try contacting them regarding this, could be the Gold certification was meant for “Where’s The Love”? If it’s worldwide Spotify streams are only at 2m something is definitely up

I know. Plus it doesn’t help that it isn’t featured on any of the big Spotify playlists. It isn’t featured on any 90s ones which isn’t right.

Don’t forget it was released pre-1994 so we have to wait until it reaches 600k in the digital age for it to be certified Platinum as it was originally certified Gold.

Here’s hoping “Stay” is close to a Platinum certification. 🤞🏻

Does anybody know how far “Stay” by Shakespears Sister is from Platinum now? It had sold 305k as of 2019 in the “digital age”. Thanks in advance ☺️

*Only* 10 million video streams for “Baby One More Time” surely that’s a typo no?

“Hold On” was certified Silver in 2016, but supposedly sold over 200k in 1990. Maybe there was confusion with En Vogues’ song of the same name?

“Stay” by Shakespears Sister would be Platinum now had it been released two years later. So annoying that songs have to virtually start from zero that were released pre-1994.

Thank you!!

Ooh how do you find those numbers?