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J. Cole’s ‘Middle Child’ Joins ‘Old Town Road’ As 2019’s Only Multi-Platinum...
Getty Image J. Cole is having himself a year. Since the release of his fifth studio album KOD, the North Carolina rapper has elevated himself from one of rap’s most popular voices to full-blown...
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Cardi B Is Now The First Female Rapper With A Diamond-Certified Single Thanks...
Atlantic “Bodak Yellow” was a huge moment for Cardi B, as the No. 1 single launched her career as a music superstar. The track quickly went on to become one of the most commercially successful hip-hop...
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Cardi B’s ‘I Like It’ Makes Her The First Female Rapper With Three Diamond...
It’s often said that good things come in threes — and for Cardi B, it’s absolutely true this week as The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) officially certified “I Like It” featuring Bad...
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Eminem Becomes The Most Certified Artist (For Singles) In RIAA History
Getty Image Did you know that artists who perform the Super Bowl halftime show do so basically for free? While the NFL covers the production costs for the performance, it does not pay the artists...
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The Weeknd Now Has The Second-Most Diamond Singles Ever Thanks To Two New...
Getty Image The Weeknd is one of the most decorated artists both in recent years and over the course of the modern music industry more broadly. That’s true pretty much regardless of whatever measure...
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Harry Styles Has 2022’s First Platinum Single With ‘As It Was,’ A Song That’s...
Getty Image Harry Styles’ hit single “As It Was” may seem like it’s been around for forever with how quickly and intensely it has dominated the music world. The song has actually been out for barely...
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Doja Cat Now Has The Second-Most Platinum Singles Ever For A Female Rapper
Getty Image Doja Cat has had a massively successful last few years, racking up victories and nominations across a variety of prominent award shows, putting on stellar live sets, and regularly being...
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Harry Styles’‘Harry’s House’ Is The First 2022 Album To Go Platinum
Getty Image Harry Styles might have called his shot for 2022 when he named his third studio album Harry’s House. After releasing back in late May, the album is officially the first of 2022 to be...
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Future Is Officially One Of The Top Achieving Gold And Platinum Rappers Of...
Getty Image Usually, when the current rap hierarchy is discussed, the same three names come up as the best: Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole. Things get a bit murky when it comes to the next spot,...
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Here Are The Artists With The Most Diamond Singles
Getty Image/Derrick Rossignol For decades now, having your song or album certified Gold, Platinum, or even Diamond by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) has been one of music’s...
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Here Are The Artists With The Most Platinum Albums
Getty Image/Derrick Rossignol When the RIAA certifies an album platinum (meaning it has achieved at least a million units in sales), it’s one of music’s biggest achievements. But which music legends...
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Post Malone And Swae Lee Now Have The Most Platinum-Certified Song Ever,...
Getty Image Before today, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” was the biggest song in music history in terms of RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) certification, sitting at 16-times platinum....
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Drake Becomes Highest Selling Singles Artist in RIAA History, Surpassing Eminem
Getty Image Drake is no stranger to racking up hits, so it is no shocker that the Recording Industry Association of America has crowned him the highest-selling singles artist in its history, eclipsing...
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One Of Lil Wayne’s Signature Hits Has Become His First Song To Be Certified...
Getty Image One of Lil Wayne‘s signature hits has become his first song to be certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). A Diamond certification denotes over 10 million...
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Which Artists Got Their First Gold Or Platinum Award In 2022?
Getty Image 2022 was an unusual year for music. Despite more records being released than ever before, there were only a handful of new hits; Billboard recorded only a dozen new No. 1 singles, while...
View ArticleEven The RIAA Hates The DMCA?
If you’ve ever sent a friend a video clip of your favorite show only to discover that “this video has been taken down due to a claim by MegaMedia Corp.”, you can thank the Digital Millennium Copyright...
View ArticleRIAA Head In NY Times Op-Ed: SOPA & PIPA Opponents Were Stupid Meanies
The New York Times today published an op-ed written by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) head Cary Sherman that’s little more than a massive whine over the defeat of SOPA and PIPA that...
View ArticleNext On MPAA's Hit List: HotFile
One of the problems with the whole Megaupload debacle is that even as the site was being shut down, it was revealed that a lot of its customers were actually legit and just trying to get the fourth...
View ArticleThe RIAA Saw A Sales Increase This Year
Our opinion on what, precisely, is killing the music industry is something we’ve made very clear in the past. And, whaddaya know, here comes the RIAA, with its latest figures, to prove it really is a...
View ArticleRIAA Hilariously Claims Limewire Owes It…Wait For It…$72 TRILLION
If our boy Dan hasn’t already fully demonstrated what a ridiculous relic of an organization the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is, allow this unbelievably not from the actual Onion...
View ArticleRihanna Is Now The Best-Selling Digital Artist Of All Time
Rihanna is one of the most popular artists going today, and now she has another award to serve as proof of this fact. She’s the best-selling digital artist of all-time. Rihanna sits atop the Recording...
View ArticleThe RIAA Will Now Count Streams For Single & Album Certifications
Effective Feb. 1, RIAA will include on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in Gold & Platinum (G&P’s) Album Award. The modernization of the program’s album rule follows a...
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Nelly’s ‘Country Grammar’ Becomes The 8th Rap Album Certified Diamond
When Nelly dropped his debut album Country Grammar around the new millennium, fans fell in love with the St. Lunatic’s blatant singsong raps. Now, a little more than sixteen years since the initial...
View Article10 Great Moments From SXSW Interactive 2011
Every year, SXSW Interactive finds and displays the best from gaming and the web. From social networks to the next web, here’s the best we’ve seen so far from SXSW 2011. [protected-iframe...
View ArticleWeek In Review: Will Bin Laden’s Porn Stash Distract Us From Facebook’s Snafu?
Anybody surprised? Anybody? If you didn’t read about it earlier, Reuters is reporting a porn stash was found at Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. The stash was described as “fairly extensive”...
View ArticlePop Didn’t Eat Itself: Why Piracy Didn’t Destroy the Music Industry
It’s a jolting figure: the US music industry is making less than half of what it made at its 1999 peak of $14.4 billion. It currently makes about $6.3 billion. Why did it drop so fast? Piracy, right?...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Media Piracy Just Isn’t Happening
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), they are losing a million bajillion dollars every day from media piracy, and it...
View ArticleMegaupload Is The New ‘We Are The World,’ Apparently
Back when I was a kid, to get an eye-popping collection of musical talent like P Diddy, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Lil John, Jamie Foxx, Mary J Blige, The Game and Will.i.am —...
View ArticleWhy We Love The RIAA And ISPs Trying to Police Piracy
As you may have heard, starting July 12th, ISPs like Comcast and Time Warner and the RIAA have entered into an agreement where, if they see “suspicious activity,” they’ll offer a “graduated response,”...
View ArticleToday In Chutzpah: Web Music Advocate Insists High Royalties Hurt Musicians
As we’ve previously told you, Pandora would like to pay less in music royalties, while the music industry would rather radio paid as much as Pandora. Currently, there’s testimony in Congress over this,...
View Article‘Six Strikes’ Plan To Stop Pirates Easily Avoided With A ‘Business-Class’...
You may remember that, at some point, the government is going to try and stop Internet pirates by giving the RIAA and ISPs the ability to choke your Internet connection down to 1992 speeds. It’s called...
View ArticleThe ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Plan Is Apparently Kicking In Today
Today is the day that the RIAA will begin working with ISPs to try and control piracy on the Internet, at least according to Internet scuttlebutt. Some background: The “Copyright Alert System,” better...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with RIAA’s gold and platinum certifications adding streaming songs
Today, the RIAA (the Recording Industry Assn. of America) made big news with its decision to include on-demand audio and video song streaming in its certification methodology. Here”s how it works:...
View ArticleUPDATED: Jay-Z’s ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ cover artwork
Jay-Z has gone the minimal route for the cover artwork to new album “Magna Carta Holy Grail.” His name isn’t even on it: instead, the initials of the set are in simple black type with a white...
View ArticleGoogle Hilariously Sticks It To The RIAA In A New Report
We haven’t checked in on the RIAA in a while, because really, it’s just doing the same thing over and over. You know, sending out millions of takedown requests, suing people, wondering why its members...
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Internet Providers Will Cease Using The Copyright Alert System, Finding It...
Shutterstock The Copyright Alert System is no more. The voluntary agreement between internet service providers, the MPAA, and RIAA debuted in 2013 as a way to combat internet pirates. ISPs would send...
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Jay-Z Got His Platinum Plaque For ‘4:44’ Before The Album Even Came Out
Getty Image Apparently a Jay-Z album is such a sure thing that we’re now holding plaque presentations before the album even drops. That sounds like a hyperbolic line Jay would use to affirm his...
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The RIAA Salutes Eminem For Being The First Rapper To Accumulate 100 Million...
Getty Image Eminem may have experienced mixed reviews from his Revival album, but a lot of that backlash is based on how accomplished his career had been to the point of his December release. He has...
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Jay-Z Has Received His First-Ever Diamond Song Certification From The RIAA...
It’s hard to believe for a guy who spent the first decade of his career making a diamond shape with his hands, but Jay-Z has just received his first-ever Diamond single certification from the RIAA. On...
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