billboard certification


nian fiedler ([email protected])
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:21:09 -0800 (PST)


I'll try and make this a quick questions. I was looking at some
multi-platinum certifications on the billboard online site and was a
bit perplexed. Going by the numbers reported by Billboard themselves
and other reliable sources like Rolling Stone, these certification
numbers are way off. For example

Alanis: my estimate = ~1,000,000
         Billboard cert. = 3,000,000

Jewel: my estimate = ~900,000
         Billboard cert. = 2,000,000

Garth: my estimate = ~2,500,000
         Billboard cert. = hold on to your cowboy hats
12,000,000!!!!!!!

I can understand the first two if they are counting how many were
shipped. But what is with the 12 million.

Does anyone know how they come up with these numbers??

nian

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