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Sherry said:
Is is true that the album has gone gold in England and Germany, with total worldwide sales of over 400,000? Very impressive, considering only the most hardcore American fans have even heard of it yet.
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I've seen it reported in an article that the album has sold 300,000 in the UK .. so I would have thought 400,000 worldwide would have been a certainty .. but not sure on what sales the awards are based on .. for eg the UK (BPI) award:
Silver (200,000 sales)
Gold (400,000 sales)
Platignum (600,000 sales)
Double Platignum (1.2 million)
Whilst the US (RIAA) require 500,000 for Gold single or album and 1 mill for Platinum (US style and spelling :) )
If the UK awards are based on UK sales then it has gone Silver, but not Gold if the 400,000 is worldwide sales, and it will need to sell half a million to get a US Gold .. and whether that's based on US or worldwide sales I don't know.
Anybody help out?