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Industry r
(AP)jThe Kecording Industxy
Association of America changed
its rules for the certifying of
recordings as gold and platinum
during 1979.
A gold album, for instance, is one
which has sold 500,000 copies.
Previously, some albums "shipped
gold." meaninc that 500.000 conips
were sent to stores. That record
could be certified as gold before
any member of the public had
bought one.
Then, sometimes, the stores
didn't sell all they had and
returned some to record companies.
To prevent the certifying of a
record which didn't really sell
enough copies to justify it, the
RIAA decided that on records
released after last July 1, records
could not be certified until three
months or more had elapsed. By
then, sales and return figures
should be available.
So, it's difficult to compare the
number of records certified in 1979
with the number certified in 1978.
However, the first six months of
the two years can be compared,
and in that time span 1979 was
down from 1978.
The second half of 1979 had fewer
certifications than the first half of
the year, with no records released
nftf?r Spnt 1 plicihlp for rpr
tification during the year.
Platinum singles are certified on
the sale of two million or more
copies. In the last six months of
1979, four were certified: 44Ain't No
Stoppin' Us Now," McFadden and
Whitehead; "Hot Stuff" and "Bad
Girls," Donna Summer; and
"Knock on Wood," Amii Stewart.
Platinum albums and-or their
counterparts on prerecorded tapes
are certified after selling one
million copies. Sixteen albums
turned platinum during the last six
months of 1979:
Candy-0, The Cars; Risque,
Chic; Million Mile Re-flection,
Charlie Daniels Band; Nether
Lands, Dan Fogleberg; Disco
Nights, GQ; Richie Lee Jones,
Rickie Lee Jones; Greatest Hits,
JVaylon Jennings; Evolution,
Journey; Off the Wall, Michael
Jackson; Dynasty, Kiss;
Get the Knack, The Knack; First
Under the Wire, Little River Band;
Teddy, Teddy Fendergrass; The
Kids Arc Alright soundtrack, The
Who.
_ The RIAA certified 22 singles
gold, meaning they had sold one
million copies.
They are: "Rise," Herb Alpert;
"I Want You To Want Me," Cheap
Trick; "The Devil Went Down To
Georgia," Charlie Daniels Band;
"After the Love Has Gone," Earth
Wind and Fire; "Don't Bring Me
Down," Electric Light Orchestra;
"When You're In Love with a
Beautiful Woman," Dr. Hook;
"Born To Be Alive," Patrick
Hernandez;
"You Gonna Make Me Love
Somebody Else," The Jones Girls;
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Stop Till You Get Enough,"
Michael Jackson; "Mama Can't
Buy You Love," Elton John; "My
Sharona," The Knack; "I Was
Made for Lovin' You," Kiss,
"Ladies Night," Kool and the
Gang; "Makin' It," David
Naughton; "l^ftad Me On," Maxine
Nightingale; *4She Believes In
Me," Kenny Rogers;
"You Take My Breath Away,"
Rex Smith; "Mfein Event," Barbra
Streisand; A All the Lights,"
Donn Summer; "Just When I
Needed You Most," Randy Vanwarmer;
"I*1 Never Love This
Way Again," Dionne Warwick.
And 46 albttns were certified
gold. Having sold 500,000 copies.
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