Beyonce topped all artists with 64 certifications
Feb 20th, 2010 by Bilal Ali
The Recording Industry Association of America this week released a compilation of its awards for 2000-09, and Grammy Award-winning vocalist Beyonce topped all artists with 64 certifications, including albums, digital songs, master ringtones and music videos. She also placed first in ringtone certifications with 19.
The Eagles continue record sales milestones, topping all other groups in total gold and platinum awards with 48. Michael Jackson led male solo artists with 44.
Three CD tied for highest certification at 11 times platinum: ‘N Sync’s No Strings Attached (2000), Shania Twain’s Up! (2002), and Outkast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003).
A gold award is presented for sales of 500,000 albums, digital songs or ringtones, and platinum is recognized at the 1 million mark. Each multiplatinum award is counted as a separate certification. A music video goes gold at 25,000 units, platinum at 50,000 and multiplatinum for every 50,000 units after that; the milestones for longform videos are 50,000, 100,000 and 200,000-plus.