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Oh my ! AFRICA aka the best 80s song ever being 8x Platinum   

do they only release certs on Wednesday? 

Africa is truly the classic that never stops chugging

16 minutes ago, Hector said:

Africa is truly the classic that never stops chugging

 

1 hour ago, Mystic Boy said:

Oh my ! AFRICA aka the best 80s song ever being 8x Platinum   

In reality, “Africa” should be 11x platinum making it the biggest-selling song from the 1980’s overall, just above “Thriller/Don’t Stop Believin”. 
 

It’s 3x platinum in Physical units and 8x Platinum in Digital/SPS units.

 

 

In 1984, a platinum certification was 2M units sold. 3x platinum and above were awarded “Multi-Platinum” status until the RIAA changed the threshold in 1989. 
 

For some reason, however, the RIAA doesn’t combine the units of physical songs sold pre-1989 to what they’ve sold today, digitally or SPS wise. There are several big hits from the ‘80’s missing out on higher certs. because of that. 

 

Edited July 20, 20224 yr by GoodGuyGoneGhetto

Africa

 

It should be diamond in the next 2 years.

Africa is such a classic 

6 minutes ago, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said:

 

In reality, “Africa” should be 11x platinum making it the biggest-selling song from the 1980’s overall, just above “Thriller/Don’t Stop Believin”. 
 

It’s 3x platinum in Physical units and 8x Platinum in Digital/SPS units.

 

 

In 1984, a platinum certification was 2M units sold. 3x platinum and above were awarded “Multi-Platinum” status until the RIAA changed the threshold in 1989. 
 

For some reason, however, the RIAA doesn’t combine the units of physical songs sold pre-1989 to what they’ve sold today, digitally or SPS wise. There are several big hits from the ‘80’s missing out on higher certs. because of that. 

 

they really need to fix dat

 

da way gold use to be a million copies

 

da way it was $3 sumthin for a single

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TOTO
Title: AFRICA
Certification Date: September 10, 2024
Label: COLUMBIA
Format: SINGLE
9x Platinum
10x Platinum

TOTO
Title: ROSANNA
Certification Date: September 10, 2024
Label: COLUMBIA
Format: SINGLE
2x Platinum

TOTO
Title: HOLD THE LINE
Certification Date: September 10, 2024
Label: COLUMBIA
Format: SINGLE
3x Platinum

Africa Diamond