Re: Holly bombs, Kylie disappoints, Guy wins

On 1 Dec 2003 15:16:10 -0800, Hoges wrote:

> Kylie's Body Language is likewise performing below expectation having
> just barely scrapped past the gold barrier last week. To date it has
> sold around 41,000 units.
 
The author is an idiot (it is a News Ltd article, after all). What he/she
doesn't understand is that a record accreditation (gold/platinum award) has
nothing to do with retail sales.
 
To date Body Language has indeed gone well beyond gold, it going double
platinum (140,000 units) in its first week. It still can even though it has
just sold 41,000 units at retail.

> Guy Sebastian was the outright winner of the sales race with 128,679
> units of his single sold last week. That earns him a platinum award
> with just 11,000 more sales to go to double platinum.

Guy's single has gone triple platinum in its first week.
 
Sarch

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