Pharrell's GIRL Album goes Gold.

[TEN]

where are the peeps who said this album wouldn't sell and that rick ross was gonna go plat.


http://revolt.tv/news/pharrell-strikes-gold-with-g-i-r-l/DB8EF57F-D3E4-467F-AB25-7B4E364A6388

Pharrell Strikes Gold With 'G I R L'
By Ralph Bristout

Skateboard P rides off with yet another accolade.

We called it the definition of ‘Pop Perfection,’ and now less than six months since its Billboard arrival, Pharrell’s G I R L has an RIAA gold certification to match.

I Listened To Pharrell’s ‘G I R L’ AND Felt All The Feels
Since being released March 4th and debuting No. 2 (behind Rick Ross’ Mastermind), Pharrell’s through-and-through pop opus has now sold an impressive 501,742 units, earning the superhero-esque musician his first gold-certified album.

Exclusive: Pharrell Speaks On ‘G I R L’ Hitting #1
“Hopefully all the people that listen to it, if they like it, hopefully they like it 'cause they hear the intention,” P told REVOLT a while back, while discussing his timeless plans for the LP that brims of glossy sounds and unquantifiable emotions. “I wanted to make sure it was celebratory, festive, and urgent. And if I could pull that off, then it would have more of a chance of becoming a classic.” 24 weeks since the album release, G I R L is still picking up steam, whether on the charts, our eardrums, or on the airwaves. And with that said, we won't be surprised if he gets that platinum plaque before the end of the year.


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[playahaitian]

good for me...there is a new blueprint

he knew HIS audience all the videos were fire and he didn't really pay for BIG marketing and promotion...

the music and the vids and the endorsements and features did all that for him.

no one remembers that cover controversy either.

 

[Hotlantan]

ALBUMS WEEK 33

Rank - Estimated 2014 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 2,963,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,301,000 )
02 - 733,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé ( 2,035,000 )
03 - 717,000 - PURE HEROINE - Lorde ( 1,405,000 )
04 - 688,000 - THE OUTSIDERS - Eric Church ( 688,000 )
05 - 677,000 - GHOST STORIES - Coldplay ( 677,000 )
06 - 583,000 - NOW 50 - Various ( 583,000 )
07 - 549,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,070,000 )
08 - 527,000 - JUST AS I AM - Brantley Gilbert ( 527,000 )
09 - 508,000 - NOW 49 - Various ( 508,000 )
10 - 502,000 - G I R L - Pharrell Williams ( 502,000 )
11 - 496,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry ( 1,466,000 )
12 - 476,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,296,000 )
13 - 468,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 468,000 )
14 - 463,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line ( 1,994,000 )
15 - 452,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem ( 2,179,000 )
16 - 422,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars ( 2,301,000 )
17 - 419,000 - PLATINUM - Miranda Lambert ( 419,000 )
18 - 407,000 - XSCAPE - Michael Jackson ( 407,000 )
19 - 398,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 398,000 )
20 - 376,000 - MASTERMIND - Rick Ross ( 376,000 )
21 - 376,000 - 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER - 5 Seconds Of Summer ( 376,000 )
22 - 375,000 - TURN BLUE - Black Keys ( 375,000 )
23 - 346,000 - LOVE IN THE FUTURE - John Legend ( 601,000 )
24 - 341,000 - NATIVE - OneRepublic ( 767,000 )
25 - 335,000 - ULTRAVIOLENCE - Lana Del Rey ( 335,000 )

26 - 316,000 - 2014 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 316,000 )
27 - 313,000 - KIDZ BOP 25 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 313,000 )
28 - 309,000 - BAD BLOOD - Bastille ( 472,000 )
29 - 305,000 - OXYMORON - ScHoolboy Q ( 305,000 )
30 - 300,000 - SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT (EP) - 5 Seconds Of Summer ( 300,000 )
31 - 298,000 - BANGERZ - Miley Cyrus ( 1,055,000 )
32 - 296,000 - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES - One Direction ( 1,393,000 )
33 - 296,000 - THE NEW CLASSIC - Iggy Azalea ( 296,000 )
34 - 291,000 - AM - Arctic Monkeys ( 462,000 )
35 - 267,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake ( 1,612,000 )
36 - 265,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 265,000 )
37 - 261,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL.1 - Soundtrack ( 261,000 )
38 - 258,000 - LAZARETTO - Jack White ( 258,000 )
39 - 245,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE (2 OF 2) - Justin Timberlake ( 1,026,000 )
40 - 241,000 - SHAKIRA - Shakira ( 241,000 )
41 - 227,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton ( 1,336,000 )
42 - 223,000 - COLE SWINDELL - Cole Swindell ( 223,000 )
43 - 220,000 - LOVE MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE - Toni Braxton & Babyface ( 220,000 )
44 - 216,000 - THRIVE - Casting Crowns ( 216,000 )
45 - 214,000 - THE HUNTING PARTY - Linkin Park ( 214,000 )
46 - 213,000 - TRIGGA - Trey Songz ( 213,000 )
47 - 212,000 - RISER - Dierks Bentley ( 212,000 )
48 - 211,000 - FORMULA VOL.2 - Romeo Santos ( 211,000 )
49 - 210,000 - NOW 48 - Various ( 679,000 )
50 - 202,000 - HIGH HOPES - Bruce Springsteen ( 202,000 )

51 - 197,000 - MY KRAZY LIFE - YG ( 197,000 )
52 - 196,000 - THE HEIST - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ( 1,428,000 )
53 - 196,000 - SAIL OUT (EP) - Jhene Aiko ( 278,000 )
54 - 195,000 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey ( 1,119,000 )
55 - 194,000 - BLACK PANTIES - R.Kelly ( 432,000 )
56 - 193,000 - THE FAULT IN OUR STARS - Soundtrack ( 193,000 )
57 - 184,000 - HYPNOTIC EYE - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ( 184,000 )
58 - 184,000 - TESTIMONY - August Alsina ( 184,000 )
59 - 177,000 - MANDATORY FUN - Weird Al Yankovic ( 177,000 )
60 - 174,000 - THAT GIRL - Jennifer Nettles ( 174,000 )
61 - 172,000 - DOO-WOPS AND HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars ( 2,314,000 )
62 - 169,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar ( 1,295,000 )
63 - 168,000 - TALK DIRTY - Jason Derűlo ( 168,000 )
64 - 166,000 - MY OWN LANE - Kid Ink ( 166,000 )
65 - 165,000 - REWIND - Rascal Flatts ( 165,000 )
66 - 165,000 - BECAUSE THE INTERNET - Childish Gambino ( 323,000 )
67 - 165,000 - ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS - Passenger ( 338,000 )
68 - 163,000 - SAME TRAILER DIFFERENT PARK - Kacey Musgraves ( 455,000 )
69 - 158,000 - OUT AMONG THE STARS - Johnny Cash ( 158,000 )
70 - 148,000 - SHATTER ME - Lindsey Stirling ( 148,000 )
71 - 146,000 - NOW 51 - Various ( 146,000 )
72 - 143,000 - LIFT YOUR SPIRIT - Aloe Blacc ( 143,000 )
73 - 142,000 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk ( 1,013,000 )
74 - 142,000 - IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE - A Great Big World ( 142,000 )
75 - 141,000 - NIGHT TRAIN - Jason Aldean ( 1,687,000 )

76 - 141,000 - STORYLINE - Hunter Hayes ( 141,000 )
77 - 140,000 - ARTPOP - Lady GaGa ( 727,000 )
78 - 139,000 - SPRING BREAK 6: LIKE WE AIN'T EVER (EP) - Luke Bryan ( 139,000 )
79 - 138,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 11,596,000 )
80 - 137,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 8,586,000 )
81 - 137,000 - THE BLESSED UNREST - Sara Bareilles ( 364,000 )
82 - 135,000 - 21 - Adele ( 10,981,000 )
83 - 134,000 - HONEST - Future ( 134,000 )
84 - 134,000 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink ( 2,012,000 )
85 - 133,000 - WOW HITS 2014 - Various ( 314,000 )
86 - 132,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3,220,000 )
87 - 129,000 - NOW COUNTRY: VOLUME 7 - Various ( 129,000 )
88 - 129,000 - TRUE - Avicii ( 306,000 )
89 - 128,000 - LINDSEY STIRLING - Lindsey Stirling ( 377,000 )
90 - 127,000 - RESTORING FORCE - Of Mice & Men ( 127,000 )
91 - 126,000 - SHINE ON - Sarah McLachlan ( 126,000 )
92 - 126,000 - RECESS - Skrillex ( 126,000 )
93 - 124,000 - YOURS TRULY - Ariana Grande ( 484,000 )
94 - 123,000 - SAVE ROCK AND ROLL - Fall Out Boy ( 621,000 )
95 - 122,000 - KIDZ BOP 26 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 122,000 )
96 - 122,000 - HAIL TO THE KING - Avenged Sevenfold ( 509,000 )
97 - 122,000 - FUSE - Keith Urban ( 384,000 )
98 - 122,000 - SUPERMODEL - Foster The People ( 122,000 )
99 - 121,000 - BLAME IT ALL ON MY ROOTS - Garth Brooks ( 891,000 )
100 - 119,000 - THE WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN...VOLUME 2 - Five Finger Death Punch ( 283,000 )

 

[dagoon121]

Damn 50 cent ain't making that list for a long time

 

[cincitystudios]

Am I reading that shit correctly, Adele sold nearly 11 mil

 

[TeEdIzZeL]

Am I reading that shit correctly, Adele sold nearly 11 mil

Yup. She went Diamond. Thought those days were done but Bob Marley went Diamond (but I'm sure that may be a very old album but I may be wrong) and that Journey GH is on their way to Diamond as well.

Kellz almost gold, Kendrick platinum, Mike almost gold, etc.

 

[cincitystudios]

Yea I thought those days where over too. But damn that's a lot of albums in anytime... in todays time its like 20mil compared to the 90's Never heard of the other person you mentioned

 

[d-weezy]

Album went gold, but I'm sure that single sold like crack in the 80s.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Yea I thought those days where over too. But damn that's a lot of albums in anytime... in todays time its like 20mil compared to the 90's Never heard of the other person you mentioned

that shit came out in 2011 though.... not 11 this year.

 

[N*E*R*D]

Props to him for making a solid POP album

Those Adele numbers are crazy!

 

[xcluesiv]

john legend put out a quality album 600k

 

[Dr. Truth]

Again it's not about album sales anymore it's about singles. The stupid public can't listen to an album through. This is the mix tape era where people have Pandora brains. They need multiple artists who are popular not one entire album of 1 artist. These crack babies have no attention spans. Wack ass YG only sole 130k albums but I bet he a millionaire off them shitty singles he got.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Might check it out eventually. Have heard the 2 singles.

 

[THE DRIZZY]

Gold is the new platinum in this day and age.

 

[mangobob79]

again it's not about album sales anymore it's about singles. The stupid public can't listen to an album through. This is the mix tape era where people have pandora brains. They need multiple artists who are popular not one entire album of 1 artist. These crack babies have no attention spans. Wack ass yg only sole 130k albums but i bet he a millionaire off them shitty singles he got.

c/s

 

[Hotlantan]

Again it's not about album sales anymore it's about singles. The stupid public can't listen to an album through. This is the mix tape era where people have Pandora brains. They need multiple artists who are popular not one entire album of 1 artist. These crack babies have no attention spans. Wack ass YG only sole 130k albums but I bet he a millionaire off them shitty singles he got.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Aug. 24) totaled 3.97 million units, down 3 percent compared with the sum last week (4.11 million) and down 19 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (4.9 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 154.5 million, down 15 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (181 million).

This week's 3.97 million total is the smallest weekly sum for album sales since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. It's also the first time weekly sales have fallen below 4 million in that time span.

Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.2 million downloads, down 2 percent compared with last week (19.6 million) and down 13 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (22.1 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 754.4 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (865.4 million).

http://www.billboard.com/articles/n...ber-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-shake-it-off

 

[Daddy43205]

john legend put out a quality album 600k

damn didnt know john did those kinda #'s

but im suprised this album didnt go platinum with that happy single backin the day this album would have done 10 million easy with the sucess of that happy single

 

[tallblacknyc]

em sold 2 million copies damn i'm really out of the music loop what track did he put out that was good..i swear if it wasn't for stripper parties i wouldn't kno any of these new songs

 

[DigitalMethods]

Again it's not about album sales anymore it's about singles. The stupid public can't listen to an album through. This is the mix tape era where people have Pandora brains. They need multiple artists who are popular not one entire album of 1 artist. These crack babies have no attention spans. Wack ass YG only sole 130k albums but I bet he a millionaire off them shitty singles he got.

 

[KA$H]

I'm super shocked that Bruno Mars has damn near 5 Million albums sold off of 2 albums.

His label must be at his neck for his 3rd project.

 

[KA$H]

Its not surprising that a lot of the new hip hop artist are doing under 200K. Their music is so wack, who wants to listen to a full album of that bullshit. I know their singles go certified gold & platinum, but they're being played on the radio 5 times an hour. The money they pay out to keep that shit spinning, they must barely break even.

Granted, I'm always quick to say that music wasn't meant for me, but damn .

They need to really all go indie with those type of numbers

 

[bigman23]

Again it's not about album sales anymore it's about singles. The stupid public can't listen to an album through. This is the mix tape era where people have Pandora brains. They need multiple artists who are popular not one entire album of 1 artist. These crack babies have no attention spans. Wack ass YG only sole 130k albums but I bet he a millionaire off them shitty singles he got.

but you have to have a hit single to sell singles and not every rapper have hit singles