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Beyonce Knowles Is America Golden And Platinum Girl
02/19/2010
Beyonce Knowles has landed another major accolade - she has been named the most successful musician of the new century's first decade in America.
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) bosses have released their decade list of the bestselling artists and Grammy Award record breaker Beyonce tops both the albums and video certifications and ringtone certifications countdown.
She landed 64 gold and platinum certifications for sales of albums and videos and a further 19 for ringtones.
Gold awards are presented for sales of 500,000 albums, digital songs or ringtones, and platinums are handed out to artists who pass the one million mark. Each multi-platinum award is counted as a separate certification. A music video goes gold at 25,000 units, platinum at 50,000 and multi-platinum for every 50,000 units after that.