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Taylor Swift's RED goes Triple-Platinum in less than a month



The RIAA has handed out its Gold and Platinum album certifications for November, and Taylor Swift's RED earned a 3x Multi-Platinum award in only one month. With the October release of Red, Swift has earned her fastest rise yet to Triple Platinum success. Her career album certifications now surpass 15 million sold across five separate records in the US. Meanwhile, new holiday albums from Scotty McCreery and Blake Shelton, Christmas with Scott McCreery and Cheers It's Christmas, respectively, turned RIAA Gold in November. Merry Christmas, Baby from Rod Stewart also went Platinum in just one month.

November's top RIAA song certification was awarded to Carly Rae Jepsen for going 6x Multi-Platinum with her ubiquitous track, "Call Me Maybe." Another omni-present song, "Gangnam Style" by PSY, made its debut on RIAA's G&P chart in November, certifying Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum. Four other artists earned their first Platinum song download awards in November: Florida Georgia Line for "Cruise," Imagine Dragons for "It's Time," Skrillex for "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," and The Lumineers for "Ho Hey."
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Admit it how many of you bought the album? What's your favorite song from RED?

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duchello 12th-Dec-2012 03:20 am (UTC)
why can't you be the girl next door & be business savvy? the two are not mutually exclusive? (not wanking or anything just a legit question)
holyfrijoles_2 12th-Dec-2012 03:23 am (UTC)
no worries i get you. i think a large part of her whole image is that she's just ~a normal girl who falls in love and writes songs on her guitar~. that's her main appeal and why her fans feel so connected to her. and i think anyone who is particularly media savvy knows you can't get to where she is w/o a lot of calculated image/pr/general life stories. imo letting people know how much of her image is marketed would ruin that sort of innocence that her public image has. i hope this makes sense lol.
tingyin 12th-Dec-2012 03:24 am (UTC)
i think they meant that girl next door + OBVIOUSLY business savvy is nagl
holyfrijoles_2 12th-Dec-2012 03:43 am (UTC)
yup exactly. i don't think people are willing to accept a girl next door type who is obvious about how much of that girl next door image is calculated
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