Originally Posted by
Strange
That is correct Florence, and well known in industry and other [[here!) circles. The question has always been why? Clearly it did them no good to declare or else they'd have done it - they didn't need to be members as is often mistakenly thought to be the case.
Fascinating stuff and great information.
So am I understanding you right that you believe only the four singles certified by the RIAA in 1997 reached the required level for certification?
I certainly wouldn't argue with total conviction on any singles which reached 1m [[except of course Someday) but - and I admit I cannot offer hard information - I simply cannot believe that some of the other singles did not even sell 500k. Unless the charts were completely screwed up Love Child must be near 1m let alone 500k.
On the face of it if what you say if true there are a lot of music commentators etc who have been mislaid by claims made and obviously don't know as much about the business as they claim to.
However, there is something funny about the certification claims made in 1997. I don't know why Universal would choose those particular singles for certification and not others [[unless documentation was missing which you seem not to think was the case) but why then would they not claim for singles by other artists?
On this basis none if Diana's solo singles before Upside Down sold as many as 500k.
Diana seemed to have a lot of highs and lows but it is beyond belief that her really big hits Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Touch Me In The Morning or Love Hangover didn't even reach the lower certification.
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