World of Weird Al Yankovic

SOL's at #124 this week.

The 2006-2007 Billboard Charts Week by Week: UPDATE!

Straight Outta Lynwood - 10, 19, 28, 35, 38, 42, 63, 86, 97, 89, 82, 81, 85, 81, 85, 105, 124, 151, 162, 163, 169, 187, 185 (23 Weeks)

White & Nerdy - 28, 9, 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 36, 42, 55, 57, 55, 44, 19, 34, 48, 59, 65, 76, 74 (20 Weeks)

Canadian Idiot - 82, 94, 98 (3 Weeks)

http://www.billboard.com

UPDATED!

This week SOL is at #149 and W&N is at #65.

According to "Billboard," so far SOL has sold 407,591 copies in the United States, while W&N has sold 737,034 paid downloads.

So, is there such thing as a "Gold Download?" and does the RIAA present the artist with it? >:)

weird_el @ Feb 2 2007, 10:05 AM wrote: So, is there such thing as a "Gold Download?" and does the RIAA present the artist with it?  >:)

Actually, due to downloads, there seems to be new criteria for a single going Gold, Platinum, etc.

Again according to "Billboard," a song can go Gold after only 100,000 paid downloads and Platinum after 200,000 downloads.

Then wouldn't White and Nerdy be 3x Platinum now?

Why hasn't there been any announcement?

Al said in his last blog he's still waiting to hear from the label/RIAA. But Al seems to not even know how it works

SOL's pretty close to going gold. I would imagine the tour will probably push the sales enough for it to go gold. As W&N, I wonder when Al will hear more about the certification.

The drops the last few weeks have been depressing but yeah, pretty much anything new (single, tour) will push it past gold in no time

So keep your heads up everyone!

CatraDhtem @ Feb 2 2007, 12:20 AM wrote: This week SOL is at #149 and W&N is at #65.

According to "Billboard," so far SOL has sold 407,591 copies in the United States, while W&N has sold 737,034 paid downloads.

Awesome! It's still on the Billboard charts, and with the pre-tour interviews and tour itself, it's just a waiting game now.

Dave