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EN BREVE
07/26/2008
In response to the precipitous decline registered for Latin shipments in the past 18 months, the RIAA has quietly lowered the requirements to obtaining gold and platinum certifications for Latin albums.
Likewise, the certification to obtain a platinum album has been reduced from 200,000 units shipped to 100,000.
The requirements for a gold album in Mexico are 40,000 shipped units, down from the 50,000 required in 2003, and the requirements for platinum albums are 80,000 units, down from 100,000 required five years ago.
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