en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_certification
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Since 2013 in the U.S., and 2014 in the UK and Germany, streaming of songs counts towards certification of singles with 150 streams being the equivalent of 1 single sold, or one tenth of an album.
This overstates the UK conversion rate. In the UK, the official methodology counts 100 premium streams or 600 ad-funded streams as one single purchase, not 150 streams.
Full reasoning
This sentence is inaccurate because it states that the UK uses a flat conversion of 150 streams = 1 single sold.
The UK's official chart methodology says otherwise: 100 premium streams or 600 ad-funded streams are counted as 1 single purchase. In addition, Official Charts states that UK singles certifications adopted the same approach and criteria used by the Official Charts for stream conversion. So even if the 150-stream rule is correct for the U.S., it is not correct for the UK, making the sentence false as written.
In short: the sentence incorrectly applies a U.S.-style equivalency to the UK.
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- About | Official Charts
Because buying a single or album is different to streaming a track, we use a formula to combine all of this information: 100 premium streams (when you pay for a subscription) or 600 ad-funded streams are counted as 1 single 'purchase'.
- The BPI's Platinum, Gold and Silver album certifications to include streams for the first time | Official Charts
Singles certifications in the UK have included streaming plays since July 2014. Both adopt the same approach and criteria that the Official Charts use to calculate how streams contribute to a single or album's sales performance.
Single 75,000 150,000 250,000
These are not the current French single certification thresholds. SNEP now certifies singles at 15 million, 30 million, and 50 million equivalent streams.
Full reasoning
This France singles row is outdated.
SNEP's current certification rules say French single awards are based on equivalent streams (streaming + downloads + physical sales), with thresholds of:
- Gold: 15 million equivalent streams
- Platinum: 30 million equivalent streams
- Diamond: 50 million equivalent streams
That directly contradicts the row here, which lists 75,000 / 150,000 / 250,000 as the current thresholds for singles in France.
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- A propos des certifications - SNEP
Les seuils Singles ... Singles or : 15 millions d'équivalent streams; Singles platine : 30 millions d'équivalent streams; Singles diamant : 50 millions d'équivalent streams.
Music video 50,000 100,000 1,000,000
This does not match RIAA's current music-video award criteria. RIAA lists 25k/50k/100k for Music Video Single and 50k/100k/200k for Music Video Longform.
Full reasoning
This U.S. music-video row is incorrect.
RIAA does not use a blanket music-video threshold of 50,000 / 100,000 / 1,000,000. Instead, it has separate categories:
- Music Video Single: Gold 25,000, Platinum 50,000, Diamond 100,000
- Music Video Longform: Gold 50,000, Platinum 100,000, Diamond 200,000
So the table's listed Diamond value of 1,000,000 is not an official RIAA music-video threshold, and the row also omits the lower 25,000 Gold threshold used for Music Video Singles.
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- RIAA Gold & Platinum Program - RIAA
MUSIC VIDEO SINGLE ... 25,000 units / 50,000 units / 100,000 units ... MUSIC VIDEO LONGFORM ... 50,000 units / 100,000 units / 200,000 units.