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Celebrity
Reaches 5 Million
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Source: billboard.com
Last week, exactly 30 days after its release, 'N Sync's Jive album
"Celebrity" was certified five times platinum by the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released on July 24, the album quickly
rocketed to No. 1 on The Billboard 200 based 1.88 million units sold in its
debut week, according to SoundScan. Only the band's "No Strings
Attached" had higher first-week numbers with 2.4 million units sold last
March.
In its first RIAA accounting, "Celebrity" notched marks for gold
(500,000), platinum (1 million), and quintuple-platinum, for 5 million U.S.
copies shipped. The certification was issued on Aug. 22, 30 days to the date
from its release. According to the RIAA's rules, a recording does not become
eligible for certification until 30 days after its initial release. To date, the
set has sold 2.754 million copies in the U.S., according to SoundScan.
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