mrjizzbomber wrote:I don't understand how "certification" trumps "sales".
Fuck what hes been certified for. If he has sold 38 million, hes sold 38 million. Even if he didn't have a single plaque... what, in that case would you say hes sold no more than you or I???
Adding them up, it looks like hes already at 37.6 million. And, of course, that doesn't include The Re-Up, 8 Mile Soundtrack, Devil's Night or D12 World... with even a few of those albums he would be well over 40 million...
Yes, Sales trumps all, I agree, who said anything about certification trumping sales?
RIAA is the one that came up with the certification type things so technically it isnt diamond just because it sells 10,000,000 just like it isnt platinum if it sells of 1,000,000. It has to be certified.
If you said diamond eligible after it get's over 10,000,000 that would be correct (it's already diamond eligible, as if interscope applied, it would get Diamond for TES and MMLP).
Eminem has sold more albums then any other rapper. That's not the point, I'm talking about certifications. The point is they should be certified.