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Thread started 07/27/05 5:04pm

funkyblues

STEVIE WONDER

Hi, can u please tell me why stevie wonder's albums like music of my mind talking book and others are not benn certificated by riia??? they were very successfulon the charts but they are not platinium or gold why? ( sorry 4 my english)
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Reply #1 posted 07/27/05 5:06pm

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Motown didn't like paying to have their artists certified. Plus, dodgy accounting practices. Rumour has it that Berry Gordy was holding back the actual sales & shipping figures for a lot of artists so they didn't know they were being ripped off.
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Reply #2 posted 07/27/05 5:11pm

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Ellie said:

Motown didn't like paying to have their artists certified. Plus, dodgy accounting practices. Rumour has it that Berry Gordy was holding back the actual sales & shipping figures for a lot of artists so they didn't know they were being ripped off.

That's it in a nutshell. Lazy Motown, greedy Gordy. This is also why TLC can claim that they're the "biggest selling girl group," because The Supremes records were never certified.
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Reply #3 posted 07/28/05 12:17am

Hotlegs

funkyblues said:

Hi, can u please tell me why stevie wonder's albums like music of my mind talking book and others are not benn certificated by riia??? they were very successfulon the charts but they are not platinium or gold why? ( sorry 4 my english)

hmmm That is a good question.
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