Beyonce’s “B’Day” goes triple platinum ,Lloyd gets his first gold album
Multiplatinum certifications (all triple platinum):
Beyonce, B’Day (actual sales, 2.64 million): Currently selling in the high 20,000s each week, so it should actually reach 3 million at least by the end of summer. So, a premature certification but not an invalid one.
Mary J. Blige, The Breakthrough (2.92 million): It’s down to around 4,000 a week, so it’ll take a little while, but it’ll get there.
Gold :
Lloyd, Street Love (355,000): It’s the R&B singer’s first gold, he’s still around the top 30 and has a second big hit brewing on radio, so he ought to make 500,000 fairly soon (seven weeks if his current sales pace keeps up).
Smokie Norful, Nothing Without You (308,000): The gospel singer’s second gold album has quite a ways to go in actuality, being off the chart and nearly 200,000 sales away from half a million. Kind of a faith-based certification, you might say.
