Britney Spears Reaches Platinum Status with ''Femme Fatale''

New York, NY - Pop superstar Britney Spears achieves another benchmark with her current album, Femme Fatale. This week, Spears’ seventh album – which spawned the No. 1 hit “Hold It Against Me” and the Top 5 smash “Till The World Ends”- is certified platinum by the RIAA. This latest news brings Britney’s U.S. albums certifications to the 32 million sales mark.

The certification comes as tickets for her highly anticipated all female Femme Fatale Tour with special guests Nicki Minaj, Jessie and the Toy Boys and Nervo go on sale April 30th. The tour kicks off on June 16th in Sacramento.

Spears’ impressive reach goes beyond the U.S. as fans world wide are embracing her latest project. Femme Fatale has also achieved platinum status in Canada and is gold-certified in the UK, France, Mexico, Czech Republic, Brazil, Korea & Singapore. The current single, “Till The World Ends” is in the Top 10 on iTunes charts in Canada, Mexico, Australia, France, Spain and Denmark and the song ranks in the Top 20 on radio airplay charts across Europe.

With the release of the critically-acclaimed Femme Fatale, Britney has earned more distinctions and set new records: she is the only woman to have six albums debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart; she and Mariah Carey are the only artists to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with more than one song; Britney’s one of only seven artists- and just three women- with Hot 100 No. 1’s in three decades; Femme Fatale is one of the Top 10 longest running trending topics on Twitter.

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'Circus' Becomes Britney's 2nd Highest Selling Album in Australia

We didn’t see this one coming, but congratulation to our girl who has this week achieved triple platinum status in Australia for her album ‘Circus‘.

Sony Music have let us know that the album has now sold in excess of 210,000 copies across Australia.

Anyone interested in Britney’s previous albums’ sales listen up! The Singles Collection is Gold, Blackout is currently 2 x Platinum, My Prerogative is Gold, In The Zone is Platinum, Britney is 2 x Platinum, Oops! is 3 x Platinum and Baby One More Time is Britney’s highest selling Australian album still with a certification of 4 x Platinum.

Tally that all up, and Brit has sold well over a million records in this country.

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Britney Tops RIAA's G&P List

The Recording Industry Association of America recently released a tally of the decade's highest Gold and Platinum award achievements. Guess who made the list? I'll give you one shot. Yep. BRITNEY SPEARS! Brit comes in as the female solo artist with the MOST album certifications (23 in total) during 2000-2009. “We’ve seen a decade of major music milestones and extraordinary artist achievements as part of our historic Gold and Platinum program,” says Mitch Bainwol, CEO of RIAA. “The names, songs and albums on our list are the decade’s best.” Sounds like a pretty nice award to add to B's collection of decade-end honors. Check out Britney's G&P album achievements below — note that B's first album, ...Baby One More Time (released Jan. 12, 1999), wasn't included in the tally.

...Baby One More Time: Gold, 14x Multi Platinum
Oops!...I Did It Again: Gold, 10x Multi Platinum
Britney: Gold, 4x Multi Platinum
In The Zone: Gold, 2x Multi Platinum
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative: Gold, Platinum
Circus: Gold, Platinum

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Britney Presented With Platinum Plaque

Jive Records presented Britney with a plaque yesterday to certify 1 million units sold! Circus was certified Platinum by the RIAA! Congratulations Brit!

Britney and manager, Larry Rudolph, met with Barry Weiss, Chairman of BMG Label Group, Tom Carrabba, Peter Thea and Teresa LaBabera- Whites, to celebrate the great news.

See more pics here!

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Britney's 'Circus' Goes Platinum!

The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:

Congratulations Britney Spears! Her album, Circus, has officially been certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

The announcement was made on Monday, ahead of the pop singer's North American Headline tour, set to kick off in March.

What a difference a year makes! The success of Brit's album is the topper to what has truly been a remarkable comeback by the "Womanizer" star. Since her father Jamie Spears took over as her conservator, Britney has recommitted herself to her career, slimming down to her original fit figure and reconnecting with her family.

Source: OK Magazine

"Piece Of Me" Certified Platinum

'Piece Of Me' has just officially been certified PLATINUM by RIAA, meaning 1 million+ units were shipped / digital sales! Looks like we really do wanna piece of her! Congrats, B!

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'Blackout' Platinum In Australia!

'Gimme More' dropped 8 places in the official singles chart and is now #40, after 15 weeks on the chart! See it for yourself here!

In the official album chart, “Blackout” rises 1 place to #12! It has now been certified platinum for sales exceeding 70,000 copies! See it for yourself here!

Source: Break The Ice