![]() If it did, odds are the album would now probably be at least fifteen-times platinum. Mike Love takes the lead vocals here and it. That’s because its label, Polydor, hasn’t asked for a re-certification in sixteen years. That’s Not Me is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds.It is the third track on the album. For instance, according to the RIAA, the blockbuster soundtrack to Grease, which continues to sell nearly a million copies each year according to Soundscan, is only eight-times platinum. That means the RIAA only acts when a label makes a formal certification, or a re-certification, request. The RIAA only certifies albums when a record company provides, for verification, all the shipping documentation on a specific title. The answer to the Pet Sounds riddle lies in the certification process. (SoundScan and RIAA sales measurements are apples and oranges SoundScan counts individual album copies sold, RIAA counts totals shipped out to stores.) And besides, according to SoundScan, which has been tracking sales digitally since 1991, Pet Sounds has sold 210,000 copies in just the last nine years. marks the acclaimed albums 50th anniversary.180gram heavyweight black vinyl LP reissue of Pet Sounds remastered in Stereo with faithfully replicated original artwork. Did it really take thirty-four years of selling just 15,000 copies annually for Pet Sounds to reach the 500,000 mark? By contrast, last year’s debut album from R&B singer Angie Stone was certified gold just four months after its release. The Beach Boys iconic 1966 album, Pet Sounds, is universally hailed as one of popular musics most important recordings of all time. ![]() ![]() It was initially met with a lukewarm critical and commercial response in the United States, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Odd because the album, which boasts such classics as “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and is considered by rock historians to be one of the most influential records of all time, was released way back in 1966. Pet Sounds is the 11th studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on by Capitol Records. Buried among the pile of albums certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for the month of February, was this oddity: Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. ![]()
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