OPM Success

OPM SUCCESS

-ryandgreat

(i did a thorough research on this one!)

opm singers and their albums have sold more "original" records this year! in the grave of piracy and (illegal) downloads

tomorrow on asap there'll be a special tribute and recognition to record producers and artists that had an extra ordinary record sales in their annual platinum circle award and 24k gold award

the new guidelines and metrics set by the philippine association of  record industry or pari this year,

-gold record award is equivalent to 10,000 units and

-platinum record award is more than 20,000 units sold, according to an article from manila bulletin

and the biggest selling album this year is an album released 4 years ago

nina’s nina live album received a diamond record award on 11th october

diamond record is considered as 10X platinum or the album sales reached to more than 200,000 units

nina live was released on 2005 and was the biggest selling album then which received quintuple platinum or 5 x platinum and in 2007 it was given octuple platinum or 8x platinum

nina also got the distinction of being the first female recording artist to have the coveted award,

next to jose mari chan with 2 diamond record awards or equivalent to more than 500,000 units sale for his 2 albums, constant Change and the modern classic christmas in our hearts

Christian Bautista - platinum record award (photo: Universal Records)

martin nievera, gary  valenciano, regine velasquez, dingdong dantes and christian bautista had phenomenal record sales success this year

regine’s low key album which achieved gold status on the day of its release was given the first platinum album of the year

martin’s for always album and gary’s the platinum ballad collection
compilation album achieved gold status in one month

and their collaboration album as1 achieved gold status after 2 weeks of its releases and recently it turned platinum

dingdong’s the dingdong dantes experience album received gold record award after a week and christian’s romance revisited achieved gold status after a week and platinum certification after one month of its release

other notable opm artists were jed madela who’s had 3 record awards for his albums, richard poon and charice pempengco got 2 record awards for their albums

non-singers like marian rivera, dingdong dantes, vhong navarro, gretchen barretto and kris aquino had impressive record sales to gold record award

@@@@GOLD RECORD AWARD:

Gary Valenciano – The Ultimate Ballad Collections (2009)

Marian Rivera – Retro Crazy (2008)

Martin Nievera – For Always (2009)

Jaya – Cool Change (2007)

Jed Madela - gold record award (photo: Universal Records)

Richard Poon - platinum record award (photo: MCA Universal)

Christian Bautista - gold record award (photo: Universal Records)

Jed Madela – Songs Rediscovered 2: The Ultimate OPM Playlist (2009)

Vhong Navarro and Streetboys – Let’s Dance (2008)

Charice Pempengco – My Inspiration (2009)

Gretchen Barretto – Complicated (2009)

Bugoy Drilon – Paano Na Kaya? (2008)

Toni Gonzaga – Love… Is (2009)

Dingdong Dantes – The Dingdong Dantes Experience (2009)

Richard Poon – For You (2009)

Princess – Addicted To Accoustic (2009)

Zsa-Zsa Padilla – Unchanging Love (2009)

Yeng Constantino – Journey (2008)

Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera – AS1 (2009)

Kris Aquino and Baby James Yap – We Are 1: Musical-Educational CD (2009)

Christian Bautista – Romance Revisited: The Love Songs of Jose Mari Chan (2009)

Kyla – Heart 2 Heart (2009)

@@@@PLATINUM RECORD AWARD:

Regine Velasquez - platinum record award (photo: SOP)

Aiza Seguerra - platinum record award (photo: Star Records)

Regine Velasquez – Low Key – 1x Platinum (2008)

Sarah Geronimo – OPM – 1x Platinum (2008)

Martin Nievera – Ikaw Ang Pangarap – 1x Platinum (2008)

Richard Poon – I’ll Take Care Of You – 1x Platinum (2008)
Ogie Alcasid – The Great Filipino Songbook – 1x Platinum (2008)

Kamikazee – Maharot – 2x Platinum (2006)

Jay-r – Soul In Love – 1x Platinum, 2x Platinum (2007)

Sarah Geronimo – The Next One DVD – 1x Platinum (2009)

Charice Pempengco – Charice – 1x Platinum (2008)

Aiza Seguerra – Open Arms – 1x Platinum (2008)

Kris Aquino – The Greatest Love: Tribute To President Cory Aquino – 1x Platinum (2009)

Nina – Nina Live! – 10x Platinum (Diamond Record Award) (2005)

Jed Madela – Only Human – 1x Platinum (2007)

Jed Madela - Songs Rediscovered 2: The Ultimate OPM Playlist – 1x Platinum (2009)

Christian Bautista – Romance Revisited: The Love Songs of Jose Mari Chan – 1x Platinum (2009)
Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera – AS1 – 1x Platinum (2009)

Martin Nievera and Gary Valenciano - platinum record award (photo: Universal Records)

****UPDATED: awarded on ASAP 09 - December 13:

@@@@GOLD RECORD AWARD:

Mark Bautista – I’ll Be The One (2008)

Rachelle Ann Go – Falling In Love (2009)

Erik Santos – The Jim Brickman Songbook (2009)

Young JV – Ready Or Not (2009)

Iya Villania Finally (2007)

Sarah Geronimo – Music and Me (2009)

Sarah Geronimo – Your Christmas Girl (2009)

Various Artists: Paalam President Cory Aquino Compilation Album (2009)

Myrus – The Love Cycle

@@@@PLATINUM RECORD AWARD:

Gary Valenciano - GV @ 25 Tribute Album – 1x Platinum (2008)

Princess – Addicted To Accoustic – 1x Platinum (2009)

Sarah Geronimo – Music and Me – 1x Platinum (2009)

Sarah Geronimo – Your Christmas Girl – 1x Platinum (2009)

Willie Revillame – Willie Sings Camoand Saturno – 2x Platinum (2007)

Willie Revillame- Ikaw Na Nga – 2x Platinum (2009)

Kris Aquino and Baby James Yap – We Are 1 – 1x Platinum (2009)

Charice Pempengco – My Inspiration – 1x Platinum (2009)