Re: Meatloaf Dead..
Reply #16 –
Record companies released press statements that an album has been "shipped platinum", where the albums were shipped to stores only to have them returned at a later date.
These days, sadly, record companies pump up how many streams a song has had. A million streams is worth about $10,000 to the artist and is killing the viability of music.
It's a bit like journalists quoting social media as a source for a story. You have to be careful about what you believe...