David Archuleta Certified Gold
David Archuleta, currently on tour with Disney star, Demi Lovato, blogs good news from the road. His post-Idol debut album, David Archuleta, was recently certified Gold. (500K shipped is the requirement for an album to be certified gold):
Hello all. I’ve come to give you my attempt at a SHORT blog report for the day. The tour with Demi has begun, and the first couple of shows have been great!! Demi is a wickedly talented girl! I’m glad to be on tour with her and am looking forward to an awesome Summer with her. I’m very happy to see the fans again too!! I’ve missed seeing all of you lol. Thanks for coming to the shows you guys! It really means a lot and makes it quite enjoyable. It’s great seeing all the old familiar faces and catching up, and then also getting to meet new faces as well. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING!!
Today I got my RIAA certified gold plaque for my album!!! It’s so cool you guys!! What an accomplishment it is to get one of those. You see other artists’ plaques on the walls of recording studios and stuff, so to have one of my own is seriously so surreal. Thanks for each and everyone of you fans for buying an album to make it happen! Maybe one day we’ll even go platinum! Craziness! As soon as I get a picture I’ll try and upload it somewhere haha. It’s not exactly a literal gold album, but it has my picture and the RIAA certification thingy on it… So it’s official! haha.
There’s more HERE. Congratulations, David!
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69 Responses to “David Archuleta Certified Gold”
sunshinegirl, he’s fine lol
No he’s not. So far, he’s been nothing more than a 1-hit wonder with a very mediocre pop song. They did shit for the much better single ALTNOY and now they’re just trashing the whole album with some potentially very good singles on it if they would learn how push them on radio. Jordin has thrived under them, but Archie’s barely made a dent in the music industry. This is such bull shit! I don’t have a good feeling about a follow up album since they seem to insist on him singing nothing but pop songs for 12-year olds.
Sunshinegirl, I don’t think it’s time to call the Priest, lol. Not anywhere even remotely close, lmao! I won’t cite chapter and verse, but suffice it to say that good things come to those who wait. Time will tell. Need another cliche to allay your fears? Haha. No, seriously, he has exceeded expectations on all levels.
David is doing fine, more than fine. He is a debut artist who has sold more than 700,000 copies of his debut album. He also has a hit single that has sold more than 1.7 million copies. He has been consistently able to tour with all but one of his shows selling out. He has been able to travel and perform in other countries. He just played at the San Diego State Fair and got paid 100,000 to play there. Not every debut artist has had the success that David has had. Yes, David had one song do well on his debut album. He is not the only person to experience this. That doesn’t mean that will be the case with his next album.
Well he could’ve had another hit off this album if Jive didn’t suck so bad at handling his career.
Now, THAT is the kind of thing I like to hear, the $$$$$, lol. Show me the money! Seriously though, I do find it interesting to hear how the idols fair monetarily. (Really? 100,000 for a state fair? Wow).
Regarding singles, I felt there were more good singles on the debut album also, and remain curious as to why they weren’t brought out and supported by his label.
:lol_tb:
There are several months left before his Christmas album is released and quite a bit more before his second album comes out. Are we certain that there won’t be a 3rd single coming off of his current album? It seems some people here are suggesting that that is the case?
If there were going to be a third single then it would be released by now. It would’ve been released when ALTNOY peaked.
Congrats to Archie and here’s hoping the label supports him up to platinum. David deserves it.
Seriously, I made a similar post somewhere else here. Personally, I’m really optimistic with his career. Remember, this is his first album, whether Jive drops him next year is ….wow…its still waay out there. ANything could happen with his second album. And if it bombs? It won’t stop him from continuing music. Here’s a guy who has frequently said that he doesn’t care about the fame or the money. He just want to do this for a living for as long as he can. If Jive drops him, he’ll go indie. He’ll still perform, he’ll still be there, somewhere. AND we’ll have MJ update us on his career FOREVER! lolz
Clip of David receiving Gold Plaque at his concert at Uniondale tonight.
Khomphuong, I don’t think that was the right link. Here’s one that does show him receiving the plaque…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0GaN6BWOAQ
Ooopppsss my bad…can’t edit it. .. :redface_wp:
No problem, Khomphuong. Here’s an even better look at him getting the plaque…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9tVqV5KdzA
Unlike other idols who got released from their contract, I don’t think that will happen to Archie, and if it did, I think another major label will pick him up.
Why? Because he has a great voice and to me, it seems like he was developing his musical style more after his album has been released than when he was on Idol or while working on the album. I think they have a clearer vision of where they want to go and if you think about it, he’s sold about the same as Jordin without a huge blockbuster single like she had with No Air. I think they can totally repackage the whole album with No Gravity and release that as a single and that would boost up his sales.
Thanks for the close-up vid of David’s little gold certification recognition at the NY concert, ozarka! From the screams, it is obvious that many of the folks there weren’t exactly “non-fans.” But what I most loved seeing? The big smiles on Mike Ks, Johnny Bs and Kendra’s faces — nice to think David is surrounded by people who care.
Huh?! It never even had the chance to peak. It was dead on arrival. The label just barely made a move to release and hung it out to dry before radio stations would even try to play it.
I disagree. It went for adds in December or January and peaked in April. There were at least two mediabase ads for it. David did several radio station appearances. Radio for whatever reason wasn’t buying it. The only thing I fault the label for is not releasing it right when Crush was peaking and for taking the Hot AC add date away. It probably would have been successful on Hot AC and then his video would have been on VH1 and he would have seen some sales from that. Plus, maybe they shouldn’t have changed the song but who knows if TMH would have done better.