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Posted @ 11-30-2007

MTV Announces Platinum And Gold Awards

Universal Music take 8 of the Top 12 MTV Platinum Awards

To celebrate the most played music videos across MTV’s global network, MTV International’s Talent and Music department have created a new Platinum and Gold Disc award system.

Universal Music artists account for 11 of the 20 Platinum/Gold awards, including 3 in the top 5 and 6 in the top 10. Nelly Furtado tops the list with two videos in the top 5.

To create the list, 39 MTV Music Channels from 4 continents (ex-North America) provided data on their most played music videos from February 1st 2007 to June 1st 2007.

In order to be considered Platinum the video will have had to receive more than 6000 plays during the allotted time period. For the video to be considered Gold Status a total of 3000 plays must have been recorded.

In total, the top 20 videos received more than a combined 132,000 plays across the MTV International Television Network in 120 days. On average, globally, 53,977,378 viewers tune in regularly to MTV’s music video hours.

The full list is as follows UM Music artists in bold:
MTV Platinum And Gold Awards
1: Gwen Stefani ft Akon - The Sweet Escape (PLATINUM)
2: Nelly Furtado - All Good Things Come To An End (PLATINUM)
3: Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar (PLATINUM)
4: Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (PLATINUM)
5: Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around (PLATINUM)
6: Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (PLATINUM)
7: Fall Out Boy - This Ain't a Scene (PLATINUM)
8: Mika - Grace Kelly (PLATINUM)
9: Christina Aguilera - Candyman (PLATINUM)
10: Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby (PLATINUM)
11: Pussycat Dolls/Timbaland - Wait a Minute (PLATINUM)
12: Akon - I Wanna Love You (PLATINUM)
13: Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm (GOLD)
14: Amy Winehouse - Rehab (GOLD)
15: The Fray - How To Save A Life (GOLD)
16: Good Charlotte - Keep Your Hands Off My Girl (GOLD)
17: James Morrison - Wonderful World (GOLD)
18: Gym Class Heroes - Cupids Choakhold (GOLD)
19: Bloc Party - The Prayer (GOLD)
20: Just Jack - Starz In Their Eyes (GOLD)

More On: Nelly Furtado, Gwen Stefani, Fall Out Boy, Mika, Kaiser Chiefs, Pussycat Dolls, Akon, Amy Winehouse, James Morrison
Watch: Videos From These Artists

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