The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has amended its rules for gold and platinum certification following Jay-Z's Samsung deal, in which the mobile phone manufacturer purchased one million copies of his forthcoming Magna Carta Holy Grail digital album for its customers.

A blog entry, entitled 'A Common Sense Update' by the trade organisation's director, Communications and Gold & Platinum Program, Liz Kennedy explained the changes to its counting of digital singles and digital albums for its G&P program - ...