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LATEST LATIN CERTIFICATIONS


Title	Artist	Release Date	Certification	Label	Cert. Date
Latest Certifications
Los Rompe Discotekas	Bambino, Hector	6/20/2006	Platinum	Machete Music	11/16/2006
Algo de Mi	Conjunto Primavera	2/28/2006	Platinum	Fonovisa	11/14/2006
Historias Que Contar	Los Tigres Del Norte	4/4/2006	Platinum	Fonovisa	11/14/2006
La Reina Del Pasito Duranguense	Reyes, Diana	8/2/2005	Platinum	Universal Music Latino	11/28/2006
Ananda	Rubio Paulina	9/19/2006	Platinum	Universal Music Latino	11/9/2006
Trozos de Mi Alma 2	Solis, Marco Antonio	9/26/2006	Platinum	Fonovisa	11/14/2006
Duele el Amor	Alegres de la Sierra	2/28/2006	Gold	Edimal Music Corp/ Viva Music Corp.	11/28/2006
Los Rompe Discotekas	Bambino, Hector	6/20/2006	Gold	Machete Music	11/16/2006
Ardientes	Beto Y Sus	7/19/2006	Gold	Disa	11/14/2006
en Vivo	Conjunto	2/1/2005	Gold	Musimex	11/28/2006
Algo de Mi	Conjunto Primavera	2/28/2006	Gold	Fonovisa	11/14/2006
Siempre Imitado, Jamas Iqualado	Los Rieleros del Norte	5/2/2006	Gold	Fonovisa	11/14/2006
La Banda del Carro Rojo	Los Tigres del Norte	8/1/2006	Gold	Fonovisa	11/14/2006
Historias que Contar	Los Tigres del Norte	4/4/2006	Gold	Fonovisa	11/14/2006
Ananda	Rubio, Paulina	9/19/2006	Gold	Universal Music Latino	11/9/2006
Trozos de Mi Alma 2	Solis, Marco Antonio	9/26/2006	Gold	Fonovisa	11/14/2006
The RIAA's Los Premios De Oro y Platino Awards program -- for albums containing more than 50% Spanish language content -- awards gold certifications (Disco De Oro) for U.S. shipments of 100,000 units, platinum (Disco De Platino) for 200,000 and multi-platinum (Multi-Platino) for 400,000 and following in increments of 200,000 thereafter.

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