people need to realise 300,000 is alot of albums considering the UK has a population of over 60 million. the USA has a population of over 300 million so platinum is 1 million there which makes sense. US people need to calm down, we have Adele(highest selling artist of 2011), Rebecca Ferguson, Amy winehouse(RIP) emeli sande, our music scene is so much better. you can stick to your gimmick acts like gaga.