in 2004, the riaa added a branch of certification for what it calls "digital" recordings, meaning roughly "recordings transferred to the recipient over a network" (such as those sold via the itunes store), and excluding other obviously digital media such as those on cd, dat, or minidisc. in 2006, "digital ringtones" were added to this branch of certification. starting in 2013, streaming from audio and video streaming services such as spotify and youtube also began to be counted towards the certification using the formula of 100 streams being the equivalent of one download, riaa certification for singles therefore no longer represents true sales. in the same year, the riaa introduced the latin digital award for digital recordings in spanish. , the certification criteria for these recordings are as follows: