Plaque season is upon us as people prepare their summer playlists.
Here’s the latest rundown of those who have received certifications from the RIAA.
J. Cole’s “Wet Dreamz” is certified platinum, selling one million units since its release on the North Carolina rapper’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive album. This is the second song from the LP to reach platinum status, following “No Role Modelz,” which was given the nod last month. Cole now has had four cuts go platinum. The other two are “Power Trip” from Born Sinner and “Work Out,” his breakout single from Cole World: The Sideline Story.
Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow,” a tribute to his hometown of Pittsburgh, is now certified six-times platinum. The track was released in September 2010 and went viral as many sports teams used it for their promotion, including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates. The TGOD leader also gets a double-platinum plaque for “Roll Up.”
While the world waits on his Blank Face LP, ScHoolboy Q’s Oxymoron is certified platinum. The TDE rapper’s major label debut was released in February 2014 and has now sold one million units.
N.W.A’s “Straight Outta Compton” single from the 2002 re-release of the group’s debut album gets the platinum nod for one million units sold. The track saw a surge in popularity with the release of the biopic of the same name that portrayed Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella’s rise to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Rae Sremmurd gets five certifications. The duo’s SremmLife LP gets a platinum plaque. Three of the album’s cuts, “Throw Sum Mo,” “This Could Be Us” and “Come Get Her” are recognized as selling one million units each. The megahit “No Type” is certified triple platinum. Rae Sremmurd’s SremmLife 2 is set to drop in August.
Back in February, the RIAA changed its certification process to include audio and visual streams into its total tally for album and single sales.
Lucky they changed the process otherwise only a few artists be going Plat Plat if that ..
So glad school boy Q is platinum he deserves it
Oxymoron was an alright if not solid album. Didn’t really deserve a platinum plaque, though. Neither did those little Rae Smremmurs b*stards. This streaming b.s. is killing the culture. It’s like ANYBODY can go platinum, even though some rappers DON’T deserve it.
going gold or platinum was never part of the hip hop culture, music is here for you to enjoy and listen to, who gives a f— what the RIAA certification process is
going gold or platinum was never part of the hip hop culture, music is here for you to enjoy and listen to, who gives a f— what the RIAA certification process is
This new way of calculating sales by plays instead of actual sales is a joke. Black and yellow is 6x platinum? Rae Sremmurd has 7 platinum plaques? GTFOH!
1500streams=1 album sale
Y’all can say it fucks up the culture but artist are getting plaques again. Urban music is selling again. I don’t personally like streaming but it gives artist another platform to put music & fans the option to support
WHY THIS NIGGA J.COLE LOOKING LIKE THE WEEKND’S SOBER TWIN
The system isn’t bullshit. Ppl not paying for the music is bullshit. The majority of the niggas complaining about the new certification process were likely a part of the reason why this system had to be implemented in the first place. Plus y’all are acting like it’s easy to be certified. 1500 damn streams equals 1 album. Nobody started hollering that streaming is killing the culture bullshit until artist actually started benefitting from it.
Y’all niggas corny saying niggas going platinum is fucking up the game when master p/no limit and them shitty ass records they used to drop weekly went platinum weekly. Like y’all broke niggas ain’t buying music no more cuz of the internet but mad niggas gotta count on streams to get sales. Let these niggas eat! Artist need to be paid.
Everybody gets a trophy!
When everybody gets a platinum plaque, nobody gets a platinum plaque. In it’s current form, this is nothing but RIAA autofellatio in live.
STREAMING SHOULD NOT COUNT AS ALBUM SALES BECAUSE A ARTIST AND THEIR PEOPLE CAN JUST STREAM THEIR OWN ALBUM AND IM NOT TALKING ABOUT FANS WHEN I SAY THEIR PEOPLE BUT ANYWAY THEY CAN STREAM THEIR OWN ALBUM OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS MANY TIMES AS THEY WANT ITS BULLSHIT