Gold & Platinum Recipients

56 ARTISTS EARNED FIRST TIME

GOLD OR PLATINUM AWARDS IN 2018

Each story behind these 2018 certiﬁed Gold,

Platinum or multi-Platinum artists is dierent,

but one common thread is that a label team

helped achieve that level of prestigious success.

BREAKING ARTISTS IS WHAT MUSIC LABELS,

BIG AND SMALL, DO EVERY DAY.

WE ARE #LABELSATWORK.

6ix9ine | Day69

BTS | Love Yourself: Answer

Ella Mai | Ella Mai

H.E.R. | H.E.R.

Juice Wrld | Goodbye & Good Riddance

Lil Pump | Lil Pump

Lil Skies | Life of a Dead Rose

Tyler, The Creator | Flower Boy

Youngboy Never Broke Again |

AI Youngboy | Until Death Call My Name

MULTI-PLATINUM SONG AWARDS

ALBUM AWARDS

Ella Mai

Boo’d Up

Juice Wrld

Lucid Dreams

6ix9ine

FEFE

Blocboy JB

Look Alive (Feat. Drake)

Lil Pump

Gucci Gang

Rich The Kid

Plug Walk

Lauv

I Like Me Better

6ix9ine

GUMMO

Lil Baby

Yes Indeed (Feat. Drake)

Jay Rock

King’s Dead (Feat. Kendrick

Lamar, Future, James Blake)

Sheck Wes

Mo Bamba

Juice Wrld

All Girls Are The Same

Bazzi

Mine

Rich The Kid

New Freezer (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2018

FIRST

TIME

Gold & Platinum Recipients

2018 Gold & Platinum Recipients

FIRST TIMERS

ARTIST GENRE RECORD LABEL CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED ALBUMS

6ix9ine

R&B/

Hip Hop

Tenthousand Projects

FEFE 3X Platinum, GUMMO 2X Platinum,

BILLY Gold, KEKE Gold, KOODA Gold

Day69 Gold

Axwelll Λ Ingrosso

Dance/

Elec

Def Jam More Than You Know Gold

Bad Wolves Rock Eleven Seven Music Zombie Platinum

Bazzi Pop

Iamcosmic/

Atlantic Records

Mine 2X Platinum,

Beautiful Platinum

Benny Blanco Pop Friends Keep Secrets Eastside (Feat. Halsey & Khalid) Platinum

Bhad Bhabie

R&B/

Hip Hop

B.H.A.D. Music/

Atlantic Records

Hi Bich Gold

Gucci Flip Flops (Feat. Lil Yachty) Gold

Blac Youngsta

R&B/

Hip Hop

Epic Booty Gold

Black Veil Brides Rock Republic Records/Lava In The End Gold

BlocBoy JB

R&B/

Hip Hop

Warner Bros Records Look Alive (Feat. Drake) 3X Platinum

Bryce Vine

R&B/

Hip Hop

Warner Bros Records Drew Barrymore Gold

BTS

World

Music

Bighit Entertainment

Mic Drop Platinum, Idol Gold,

Fake Love Gold, DNA Gold

Love Yourself:Answer Gold

Dean Lewis Pop Island Records Be Alright Gold

Dennis Lloyd

Dance/

Elec

Warner Bros Records Nevermind Gold

Devin Dawson Country Atlantic Records All On Me Platinum

ARTIST GENRE RECORD LABEL CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED ALBUMS

DRAM

R&B/

Hip Hop

W.A.V.E. Recordings/

Empire/Atlantic

Cash Machine Gold

Ella Mai

R&B/

Hip Hop

10 Summers Records/

Interscope Records

Boo’d Up 4X Platinum,

Trip Platinum

Ella Mai Gold

Eric Bellinger

R&B/

Hip Hop

YFS (Your Favorite

Song)/Empire

Goat Gold

Famous Dex

R&B/

Hip Hop

300 Entertainment

Pick It Up Platinum,

Japan Platinum

Flipp Dinero None

Cinematic/Epic/

We The Best

Leave Me Alone Gold

H.E.R.

R&B/

Hip Hop

RCA

Best Part (Feat. Daniel Caesar) Platinum,

Focus Gold

H.E.R. Gold

Jaden Smith

R&B/

Hip Hop

Roc Nation Icon Gold

Jake Paul

R&B/

Hip Hop

Team 10/Empire It’s Everyday Bro (Feat. Team 10) Platinum

Jay Rock

R&B/

Hip Hop

TDE/Aftermath/

Interscope

King’s Dead (Feat. Kendrick Lamar,

Future, James Blake) 2X Platinum

Jordan Davis Country MCA Nashville Singles You Up Platinum

Joyner Lucas

R&B/

Hip Hop

Atlantic Records I’m Not Racist Gold

Juice Wrld

R&B/

Hip Hop

Interscope

Lucid Dreams 4X Platinum,

All Girls Are The Same 2X Platinum,

Lean Wit Me Platinum

Goodbye & Good

Riddance Gold

King Princess None Columbia 1950 Gold

Lany Alternative Interscope ILYSB Gold

2018 Gold & Platinum Recipients

FIRST TIMERS

ARTIST GENRE RECORD LABEL CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED ALBUMS

Lauv Pop Lauv

I Like Me Better 2X Platinum,

The Other Gold

Lil Baby

R&B/

HIP HOP

Quality Control Music/

Motown Records/

Captiol Records

Yes Indeed (Feat. Drake) 2X Platinum,

Freestyle Platinum, Harder Than Ever Gold,

Life Goes On (Feat. Gunna & Lil Uzi Vert) Gold,

All Of A Sudden (Feat. Moneybagg Yo) Gold,

My Dawg Gold

Lil Mosey

R&B/

Hip Hop

Interscope Records Noticed Gold

Lil Pump

R&B/

Hip Hop

Tha Lights Global/

Warner Bros

Gucci Gang 3X Platinum, D Rose Gold,

Esskeetit Gold, Flex Like Ouu Gold,

Boss Gold

Lil Pump Gold

Lil Skies

R&B/

Hip Hop

All We Got Ent./

Atlantic Records

Red Roses (Feat. Landon Cube) Platinum,

Nowadays (Feat. Landon Cube) Platinum,

Lust Platinum, Creeping Gold

Life Of A Dead Rose Gold

Lil Xan

R&B/

Hip Hop

Columbia Betrayed Platinum

Logan Paul Pop

Signature

Entertainment, LLC

Help Me Help You (Feat. Why Don’t We)

Platinum

Loren Allred Pop Atlantic Records Never Enough Platinum

Loud Luxury

Dance/

Elec

Armada Singles Body (Feat. Brando) Gold

Louis Tomlinson Pop Epic

Back To You (Feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital

Farm Animals) Platinum

Lovelytheband Alternative Red Music Broken Gold

LSD None Columbia Thunderclouds Gold

Mitchell Tenpenny Country

Columbia Nashville/

Riser House

Entertainment

Drunk Me Gold

Morgan Wallen Country Big Loud Records Up Down Platinum, The Way I Talk Gold

2018 Gold & Platinum Recipients

FIRST TIMERS

ARTIST GENRE RECORD LABEL CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED ALBUMS

NAV

R&B/

Hip Hop

Republic Records/

XO Records

Wanted You (Feat. Lil Uzi Vert) Platinum,

Myself Platinum,

Some Way (Feat. The Weeknd) Platinum

NOTD Pop Island Records I Wanna Know Gold

Ricegum

R&B/

Hip Hop

Syft Inc Its Every Night Sis Platinum

Rich The Kid

R&B/

Hip Hop

Interscope Records

Plug Walk 3X Platinum, New Freezer (Feat.

Kendrick Lamar) 2X Platinum, Lost It (Feat.

Quavo & Offset) Gold, The World Is Yours Gold

Sahbabii

R&B/

Hip Hop

Warner Bros Records

Pull Up Wit Ah Stick (Feat. Loso Loaded)

Gold

Sheck Wes

R&B/

Hip Hop

Interscope Records/

Cactus Jack Records/

G.O.O.D. Music

Mo Bamba 2X Platinum

Ski Mask The

Slump God

R&B/

Hip Hop

Victor Victor Worldwide/

Republic Records

Catch Me Outside Gold,

Take A Step Back Gold,

Babywipe Gold

SOB X RBE

R&B/

Hip Hop

SOB X RBE/Empire Anti Gold

Tauren Wells

Christian/

Gosp

Reunion Records Hills And Valleys Gold

Tay-K

R&B/

Hip Hop

88 Classic The Race Platinum

Tyler,

The Creator

R&B/

Hip Hop

Columbia Flower Boy Gold

YBN Nahmir

R&B/

Hip Hop

Art@War/Atlantic

Bounce Out With That Platinum,

Rubbin Off The Paint Gold

Young Dolph

R&B/

Hip Hop

Paper Route/Empire 100 Shots Gold

Youngboy Never

Broke Again

R&B/

Hip Hop

APG/Atlantic Records

No Smoke Platinum, Untouchable Platinum,

Outside Today Platinum, I Am Who They

Say I Am (Feat. Kevin Gates) Gold,

Through The Storm Gold, Genie Gold,

Overdose Gold, Solar Eclipse Gold

AI Youngboy Gold,

Until Death Call My Name

Gold

For the purposes of this analysis, we reviewed songs and albums released in 2017-2018 and certiﬁed in 2018.

Only ﬁrst-time Gold & Platinum awardees were included.

Soundtracks and multi-artist titles were excluded.

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