56 ARTISTS EARNED FIRST TIME GOLD OR PLATINUM AWARDS IN 2018 Each story behind these 2018 certified Gold, Platinum or multi-Platinum artists is different, 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
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Gold & Platinum RecipientsTIME 2018FIRST...Fake Love Gold, DNA Gold Love Yourself:Answer Gold Dean Lewis Pop Island Records Be Alright Gold Dennis Lloyd Dance/ Elec Warner Bros Records
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56 ARTISTS EARNED FIRST TIME GOLD OR PLATINUM AWARDS IN 2018Each story behind these 2018 certified Gold,
Platinum or multi-Platinum artists is different,
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 NameMULTI-PLATINUM SONG AWARDS
ALBUM AWARDS
Ella MaiBoo’d Up
Juice WrldLucid Dreams
6ix9ineFEFE
Blocboy JBLook Alive (Feat. Drake)
Lil PumpGucci Gang
Rich The KidPlug Walk
LauvI Like Me Better
6ix9ineGUMMO
Lil BabyYes Indeed (Feat. Drake)
Jay RockKing’s Dead (Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake)
Sheck WesMo Bamba
Juice WrldAll Girls Are The Same
BazziMine
Rich The KidNew Freezer (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
2018FIRST 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
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
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 CountryColumbia 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. Visit riaa.com/gold-platinum for more 2018 awards.