SZA, Karol G, Peso Pluma Lead RIAA Gold and Platinum 2023 Honorees
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Variety Hitmaker of the Year SZA, Karol G and Peso Pluma are among the big honorees in the Recording Industry Association of America’s year-end tally and its “Class of 2023,” recognizing the top albums, singles and first-timers who earned their first Gold & Platinum certifications in 2023.
Highlights include: SZA has the most certifications with 15 titles, including the Top Album with 3x Platinum SOS and Top Single with 5x Platinum “Kill Bill” Peso Pluma scored the highest album certification for a first-time artist with his Platinum collection, “Génesis” Karol G scored the top Latin album with 5x “Platino Mañana Será Bonito,” while Carin Leon & Grupo Frontera’s collaboration “Que Vuelvas” is the top Latin single.
Ice Spice holds the most titles on the Class Of 2023 list with Gold singles “Munch (Feelin’ U)” (Ice Spice / WorldStar Distribution / Create Music Group, Inc.) and “In Ha Mood” (10K Projects / Capitol Records), plus the PinkPantheress collaboration “Boy’s A Liar Pt.
2” Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” landed Luke Combs as the highest certified country single and most titles in the genre on the Year-End list On the Class Of 2023 list, Megan Moroney has the highest solo certification in the Country genre with 2x Platinum single “Tennessee Orange” Kenshi Yonezu secured the first-ever ever full Japanese language track certified with his Gold single “Kick Back” (Milan Records / Sony Music Masterworks) 15 new titles by first-timers were certified Platinum for surpassing 1,000,000 units and 33 Gold for reaching 500,000 units (sales + streaming equivalents) Jung Kook of BTS received his first RIAA solo certification for Platinum single “Seven” feat.
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