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“Descendants” Song “Rotten To The Core” Earns Gold Certification In US

The opening song from “Descendants” has attained gold status in the United States.

Last month, the soundtrack to the first “Descendants” movie earned a gold album certification in the United States.

This month, its top-performing song received a gold single certification.

The RIAA confirms that “Rotten To The Core” went gold on May 11, 2017. The certification confirms 500,000 in US units; each unit is equal to 1 paid download or 150 streams.

Credited to leads Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart and Cameron Boyce, “Rotten” peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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