A new wave of gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards thrusts Ariana Grande into the Top 15 on the RIAA’s list for most certified US digital song units.<\/p>\n
According to the RIAA, Grande now holds certifications for 52.5 million US digital song units. The figure slots Grande at #15 on the list, positioned in between Luke Bryan (54.5 million) and Post Malone (52 million).<\/p>\n
Leading the way among new awards is a 5x platinum honor for “7 rings.” The certification confirms 5 million in US units, with each unit equal to 1 paid download or 150 streams.<\/p>\n
Grande also received a multi-platinum award (3x platinum, 3 million) for “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored.”<\/p>\n
Other new certifications include platinum honors (1 million) for “nasa,” “imagine,” “needy,” and “boyfriend (featuring Social House).” Grande also earned a gold certification (500,000) for “goodnight n go.”<\/p>\n
— Although the focus is on her new song certifications, the Grammy-winning artist also picked up a 2x platinum award for her “thank u, next” album. The award signifies 2 million album units, with each equal to 1 album sale, 10 track sales or 1500 track streams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande now boasts 52.5 million in certified US single units.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[692],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n