{"id":65293,"date":"2016-07-14T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=65293"},"modified":"2016-07-14T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T15:54:09","slug":"bruno-mars-just-the-way-you-are-goes-9x-platinum-grenade-7x-heaven-6x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/07\/14\/bruno-mars-just-the-way-you-are-goes-9x-platinum-grenade-7x-heaven-6x\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Mars&#8217; &#8220;Just The Way You Are&#8221; Goes 9x Platinum, &#8220;Grenade&#8221; 7x, &#8220;Heaven&#8221; 6x"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like fellow Atlantic Records-backed artist <a href=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/07\/14\/ed-sheerans-the-a-team-reaches-3x-platinum-in-us-sing-2x-give-me-love-platinum-others-gold\/\">Ed Sheeran<\/a>, Bruno Mars has received a handful of RIAA certifications in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent certifications were of the multi-platinum variety.<\/p>\n<p>Mars&#8217; smash &#8220;Just The Way You Are&#8221; ascended to 9x platinum status on July 1.  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