On the peak of its reputation, Submit Malone and Swae Lee‘s ‘Sunflower’ (discovered aboard the soundtrack of 2018’s animated movie ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’) not solely topped the Scorching 100 however entered historical past books for turning into one of many longest-running high 10 hits of all time.
Racking up a whopping 33 weeks within the chart territory (a file for a soundtrack single), the one duet to have loved an extended keep there total was The Child Laroi and Justin Bieber‘s 2021 smash ‘Keep‘ (which lasted 47 weeks).
The Malone and Lee music’s spectacular industrial efficiency was additionally evidenced by its 11x Platinum certification on the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA) for gross sales of 11 million in america by November 2020.
Two years later, the enduring success of ‘Sunflower’ sees it planted within the file books of the RIAA as effectively. Look inside to see how.
Taking to press Monday (November 14), the RIAA introduced a slew of latest certifications for Malone together with a report that ‘Sunflower’ had met its threshold for 17x Platinum standing – a measure that denotes gross sales of 17 million in america alone.
With the replace, he and Lee now personal the highest-certified music in historical past – a title that beforehand belonged to Lil Nas X for his gargantuan 2019 hit, ‘Previous City Highway’ (which now sits at 16x Platinum).
‘Sunflower’ isn’t the one huge Posty music having fun with a significant certification improve, nevertheless.
His 2015 single, ‘White Iverson,’ and 2018 single, ‘Psycho’ (that includes Ty Dolla $ign), turned his fourth and fifth songs to realize Diamond standing (for gross sales of 10 million in america) because the beforehand Diamond-certified ‘Congratulations‘ (that includes Quavo) noticed its standing pushed as much as 14x Platinum.
Whereas Submit is the primary rapper to personal as many Diamond plaques, the general file for many Diamond plaques belongs to Bruno Mars (6). Look beneath to see the total checklist of Malone’s updates.
17x Platinum
14x Platinum
10x Platinum aka Diamond
- ‘White Iverson’ (Single)
9x Platinum
8x Platinum
6x Platinum
1x Platinum
- ‘Allergic’ (Single)
- ‘I’m Gonna Be’ (Single)
- ‘Blame It On Me’ (Single)
- ‘Sugar Wraith’ (Single)
- ‘Staring on the Solar’ (Single)
- ‘Up There’ (Single)
- ‘A Thousand Dangerous Occasions’ (Single)
- ‘Otherside’ (Single)
