Eminem Receives 43 New Gold and Platinum Track Certifications

by VVN Music

The RIAA is a bit strange in how they do Gold and Platinum certifications.  They don't have a their own measurement system so they depend on record companies submitting proofs of sale and streams.

That's why, on occasion, an artist might receive a batch of awards at the same time, but today's 43 new certifications for Eminem may be a record. 

All 43 of the new awards are for tracks from throughout his career led by "Love the Way You Lie" (Featuring Rihanna) which is now twelve-times platinum indicating over 12 million in sales/streaming.  "Lose Yourself" is ten-times platinum and "The Monster" is six-times.

The certifications:

Platinum Singles (1,000,000+ Units per certification)

• Twelve-Times Platinum
• "Love the Way You Lie" (Featuring Rihanna)
• Ten-Times Platinum
• "Lose Yourself"
• Six-Times Platinum
• "The Monster"
• Five-Times Platinum
• "'Til I Collapse"
• Four-Times Platinum
• "When I'm Gone"
• "Rap God"
• "Mockingbird"
• "The Real Slim Shady"
• "No Love"
• "Without Me"
• Three-Times Platinum
• "Berzerk"
• "Beautiful"
• "Like Toy Soldiers"
• "Shake That"
• Two-Times Platinum
• "Cleanin' Out My Closet"
• "My Name Is"
• "Stan"
• "Space Bound"
• "Crack a Bottle"
• "Just Lose It"
• Platinum
• "Survival"
• "Superman"
• "Cinderella Man"
• "We Made You"
• "The Way I Am"
• "Headlights"
• "Won't Back Down" (Featuring P!nk)
• "Sing For the Moment"
• "You Don't Know"
• "Ass Like That"

Gold Singles (500,000+ Units)

• "Kings Never Die"
• "Hailie's Song"
• "White America"
• "My Dad's Gone Crazy"
• "Phenomenal" 
• "3 A.M."
• "8 Mile"
• "Guilty Conscious" 
• "25 to Life"
• "Kill You"
• "Cold Wind Blows"
• "Guts Over Fear"
• "Talkin' 2 Myself"

There have also been a few other veteran artists who have received awards over the last quarter including two major increases in albums both already certified Diamond (ten-million units). The Bodyguard soundtrack is no eighteen-times certified Platinum while the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack moves up to sixteen-times Platinum.

Platinum Albums (1,000,000+ Units per certification)

• Eighteen-Times Platinum
• The Bodyguard - Whitney Houston / Soundtrack
• Sixteen-Times Platinum
• Saturday Night Fever - Bee Gees / Soundtrack
• Four-Times Platinum
• Dizzy Up the Girl - Goo Goo Dolls
• Platinum
• The Hunting Party - Linkin Park

Gold Albums (500,000+ Units)

• This is Not a Test - TobyMac
• California - blink-182
• One Wish - Whitney Houston
• Britney Jean - Britney Spears

Platinum Singles (1,000,000+ Units per certification)

• Ten-Times Platinum
• "Despacito" - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
• Three-Times Platinum
• "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding
• "Numb" / "Encore" - Jay-Z & Linkin Park
• "Smile" - Uncle Kracker
• Two-Times Platinum
• "Don't Wanna Know" - Maroon 5 Featuring Kendrick Lamar
• Platinum
• "What Lovers Do" - Maroon 5 Featuring Sia
• "Work Bitch" - Britney Spears

Gold Singles (500,000+ Units)

• "I Could Fall In Love" - Salena
• "Dreaming of You" - Selena
• "Bored to Death" - blink-182
• "The Story of O.J." - Jay-Z
• "Renegade" - Jay-Z

Gold Video Singles (25,000+ Units)

• R40 - Rush

Gold Video Longform (50,000+ Units)

• Precious Memories - Alan Jackson