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FIRST TIME Gold2018 & Recipients 56 ARTISTS EARNED FIRST TIME AWARDS OR PLATINUM AWARDS IN 2018 | Each story behind these 2018 certified Gold, BTS | : Answer Platinum or multi-Platinum artists is different, | Ella Mai but one common thread is that a label team H.E.R. | H.E.R. helped achieve that level of prestigious success. | Goodbye & Good Riddance BREAKING ARTISTS IS WHAT MUSIC LABELS, | Lil Pump BIG AND SMALL, DO EVERY DAY. | Life of a Dead Rose WE ARE #LABELSATWORK. Tyler, The Creator | Youngboy Never Broke Again | MULTI-PLATINUM SONG AWARDS AI Youngboy |

Ella Mai Boo’d Up Walk I Like Me Better

Juice Wrld 6ix9ine Lucid Dreams GUMMO Yes Indeed (Feat. )

6ix9ine Bazzi Rich The Kid FEFE Mine (Feat. )

Blocboy JB Jay Look Alive (Feat. Drake) King’s Dead (Feat. Kendrick Mo Bamba Lamar, , ) Lil Pump Juice Wrld ARTIST GENRE CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED

R&B/ FEFE 3X Platinum, GUMMO 2X Platinum, 6ix9ine Tenthousand Projects Day69 Gold BILLY Gold, KEKE Gold, Gold

Dance/ Axwelll Λ Ingrosso Def Jam More Than You Know Gold Elec

Bad Wolves Rock Eleven Seven Music Zombie Platinum

Iamcosmic/ Mine 2X Platinum, Bazzi Pop Beautiful Platinum

Benny Blanco Pop Eastside (Feat. Halsey & Khalid) Platinum

R&B/ B.H.A.D. Music/ Gold Hip Hop Atlantic Records Gucci Flip Flops (Feat. ) Gold

R&B/ Epic Booty Gold Hip Hop

Black Veil Brides Rock /Lava In The End Gold

R&B/ BlocBoy JB Warner Bros Records Look Alive (Feat. Drake) 3X Platinum Hip Hop

R&B/ Bryce Vine Warner Bros Records Drew Barrymore Gold Hip Hop

World Mic Drop Platinum, Idol Gold, BTS Bighit Entertainment Love Yourself:Answer Gold Music Fake Love Gold, DNA Gold

Dean Lewis Pop Be Alright Gold

Dance/ Dennis Lloyd Warner Bros Records Nevermind Gold Elec

Devin Dawson Country Atlantic Records All On Me Platinum

2018 Gold & Platinum Recipients FIRST TIMERS ARTIST GENRE RECORD LABEL CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED ALBUMS

R&B/ W.A.V.E. Recordings/ DRAM Machine Gold Hip Hop Empire/Atlantic

R&B/ Records/ Boo’d Up 4X Platinum, Ella Mai Ella Mai Gold Hip Hop Trip Platinum

R&B/ YFS (Your Favorite Goat Gold Hip Hop Song)/Empire

R&B/ Pick It Up Platinum, Hip Hop Platinum

Cinematic/Epic/ None Leave Me Alone Gold We The Best

R&B/ Best Part (Feat. Daniel Caesar) Platinum, H.E.R. RCA H.E.R. Gold Hip Hop Focus Gold

R&B/ Gold Hip Hop

R&B/ Jake Paul Team 10/Empire It’s Everyday Bro (Feat. Team 10) Platinum Hip Hop

R&B/ TDE/Aftermath/ King’s Dead (Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Hip Hop Interscope Future, James Blake) 2X Platinum

Jordan Davis Country MCA Nashville Singles You Up Platinum

R&B/ Atlantic Records I’m Not Racist Gold Hip Hop

Lucid Dreams 4X Platinum, R&B/ Goodbye & Good Juice Wrld Interscope All Girls Are The Same 2X Platinum, Hip Hop Riddance Gold Wit Me Platinum

King Princess None Columbia 1950 Gold

Lany Alternative Interscope ILYSB Gold

2018 Gold & Platinum Recipients FIRST TIMERS ARTIST GENRE RECORD LABEL CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED ALBUMS

I Like Me Better 2X Platinum, Lauv Pop Lauv The Other Gold

Yes Indeed (Feat. Drake) 2X Platinum, / Freestyle Platinum, Gold, R&B/ Lil Baby Records/ Life Goes On (Feat. & ) Gold, HIP HOP Captiol Records All Of A Sudden (Feat. Moneybagg ) Gold, Gold

R&B/ Interscope Records Noticed Gold Hip Hop

Gucci Gang 3X Platinum, D Rose Gold, R&B/ Tha Lights Global/ Lil Pump Esskeetit Gold, Flex Like Ouu Gold, Lil Pump Gold Hip Hop Warner Bros Boss Gold

Red Roses (Feat. Landon Cube) Platinum, R&B/ All We Got Ent./ Lil Skies (Feat. Landon Cube) Platinum, Life Of A Dead Rose Gold Hip Hop Atlantic Records Lust Platinum, Creeping Gold

R&B/ Columbia Betrayed Platinum Hip Hop

Signature Help Me Help You (Feat. Why Don’t We) Pop Entertainment, LLC Platinum

Loren Allred Pop Atlantic Records Never Enough Platinum

Dance/ Loud Luxury Armada Singles Body (Feat. Brando) Gold Elec

Back To You (Feat. & Digital Louis Tomlinson Pop Epic Farm Animals) Platinum

Lovelytheband Alternative Music Broken Gold

LSD None Columbia Thunderclouds Gold

Columbia Nashville/ Mitchell Tenpenny Country Riser House Drunk Me Gold Entertainment

Morgan Wallen Country Records Up Down Platinum, Gold

2018 Gold & Platinum Recipients FIRST TIMERS ARTIST GENRE RECORD LABEL CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED ALBUMS

Wanted You (Feat. Lil Uzi Vert) Platinum, R&B/ Republic Records/ Myself Platinum, Hip Hop XO Records (Feat. ) Platinum

NOTD Pop Island Records I Wanna Know Gold

R&B/ Ricegum Syft Inc Its Every Night Sis Platinum Hip Hop

Plug Walk 3X Platinum, New Freezer (Feat. R&B/ Rich The Kid Interscope Records Kendrick Lamar) 2X Platinum, Lost It (Feat. Hip Hop & ) Gold, The World Is Yours Gold

R&B/ Pull Up Wit Ah Stick (Feat. Loso Loaded) Sahbabii Warner Bros Records Hip Hop Gold

Interscope Records/ R&B/ Sheck Wes Cactus Jack Records/ Mo Bamba 2X Platinum Hip Hop G.O.O.D. Music

Catch Me Outside Gold, Ski The R&B/ Victor Victor Worldwide/ Take A Step Back Gold, Slump God Hip Hop Republic Records Babywipe Gold

R&B/ SOB X RBE SOB X RBE/Empire Anti Gold Hip Hop

Christian/ Tauren Wells Reunion Records Hills And Valleys Gold Gosp

R&B/ Tay-K 88 Classic The Race Platinum Hip Hop

Tyler, R&B/ Columbia Flower Boy Gold The Creator Hip Hop

R&B/ Bounce Out With That Platinum, YBN Nahmir Art@War/Atlantic Hip Hop Rubbin Off The Paint Gold

R&B/ Route/Empire 100 Shots Gold Hip Hop

No Smoke Platinum, Untouchable Platinum, Platinum, I Am Who They AI Youngboy Gold, Youngboy Never R&B/ APG/Atlantic Records Say I Am (Feat. ) Gold, Until Death Call My Name Broke Again Hip Hop Through The Storm Gold, Genie Gold, Gold Overdose Gold, Solar Eclipse Gold

For the purposes of this analysis, we reviewed songs and albums released in 2017-2018 and certified in 2018. Only first-time Gold & Platinum awardees were included. Soundtracks and multi-artist titles were excluded. Visit riaa.com/gold-platinum for more 2018 awards.