FIRST TIME Gold2018 & Platinum Recipients 56 ARTISTS EARNED FIRST TIME ALBUM AWARDS GOLD OR PLATINUM AWARDS IN 2018 6ix9ine | Day69 Each story behind these 2018 certified Gold, BTS | Love Yourself: Answer Platinum or multi-Platinum artists is different, Ella Mai | Ella Mai but one common thread is that a label team H.E.R. | H.E.R. helped achieve that level of prestigious success. Juice Wrld | Goodbye & Good Riddance BREAKING ARTISTS IS WHAT MUSIC LABELS, Lil Pump | Lil Pump BIG AND SMALL, DO EVERY DAY. Lil Skies | Life of a Dead Rose WE ARE #LABELSATWORK. Tyler, The Creator | Flower Boy Youngboy Never Broke Again | MULTI-PLATINUM SONG AWARDS AI Youngboy | Until Death Call My Name
Ella Mai Rich The Kid Lauv Boo’d Up Plug Walk I Like Me Better
Juice Wrld 6ix9ine Lil Baby Lucid Dreams GUMMO Yes Indeed (Feat. Drake)
6ix9ine Bazzi Rich The Kid FEFE Mine New Freezer (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Blocboy JB Jay Rock Sheck Wes Look Alive (Feat. Drake) King’s Dead (Feat. Kendrick Mo Bamba Lamar, Future, James Blake) Lil Pump Juice Wrld Gucci Gang All Girls Are The Same ARTIST GENRE RECORD LABEL CERTIFIED SONGS CERTIFIED ALBUMS
R&B/ FEFE 3X Platinum, GUMMO 2X Platinum, 6ix9ine Tenthousand Projects Day69 Gold Hip Hop BILLY Gold, KEKE Gold, KOODA 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 Atlantic Records Beautiful Platinum
Benny Blanco Pop Friends Keep Secrets Eastside (Feat. Halsey & Khalid) Platinum
R&B/ B.H.A.D. Music/ Hi Bich Gold Bhad Bhabie Hip Hop Atlantic Records Gucci Flip Flops (Feat. Lil Yachty) Gold
R&B/ Blac Youngsta Epic Booty Gold Hip Hop
Black Veil Brides Rock Republic Records/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 Island Records 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 Cash Machine Gold Hip Hop Empire/Atlantic
R&B/ 10 Summers Records/ Boo’d Up 4X Platinum, Ella Mai Ella Mai Gold Hip Hop Interscope Records Trip Platinum
R&B/ YFS (Your Favorite Eric Bellinger Goat Gold Hip Hop Song)/Empire
R&B/ Pick It Up Platinum, Famous Dex 300 Entertainment Hip Hop Japan Platinum
Cinematic/Epic/ Flipp Dinero 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/ Jaden Smith Roc Nation Icon 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, Jay Rock Hip Hop Interscope Future, James Blake) 2X Platinum
Jordan Davis Country MCA Nashville Singles You Up Platinum
R&B/ Joyner Lucas 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 Lean 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, Quality Control Music/ Freestyle Platinum, Harder Than Ever Gold, R&B/ Lil Baby Motown Records/ Life Goes On (Feat. Gunna & Lil Uzi Vert) Gold, HIP HOP Captiol Records All Of A Sudden (Feat. Moneybagg Yo) Gold, My Dawg Gold
R&B/ Lil Mosey 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 Nowadays (Feat. Landon Cube) Platinum, Life Of A Dead Rose Gold Hip Hop Atlantic Records Lust Platinum, Creeping Gold
R&B/ Lil Xan Columbia Betrayed Platinum Hip Hop
Signature Help Me Help You (Feat. Why Don’t We) Logan Paul 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. Bebe Rexha & Digital Louis Tomlinson Pop Epic Farm Animals) Platinum
Lovelytheband Alternative Red Music Broken Gold
LSD None Columbia Thunderclouds Gold
Columbia Nashville/ Mitchell Tenpenny Country Riser House Drunk Me Gold Entertainment
Morgan Wallen Country Big Loud Records Up Down Platinum, The Way I Talk 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/ NAV Myself Platinum, Hip Hop XO Records Some Way (Feat. The Weeknd) 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 Quavo & Offset) 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 Mask 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/ Young Dolph Paper Route/Empire 100 Shots Gold Hip Hop
No Smoke Platinum, Untouchable Platinum, Outside Today Platinum, I Am Who They AI Youngboy Gold, Youngboy Never R&B/ APG/Atlantic Records Say I Am (Feat. Kevin Gates) 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.