Charlie Puth's 'Left and Right' with BTS' Jungkook among RIAA's year-end awardees

The  Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has released the winners of its 2022 Year-End Gold & Platinum Awards. 

According to RIAA, only 13 albums and 68 singles were certified in 2022.  

“Incredible voices and collaborations were celebrated this year with coveted RIAA Gold & Platinum awards, honoring artists’ creative efforts, reflecting fan engagement and recognizing commercial successes alongside label partners. Music is a powerful connector, and these milestone achievements acknowledge the dynamic reach of the very best in 2022!” says RIAA Chairman and CEO Mitch Glazier.

Among the 68 singles winners this year was Charlie Puths’ “Left and Right” featuring BTS’ Jungkook, which was certified gold on Nov. 15 this year with 500,000 units. 

For RIAA’s digital single award or certification, gold is 500,000 units; platinum is one million units; multi-platinum is 2 million units; and diamond is 10 million units. According to RIAA, “each permanent digital download counts as 1 Unit for certification purposes” or “150 on-demand audio and/or video streams will count as 1 Unit for certification purposes.”

RIAA”s GOLD & PLATINUM AWARDS | 2022 YEAR-END'S BEST 

MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM I 1

Taylor Swift - Midnights

PLATINUM ALBUM I 4

Beyonce - RENAISSANCE

Future - I NEVER LIKED YOU

Harry Styles - Harry's House

Li Durk - 7220

GOLD ALBUMS | 8

Brent Faivaz - WASTELAND

Jack Harlow  - Come Home The Kids Miss You

Kodak Black  - Back For Everything

Li Baby  - It's Only Me

Rod Wave -  Beautiful Mind

Walker Hayes  - Country Stuff The Album

YoungBoy Never Broke Again  - Colors

YoungBoy Never Broke Again  - The Last Slimeto

MULTI PLATINUM SINGLES | 3

Future - WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems)

Harry Styles  - As It Was

Jack Harlow  - First Class

PLATINUM SINGLES | 21

Bailey Zimmerman  - Fall In Love

Bailey Zimmerman  - Rock and A Hard Place

Beyonce  - BREAK MY SOUL

Charlie Puth  - Light Switch

Cole Swindel  - She Had Me AtHeads Carolina

Doja Cat - Vegas (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS)

Dove Cameron - Boyfriend

Em Beihold - Numb Little Bug

Future - PUFFIN ON ZOOTIEZ

Gunna & Future - pushin P (feat. Young Thug)

Jack Harlow - Nail Tech

Joji - Glimpse of Us

Lil Baby - In A Minute

Li Baby - Right On

Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl

One Republic - I Ain't Worried

Quavo & Takeoff - HOTEL LOBBY (Unc & Phew)

Russ - HANDSOMER

Sam Smith - Unholy (feat. Kim Petras)

Tate McRae - she's all i wanna be

Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange

GOLD SINGLES - 44

BILLIE EILISH - Armani White 

Burna Boy - Last Last

Charlie Puth  -  Left and Right (feat. Jung Kook of BTS)

Corey Kent  - Wild As Her

d4vd  - Romantic Homicide

Dax  - Dear Alcohol

DJ Khaled  - STAYING ALIVE (feat. Drake & Lil Baby)

Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys  - City of Gods

GloRilla  - Tomorrow 2 (with Cardi B)

Gucci Mane  - Rumors (feat. Lil Durk)

Gunna  - 25k jacket (feat. Lil Baby)

Gunna  - Banking On Me

Gunna  - P power (feat. Drake)

Harry Styles  - Late Night Talking

Harry Styles  - Music for a Sushi Restaurant

Jack Harlow  - Churchill Downs (feat. Drake)

Jack Harlow  - Dua Lipa

Jax  - Victoria's Secret

JID - Surround Sound (feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate)

King Von & 21 Savage - Don't Play That

Lauren Spencer Smith  - Fingers Crossed

Leah Kate - 10 Things I Hate About You

Lil Durk  - AHHH HA

Lil Durk  - What Happened To Virgil (feat. Gunna)

Lil Tjay  - In My Head

Maren Morris  - Circles Around This Town

Megan Thee Stallion  - Plan B

Morgan Wallen  - Don't Think Jesus

Morgan Wallen  - Thought You Should Know

Morgan Wallen  - You Proof

Nate Smith  - Whiskey On You

Nicki Minaj & Lil Baby  - Do We Have A Problem?

Pharrell Williams - Cash In Cash Out (feat. 21 Savage & Tyler, The Creator)

Queen Naija - Hate Our Love (feat. Big Sean)

Rema - Calm Down

Rod Wave  - Cold December

Sleepy Hallow  - Die Young (feat. 347aidan)

The Kid LAROI  - Thousand Miles

Tyge & Doja Cat  - Freaky Deaky

Tyler Hubbard  -  5 Foot 9

YoungBoy Never Broke Again  - I Hate YoungBoy

YoungBoy Never Broke Again  - Vette Motors

Yung Gravy  - Betty (Get Money)

TOP LATIN ALBUM

Becky G  - ESQUEMAS

TOP LATIN SINGLE

Becky G & KAROL G  - MAMIII