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