artist stats Lorde ties Beyoncé and Katy Perry, surpasses Billie Eilish w/ new RIAA certifications

[Kayseri Mantisi]

Her RIAA certifications got updated today so are the stats...

 

See when you're the queen of alt music + queen of songwriting + best 21st century artist   

 

 

 

Edited September 30, 2023 by Kayseri Mantisi

[Katamari]

but wow what a moment 

 

royals is still that bop  

[k4rmabutterfly]

wow, such a smash era 

[wehavetostan]

Ribs 2x Platinum  see when you’re the defining anthem of a generation

[ZIVERT]

When you make authentic art  

[GentleEarthquake]

See when you make one of the best debut albums of recent times 

[conquxror]

It’s crazy how big Royals was

[Kimi]

A masterpiece

[Blue Monday]

This is insane actually??? An ERA 

[illia]

EXTREMELY deserved

[Likingstars]

I need Melodrama stat too

[Jooj]

Pure Heroine 5x platinum  thats huge

 

Its weird that Team was at 4x platinum back in 2015 and now it was "only" upgraded to 5x Platinum, but hey the best songs on the album Ribs and Glory and Gore being certified 

 

Wonder if Buzzcut Season is Platinum too?

 

[aotearoa]

see when you're the biggest kiwi of all time 

[Odette Violet]

[fememeist]

The Love Club deserves 10x Diamond

[Letemtalk]

What a huge era.

 

Not bad for an album made with a second hand Rode K2 microphone, no live instruments and cracked Pro Tools plug-ins

Edit: she mentions here that "A World Alone" was: The only song that features an actual physical instrument.

 

 

Spoiler

She mentioned the cracked pro tools plugins in an earlier interview:

http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-844-lorde

 

Long interview sorry and I don't remember where in the interview she talked about Pure Heroine having no live instruments and using cracked pro tools plug-ins.

 

23 hours ago, Likingstars said:

I need Melodrama stat too

The numbers posted on UKMIX are probably right, with Melodrama passing platinum eligible more than a year ago (Billboard said it was 975k in 2021), Green Light 2x Platinum eligible and Liability platinum.

[Kayseri Mantisi]

[allforyou]

I never got the hype with Royals, I always found it such an annoying song  

Team on the other hand is a BOP 

[Wonderland]

Half the album tracks platinum with 4/5 of them being multi-platnium  

[Kayseri Mantisi]

53 minutes ago, Wonderland said:

Half the album tracks platinum with 4/5 of them being multi-platnium  

👑 

[305]

See when you have a timeless classic album

[LastKiss]

A classic 

 

but melodrama also deserves 

[Reflektor_Creep]

[Letemtalk]

On 9/30/2023 at 3:18 PM, Jooj said:

Its weird that Team was at 4x platinum back in 2015 and now it was "only" upgraded to 5x Platinum, but hey the best songs on the album Ribs and Glory and Gore being certified 

There were some numbers posted on UKMIX a few months ago and Team appears to be getting close to 6x Platinum, so it's probably been 5x Platinum eligible for a long time.

 

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Team (SPS): 5,672,000 - certified 4x Platinum in November 2015

 

On 9/30/2023 at 3:18 PM, Jooj said:

Wonder if Buzzcut Season is Platinum too?

Buzzcut Season has more streams than Glory and Gore, but Glory and Gore was a single in 2014, so it probably got more iTunes sales. Buzzcut Season is probably close to platinum, but we might have to wait another 10 a few years for the next certification update to find out.