Kendrick Lamar has notched one other win over his bitter rival Drake, greater than a 12 months after rising victorious of their epic rap battle.
Whereas the 6 God has lengthy been hip-hop’s industrial king, it’s Kendrick who has the highest-certified rap tune in historical past because of his “Goosebumps” collaboration with Travis Scott.
The 2016 hit, taken from La Flame’s Birds within the Lure Sing McKnight, is formally 17x platinum, the RIAA (Recording Trade Affiliation of America) introduced on Friday (October 3). Which means it has bought a minimum of 17 million models within the U.S. alone.
“Goosebumps” surpasses the earlier record-holder, “God’s Plan” by Drake, which is 16x platinum.
Drake hasn’t been fully stripped of his bragging rights, although. The OVO Sound boss nonetheless has 10 singles which were licensed diamond or greater — a report he shares with Put up Malone.
These embrace the aforementioned “God’s Plan,” in addition to “Sicko Mode” with Travis Scott (15x platinum), “No Steerage” with Chris Brown (11x platinum), “One Dance” (11x platinum), “Life is Good” with Future (11x platinum) and “Finest I Ever Had” (10x platinum).
In the meantime, “Goosebumps” is Kendrick Lamar’s first diamond tune and Travis Scott’s second following “Sicko Mode.”
Ok. Dot is near including to his assortment of diamond plaques, with “Fuckin’ Issues” with A$AP Rocky (8x platinum) and “HUMBLE.” (7x platinum) each nearing the ten million gross sales mark.
It’s price noting that RIAA plaques are solely awarded after an artist (or their label) makes a request and their utility is proved, which means it’s attainable that an album or tune has already surpassed 10 million gross sales domestically with out being formally licensed.
