After receiving over thirty new gold and platinum certifications in a single day, rapper J. Cole is getting closer to receiving his first diamond plaque ever.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced 27 new certifications for Cole’s repertoire on Tuesday, November 21. The most noteworthy of them is that “Middle Child” is now 9x platinum, which indicates that the song has sold at least nine million copies in the United States.
Achieving the desired diamond level is now just one million units away for the song, which was published in 2019 and later featured on the Dreamville compilation Revenge of the Dreamers III.
Diamond certifications have only been awarded to 120 songs in history, including Eminem’s “Not Afraid” and his other two diamond awards, “Lose Yourself” and “Love the Way You Lie.”
Along with his features on Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” and Future’s “Life is Good,” which have both reached 10 million sales, Drake also has many diamond-selling singles, including “God’s Plan,” “Hotline Bling,” and “One Dance.”
Hip-hop musicians JAY-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Wiz Khalifa, and Kid Cudi are among many who have also attained this distinction.
Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad, J. Cole’s longtime manager, praised the rapper’s run of new RIAA plaques in a post on X (previously Twitter), simply writing, “Certified.”
In addition, he disclosed in his article that Born Sinner is three times platinum, 4 Your Eyez Only is double platinum, KOD and The Off-Season are both platinum, and 2014 Forest Hills Drive is five times platinum.
With a Grammy nomination, “All My Life” by Lil Durk and J. Cole reaches a new sales milestone.
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AFTER GRAMMY NOD, “ALL MY LIFE” BY LIL DURK & J. COLE HITS NEW SALES MILLION
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The sales status of a number of Cole’s songs was also updated; “Neighbors” was certified four times platinum, “Deja Vu” three times platinum, “Kevin’s Heart” three times platinum, and “KOD” three times platinum.
Cole’s partnership with Drake on “First Person Shooter” helped him achieve his first-ever No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this year.
Although it was Cole’s first number one on the list, it was Drake’s 13th in seven years following his debut in 2016 with “One Dance.”
two legendary rappers aren’t just working together in the studio; they just revealed that they will be co-headlining a tour of the United States in early 2024.
The two will play together on eighteen nights, beginning in Denver on January 18 and concluding in Kentucky on March 10.