Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd & Big Sean Go Platinum with New RIAA Rules

Today (February 1st), the RIAA announced that they will, at last, include album streaming numbers in their certifications, with each 1,500 "on demand streams" the equivalent of one album sale. Because of this, a variety of albums—17, to be exact—have now gone either Gold or Platinum. Among them are:

• The Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness is now 2X platinum • Big Sean's Dark Sky Paradise is platinum • Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly has gone platinum* • Wale's Ambition has gone gold

Meanwhile, Michael Jackson's Thriller - the highest-selling album of all time - is now 32X platinum thanks to the upgrade.

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