Burna Boy has chalked another feat in his career after his track “last last”, off his 6th studio album, “Love, Damini”, sold over 1 million units in the US, making it eligible for Platinum Certification by RIAA.
This makes it his second single to hit the Platinum Certification mark after “Ye” also sold over 1 million units in the U.S.
In addition to “Last Last” being on Billboard’s Afrobeat chart, Burna Boy also landed a record 23 songs on the charts simultaneously. He also became the first Nigerian artist to have three projects on the Billboard 200 with Love, Damini joining his Grammy-winning album Twice As Tall and Grammy-nominated effort African Giant.
Love, Damini is the sixth studio album by Nigerian singer Burna Boy. It was released on 8 July 2022 through Atlantic Records. The album features guest appearances from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, J Hus, Vict0ny, Popcaan, Blxst, Kehlani, Ed Sheeran, J Balvin, and Khalid. It was supported by two singles, “Kilometre” and “Last Last”. The album is named after Burna Boy’s legal first name and serves as the follow-up to his previous album, Twice as Tall
Single certification
Gold: 500,000 units
Platinum: 1,000,000 units
Multi-Platinum: 2,000,000 units (increments of 1,000,000 thereafter)
Diamond: 10,000,000 units
The units are defined as:
A permanent digital download counts as 1 unit
150 on-demand audio and/or video streams count as 1 unit
Album certification
•Gold: 500,000 units.
•Platinum: 1,000,000 units
•Multi-Platinum: 2,000,000 units (increments of 1,000,000 thereafter).
•Diamond: 10,000,000 units
For certification purposes, each unit may be one of:
1.sale of a digital album or physical album
2.10 track downloads from the album
3.1,500 on-demand audio and/or video streams from the album
