Post Malone reached a new milestone as Sunflower has become the first-ever single to become certified as ‘Double-Diamond’ by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The 2018 song performed by Malone, 28, and Swae Lee, 30, has the most certifications of all-time after going 20-times Platinum, according to a release on Thursday by the RIAA.
Malone is an eight-time diamond-certified artist with his other certified records including: White Iverson, Congratulations featuring Quavo, I Fall Apart, ‘rockstar’ featuring 21 Savage, Psycho featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Better Now and Circles.
‘Post Malone and Swae Lee have officially raised the bar on what creative partnerships and infectious collaborations have the power to accomplish. ‘Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)’ has now been streamed or downloaded more than 20 million times in the U.S. alone, and they’ve earned the custom hardware to prove it. Congratulations Post, Swae Lee and Mercury/Republic Records for making history with the very first 2x Diamond single!,’ said RIAA chairman and CEO Mitch Glazier in a statement.
Sunflower was released for the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
Post Malone, shown last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, reached a new milestone as Sunflower has become the first-ever single to become certified as ‘Double-Diamond’ by the Recording Industry Association of America
The hit song also was included on Malone’s third album Hollywood’s Bleeding that was released in 2019.
Malone has won 10 Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards.
Sunflower was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards.
Malone will perform America The Beautiful on Sunday before the kick-off of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas.
Reba McEntire, 68, will sing the US national anthem and Andra Day, 39, will perform Lift Every Voice and Sing before the big game at Allegiant Stadium.
Super Bowl halftime performer Usher, 45, joined Malone, McEntire and Day on Thursday at a press conference held at the Mandalay Bay casino.
Malone released his fifth studio album Austin in July 2023.
Austin debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart.
Swae Lee and Malone last week celebrated their ‘double-diamond’ certification by the RIAA
Malone is shown speaking during the Super Bowl LVIII Pregame & Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show press conference at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas
Reba McEntire and Andra Day are shown with Malone on Thursday at a news conference for Super Bowl performers
Malone, shown performing on December 31, 2023, in Las Vegas, will perform America The Beautiful on Sunday before the kick-off of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas
‘I’m a praying person. I’m a deeply spiritual person. Prayer is huge,’ Day told reporters on Thursday at the press conference with performers.
Day earned a standing ovation after her performance at the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective event in Los Angeles. A couple days later at Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy gala, she performed “That’s What Friends Are For” and “What the World Needs Now is Love” onstage with Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Keyshia Cole and Frederic Yonnet.
“If I´m here, I´m of the mindset that I´m called to be here,” said Day, who’s excited about hitting the Super Bowl stage in front of millions to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a popular hymn known within the African American community.
“It’s a huge moment,” she said. “I don’t want to just do well, but I really want people to encounter the spirit.”