{"id":177880688,"date":"2025-11-27T12:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitterpennews.com\/?p=177880688"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:20:23","slug":"stray-kids-and-twice-receive-platinum-certifications-from-riaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitterpennews.com\/?p=177880688","title":{"rendered":"Stray Kids and Twice receive Platinum certifications from RIAA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">K-pop groups Stray Kids and Twice received Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Wednesday after each selling over 1 million units of its singles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The RIAA announced on its official website that Stray Kids\u2019 \u201cGod\u2019s Menu\u201d (2020) and Twice&#8217;s \u201cStrategy\u201d (2024) have both sold over 1 million units in the United States and therefore qualified for Platinum status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RIAA awards Gold status to recordings that achieve 500,000 units, Platinum at 1 million units, Multi\u2011Platinum at 2 million units and Diamond Award at 10 million units.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks the first time both Stray Kids and Twice have earned a Platinum certification from the RIAA. For Twice, this makes it the first K-pop girl group to receive a Platinum certification in the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stray Kids also added five more Gold\u2011certified works. 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