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Charts / Awards 24 August, 2009

'Kings' Of Summer 2009

Hot Songs Around The World

Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
821 entries in 30 charts
APT.
Rose & Bruno Mars
595 entries in 29 charts
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
429 entries in 26 charts
Camino Por La Selva
Luli Pampin
179 entries in 3 charts
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
839 entries in 22 charts
That's So True
Gracie Abrams
439 entries in 22 charts
Messy
Lola Young
295 entries in 24 charts
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga
160 entries in 27 charts
All Of Me
John Legend
1065 entries in 29 charts
Tu Falta De Querer
Mon Laferte
219 entries in 3 charts
Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido
Karol G
334 entries in 13 charts
Birds Of A Feather
Billie Eilish
941 entries in 25 charts
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
1135 entries in 27 charts
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ RIAA) - Sony/RCA rockers Kings of Leon earned three premiere Gold and Platinum certifications this summer, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA's) June and July G&P reports. The Grammy award winning troupe took their first Platinum album award for Only By The Night (2008) and first digital single nods for 'Sex On Fire' and 'Use Somebody,' each certifying both Gold and Platinum.

Fans rocked out to Atlantic artist Kid Rock this summer, turning Rock N Roll Jesus triple-Platinum to take June's highest album certification. Also in June, two different acts - country musician Trace Adkins and South African rock group Seether - tied for the top single spot at Platinum (1,000,000 songs sold) for 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' (Capitol Nashville) and 'Fake It' (Wind-Up Records), respectively.

Solo 'King' Elvis Presley's 30 No 1 Hits (RCA Records, 2002) was the highest album certification in July at 5x Platinum (his 24th career album award). No stranger to G&P recognition, Elvis himself was awarded the first ever RIAA Gold album for 'Hard Headed Woman' in 1958.

Smooth singer Jason Mraz took the highest digital single certification - 4x Platinum - for 'I'm Yours' in July. 'I'm Yours' is off Mraz's Platinum We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things (Atlantic, 2008). Close behind, Universal/Island R&B star Rihanna's 'Umbrella' poured in triple-Platinum followed by 3OH!3's 'Don't Trust Me' and Fall Out Boy's 'Sugar, We're Goin Down' at double-Platinum.

Kudos to Sean Kingston whose digital single 'Fire Burning' (Epic, 2009) continues to sizzle this summer, certified Gold in June and Platinum in July. Sean is no stranger to RIAA digital single certifications - this is his sixth. And it's been a golden summer for Kiwi born country rocker Keith Urban who scored three Gold single awards this June and July. Fans purchased more than 500,000 downloads of 'Tonight I Wanna Cry,' 'Stupid Boy' and 'Sweet Thing' to up Keith's career Gold song tally to seven.

On the ringtone side, 'fierce' songstress Beyonce earned her 12th career Gold mastertone award for 'Halo' in June. 'Halo,' currently Platinum as a digital single, hails from Beyonce's double-Platinum I Am� Sasha Fierce (Columbia, 2008).

'Hot' can be used to describe more than temperatures this summer; namely these sizzlin' acts who earned inaugural G&P certifications:

Alternative rock and hip hop group Flobots received its first Gold and Platinum awards for selling more than one million copies of 'Handlebars' (Universal, 2008). Catch the catchy song on Fight with Tools, the Denver band's second album release.

Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi also received his first Gold and Platinum nods for 'Day 'n' Nite' (Universal, 2009). Look for Cudi's upcoming album release Man on the Moon: The End of Day due in September.

R&B singer-songwriter Kristinia Debarge said hello to her very first Gold record for 'Goodbye' (Mercury, 2009) while country music trio Lady Antebellum grabbed their first Gold prize for 'I Run To You' (Capitol Nashville, 2008).

In June and July, the RIAA awarded a total 43 digital singles, 14 albums and 1 mastertone. All certifications are calculated by Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman. Complete lists of all album, single, mastertone and video awards can also be accessed at www.riaa.com.






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