NEW YORK (RIAA) - New Found Glory, Mario, Khia, and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole score their first gold records this month, the Recording Industry Association of America announced. The albums reaching the 500,000 sales mark for the month of September were Sticks and Stones (NFG), Mario, Thug Misses (Khia), and Facing Future (Kamakawiwo'ole), along with the soundtrack to XXX, featuring Gavin Rossdale, Drowning Pool, Orbital, and others. Meanwhile, Avril Lavigne gets certified for 3 million for Let Go Toby Keith gets his first multi-platinum award for Pull My Chain's 2 million in sales Eminem's The Eminem Show reaches the 6 million mark and Pink's Missundaztood, Nelly's Nellyville, and Faith Hill's It Matters to Me are each at 4 million.
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