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Note: This streaming reports include YouTube's UGC which RIAA excludes (User Generated Content), +1.1 billion of Old Town Road's US on-demand streams could not be translated to sales (40%). Usually around 10% of total streams of big hits belong to UGC. https://t.co/pLrDRRyJGn

.@ArianaGrande's "imagine" is now eligible for 2× Platinum in the US.

.@BTS_twt & @halsey's "Boy With Luv" has now sold over 2.3M RIAA units.

.@Harry_Styles' "Watermelon Sugar" has now sold over 3.4M RIAA units.

.@Drake's highest eligible song certifications in the US: 13× Platinum - God's Plan 8× Platinum - One Dance, Hotline Bling 7× Platinum - Hold On We're Goin Home 6× Platinum - Nice For What, Take Care, The Motto, Started From The Bottom, Forever, In My Feelings

.@Drake's "Hotline Bling" has now sold over 8.6M RIAA units.

.@Adele's "Hello" is now eligible for 12× Platinum in the US.

.@DUALIPA's "New Rules" has now sold over 6.6M RIAA units.

.@lilpump's "Gucci Gang" has now sold over 6.1M RIAA units.

.@jasonderulo, @NICKIMINAJ & @tydollasign's "Swalla" has now sold over 3.5M RIAA units.

The only songs by female artists to debut with +1 million worldwide units in the streaming era: Hello Look What You Made Me Do ME! 7 rings How You Like That Ice Cream WAP drivers license

Fastest selling female songs in the US: https://t.co/TYHA1pL53E

.@Olivia_Rodrigo's "drivers license" now ranks among top 10 fastest selling female songs in history of US (500K units in 6.5 days).

.@Olivia_Rodrigo's "drivers license" is now eligible for Gold in the US.

Billboard Hot 100 Mid-Week Predictions (Jan. 23, 2021) https://t.co/e62VntJfBC

The song currently has over 600M on-demand streams in the US out of which around 520M is accountable for RIAA sales (YouTube's user generated content is excluded).

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The methodology was 100:1 (streams to sales) and due to VEVO's popularity RIAA started using domestic streams solely soon after. When "Baby" went 12× Platinum, it was at 3.9M domestic pure sales and 810M VEVO views, which would've translated to 12M units at the time. https://t.co/0eHrYnvNxi

Notes: RIAA started counting streams on certifications in 2013 With almost all of streams coming from "VEVO" since audio platforms were almost non-exist. Therefore, a lot of hits were certified so high but currently they have no eligible certifications or barely one after years.