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Kanye West<\/a> has just received over five dozen new Gold and Platinum RIAA certifications \u2014 as well as a few Diamond ones, too.<\/p>\n On Friday (July 17), Ye received 68 new certifications<\/a> from the Recording Industry of America, awarding a range of songs and albums from across his career the status of Gold (500,000 units), Platinum (1,000,000 units), Multi-Platinum, and Diamond (10,000,000 units). <\/p>\n Among those were Late Registration <\/em>standout “Gold Digger” and 808s and Heartbreak <\/em>lead single “Heartless,” two songs that leapt past the 10 million mark since the last time the RIAA counted.<\/p>\n “Gold Digger” jumped from eight million units in 2020 to 13 million on Friday, while “Heartless” moved up to 14 million from its 2020 total of seven million.<\/p>\n Among the Ye albums that were awarded new certifications were The College Dropout <\/em>(six million), Graduation <\/em>(eight million), My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy <\/em>(five million), 808s and Heartbreak <\/em>(four million), Yeezus <\/em>(three million), and Jesus Is King <\/em>(Platinum). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The list of awarded songs included “N****s in Paris” (12 million), “All of the Lights” (eight million), “Can\u2019t Tell Me Nothing” (seven million), “Drunk and Hot Girls” (Gold), “Hey Mama” (Platinum), and “Runaway” (six million). <\/p>\n Kanye West’s latest album Bully <\/em>is not yet RIAA-certified. But it may be soon, since he recently released a deluxe version of the project<\/a>. It includes two new songs, “OK” featuring Don Toliver and “MISSION CONTROL.” All of the previously-released tracks also have new mixes. <\/p>\n One person who will be happy to hear the news is Dame Dash<\/a>, who recently went on record to say that he thinks West is leagues better than Jay-Z<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sitting down for a new interview with The Art of Dialogue<\/em><\/a>, Dash discussed Jigga’s recent Yankee Stadium concerts.<\/p>\n “When this dude does anything, it’s so contrived,” he said, pointing to the video of Beyonc\u00e9 cutting her husband\u2019s hair in the stands on night one<\/a> of the New York shows. “It just seems like a script.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n