Several Country stars received sales awards from The Recording Industry Association of America last month.
Digital Single Awards are now based on song sales and on-demand streams.
Earning their first Platinum single certifications were Republic Nashville singer-songwriter Cassadee Pope for “Wasting All These Tears,” and Warner Music Nashville rising star Cole Swindell for “Chillin’ It.”
Tallying three-times Platinum was Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel” (Capitol Nashville).
Welcoming their first Gold song certifications were Christian musician Britt Nicole for “Gold” (Sparrow) and California-bred country crooner Jon Pardi for “Up All Night” (Capitol Records Nashville).
Florida Georgia Line earned two RIAA Platinum song awards for popular tracks “’Round Here” and “Stay” plus a Gold song award for “This Is How We Roll” (Republic Nashville).
Labelmate Brantley Gilbert earned Platinum certifications for “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do” and “Country Must Be Country Wide,” and a Gold award for “Bottoms Up.”
The highly successful WOW Christian and gospel music enterprise secured two new Gold albums in March: WOW Hits 2014 (Sparrow Joint Venture) and WOW Gospel 2011 (RCA Inspiration).
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