In This Moment have newly earned their third gold single of the summer. Following “Sick Like Me” and “Big Bad Wolf” going gold last month, the alternative metal band’s 2014 song “Sex Metal Barbie” has also now been certified gold by the RIAA for its performance in the United States. It and the pair of tracks mentioned above all appeared on the group’s 2014 release, “Black Widow“.
Previous certifications In This Moment has received include a gold certification for their 2012 album “Blood“, as well as individual gold records for its titular lead single and its third and final single, “Whore“.
A platinum album/single in the United States represents 1,000,000 units, while gold signifies 500,000 units. Outside of traditional physical/digital sales, the certifications factor in digital streams/downloads with 10 permanent track downloads counting as 1 unit and 1500 on-demand audio/video streams from a particular album also counting as as a unit.
