Bad Omens have just landed their first gold albumin the United States. The Richmond, VA-based alternative metal outfit’s third studio album “The Death Of Peace Of Mind” has newly been certified as such by the RIAA. That certification was handed down this past Wednesday, September 25th.
The aforementioned record was buoyed by the breakout success of the song “Just Pretend” on TikTok. That viral interest propelled the single to gold status in July of 2023, with the band’s first platinum certification following in April of this year for it. This past January also saw this album’s title track obtain gold status in the United States. Following a companion piece of sorts in “Concrete Jungle (The OST)“, it would seem that a proper follow-up to that 2022 record is in the works.
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.
