British metalcore outfit Architects have newly landed their first gold single in the United States. The band’s 2021 track “Animals” has hit that milestone, with the RIAA handing down the award on September 24th. “Animals” was issued back in October of 2020 as the lead single from the band’s ninth studio album, “For Those That Wish To Exist“.
*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. 150 streams of a song also equate to a track-equivalent unit.
