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Sam Hunt’s ‘SOUTHSIDE’ Included In RIAA Gold & Platinum’s Best

December 21, 2020/by LB Cantrell

Sam Hunt

The RIAA revealed it’s Gold & Platinum’s Best list today (Dec. 21), celebrating titles both released and certified this year.

Out of only eight Platinum albums in all of 2020, Sam Hunt‘s SOUTHSIDE is the only country album represented. Just 21 albums and 123 songs released this year achieved RIAA certification in 2020. Other Platinum albums on the Gold & Platinum’s Best list include Taylor Swift‘s folklore, BTS‘ Map Of The Soul: 7, Future‘s High Off Life, Halsey‘s Manic, Justin Bieber‘s Changes, Lil Uzi Vert‘s Eternal Atake, and Polo G‘s The Goat.

SOUTHSIDE is Hunt’s second No. 1 album on the Billboard Country Albums Chart, following his 3x Platinum debut album Montevallo. SOUTHSIDE features Hunt’s current country single “Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s” and his back-to-back No. 1 hits “Kinfolks” and “Hard To Forget.”

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LB Cantrell is Editor/Director of Operations at MusicRow magazine, where she oversees, manages and executes all company operations. LB oversees all MusicRow-related content, including the publication’s six annual print issues and online news. She is a Georgia native and a graduate of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University.
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