Certified: October 2026's RIAA Gold, Platinum and Diamond Plaques in Hip-Hop and R&B

By Cole Ashby,

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Updated: October 30, 2026. Compiled by Cole Ashby, updated monthly.

From October 1 through October 23, 2026, RIAA dated 60 hip-hop and R&B certifications: 11 Gold, 21 Platinum and 28 Multi-Platinum, five of those at Diamond. Fifty-one are singles and nine are albums. Drake owns the month with 30 plaques on October 23, four at Diamond, but the record worth sitting with is a 2002 Nas album cut that only now crossed Gold. My pick of the month is Chance the Rapper's two "Blessings," which closed out a decade of Coloring Book on the road.

Every entry links to its row in the RIAA Gold & Platinum database. Sections run newest first, each led by the artist's headline plaque.

Drake

Billboard reported 30 new certifications for Drake on October 23 and wrote that the haul made him the "first artist to surpass 350 million RIAA-certified units." The six shared with 21 Savage have their own section.

Drake, "God's Plan"

ICEMAN is the month's fastest plaque: 161 days.

Drake & 21 Savage

Six Her Loss tracks, same October 23 batch, just under four years after release.

Drake & 21 Savage, "On BS"

Wiz Khalifa

RIAA dated nine Wiz Khalifa plaques on October 23. The day before, Variety reported that he signed with 10K Projects, reuniting him with co-president Marsha St. Hubert; "It's good to be home and back with my day 1, Marsha," he told Variety.

Wiz Khalifa, "Black and Yellow"

Yung Miami

"Spend Dat" went Platinum on October 23, the same day Yung Miami released her debut album WATCH DIS, per Universal Music Canada. Universal Music Canada called it her first solo Top 20 Hot 100 hit.

Yung Miami, "Spend Dat"

Brent Faiyaz

Flag: Independent. Icon was "released through ISO Supremacy/UnitedMasters," per Billboard, which reported that "butterflies." was the album's most-streamed song in its first week, with 6.4 million streams.

Brent Faiyaz, "butterflies."

$tupid Young

$tupid Young, "Trust Nobody"

Pi'erre Bourne

Pi'erre Bourne, "Drunk And Nasty (feat. Sharc)"

Cordae

Cordae, "Chronicles (feat. H.E.R. & Lil Durk)"

Don Toliver

RIAA dated seven Don Toliver plaques on October 8, five years to the day after Life of a DON came out.

Don Toliver, Life of a DON

Chance the Rapper

Flag: Independent. Live Nation calls him an "Independent GRAMMY Award-winning artist," and both RIAA rows list the label as Chance the Rapper. Both "Blessings" certified October 7, during the tenth-anniversary tour. The full case: Cole's Pick: Chance the Rapper's Two "Blessings".

Chance the Rapper, "Blessings (feat. Jamila Woods)"

KB

When Provident Label Group introduced "10K" in 2020, KB said his hope was "to remind people that despite our suffering there are still countless reasons to be grateful."

KB, "10K"

Nas

Flag: New York. Mass Appeal Records' official artist page says Nas was "raised in the infamous Queensbridge housing projects."

Sleeper of the month: Nas, "I Can." Gold on October 6, 2026, 8,698 days (23.8 years) after the release date RIAA lists. Nothing else this month waited longer.

Nas, "I Can"

Flipp Dinero

Flag: New York. Billboard interviewed him in 2018 "from his native Brooklyn."

Flipp Dinero, "How I Move (feat. Lil Baby)"

BigXthaPlug

Flag: Independent. Billboard reported that the Dallas native launched his own independent label, 600 Entertainment, and released "Mmhmm" through UnitedMasters. His latest project, BETTER OVER TIME, came out October 30.

BigXthaPlug, "Mmhmm"

Boosie Badazz

RIAA's row credits "Nasty Nasty" to "BOOSIE BADAZZ, MULATTO."

Boosie Badazz, "Nasty Nasty"

Tommy Richman

PULSE Records wrote in 2025 that "MILLION DOLLAR BABY" "went to #1 at Top 40, Rhythmic and Urban radio."

Tommy Richman, "MILLION DOLLAR BABY"

Methodology. Source: the RIAA Gold & Platinum database only (riaa.com/gold-platinum). This edition covers every certification RIAA dated October 1 through October 23, 2026 (the newest date in the database when this edition was compiled on October 30), that RIAA tags with a Rap/Hip Hop or R&B genre. Every row links to its RIAA entry. Dates are RIAA certification dates, and release dates are the ones RIAA lists. Thresholds per RIAA: Gold is 500,000 units, Platinum is 1 million, Multi-Platinum is 2 million and up, and Diamond is 10 million. Unit counts beyond RIAA's level are never estimated here. Certifications RIAA posts later with an October date join next month's edition. Compiled by Cole Ashby, updated monthly.

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