Drake’s ‘Views’ Certified 4X Platinum; DJ Khaled’s “Major Key’ Certified Gold

TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR ALBUMS OF 2016 EARNED NEW RIAA PLAQUES

(AllHipHop News) Drake’s highly successful 2016 continues.

The RIAA released its latest list of platinum certifications, and the OVO leader’s Views album is now 4-times platinum.

Views went platinum in a week by collecting 1.04 million equivalent album units in its first seven days of release.

The R&B/rap project was certified double platinum in June and then triple platinum in August.

Drake’s “For Free” collaborator DJ Khaled earned a new plaque as well.

Khaled was awarded a gold certification for his 9th studio album Major Key.

The Snapchat king’s most recent body of work became Khaled’s first number one album, knocking Views from the top spot.

Major Key opened with 96,000 equivalent album units.