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Christian music artists garner RIAA certifications Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Thursday, 25 July 2013 02:52 PM America/New_York

Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Third Day and Tenth Avenue North were recently recognized with certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Redman was awarded a Gold certification for "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)" from his album 10,000 Reasons (sixstepsrecords/Capitol Christian Distribution). The RIAA achievement represents 500,000 units sold.

Tomlin's "I Will Follow" and "I Will Rise" were honored with digital Gold certifications.

Third Day's Third Day Chronology: Volume One and Third Day Chronology: Volume Two (both Essential Records/Provident Distribution) have both attained gold, platinum or multi-platinum RIAA certification in music video longform, which means each title have sold 50,000 units for gold, 100,000 for platinum and 200,000 for multi-platinum.

Tenth Avenue North's "By Your Side," from the group's debut album Over and Underneath (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution), was awarded a digital Gold status by the RIAA.