Earlier this week, Gaon chart updated its album sales, download, and streaming certifications for the month of September.
Gaon's certifications, instated in January of 2018, awards musical albums which surpass a total of 250,000 copies in sales at least 6 weeks after its release with the certification of platinum. Each 250,000 copies afterward earn the following certifications - double platinum, triple platinum, and million.
In the download category, songs which surpass a total of 2.5 million downloads receives the certification of platinum, and songs which surpass 10 million downloads receives the certification of diamond. Finally, in the streaming category, songs which surpass a total of 100 million streams receives the certification of platinum, followed by a certification of billion for songs which surpass 1 billion streams.
For September, EXO-SC's 1st full album '1 Billion Views' has been certified double platinum. Albums including BLACKPINK's 'How You Like That (Special Edition)', ATEEZ's 'Zero: Fever Part.1', and TOMORROW x TOGETHER's 'Dream Chapter: Magic' have been certified platinum.
Two new songs were certified platinum in the downloads category - BTOB's "Only One For Me" and Lim Chang Jung's "There Has Never Been A Day I Haven't Loved You". The only song certified platinum this month in the streaming category was Jeon Sang Geun's "There Is No Such Melo As Love".
*slams hand on desk* THAT'S RIGHT ATEEZ!!! Not even 2 years old and they are certified platinum...*inb4hatersmakestupidcomments*