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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Score Their First Certified Platinum Album With ‘As Daylight Dies’

killswitch engage as daylight dies, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Score Their First Certified Platinum Album With ‘As Daylight Dies’

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have received a platinum certification for their 2006 studio album  “As Daylight Dies” by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) as of  November 23, 2021 for sales in excess of a million copies.

The record previously received a gold certification in June 2009.

The RIAA awards a gold honor for 500,000 units sold, a platinum certification for 1 million units sold and a diamond award for more than 10 million units moved.

In modern day streaming, each permanent digital album or physical album sale counts as 1 unit for certification purposes, 10 permanent track downloads from the album count as 1 unit for certification purposes, and 1,500 on-demand audio and/or video streams from the album count as 1 unit. For songs, 150 on-demand audio and/or video streams count as 1 unit for certification purposes.

“As Daylight Dies” featured former vocalist Howard Jones (LIGHT THE TORCH, SION) and featured some of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s highest-charting tracks, including “My Curse” and the band’s cover of the DIO classic “Holy Diver”.

killswitch engage as daylight dies, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Score Their First Certified Platinum Album With ‘As Daylight Dies’