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TIL Post Malone & Swae Lee’s ‘Sunflower’ song from the 2018 animated movie “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” became the first ever single to be certified as double diamond or 20x platinum in the US. On top of that, Post Malone has also the most diamond certified singles in RIAA history.

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