In the US, YG Marley’s first hit, “Praise Jah In The Moonlight,” has earned a Platinum certification. The song surpassed the sales and streaming equivalent of one million units sold in the United States on November 22, earning a Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The 22-year-old Marley originally became popular with the independently released song when he sang it late last year on his mother Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation of Lauryn Hill tour. Hill is credited as a co-writer and co-producer, and the song features a sample from his grandpa Bob Marley’s 1978 song Crisis.
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It has achieved considerable international success since then, peaking at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 20 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 1 on the New Zealand Songs Chart, No. 11 on the Billboard Global 200, and ranking in the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland…
As of right now, it has gold certification in the UK (400,000 units), platinum in Canada (80,000 units), gold in France (100,000 units), and platinum in New Zealand (30,000 units).
While the original music video, which was published in April of this year, has around 28 million views on YouTube, the song has had over 379 million listens on Spotify.
Survival, Marley’s follow-up song, was inspired by and used lyrics from the older Marley’s well-known 1979 album of the same name.
Additionally, he worked with Chole on the song “Never Let You Go” and Davido on the track “Awuke.”
