AKA claims being the highest selling South African hip hop artist of all time, as most of his music projects and singles have gone multiple platinum.
Taking to Twitter, the rapper explicitly shared plaques of his songs and album certified gold, platinum and project.
Here are the major details shared:
“DREAMWORK as of December 2020 is 53X PLATINUM OR 5 X DIAMOND for sales in excess of 1 060 000 units.”
“ALL EYES ON ME comes in at 390 000 units sold making it 19X Platinum. Or … 1X DIAMOND.”
“#LEVELS is OFFICIALLY a DIAMOND SA Hip Hop Album.”
“THE WORLD IS YOURS IS 10X PLAT OR … 1X DIAMOND.”
“ONE TIME is 18X platinum or 1X DIAMOND.”
“CAIPHUS SONG is 12X PLATINUM or 1X DIAMOND.”
“We don’t have all the details from this project because it wasn’t released with SONY but we do know that TOUCH MY BLOOD IS TRIPLE PLATINUM sitting at 60000 units.”
The rapper said the purpose of showing off all these wins is to appreciate his fans for their support over the years.
“Why am I releasing all of this info? Firstly to Thank You for all the support over the years. As the Megacy I know it hasn’t always been easy and you have never let me down.”
AKA also said Sony Music Africa and vthseason confirmed him to be the highest selling SA hip hop artist of all time.
“I would like to Thank @vthseason & @SonyMusicAfrica for making me the Highest Selling SA Hip Hop artist of ALL TIME … industry experts you are more than welcome to corroborate this information with RISA. Thank You to all collaborators, producers and songwriters.”
Check out photos of the plaques below:
The first thing I would like to say to the Megacy is #Energy is officially GOLD 📀 … a while ago actually … so thank you so much for that. 🙏
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
So I got to thinking … how many records have I actually sold and which ones are statistically my “biggest” … and so I had @SonyMusicAfrica & @vthseason tally up the numbers. And they are quite something.
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
So before I go off let me break it down for you. 120 streams = 1 unit. Of a song for instance. 10 000 units = Gold & 20 000 units = Platinum. 10X Platinum = 1 X DIAMOND 💎 … got it?
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
Surprisingly … DREAMWORK as of December 2020 is 53X PLATINUM OR 5 X DIAMOND for sales in excess of 1 060 000 units. pic.twitter.com/piTpQaB7cj
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
ALL EYES ON ME comes in at 390 000 units sold making it 19X Platinum. Or … 1X DIAMOND. pic.twitter.com/YKnYLae761
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
#LEVELS is OFFICIALLY a DIAMOND SA Hip Hop Album. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/43LfGJyKJe
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
THE WORLD IS YOURS IS 10X PLAT OR … 1X DIAMOND 🌎 pic.twitter.com/IDjTv7Hx9F
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
ONE TIME is 18X platinum or 1X DIAMOND. 💎 pic.twitter.com/RikHcj4FyT
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
CAIPHUS SONG is 12X PLATINUM or 1X DIAMOND 💎 pic.twitter.com/QuAY4yz1eL
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
We don’t have all the details from this project because it wasn’t released with SONY but we do know that TOUCH MY BLOOD IS TRIPLE PLATINUM sitting at 60000 units. pic.twitter.com/snTN0uBGCz
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
I would like to Thank @vthseason & @SonyMusicAfrica for making me the Highest Selling SA Hip Hop artist of ALL TIME … industry experts you are more than welcome to corroborate this information with RISA. Thank You to all collaborators, producers and songwriters. pic.twitter.com/YKls4EtrmE
— AKA (@akaworldwide) December 15, 2020
