While Silk Sonic‘s latest single, ‘Skate,’ is already set to roll out of the top 40 after just 4 weeks on the Hot 100, the duo – comprised of GRAMMY winners Bruno Mars and Anderson. Paak – are still watching their joint debut single, ‘Leave the Door Open,’ refuse to leave the top 20.

Found at #15 on the refreshed Pop chart 25 weeks after its premiere (as we reported here), the song’s grip on the chart region – due to enduring digital sales and handsome streaming figures – is just what helped hoist it to multi-Platinum status as recently revealed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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Taking to press Monday (August 30), the RIAA announced ‘Open’ had opened the door to 2x Platinum status – meaning it’s sold the equivalence of 2 million copies in the United States alone.

Credited to the group as well as its individual performers, for Mars – who ranks as one of the best-selling acts of the digital era – the win comes as the 17th song of his career to reach multi-Platinum status.  For Paak, the victory is a personal milestone as it’s his first single to cross the Platinum and multi-Platinum threshold.

The upgraded certification comes as proof of the anticipation for Sonic’s first studio album, which was recently pushed back to 2022.  Click here to read more about that.

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