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You never know where success might strike or when recognition might come. For Cat Power, it’s time to celebrate.
Chan Marshall posted a photo of a gold record on Instagram today, explaining that it’s the first one she’s ever received in 35 years of recording as Cat Power. The plaque commemorates RIAA-certified gold status for her recording of “Sea Of Love,” which was released on 2000’s The Covers Record and included on the 2007 Juno soundtrack.
According to Marshall, the track has been streamed 119,286,031 times on Spotify alone, helping it to the 500,000 sales benchmark necessary for gold certification. As the RIAA explains, “150 on-demand audio and/or video streams will count as 1 Unit for certification purposes.” Here’s what Marshall wrote about the honor:
35 years as Cat Power
& just got this in the mail.Cat Power’s “Sea of Love” has approximately 119,286,031 streams on Spotify.
Played my uncle from Appalachia’s autoharp, he sold me for $150 back in 1996, last minute recording in Brooklyn at Rare Book Room.
Imagine selling 119,286,031 singles.
What do you think my one & only gold single of my career is worth, asking for a friend.
Cat Power is preparing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 2006’s The Greatest with a three-song EP, Redux, and a tour featuring The Greatest‘s backing band, Dirty Delta Blues.